Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, June 28, 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

Good morning, and Happy Monday! Today is Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s first day as guest host. He’ll be hosting for two weeks. This week’s and next week’s winnings will be matched and donated to Odyssey Atlanta. Now: here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Monarchies) for Monday, June 28, 2021 (Season 37, Game 196):

The future Charles I suddenly became next in line to the throne of Austria in this year

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Spencer Pace, a store operations associate originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon

Austin Weiss, a pediatrician from San Diego, California (1-day total: $12,900)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Austin survived a Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy! with a very intelligent wager from second place—a wager that fewer people make than they should. Thus, he gets to return as a 1-day champion today. With his buzzer stats being around 30% after one game, those will need to improve for him to have a chance of defending his title.

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Correct response: What is 1914?

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Charles I (of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine) became heir presumptive in Austria-Hungary due to the 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand—the event that also precipitated the start of World War I. Charles ascended to the throne himself in 1916 after the death of Franz Joseph I. His attempts to negotiate Austria-Hungary’s exit from the war was unsuccessful and was dethroned following the war, with the Austria-Hungary empire disintegrating. He died while exiled in Madeira in 1922.

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

Scores going into Final:
Austin $20,400
Spencer $15,000
Courtney $11,400

Tonight’s results:
Courtney $11,400 + $4,000 = $15,400 (What is 1914?) (1-day total: $15,400)
Spencer $15,000 – $14,999 = $1 (What is 1500?)
Austin $20,400 – $9,700 = $10,700 (What is 1945?)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Spencer $6,600
Courtney $3,000
Austin $2,600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) JOURNEY $800 (clue #19)
Courtney 2200 -1400 (Austin 400 Spencer 5200)
2) JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $1600 (clue #2)
Austin 3800 +3800 (Courtney 3000 Spencer 6600)
3) SCIENCE $2000 (clue #25, $5200 left on board)
Austin 14400 +4000 (Courtney 9000 Spencer 15000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 64

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 195 (0.99 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Courtney $12,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Austin $16,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Spencer $15,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,000
Lach Trash: $7,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,000

Austin Weiss, career statistics:
35 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
28.95% in first on buzzer (33/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,800)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900

Courtney Shah, career statistics:
17 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,800

Spencer Pace, career statistics:
18 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,000

Courtney Shah, to win:
2 games: 38.940%
3: 15.163%
4: 5.905%
5: 2.299%
6: 0.895%
Avg. streak: 1.638 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Through 1 day, $18,400 has been donated to Odyssey Atlanta. $1,931,361 has been donated to all charities.
• Even though Sanjay seemed to be reading slower, it felt like he kept the game moving well.
• Going to $400 clues with higher-value clues on the board late in the game and a Daily Double still out is a surefire way to give your opponents a much better chance of landing that Daily Double. This would have been a much different endgame had Courtney gone from $1600 to $2000 in SCIENCE instead of $400 (and thereby yielding control of the board to Austin when Austin got the $400 clue.)

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