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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 18, 2017

Published

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 Women Authors) for Thursday, May 18, 2017:

A 1936 New York Times review called the debut novel by this author “in all probability, the biggest book of the year: 1,037 pages”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Mary Parker, a high school French & English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas

Mary Parker on Jeopardy

Nan Cohen, a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California

Nan Cohen on Jeopardy

David Clemmons, an 11th grade U.S. history teacher from Fort Worth, Texas

David Clemmons on Jeopardy

Remember, today’s scores get added to tomorrow’s to determine the overall winner of the tournament!

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The review was referring to Margaret Mitchell’s famous debut novel Gone with the Wind and was the best-selling American fiction book of both 1936 and 1937. It was the only novel of Mitchell’s published during her lifetime.

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  • An English teacher, Nan should get this easily. I predict Nan winning this first game, and finishing second overall, behind David.

    • Mark Barrett | May 18, 2017 at 3:56 pm | Reply

      Mary teaches English as well. Does the fact that she also teaches French negate the English somehow? 🙂 I’ll tell you right now that the clue does not go 3/3. I’ve seen the game so I know I am right.

      • Andy Saunders | May 18, 2017 at 5:55 pm | Reply

        You know, we’ve talked about this on Live Panel a few times, but “knowing too much” can sometimes be a problem. If you’re a literature expert, you might get overwhelmed by having to sift through too much subject knowledge in order to get to the right answer (whereas it might appear to be blindingly obvious to a generalist who might have jumped to the correct response right away.)

        As it stands: Any criticism of contestants to this point will be ruled against the Site Comment Policy.

        • Kevin S. | May 19, 2017 at 1:16 pm | Reply

          … and there’s also always the possibility of misreading or misunderstanding the clue, and coming up with the wrong answer despite knowing the right answer. Strange things happen on the stage. Minds go blank at odd times, or go down the wrong path for various reasons.

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