Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, January 25, 2021

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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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 World Geography) for Monday, January 25, 2021 (Season 37, Game 86):

Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Elliott Kalan, a writer originally from Millburn, New Jersey

Madeline Johnson, a digital marketing manager from Portland, Oregon

Brian Chang, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (4-day total: $88,102)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Brian survived the third regular-play tiebreaker in Jeopardy! history on Friday for his fourth win. Whoever makes it to Thursday gets to deal with the returning Zach Newkirk that day. Will Brian get the 5th win that he needs to get into the next Tournament of Champions?

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Correct response: What are Algeria and Monaco?

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This, in my opinion, is a tough one. Once you realize what the correct responses are, it’s more obvious—Monaco is one of the world’s smallest countries, and Algeria is 10th-largest—but getting to that point is the difficult part. If you get lost at any point along the way, the chances of you being able to write down the correct response in 30 seconds go down significantly.

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

Scores going into Final:
Brian $20,200
Elliott $14,200
Madeline $9,400

Tonight’s results:
Madeline $9,400 – $2,801 = $6,599 (What are Libya + Monacp?)
Elliott $14,200 – $4,601 = $9,599 (What are France and Gre)
Brian $20,200 + $8,201 = $28,401 (What are Algeria + Monaco?) (5-day total: $116,503)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brian $9,400
Madeline $2,800
Elliott $2,600

Opening break taken after: 17 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) NAME THAT MALE AUTHOR $600 (clue #15)
Brian 3600 +3600 (Madeline -200 Elliott 1000)
2) MUSICAL THEATER $1600 (clue #2)
Madeline 4800 +3000 (Brian 7400 Elliott 2600)
3) PHILOSOPHY $1200 (clue #11, $22800 left on board)
Elliott 5800 +4000 (Brian 11400 Madeline 9000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 231

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 150 (1.74 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Brian $17,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Elliott $11,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Madeline $8,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $10,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000

Brian Chang, career statistics:
120 correct, 13 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
40.57% in first on buzzer (114/281)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,300)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,720

Madeline Johnson, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000

Elliott Kalan, career statistics:
14 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400

Brian Chang, to win:
6 games: 55.215%
7: 30.487%
8: 16.833%
9: 9.294%
10: 5.132%
Avg. streak: 6.233 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• This is the first game with a first break taking place on Clue 17 or later since May 12, 2010.
• Brian had the advantage in Final Jeopardy, because the scores had Elliott in “Stratton’s Dilemma”—he could not both bet to win a Double Stumper with Brian and bet to cover Madeline.

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