Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, May 5, 2025

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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%
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20. Austin Rogers $493,000
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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Official Languages) for Monday, May 5, 2025 (Season 41, Game 171):

Of the 4 independent nations of the Americas without English or Spanish as an official language, it’s the smallest in area

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Rhyne Modlin, a scientist & entrepreneur from Hickory, North Carolina

Ellen Goldlust, s historian, editor & yoga teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (4-day total: $96,415)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Today on Jeopardy!, Ben Ganger looks to become the 286^th 5-time champion in the post-1984 history of the program, as Ellen Goldlust and Rhyne Modlin hope to stop him. One good thing for Ellen and Rhyne is that there’s a good chance that they wouldn’t have seen Ben play last week, so there’s a slightly lesser chance that they’ll be intimidated by how well he played during his run. It’ll be interesting to see how today’s game goes!

I should also note that there is a chance that today’s recap will be delayed.

Correct response: What is Haiti?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Serves some of you (“you” mostly being Alex Matthews today in this case) right for trying to look up this one with AI! Countries in the Caribbean are part of the Americas, Haiti’s official languages are French and Haitian creole, and it’s smaller than Suriname, whose official language is Dutch.

For what it’s worth, according to the show, the other two are Brazil and Mexico. It should be noted that the CIA World Factbook states English is an official language for Antigua and Barbuda.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 5, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: What Century?; “Big” Nicknames; Lakes & Rivers; Eighth Notes; In The Bank; 9-Letter Words)

Ellen got herself up to $3,600, but went for the True Daily Double and fell back to $0. Absolutely the correct play, though. After 15 clues, the scores were Ben $3,800 Rhyne $1,400 Ellen $600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Ben 6 correct 1 incorrect
Rhyne 2 correct 0 incorrect
Ellen 5 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Rhyne has a six-year Sporcle streak.
Ellen has James Madison (yes, that one) as an emeritus supervisor.
Ben tries to memorize a poem a week.

Ben picked up another six correct after the intereviews to extend his lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Ben 12 correct 1 incorrect
Ellen 11 correct 3 incorrect
Rhyne 4 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben $6,000
Ellen $3,000
Rhyne $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Literary Dress-Up; Movie Title Roles; From Thyme To Time; Wars Of The Roses; New York, New York; Lancaster)

Ellen tried a second True Daily Double on DD2, but fell back to $0 a second itme. Although Ben lost $2,500 on DD3 two clues later, Ben did well enough to get a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Ben 22 correct 3 incorrect
Ellen 18 correct 8 incorrect
Rhyne 6 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Ben $11,500
Ellen $4,000
Rhyne $2,600

Everyone went for Suriname and not Haiti; Ben’s runaway makes him a 5-day champion! He’ll go for #6 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Rhyne $2,600 – $1,000 = $1,600 (What is Suriname?)
Ellen $4,000 – $1,201 = $2,799 (What is Suriname? Thanks Suz, you’re my hero!)
Ben $11,500 – $2,000 = $9,500 (What is Suriname) (5-day total: $105,915)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LAKES & RIVERS $600 (clue #10)
Ellen 3600 -3600 (Ben 1200 Rhyne 600)
2) FROM THYME TO TIME $1600 (clue #10)
Ellen 3400 -3400 (Ben 7200 Rhyne 600)
3) LITERARY DRESS-UP $2000 (clue #12, $16800 left on board)
Ben 9200 -2500 (Ellen 0 Rhyne 600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -227

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ben 4 5 5 3 5
Ellen 4 5 4 3*
Rhyne 2

DJ! Round:
Ben 3 4 4 4 5 3 5 5*
Ellen 5 4* 5
Rhyne 1

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Ben 4.23
Ellen 4.29
Rhyne 1.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.18 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Ben $14,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Ellen $11,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 8 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Rhyne $2,600 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,600
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $14,400
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Ben Ganger, career statistics:

134 correct, 24 incorrect
14/17 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (125/285)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $23,200)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,680

Ellen Goldlust, career statistics:

18 correct, 9 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000

Rhyne Modlin, career statistics:

6 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,600

Ben Ganger, to win:

6 games: 57.509%
7: 33.073%
8: 19.020%
9: 10.938%
10: 6.290%
Avg. streak: 6.353 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• No wagering suggestions will be posted due to today’s runaway.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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