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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 13, 2019

Published Modified

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 Word History) for Thursday, June 13, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 199):

This word for a bug or malfunction was popularized in the 1962 book “Into Orbit” by the Mercury astronauts

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jim Napier, a poker dealer from West Des Moines, Iowa

Jim Napier on Jeopardy!

Adrienne Griffin, an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia

Adrienne Griffin on Jeopardy!

E.J. Wolborsky, a freelance project manager from Brooklyn, New York (1-day total: $28,800)

EJ Wolborsky on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is “glitch”?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

While the term “glitch” has been used prior to being popularized by the Mercury astronauts, with a usage dating back to radio, referring to an on-air mistake (and the word coming from Yiddish). In Into Orbit, Glenn wrote:

Another term we adopted to describe some of our problems was “glitch.” Literally, a glitch is a spike or change in voltage in an electrical circuit which takes place when the circuit suddenly has a new load put on it. You have probably noticed a dimming of lights in your home when you turn a switch or start the dryer or the television set. Normally, these changes in voltage are protected by fuses. A glitch, however, is such a minute change in voltage that no fuse could protect against it.

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

Scores going into Final:
E.J. $22,800
Adrienne $12,700
Jim $10,800

Tonight’s results:
Jim $10,800 – $4,200 = $6,600 (What is “FUBAR”)
Adrienne $12,700 + $12,000 = $24,700
E.J. $22,800 + $2,601 = $25,401 (2-day total: $54,201)

E.J. Wolborsky, tonight's Jeopardy! winner (for the June 13, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Adrienne $6,300
E.J. $5,200
Jim $2,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY $400 (19th pick)
Adrienne 3400 +1500 (E.J. 3800 Jim 200)
2) ELEMENT NAMES $1600 (2nd pick)
E.J. 7200 +2000 (Adrienne 6300 Jim 2400)
3) 5 NOBEL TRUTHS $1600 (9th pick)
E.J. 14400 +4000 (Adrienne 6300 Jim 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100

Unplayed clues:
J! round: HISTORY $200
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $200

Game Stats:
E.J. $20,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 41.07% in first on buzzer
Adrienne $11,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Jim $10,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $42,400
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,200

E.J. Wolborsky, stats to date:
49 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.59% in first on buzzer (47/113)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,200

E.J. Wolborsky, to win:
3 games: 60.920%
4: 37.112%
5: 22.609%
6: 13.773%
7: 8.390%
Avg. streak: 3.559 games.
Methodology: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/04/jeopardy-predictions-updated-methods.html

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 61 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,001 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.7916 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.119).
An average of 3.2531 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3782).

An early cutoff took place 0.111% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

E.J. Wolborsky qualified 24.263% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 91.716% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 71.530% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 36.988% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 9.244% of the time.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Jim’s only chance of winning would be if he bet at least $9,400.

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