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Season 37

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, March 29, 2021

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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

It’s Monday, March 29, 2021, the start of a new week. Dr. Oz’s charity received $129,901 as a result of last week’s games. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy:

Authors: Book to Screen: Horrified by the 1964 movie musical from her work, she okayed a U.K. stage version as long as “no Americans” were involved

(correct response beneath the contestants)

The Jeopardy! community is mourning the loss of Brayden Smith, who passed away on February 5. The Brayden Smith Memorial Fund has been established, dedicated to furthering the educational aspirations of Southern Nevada students.

Today’s contestants:

Bryce Hwang, a medical student from Santa Clara, California

Bryce Hwang on Jeopardy!

Cyndi Mundt, a forensic evaluator from Seattle, Washington

Cyndi Mundt on Jeopardy!

Susan McMillan, an Arabic translator from Portland, Maine (1-day total: $35,600)

Susan McMillan on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Susan played a very strong game on Friday in victory. The “weekend” (I say this in quotes because this was likely taped the next day) should hopefully allow for her to recharge before defending her title.

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Correct response: Who is P.L. Travers?

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P.L. Travers is best known as the author of the Mary Poppins series of children’s books, which were adapted into a 1964 Disney live-action movie musical. Walt Disney tried for years to purchase movie rights from Travers, and she was so disgusted by Disney’s end result (she felt that Poppins was portrayed too nicely, that Mr. Banks was portrayed too harshly, and she disliked the music) that she only acquiesced to allowing a musical decades later and only on the stipulation that no Americans (or anyone from the original production) were involved. This meant that the Sherman Brothers, who wrote the music to the original production, could not write any new music. The musical was not released until 8 years after Travers’ death.

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

Scores going into Final:
Bryce $15,400
Susan $13,800
Cyndi $6,400

Tonight’s results:
Cyndi $6,400 + $3,100 = $9,500 (Who is Travers?)
Susan $13,800 – $5,000 = $8,800 (Who is Christie?)
Bryce $15,400 + $13,000 = $28,400 (Who is Travers?) (1-day total: $28,400)

Bryce Hwang, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the March 29, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Susan $4,600
Cyndi $3,600
Bryce $200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS $800 (clue #22)
Bryce 3600 -3600 (Susan 4000 Cyndi 2200)
2) THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS $1600 (clue #1)
Bryce 200 +2000 (Susan 4600 Cyndi 3600)
3) THEY LIVED TO 100 $1200 (clue #10, $22000 left on board)
Susan 5000 +4000 (Cyndi 3600 Bryce 10200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 80

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: NETFLIX SHOWS BY CHARACTERS $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $3,600
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 169 (1.29 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Bryce $18,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 5 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer (23/55), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Cyndi $6,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer (12/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Susan $11,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,000
Lach Trash: $4,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,600

Susan McMillan, career statistics:
42 correct, 8 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
36.61% in first on buzzer (41/112)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,300

Cyndi Mundt, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
21.82% in first on buzzer (12/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,400

Bryce Hwang, career statistics:
26 correct, 5 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
41.82% in first on buzzer (23/55)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,600

Bryce Hwang, to win:
2 games: 46.373%
3: 21.504%
4: 9.972%
5: 4.624%
6: 2.144%
Avg. streak: 1.865 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Thus far, $161,301 has been donated to Healthcorps, Inc.

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