Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, February 20, 2023

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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.
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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 Writers & The South) for Monday, February 20, 2023 (Season 39, Game 116):

In 1939 he lived on Toulouse Street in the French Quarter & chose the professional name that bonded him to the South

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Rohit Kataria, a junior at Vanderbilt University from Wheelersburg, Ohio

Maya Wright, a senior at Emory University from Peachtree City, Georgia

Audrey Sarin, a senior at Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo from Seattle, Washington

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Today is quarterfinal #1 of the 2023 High School Reunion Tournament; over the next 14 episodes, 27 of the 30 players from the two Season 35 Teen Tournaments have returned to the Alex Trebek Stage to compete again. One change from the last time these players were here: only the winners advance, and there are no wild cards. Today’s opening quarterfinal features one of the finalists from the 2018 event in Maya Wright, now a senior at Emory, facing off with Audrey Sarin and Rohit Kataria, two quarterfinalists from 2019.

Mayim Bialik will host this tournament; Ken Jennings returns on March 10. This is your reminder that there is a very vocal minority of anti-Mayim Bialik people on social media, whose words get amplified by tabloids. The vast majority of Jeopardy! fans do not have any problem whatsoever with Mayim Bialik, and it is my hope that Sony’s TV brass are aware of this and choose to ignore the junk tabloid articles.

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Correct response: Who is Tennessee Williams?

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(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2023 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Tennessee Williams’ professional name evolved from a nickname he had been given by a college roommate due to his father originally being a Tennessee pioneer. His most famous works came in 1944 with The Glass Menagerie, in 1947 with A Streetcar Named Desire, and in 1955 with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

One of Williams’ later plays, Vieux Carré, was actually set on Toulouse Street.

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Game Recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Tech Talk; Reunion Shows; Let’s Take A Spring Break; Bodies Of Water; Crossword Clues “T”; A Crash Course In John Green)

Rohit led at the first break, but Maya picked up 9 correct after the interviews to jump into a big lead!

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Rohit 3 correct 0 incorrect
Maya 5 correct 1 incorrect
Audrey 2 correct 0 incorrect

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Maya 14 correct 2 incorrect
Rohit 6 correct 1 incorrect
Audrey 4 correct 0 incorrect

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: National Anthems; Palindromes In Pop Culture; Pardon My French; Religion Has Its Place; Time To Hit The Library; An “F” In History)

Maya and Rohit got to play Daily Doubles; Maya got hers, while Rohit missed his. This means that Quarterfinal #1 was a runaway in Maya’s favor! Scores going into Final were Maya at $19,600, Rohit at $7,600, and Audrey at $3,400.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Maya 24 correct 3 incorrect
Rohit 12 correct 2 incorrect
Audrey 11 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 16 (0 today).

Maya was the only player correct in Final today; she is a semi-finalist!

Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, February 20, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:

Scores going into Final:

Maya $19,600
Rohit $7,600
Audrey $3,400

Tonight’s results:

Audrey $3,400 – $3,400 = $0 ($5,000) (What is ? ❤️ my family)
Rohit $7,600 – $425 = $7,175 ($5,000) (Who is Mark Twain?)
Maya $19,600 + $1,200 = $20,800 (Who Tennessee Williams) (Semi-Finalist)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Maya $7,200
Rohit $3,000
Audrey $3,000

Opening break taken after: clues

Daily Double locations:

1) BODIES OF WATER $400 (clue #26)
Maya 5000 +1800 (Audrey 3000 Rohit 2800)
2) PARDON MY FRENCH $1600 (clue #7)
Maya 8400 +2400 (Audrey 600 Rohit 6200)
3) RELIGION HAS ITS PLACE $1200 (clue #15, $13200 left on board)
Rohit 7000 -3000 (Audrey 1400 Maya 14800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 22

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Audrey 4 5 1 3 4 2
Maya 3 4 2 3 4 5 4 5 3 3 5 5 2 2 2*
Rohit 3 2 5 1 4

DJ! Round:
Audrey 4 5 4 5 5 5
Maya 4 4* 5† 2† 2
Rohit 3 3 3 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Maya 3.45
Rohit 3.00
Audrey 3.92

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 16 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Maya $17,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Rohit $10,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Audrey $3,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: $14,600 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000

Audrey Sarin, career statistics:

23 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
21.93% in first on buzzer (25/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,900

Maya Wright, career statistics:

110 correct, 10 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
36.65% in first on buzzer (103/281)
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,800)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,240

Rohit Kataria, career statistics:

28 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000

Today’s interviews:

Rohit used his winnings four years ago to help start a scholarship fund.
Maya got to study abroad in Spain.
Audrey is a professionally certified diver.

Remaining Players’ Chances of Winning Tournament:

Maya Wright: 13.473%
Avi Gupta: 8.511%
Jack Izzo: 2.568%
Alison Purcell: 1.632%
Stephanie Pierson: 1.263%
Autumn Shelton: 4.101%
Sreekar Madabushi: 4.765%
Justin Bolsen: 4.684%
Shriya Yarlagadda: 4.212%
Teagan O’Sullivan: 3.789%
Jackson Jones: 7.611%
Ryan Presler: 3.755%
Isabella Pagano: 1.412%
Rohan Kapileshwari: 3.190%
Claire Sattler: 5.291%
Rhea Sinha: 2.063%
Lucas Miner: 3.659%
Anish Maddipoti: 1.343%
Audrey Satchivi: 3.886%
Tim Cho: 6.093%
Dan Oxman: 0.341%
Eesha Sohail: 3.166%
Hannah Nekritz: 2.953%
Caleb Richmond: 3.218%
Maggie Brown: 3.021%

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score: February 20, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Maya $19,600 Rohit $7,600 Audrey $3,400)

Audrey: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $3,400)

Maya: There’s no advantage to running up the score here. Bet $0. (Actual bet: $1,200)

Rohit: If second place really matters to you, limit your bet to $799. Otherwise? Maya did Clavin last time she was here; it might be worth an all-in bet, just in case. (Actual bet: $425)

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