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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 6, 2019

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Current Champion

Justin Robbins, career statistics:
28 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600

To win:
2 games: 64.278%
3: 41.317%
4: 26.557%
5: 17.071%
6: 10.973%
Avg. streak: 2.799 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

Today is Quarterfinal #1 for the 2019 Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Poets) for Monday, May 6, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 171):

A poem by him includes, “It was grassy and wanted wear; / Though…the passing there / Had worn them really about the same”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Julia Rosinski Bailey, a 10th grade chemistry teacher from Austin, Texas

Julia Rosinski Bailey on Jeopardy!

Joe Rengstorf, a middle school education teacher from Poulsbo, Washington

Joe Rengstorf on Jeopardy!

Mariah Minges Klusman, a 12th grade English language arts teacher from Wyncote, Pennsylvania

Mariah Minges Klusman on Jeopardy!

(James Holzhauer returns on the 20th to defend his title.)

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Correct response: Who is Robert Frost?

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The poem those lines come from is Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”; its more famous line comes at the end: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— / I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference”.

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

Scores going into Final:
Joe $16,000
Julia $10,200
Mariah $2,400

Tonight’s results:
Mariah $2,400 + $2,395 = $4,795
Julia $10,200 + $5,000 = $15,200
Joe $16,000 + $4,401 = $20,401 (Semifinalist)

Joe Rengstorf, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the May 6, 2019 game.)

Wild card standings:
Monday: Joe Rengstorf, $20,401 ($16,000, $9,800)
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
1) Julia Rosinski Bailey, $15,200 ($10,200, $1,400), 97.281% to advance
2) Mariah Minges Klusman, $4,795 ($2,400, $2,400), 1.840% to advance
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Joe $9,800
Mariah $2,400
Julia $1,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) CLASSIC NOVELS $800 (10th pick)
Joe 1200 +1200 (Julia 1400 Mariah 0)
2) THE PLANETS $1600 (4th pick)
Joe 10600 +3000 (Mariah 1600 Julia 600)
3) ARCHAEOLOGY $1200 (8th pick)
Joe 14800 +5200 (Julia 2600 Mariah 1600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 163

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

Game Stats:
Joe $10,200 Coryat, 26 correct, 5 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Julia $10,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer, 4/5 on rebound attempts
Maria $2,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 5 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer, 0/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $22,800
Lach Trash: $14,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $17,000

Joe Rengstorf, stats to date:
27 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200

Julia Rosinski Bailey, stats to date:
15 correct, 6 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200

Mariah Minges Klusman, stats to date:
9 correct, 5 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,400

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • While a score of $16,000 has a 98.429% chance to advance as a wild card, there’s a great deal to be said for not having to sweat the wild cards all day in studio. That ability to relax may be helpful for Joe next week.
  • Effective in first on buzzer %age: Joe 50.94% (27/53), Julia 28.30% (15/53), Mariah 20.75% (11/53).

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