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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 5, 2018

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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 American Authors) for Thursday, July 5, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 214):

Her 1896 New York Times obituary called her “the writer of probably the most widely read work of fiction ever penned”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Steve Spriensma, a writer from Port Dover, Ontario, Canada

Steve Spriensma on Jeopardy!

Marilyn Maher, an administrative specialist from Athens, Ohio

Marilyn Maher on Jeopardy!

Suzanne Koppelman, a museum education manager from New York, New York (3-day total: $63,601)

Suzanne Koppelman on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?

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You can find the Stowe obituary at the New York Times Archive.

The quote in the clue refers to her most famous work, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”; the work is generally seen to have fueled the abolitionist cause in the 1850s, and an apocryphal story recounts that Lincoln once told Stowe, on meeting her in 1862, “So this is the little lady who started this great war”. The book’s overarching theme is the evil of slavery; thus, on its publication, defenders of slavery raised significant protest. The protests were so loud that Stowe published “A Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin” a few years later, providing documentation for the stories spoken of in the original work. Dozens of anti-“Tom” works were also published by Southerners.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Steve $9,600
Marilyn $8,000
Suzanne $7,200

Tonight’s results:
Suzanne $7,200 – $0 = $7,200 (Who is Ja)
Marilyn $8,000 + $6,401 = $14,401 (1-day total: $14,401)
Steve $9,600 – $6,401 = $3,199 (Who is Agatha Christie?)

Marilyn Maher, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the July 5, 2018 episode.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Marilyn $2,800
Steve $2,400
Suzanne $2,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000 (15th pick)
Suzanne 1600 -1000 (Marilyn 2400 Steve 1600)
2) YOU PASS BUTTER $2000 (27th pick)
Suzanne 10200 -2000 (Steve 9600 Marilyn 7600)
3) & THAT’S THE WAY THE NEWS GOES $1600 (29th pick) ($400 remaining on the board)
Suzanne 8200 -1000 (Steve 9600 Marilyn 7600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -94

Unplayed clues:
J! round: MAY THE HORSE BE WITH YOU $1000, HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $600 & $800
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $2,400

Game Stats:
Marilyn $8,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.07% in first on buzzer
Suzanne $11,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 29.63% in first on buzzer
Steve $9,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $28,800
Lach Trash: $11,000(on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,800

Suzanne Koppelman, final stats:
65 correct, 12 incorrect
26.70% in first on buzzer (59/221)
4/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,250

Marilyn Maher, stats to date:
14 correct, 2 incorrect
24.07% in first on buzzer (13/54)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000

Marilyn Maher, to win:
2 games: 28.73%
3: 8.25%
4: 2.37%
5: 0.68%
6: 0.20%
Avg. streak: 1.403 games.


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