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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 26, 2017

Andy Saunders Andy Saunders

Published July 26, 2017 - 9:53 a.m. Modified July 26, 2017 - 4:01 p.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 Novels) for Wednesday, July 26, 2017:

A man can be destroyed but not defeated is a line from this 1952 book, later a Spencer Tracy film

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Kellie Packwood, a software engineer from Austin, Texas

Seth Cope, a purchasing manager from Savannah, Georgia

Justin Vossler, a high school history teacher from Homer, New York (4-day total: $92,800)

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The classic Ernest Hemingway work “The Old Man and the Sea” was later adapted into a 1958 film starring Spencer Tracy as Santiago.

“But many is not made for defeat,” he said. “A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” Santiago (spoiler alert) has just killed a mako shark with his only harpoon, but more sharks are on the way and he has no weapon.
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Scores going into Final:
Justin $22,200
Seth $13,400
Kellie $4,400

Final results:
Kellie $4,400 – $0 = $4,400 (What is The Talented Mr. Ripley)
Seth $13,400 – $13,000 = $400 (What is the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit?)
Justin $22,200 – $5,000 = $17,200 (What is the Bridges on the of Toko-Ri) (5-day total: $110,000)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Justin $9,300
Seth $5,600
Kellie $1,200

Justin Vossler, to win:
6 games: 59.09%
7: 34.91%
8: 20.63%
9: 12.19%
10: 7.20%
Avg. streak: 6.444 games.

With a projected 22 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.5489 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.64342).
An average of 1.9309 4+-time champions (standard deviation 0.78881).

An early cutoff took place 6.896% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

Justin Vossler qualified 100.000% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 42.368% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 1.082% of the time.