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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – March 16, 2018

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Current Champion

Justin Robbins, career statistics:
28 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600

To win:
2 games: 64.278%
3: 41.317%
4: 26.557%
5: 17.071%
6: 10.973%
Avg. streak: 2.799 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 Mythological Beasts) for Friday, March 16, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 135):

Hesiod said it fawns on all who enter “with actions of…tail & both ears”, but when people try to exit it “eats them up”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Rahul Gupta, a data engineer from Midlothian, Virginia

Rahul Gupta on Jeopardy!

Dan Lee, a math professor from New York, New York

Dan Lee on Jeopardy!

Peter Karamitsos, a software salesman from Elmhurst, Illinois (2-day total: $51,000)

Peter Karamitsos on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is Cerberus?

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Cerberus, in Greek mythology, is the famous three-headed hound of Hades who guarded the gates of the Underworld and prevented the escape from the Underworld.

Hesiods said this in his Theogeny:

“And before them [the halls of Haides and Persephone] a dreaded hound (deinos kunos) [Kerberos (Cerberus)], on watch, who has no pity, but a vile stratagem : as people go in he fawns on all, with actions of his tail and both ears, but he will not let them go back out, but lies in wait for them and eats them up, when he catches any going back through the gates.”

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

Scores going into Final:
Rahul $12,400
Dan $6,200
Peter $4,000

Tonight’s results:
Peter $4,000 – $3,999 = $1 (Who is the Minotaur?)
Dan $6,200 – $6,200 = $0 (Who is the Minotaur?)
Rahul $12,400 – $1 = $12,399 (Who is the Sphinx?) (1-day total: $12,399)

Rahul Gupta, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the March 16, 2018 episode.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rahul $6,000
Dan $600
Peter $0

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) BOOK TALK $800 (20th pick)
Dan 2400 -2000 (Rahul 6400 Peter -200)
2) IN A STORM $1600 (7th pick)
Rahul 8800 -4800 (Dan 2600 Peter 0)
3) MOUNTAINS $1200 (12th pick)
Peter 800 +2000 (Dan 4600 Rahul 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -38

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: AFTER THE VICE PRESIDENCY $2000 & AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE $800
Total $ Left On Board: $2,800

Game Stats:
Rahul $17,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer
Peter $3,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer
Dan $8,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $28,600
Lach Trash: $13,600 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,000

Peter Karamitsos, final stats:
42 correct, 7 incorrect
24.85% in first on buzzer (41/165)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400

Rahul Gupta, stats to date:
23 correct, 4 incorrect
41.82% in first on buzzer (23/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,200

Rahul Gupta, to win:
2 games: 41.32%
3: 17.07%
4: 7.05%
5: 2.91%
6: 1.20%
Avg. streak: 1.704 games.


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