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Season 39
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, June 12, 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.
(Next game: September 14)
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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 Women In Mythology) for Monday, June 12, 2023 (Season 39, Game 196):
The name of this woman, the product of an incestuous union, means “against birth”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Marilyn Singer, a children’s book author from Brooklyn, New York
Michael Vallely, a data analyst from Somerville, Massachusetts
Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia (4-day total: $53,999)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
I have said this before, and I will say it again: The object of Jeopardy! is to win. Suresh Krishnan has now won four times. He’s a 4-day champion with winnings a shade under $54,000. And he’s going for win #5 today. Today’s challengers are Somerville, Massachusetts’s Michael Vallely and Brooklyn, New York’s Marilyn Singer.
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Correct response: Who is Antigone?
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Antigone was the first daughter of the union of Oedipus and Jocasta in Greek mythology; Jocasta was also Oedipus’ mother. Antigone is also the title subject of a Sophocles tragedy, and the subject of a clue from 1988 that I put into J! Archive over the past few days: By a twist of fate, Jocasta was both mother & this to Antigone (all of the three players took guesses, nobody came up with “grandmother”.)
Remember what I said on May 2 regarding Archive studying? If a player had taken this unto themselves beforehand (as my notes say that this episode taped on April 4), they may have discovered Final Jeopardy from February 28, 2018: Poet & translator Anne Carson addresses her: “Your name in Greek means something like ‘against birth’”. Amazingly, the categories for both Finals were also “Women In Mythology”. I also mention this because I believe that Anne Carson’s Antogonick is the most common modern citation for “against birth”.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, June 12, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Pop Songs; Tropic Of Capricorn Nations; Narrator Of The Novel; Core Values; 5-Letter Words; Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard)
This game started off as essentially a two-player battle between Suresh and Michael — a rare $5 Daily Double bet from Suresh meant that he was only a little bit behind after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Michael 7 correct 0 incorrect
Marilyn 3 correct 0 incorrect
Suresh 3 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Marilyn got to narrate her own poetry audiobook, but Mayim Bialik was her second-choice narrator.
Michael plays Jeopardy with a cancer support group.
Suresh does not know how to tie a tie and hasn’t worn one since his father has passed.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Michael 11 correct 2 incorrect
Suresh 10 correct 2 incorrect
Marilyn 5 correct 4 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Michael $5,600
Suresh $5,395
Marilyn $0
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The War Of 1812; Like A Statue; Health & Medicine; Color My World; Hang Up Your Tv Reboots; “Ax” Marks The Spot)
Michael got to the third Daily Double and doubled up! Unfortunately, he was unable to parlay that into a runaway game; Suresh was just inside of 50% of Michael’s score!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Michael 23 correct 2 incorrect
Suresh 19 correct 2 incorrect
Marilyn 9 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 34 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Michael $26,400
Suresh $14,195
Marilyn $4,400
Suresh was the only player correct in Final—and it seems like he got his writing done at the very last second! This means Suresh is now a 5-day champion—though I’m almost positive we’re going to be seeing Michael back in Second Chance.
Tonight’s results:
Marilyn $4,400 – $1,000 = $3,400 (Who is Niobe?)
Suresh $14,195 + $14,000 = $28,195 (Who Antigone?) (5-day total: $82,194)
Michael $26,400 – $2,000 = $24,400 (Who is Uncle Steve?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL $400 (clue #11)
Suresh 2000 -5 (Michael 2600 Marilyn 600)
2) LIKE A STATUE $2000 (clue #5)
Suresh 8195 +2000 (Michael 6800 Marilyn 0)
3) THE WAR OF 1812 $1600 (clue #8, $26800 left on board)
Michael 8400 +8400 (Suresh 10195 Marilyn 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 124
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Suresh 1 2 5 1 2*
Michael 3 4 5 2 3
Marilyn 1
DJ! Round:
Suresh 2 3 5* 1
Michael 4 3 4*
Marilyn 1
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Suresh 2.44
Michael 3.50
Marilyn 1.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 34 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Suresh $14,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Michael $19,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Marilyn $4,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 5 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,200
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400
Player Statistics:
Suresh Krishnan, career statistics:
83 correct, 14 incorrect
10/12 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
26.43% in first on buzzer (74/280)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,195)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,520
Michael Vallely, career statistics:
23 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,600
Marilyn Singer, career statistics:
9 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,400
Suresh Krishnan, to win:
6 games: 35.684%
7: 12.733%
8: 4.544%
9: 1.621%
10: 0.579%
Avg. streak: 5.555 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Unless you’re in a position where you absolutely need to bet a large amount of money to have any chance of winning, there is generally nothing wrong with a $5 bet on a Daily Double. In fact, the extra $1,995 Suresh had after that was the difference between him staying within 50% going into Final and not.
- It would not surprise me if Michael was the first player invited back for Second Chance; between his cancer story and how close he came to winning, it would be a travesty if we did not see him again.
Today’s box score: June 12, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Michael $26,400 Suresh $14,195 Marilyn $4,400)
Suresh: Bet at least $10,216 to have any chance of winning. (Actual bet: $14,000)
Michael: Standard cover bet over Suresh is $1,991. (Actual bet: $2,000)
Marilyn: Limit your bet to $419 to stay ahead of Suresh if Suresh misses Final. (Actual bet: $1,000)
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