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Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, December 28, 2020

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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

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Odd Titles) for Monday, December 28, 2020 (Season 26, Game 51):

Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Mikado”, not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary

(correct response beneath the contestants)

In memory of Alex Trebek, today is the sixth episode in a series of two weeks of Alex’s favorite episodes from around the world. Today’s episode featured a category about Israel with Alex on location and originally aired November 23, 2011. Alex’s last episode airs Friday, January 8, 2021; Ken Jennings’ first episode as guest host airs on January 11.

Today’s contestants:

Patrick Pence, a GIS coordinator from Tallahassee, Florida

Patrick Pence on Jeopardy!

Cathy Sorge, an archivist from Silver Spring, Maryland

Cathy Sorge on Jeopardy!

Ben Davis, a law student from Chicago, Illinois (1-day total: $20,801)

Ben Davis on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is (Grand) Poobah?

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Derived from the character Pooh-Bah in The Mikado—the character in that work holds numerous high offices, including “Lord High Everything Else”—the term “Grand Poobah” is probably best known today from its recurring use on The Flintstones, as the head of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. It’s also generally used today in a mocking fashion of someone who has an inflated sense of self-regard and takes impressive titles for themself.

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

Scores going into Final:
Ben $20,800
Patrick $15,500
Cathy $6,600

Tonight’s results:
Cathy $6,600 – $6,600 = $0 (What is major general)
Patrick $15,500 – $2,000 = $13,500 (What is tigger?)
Ben $20,800 + $10,201 = $31,001 (What is a poo-bah?) (2-day total: $51,802)

Ben Davis, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 28, 2020 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Patrick $9,200
Ben $6,000
Cathy $600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $800 (clue #29)
Ben 5400 +600 (Cathy 600 Patrick 8200)
2) WORDS OF LOVE $1600 (clue #24)
Patrick 11600 +3000 (Ben 16000 Cathy 6200)
3) A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $1600 (clue #26, $5200 left on board)
Patrick 15800 -300 (Ben 16000 Cathy 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 35

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
#DIV/0!

Game Stats:
Ben $21,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Patrick $14,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Cathy $6,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,000
Lach Trash: $5,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000

Ben Davis, career statistics:
46 correct, 4 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (42/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,800

Cathy Sorge, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600

Patrick Pence, career statistics:
22 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,700)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400


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