Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, August 19, 2024

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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 Trailblazers) for Monday, August 19, 2024 (Season 40, Game 138):

The foremost member of the “Sochi Six”, which was similar to a previous U.S. group, he died in a plane crash in 1968

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Andrew He, a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California

Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois

Dan Pawson, a global health consultant from Arlington, Virginia

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

We’re now past the midway point of our Encore Presentations for Season 40; now that the Tournament of Champions has been decided, we are moving on to the Jeopardy Invitational Tournament. Today’s opening quarterfinal was contested between Andrew He, Pam Mueller, and Dan Pawson.

In case you missed it, my weekly editorial, published on Saturday, contains some breaking information regarding the new Pop Culture Jeopardy series hosted by Colin Jost on Amazon Prime. Make sure to check it out!

Correct response: Who is Yuri Gagarin?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet cosmonaut who is most famous for being the first human to journey into space, when he did so aboard Vostok 1 in April 1961. (The “Sochi Six” is the Russian equivalent of the American “Mercury Seven” astronauts).

Although the Soviet Union attempted to keep Gagarin from flying spacecraft after the fatal crash of Soyuz 1, viewing him as a national hero (and not being willing to lose their hero in a crash), Gagarin was killed in a plane crash during routine training just weeks after being permitted to fly regular aircraft again.

Back in March, I noted that I thought that it was a generally straightforward clue; I was also a little bit surprised with how it played.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, August 19, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Historic 1990s; First Names; Mission: Plausible; Wheaties Athletes; Bestselling Books; The Vocabulary Of Ice Ice Baby)

While Dan and Andrew both got 4 correct responses, Andrew missed a Daily Double, and Pam picked up 6 correct to jump out to an early lead.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Pam 6 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 4 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 4 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Andrew was featured in People after his child was born.
Pam was first on in 2000 and seems to be on every five years.
Dan feels like the half-broken old Terminator.

Pam picked up another 6 correct after the break to take a good-sized lead into the second commercial break.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Pam 12 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 7 correct 1 incorrect
Andrew 7 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Pam $6,800
Dan $3,200
Andrew $600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 19th Century Newspaper Publishers; The Directing Brothers; Undeniable Chemistry; It’s A Big Country; Violent Art; Overlaps)

As he so often has in the past, Andrew managed to find both Daily Doubles. Going all in on the first one and doubling up, he didn’t go all in on the second—a decision which made things incredibly interested by the end of the round as Pam battled back to get to exactly 50% of Andrew’s score going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Andrew 20 correct 4 incorrect
Pam 21 correct 1 incorrect
Dan 12 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Andrew $33,600
Pam $16,800
Dan $6,400

Andrew was the only player correct in Final—which made the betting moot (even though he made the right choice by betting $1, in my opinion.)

Tonight’s results:

Dan $6,400 – $6,400 = $0 (Who is U Thant?)
Pam $16,800 – $16,800 = $0 (Who is Dag Hammarskjold?)
Andrew $33,600 + $1 = $33,601 (Who is Gagarin?) (Semi-Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THE HISTORIC 1990s $1000 (clue #13)
Andrew 1000 -1000 (Dan 2400 Pam 3000)
2) IT’S A BIG COUNTRY $1200 (clue #11)
Andrew 8600 +8600 (Dan 5200 Pam 11600)
3) 19th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $1200 (clue #12, $18000 left on board)
Andrew 17200 +10000 (Dan 5200 Pam 11600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 58

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Dan 1 2 3 2 2
Pam 4 4 5 3
Andrew 5 5 4 5*

DJ! Round:
Dan 4
Pam 5 3 4
Andrew 5 5 4 3 4 2 3* 3*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Andrew 4.00
Pam 4.00
Dan 2.33

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Andrew $18,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Pam $16,800 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Dan $6,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,600
Lach Trash: $5,600 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Dan Pawson, career statistics:

345 correct, 46 incorrect
15/17 on rebound attempts (on 85 rebound opportunities)
34.61% in first on buzzer (335/968)
16/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $52,878)
7/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,765

Pam Mueller, career statistics:

302 correct, 45 incorrect
18/25 on rebound attempts (on 76 rebound opportunities)
29.12% in first on buzzer (290/996)
10/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $20,000)
6/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,944

Andrew He, career statistics:

495 correct, 69 incorrect
34/40 on rebound attempts (on 92 rebound opportunities)
32.35% in first on buzzer (461/1425)
29/38 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $127,600)
12/25 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,632

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Andrew $33,600 Pam $16,800 Dan $6,400)

Dan: Bet whatever you like; you can’t advance unless Andrew overbets significantly. (Actual bet: $6,400)

Pam: Go all in; that’s your only chance of victory. (Actual bet: $16,800)

Andrew: Don’t “play for penalties”. Make the cover bet—$1. (Actual bet: $1)

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