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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 13, 2017

Andy Saunders Andy Saunders

Published July 13, 2017 - 10:00 a.m.

Current Champion

Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500

To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
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All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Academy Awards) for Thursday, July 13, 2017:

He holds the record for time between acting nominations for the same role, 39 years between 1976 & 2015 films

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jill Staunton, an office associate from Springfield, Illinois

Terry Hanlon, a graduate student from Charlottesville, Virginia

Gavin Borchert, a writer & editor from Seattle, Washington (1-day total: $19,600)

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Sylvester Stallone received his acting nominations at the Academy Awards for portraying Rocky Balboa in both the 1976 film Rocky (Best Actor nomination) and the 2015 film Creed (Best Supporting Actor). He also was nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Rocky.

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Scores going into Final:
Gavin $19,800
Jill $13,000
Terry $199

Final results:
Terry $199 + $197 = $396
Jill $13,000 – $13,000 = $0 (Who is Nicho)
Gavin $19,800 – $10,000 = $9,800 (Who is Eastwood?) (2-day champion: $29,400)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Terry $7,600
Jill $5,000
Gavin $4,800

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) ARGUMENT $600 (23rd pick)
Terry 5200 +2000 (Gavin 4000 Jill 3400)
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2) THAT’S THE SPIRIT $800 (8th pick)
Gavin 10400 + 3000 (Terry 8000 Jill 5800)
3) 12-LETTER WORDS $2000 (30th pick)
Terry 10000 -9801 (Gavin 19800 Jill 13000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -31

Unplayed clues: None!

Game Stats:
Gavin $17,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Jill $13,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
Terry $8,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $6,200 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600

Gavin Borchert, stats to date:
42 correct
7 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
37.72% in first on buzzer (43/114)
Average Coryat: $16,100

Gavin Borchert, to win:
3 games: 55.32%
4: 30.60%
5: 16.93%
6: 9.36%
7: 5.18%
Avg. streak: 3.238 games.

With a projected 31 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.0988 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.82394).
An average of 1.7807 4+-time champions (standard deviation 0.993).

An early cutoff took place 4.697% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Gavin Borchert qualified 18.849% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 58.943% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 13.631% of the time.