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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 25, 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 Oscar-Nominated Actors) for Friday, May 25, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 185):

He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners–a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Ross Belsome, a valuation analyst from Houston, Texas

Ross Belsome on Jeopardy!

Virginia Cummings, a geriatrician from Randolph, Massachusetts

Virginia Cummings on Jeopardy!

Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (7-day total: $163,721)

Josh Hill on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: Who is Robert Downey, Jr.?

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The two nominations were for Best Actor for playing Charlie Chaplin in 1992’s Chaplin>, and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Kirk Lazarus in 2008’s Tropic Thunder (the fictional Lazarus was a 5-time Oscar winner.)

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

Scores going into Final:
Virginia $17,800
Ross $17,600
Josh $9,400

Tonight’s results:
Josh $9,400 – $8,401 = $999 (Who is Hopkins?)
Ross $17,600 + $1,201 = $18,801
Virginia $17,800 + $17,401 = $35,201 (1-day total: $35,201)

Virginia Cummings, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the May 25, 2018 episode.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Ross $7,600
Virginia $6,400
Josh $4,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) GENIUSES ARE BORN $800 (19th pick)
Virginia 2000 +2000 (Ross 4200 Josh 2800)
2) NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200 (7th pick)
Virginia 7600 +2000 (Ross 8000 Josh 5800)
3) 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $1200 (18th pick)
Virginia 14000 +3000 (Ross 11200 Josh 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 148

Unplayed clues:
J! round: BALKAN NATIONS $800 & $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1,800

Game Stats:
Virginia $14,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Ross $17,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer
Josh $9,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $41,000
Lach Trash: $6,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800

Josh Hill, final stats:
191 correct, 29 incorrect
43.82% in first on buzzer (195/445)
7/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $24,195)
4/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,250

Virginia Cummings, stats to date:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
20.00% in first on buzzer (11/55)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000

Virginia Cummings, to win:
2 games: 57.90%
3: 33.52%
4: 19.41%
5: 11.24%
6: 6.51%
Avg. streak: 2.375 games.

Miscellaneous:

  • Thanks to Mark Barrett for providing me with a full chart of this game.

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