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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 16, 2018

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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

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Solar System) for Tuesday, October 16, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 27):

Features on this body include Tombaugh Regio & Sleipnir Fossa, named for a horse that carried Odin to the Underworld

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Prairie Rose Clayton, a taxonomist from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Prairie Rose Clayton on Jeopardy!

Hila Saxer, an ASL interpreter from Washington, Pennsylvania

Hila Saxer on Jeopardy!

Alan Dunn, a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia (2-day total: $51,600)

Alan Dunn on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is Pluto?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

Working with data from the New Horizons spacecraft, the International Astronomical Union began approving names of geological features on Pluto in August 2017. Tombaugh Regio was named after Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered the body in 1930; fossae are ditches, and they are being named after underworld mythical figures on Pluto. The IAU has determined that generally, Pluto’s features will be named after underworld mythological figures, writers, scientists, and engineers associated with Pluto, as well as pioneering space missions and spacecraft.

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

Scores going into Final:
Alan $13,200
Prairie $9,600
Hila $6,800

Tonight’s results:
Hila $6,800 – $6,500 = $300 (What is Pegasus)
Prairie $9,600 + $8,150 = $17,750
Alan $13,200 + $6,001 = $19,201 (3-day total: $70,801) (What is Ve Pluto?)

Alan Dunn, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the October 16, 2018 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Alan $9,600
Hila $800
Prairie $0

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) EMILYS $1000 (29th pick)
Prairie 6000 -6000 (Alan 9800 Hila 600)
2) IN THE DICTIONARY $2000 (5th pick)
Alan 13200 -6000 (Hila 800 Prairie -400)
3) BIBLICALLY INSPIRED LITERATURE $800 (27th pick)
Alan 10000 +2000 (Prairie 9600 Hila 6800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -125

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: BIBLICALLY INSPIRED LITERATURE $1600 & $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $3,600

Game Stats:
Alan $18,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 3 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Prairie $15,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.00% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Hila $6,800 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $40,400
Lach Trash: $2,800 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200

Alan Dunn, stats to date:
71 correct, 8 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts
39.64% in first on buzzer (67/169)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,133

Alan Dunn, to win:
4 games: 58.63%
5: 34.37%
6: 20.15%
7: 11.82%
8: 6.93%
Avg. streak: 4.417 games.


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