Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 31, 2019

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 Families) for Friday, May 31, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 190):

It’s the last name of Alfred, Lionel, David, Emil, Thomas & Randy, who with 90 nominations, are the most Oscar-nominated family

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Wyatt Feeler, an attorney from College Park, Maryland

William Tran, an attorney from Monterey Park, California

James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (31-day total: $2,382,583)

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Correct response: What is Newman?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The Newman family has been scoring films in Hollywood since the 1930s. Alfred, Emil, and Lionel were brothers; Randy is the son of their brother Michael, and Thomas and David are Alfred’s sons. Alfred had 43 Oscar nominations, Randy 20, Thomas 14, Lionel 11, and Emil and David 1 apiece. (Emil’s was for his musical direction on Sun Valley Serenade.)

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

Scores going into Final:
James $52,633
Wyatt $12,600
William $800

Tonight’s results:
William $800 + $700 = $1,500
Wyatt $12,600 – $5,000 = $7,600 (Who is Hitchcock?)
James $52,633 + $27,000 = $79,633 (32-day total: $2,462,216)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $14,400
Wyatt $5,000
William -$1,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) AFRICAN-AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY $600 (8th pick)
James 3800 +3800 (Wyatt 1000 William -2000)
2) RELIGION FOUNDERS $2000 (8th pick)
James 18800 +10021 (Wyatt 6200 William -1200)
3) EPISTOLARY NOVELS $2000 (13th pick)
James 32821 +9812 (Wyatt 7800 William -1200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 183

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0

Game Stats:
James $33,600 Coryat, 37 correct, 3 incorrect, 61.40% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Wyatt $12,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
William $800 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $47,000
Lach Trash: $1,600 (on 1 Triple Stumper)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,400

James Holzhauer, stats to date:
1,160 correct, 36 incorrect
33/36 on rebound attempts (on 67 rebound opportunities)
58.31% in first on buzzer (1053/1806)
71/75 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $653,416)
31/32 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,800

James Holzhauer, to win:
33 games: 96.832%
34: 96.586%
35: 94.521%
36: 92.523%
37: 89.865%
75: 40.201%
Avg. streak: 78.855 games.
(This is using the updated model and now takes into account performance on specific days of the week).

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 70 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:

James Holzhauer qualified 100.000% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 93.886% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 78.764% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 52.498% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 30.103% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 22.400% of the time.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• One of the more interesting subplots from today’s game was “will William get out of the red” after giving $1,000 incorrect responses on the first two clues. He did, on the antepenultimate clue of Double Jeopardy.
• That’s another interesting advantage for a player like James to go across the $1,000 row to start; your opponents, who are still probably very nervous, are liable to dig a very big hole if they’re wrong on one of those opening clues.
• James is $58,484 from Ken Jennings’ all-time regular-season total of $2,520,700.
• $79,633 is the 16th-highest regular play total of all time. James currently holds 23 of the top 27 single-game regular-play totals of all time.
• James’ Coryat score of $33,600 is tied for the 23rd-highest regular play Coryat score of all time.
• James has been correct on his last 26 Final Jeopardy! clues.
• The prediction model now gives James a 97.127% chance to win on Fridays, up from 96.826%.
• The prediction model currently gives James a 96.764% chance of surpassing Ken Jennings’ total of $2,520,700, and a 54.224% chance of surpassing Brad Rutter’s all-time winnings total of $4,688,436. (At his current average win total, James would pass Ken on June 3 and Brad on July 26.)

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