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Season 40

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, January 15, 2024

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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.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
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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 $1,098,403
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 On the Stage) for Monday, January 15, 2024 (Season 40, Game 91):

Paul Robeson said that even as this character “kills, his honor is at stake…the honor of his whole culture is involved”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Rotimi Kukoyi, a health policy & management student at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill from Hoover, Alabama (Friday’s total: $0)

Rotimi Kukoyi on Jeopardy!

Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada (Friday’s total: $36,800)

Long Nguyen on Jeopardy!

Roy Camara, a grocery specialist from Crawfordsville, Florida (Friday’s total: $0)

Roy Camara on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Friday was certainly a historic Game #1 of a final—for the first time in the history of the show, two players finished Game 1 of a 2-day final with $0. Long also has a $36,800 lead over both Roy and Rotimi—the largest lead overcome on Day 2 of a final is currently $26,000 (a pre-doubled $13,000) from the 10th Anniversary Tournament in 1993. Does this mean Long’s lead is insurmountable? No. Does it mean that he’s very much in control right now? Yes.

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Correct response: Who is Othello?

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Paul Robeson, who became the first Black actor to portray Shakespeare’s Othello in a British production in over half a century when he did so in 1930, described Othello in an interview as follows:

Shakespeare’s Othello has learned to live in a strange society, but he is not of it—as an easterner today might puck up western manners and not be western. Othello’s personal, racial dignity is involved in his love. He might have been much slower to suspicion if his wife had been of the same background. But he is intensely proud of his color and culture; in the end, even as he kills, his honor is at stake, not simply as a human being and as a lover, but as Othello. The honor of his whole culture is involved.

Robeson has since been very associated with the role of Othello; the 1943 Broadway production starring him still holds the Guinness record for the longest-running Shakespeare play on Broadway.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, January 15, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Disney Film Titles Visualized; World History; Portlandia; Around The Unusual House; Say Your Fruits & Veggies!; Authors’ Birthstones)

Long made it even tougher for a comeback to happen, finding the first Daily Double immediately. While Roy picked up 15 correct in the round, his work was still very much cut out for him in Double Jeopardy.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Roy 8 correct 2 incorrect
Long 4 correct 0 incorrect
Rotimi 1 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Rotimi would like to thank his family, friends, and the Jeopardy! Staff.
Long would like to shout out the pickleball players in Vegas.
Roy would like to thank his friends, kids, and wife.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Roy 15 correct 2 incorrect
Long 9 correct 1 incorrect
Rotimi 3 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Roy $9,200
Long $4,200
Rotimi $200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: African Cities; Religions Of The World; Desert Flora & Fauna; Stay Safe; Pop Music-Pourri; “G” Whiz)

Roy’s chances of a comeback were harmed significantly with an incorrect response on the first Daily Double. A correct response on the last one pretty much ended the proceedings eight clues in, and Long had the final superlocked with an incredible 17 clues to go.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Long 22 correct 3 incorrect
Roy 24 correct 4 incorrect
Rotimi 6 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Long $19,600
Roy $7,600
Rotimi $1,000

Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Long moves on to Champions Wildcard!

Tonight’s results:

Rotimi $1,000 – $0 = $1,000 + $0 = $1,000 ($10,000) (Who is: I lost the buzzer race but I just won $10,000! 🙂 gg)
Roy $7,600 – $350 = $7,250 + $0 = $7,250 ($20,000) (Who is Bea Arthur?)
Long $19,600 – $123 = $19,477 + $36,800 = $56,277 ($35,000) (Who is Kunte Kinte?)

Long Nguyen, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the January 15, 2024 game.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) AUTHORS’ BIRTHSTONES $800 (clue #1)
Long 0 +1000 (Roy 0 Rotimi 0)
2) DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $1600 (clue #4)
Roy 10400 -10400 (Long 7800 Rotimi 200)
3) RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD $1200 (clue #8, $22800 left on board)
Long 9400 +5000 (Roy 0 Rotimi 200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 53

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Roy
Long 4*
Rotimi

DJ! Round:
Roy 4* 5† 5
Long 4 3 4 3*
Rotimi 5

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Long 3.60
Roy 4.67
Rotimi 5.00

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:

Long $15,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Roy $18,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Rotimi $1,000 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,600
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,600

Player Statistics:

Roy Camara, career statistics:

93 correct, 22 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
42.54% in first on buzzer (97/228)
5/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
1/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,450

Long Nguyen, career statistics:

77 correct, 15 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (76/228)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,100

Rotimi Kukoyi, career statistics:

43 correct, 14 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
20.61% in first on buzzer (47/228)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
1/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,100

Andy’s Thoughts:

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Long $19,600 Roy $7,600 Rotimi $1,000)
Long’s current total score: $56,400
Long’s maximum total score: $76,000
Roy’s current total score: $7,600
Roy’s maximum total score: $15,200
Rotimi’s current total score: $1,000
Rotimi’s maximum total score: $2,000

Roy: Bet no more than $5,599 and take second place. (Actual bet: $350)

Long: Bet whatever you like—there’s no way Roy or Rotimi can catch you as they can’t get to your Day 1 total. (Actual bet: $123)

Rotimi: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)


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