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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 31, 2017

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
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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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Communication) for Wednesday, May 31, 2017:

Shigetaka Kurita designed the original set of 176 of these, which included the zodiac glyphs, hearts & a pair of googly eyes

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Joe Nguyen, an attorney from New York, New York

Joe Nguyen on Jeopardy!

Lisette Pringle, a jewelry store assistant manager from Little River, South Carolina

Lisette Pringle on Jeopardy!

Kerry Benn, a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey (1-day total: $14,000)

Kerry Benn on Jeopardy!

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Emoji (Yes, the plural is “emoji”, not “emojis”) were first created in the late 20th century by Shigetaka Kurita, working for Japanese mobile telco NTT DoCoMo. While there were originally just 176, emoji are now part of the Unicode specification and there are now over 1,000. Unicode 9.0 contains 1,088 emoji. What are your favorite emoji?

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Lisette $11,600
    Joe $9,200
    Kerry $6,000

    Final results:
    Kerry $6,000 + $5,800 = $11,800
    Joe $9,200 + $3,000 = $12,200 (1-day total: $12,200)
    Lisette $11,600 + $401 = $12,001

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Joe $3,000
    Kerry $2,000
    Lisette $1,600

    Judging note: On the 15th clue of Double Jeopardy, Lisette originally said “Louis & Vuitton”, and was asked by the judges to repeat her response prior to Alex ruling on it. She said “Louis Vuitton” and was ruled correct. This exchange is permitted by rule; contestants may alter their response prior to Alex or the judges making a ruling. See Rule 1 at this page at jeopardy.com for more information.

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES $600 (22nd pick)
    Joe 3000 -3000 (Kerry 2000 Lisette 400)

    2) QUOTH THE POET $1200 (19th pick)
    Joe 7800 -2200 (Lisette 8400 Kerry 6800)
    3) GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $1600 (27th pick, $5,600 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
    Kerry 8000 -2000 (Lisette 10000 Joe 8800)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: QUOTH THE POET $2000
    Total $ left on board: $2,000

    Game Stats:
    Joe $14,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 7 incorrect, 51.79% in first on buzzer
    Lisette $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
    Kerry $8,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.29% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400

    Kerry Benn, final stats:
    28 correct
    4 incorrect
    1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    23.89% in first on buzzer (27/113)
    Average Coryat: $10,800

    Joe Nguyen, stats to date:
    25 correct
    7 incorrect
    0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    51.79% in first on buzzer (29/56)
    Average Coryat: $14,400

    Joe Nguyen, to win:
    2 games: 48.19%
    3: 23.22%
    4: 11.19%
    5: 5.39%
    6: 2.60%
    Avg. streak: 1.930 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $35,168

    With a projected 62 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 2.248 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1562).
    An average of 3.4966 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3985).

    An early cutoff took place 13.688% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Joe Nguyen qualified 9.270% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 44.614% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 12.429% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 1.807% of the time.

    Miscellany:

    • This is the first regular-play game since April 7 in which the contestants went 0-for-3 on the Daily Doubles.
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