Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, July 1, 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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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 German Books) for Monday, July 1, 2024 (Season 40, Game 211):

First published in 1812, this anthology included “The Water Nymph” & “The Booted Tom Cat”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Zoe Strassfield, a park ranger & writer from Water Mill, New York

Matt Brooks, a healthcare IT analyst from Fredericksburg, Virginia

Cat Pisacano, a nurse from New York, New York (1-day total: $11,500)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Welcome to the final month of Jeopardy! for Season 40. Today’s game features defending champion Cat Pisacano taking on New York’s Zoe Strassfield and Virginia’s Matt Brooks.

It’s also Canada Day up here in Canada—at least in most provinces—celebrated as the anniversary of Canadian Confederation in 1867. The holiday, however, is generally more subdued in Quebec (where the feast day of St. John the Baptist on June 24 is more celebrated as a national day) and my own residence of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador has traditionally observed July 1 as Memorial Day; in World War I, the Royal Newfoundland Regiment suffered devastating losses at Beaumont Hamel on July 1, 1916 (the first day of the Battle of the Somme).

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Correct response: What is Grimms’ Fairy Tales?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Originally known as Children’s and Household Tales, or Kinder- und Hausmärchen in the original German, Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a famed anthology of fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. (The anthology has been published in new versions many times since.) Of the two stories mentioned in the clue, “The Booted Tom Cat” would be best known today as the “Puss In Boots” story.

Because there are people who insist on researching such matters themselves, and I suspect that if I do not post this, that certain people will start shoving Wikipedia in my face, it should be noted that folklorists within American academia have published translations of “Puss In Boots” (or, “The Booted Tom Cat”) that have their original text sourced from a Grimm anthology of Kinder- und Hausmärchen.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 1, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Strange Currencies; Rhyme Time; Novellas; Taking You To School; Last Century; Based On A True Story)

While Cat did well in RHYME TIME, Matt led after 15 on the strength of 4 correct; Zoe struggled early but got back to $0 by the interviews. After 15, Matt had $2,600 to Cat’s $2,000 and Zoe’s $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Matt 4 correct 0 incorrect
Cat 5 correct 1 incorrect
Zoe 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Zoe got a Final Jeopardy about Robert Ballard correct in 2013.
Matt lives near the Library of Congress’s AV collection.
Cat was an extra in a soap opera in India.

Matt and Cat continued to play well; Matt led after 30 courtesy the Daily Double.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Matt 10 correct 0 incorrect
Cat 13 correct 2 incorrect
Zoe 3 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt $6,600
Cat $5,200
Zoe -$1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: It’S Alive; Guests On Hot Ones; Same First & Last Consonant; O Canada; We Stand On Guard; For Thee)

Both Zoe and Cat ran into difficulty on their respective Daily Doubles; however, Cat’s 9 correct in the round meant that she still led going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Cat 22 correct 3 incorrect
Matt 17 correct 2 incorrect
Zoe 9 correct 7 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Cat $12,300
Matt $10,600
Zoe $1,600

Zoe and Matt got Final Jeopardy correct; Cat did not–and that makes Matt the new Jeopardy! Champion! He’ll be back tomorrow–in a new shirt—to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Zoe $1,600 + $1,500 = $3,100 (What is Grimm’s Fairy Tales? Go NZL!)
Matt $10,600 + $0 = $10,600 (What are Grimms Fairy Tales?) (1-day total: $10,600)
Cat $12,300 – $8,901 = $3,399 (What is I <3 U Nath)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) TAKING YOU TO SCHOOL $1000 (clue #24)
Matt 4200 +1000 (Cat 4000 Zoe -1000)
2) IT’S ALIVE $1600 (clue #7)
Zoe 1400 -1400 (Cat 6400 Matt 6200)
3) SAME FIRST & LAST CONSONANT $2000 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Cat 14800 -2500 (Matt 8600 Zoe 1600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -63

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Cat 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 4 5 2 3 2 4
Matt 4 2 4 3 5 4 5 5*
Zoe 2 1 3

DJ! Round:
Cat 2 2 1 2 1 5 4 5 1 5*
Matt 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 2 3
Zoe 3 3 1 4* 5† 2 1 3 5 1

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Matt 3.59
Cat 2.91
Zoe 2.62

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Matt $10,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Cat $14,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Zoe $3,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 7 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,400
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,400
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Cat Pisacano, career statistics:

36 correct, 7 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (36/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,300

Matt Brooks, career statistics:

18 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,600

Zoe Strassfield, career statistics:

10 correct, 7 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000

Matt Brooks, to win:

2 games: 44.219%
3: 19.553%
4: 8.646%
5: 3.823%
6: 1.691%
Avg. streak: 1.793 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The pronunciation “larnyx” has been accepted by the show before; Alex Trebek himself called it “a common pronunciation” on the March 27, 2006 episode.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Cat $12,300 Matt $10,600 Zoe $1,600)

Cat: Standard cover bet over Matt is $8,901. (Actual bet: $8,901)

Matt: I would bet between $3,401 (in case Cat bets small) and $7,199 (to win on a Triple Stumper if Cat makes a cover bet). (Actual bet: $0)

Zoe: You’re only barely out of contention. I would go all-in here, just in case Cat overbets by a small amount. (Actual bet: $1,500)

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