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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – March 21, 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 Films of the 1960s) for Wednesday, March 21, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 138):

Bernard Herrmann scored this 1960 black & white thriller using only the string section of an orchestra

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Chris Frantz, an on-call office administrator from Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania

Chris Frantz on Jeopardy!

Rebecca Zoshak, a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania

Rebecca Zoshak on Jeopardy!

Lisa Mueller, a technical services librarian from Naperville, Illinois (2-day total: $33,200)

Lisa Mueller on Jeopardy!

In Rebecca Zoshak’s previous appearance on the show, the judges ruled that she was disadvantaged by a faulty Final Jeopardy! clue on January 11. Thus, she’s back today!

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Correct response: What is Psycho?

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Bernard Herrmann scored a number of Alfred Hitchcock films, including The Man Who Knew Too Much, Vertigo, and The Birds, but his score for Psycho is particularly well known. Hitchcock even said that “33% of the effect of Psycho was due to the music”.

Because the film had a lower budget, Herrmann wrote the score for a string orchestra only, instead of a full symphony. For most of the film, the strings play muted, with the exception of the famous shower scene of the film. Originally, Hitchcock wanted no score for the shower scene, but when he heard the cue Herrmann had provided, he recanted on his earlier suggestion.

Since the release of Psycho, there have been symphonies that have taken a print of the film with the soundtrack removed and performed the soundtrack live.

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

Scores going into Final:
Rebecca $7,400
Lisa $7,200
Chris $6,600

Tonight’s results:
Chris $6,600 + $6,000 = $12,600
Lisa $7,200 + $6,001 = $13,201
Rebecca $7,400 + $7,007 = $14,407 (1-day total: $14,407)

Rebecca Zoshak, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the March 21, 2018 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lisa $5,800
Rebecca $2,200
Chris $1,600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) SENIOR MOMENTS $800 (10th pick)
Lisa 2600 +2600 (Rebecca 0 Chris 0)
2) ETHNI-CITIES $2000 (12th pick)
Chris 4400 -3000 (Rebecca 5400 Lisa 4600)
3) DEUS EX MACHINA $2000 (23rd pick)
Lisa 8200 -1000 (Rebecca 5400 Chris 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 20

Unplayed clues:
J! round: SENIOR MOMENTS $200, NEWSPAPERS $200, MIX -OLOGY $800 & $1000
DJ! Round: TRIPLE RHYME TIME $1600 & $2000, ETHNI-CITIES $400, DEUS EX MACHINA $400
Total $ Left On Board: $6,600

Game Stats:
Rebecca $7,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.45% in first on buzzer
Lisa $6,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 6 incorrect, 40.82% in first on buzzer
Chris $9,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.49% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $23,400
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,600

Lisa Mueller, final stats:
51 correct, 11 incorrect
33.33% in first on buzzer (51/153)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,800)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,333

Rebecca Zoshak, stats to date:
23 correct, 5 incorrect
21.57% in first on buzzer (22/102)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,500

Rebecca Zoshak, to win:
2 games: 23.11%
3: 5.34%
4: 1.23%
5: 0.29%
6: 0.07%
Avg. streak: 1.301 games.


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