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 Observances) for Monday, October 7, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 21):
Washington made the very first Presidential proclamation in response to a request for “a day of public” this
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jessica Garsed, a librarian from Augusta, Maine
Ben Hamman, a program coordinator from Missoula, Montana
Kara Skinner, a test accommodation center coordinator from San Diego, California (1-day total: $17,800)
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Correct response: What is Thanksgiving?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Thanksgiving services generally predate Europeans settling in North America; additionally, during the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress often appointed thanksgiving days, as Washington saw them as important to recognize military victories and alliances.
Thus, shortly after the Constitution was ratified and Washington was elected President in 1789, Washington issued his first proclamation on October 3, which set a day of national thanksgiving for Thursday, November 26, 1789 (the last Thursday of November).
The tradition was not picked up again until Abraham Lincoln’s more famous Thanksgiving proclamation of 1863; however, the October 3, 1863 proclamation date for a Thursday, November 26, 1863 Thanksgiving was no coincidence.
An attempt by FDR in the 1940s to move Thanksgiving one week earlier was ill-received, to say the least, and the American “fourth Thursday of November” tradition holds today.
Of course, Canadian Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October; this year, Thanksgiving is October 14 in Canada.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jessica $15,200
Ben $8,200
Kara $5,200
Tonight’s results:
Kara $5,200 + $5,200 = $10,400
Ben $8,200 – $7,001 = $1,199 (What is service?)
Jessica $15,200 – $2,600 = $12,600 (1-day total: $12,600) (What is mourning?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jessica $4,800
Kara $2,800
Ben -$200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PLACES OF BUSINESS $800 (22nd pick)
Ben 800 -1000 (Jessica 4200 Kara 200)
2) THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1200 (3rd pick)
Ben 600 +2000 (Jessica 5200 Kara 2800)
3) Unplayed!
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game:
Unplayed clues:
J! round: I LEARNED IT FROM MENTAL FLOSS $400 & $600; RANKS & TITLES $200
DJ! round: ESSAYS $400 & $800; THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY $400
Total $ Left On Board: $2,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 66 (3.14 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Jessica $15,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kara $5,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 5 incorrect, 34.62% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Ben $8,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 23.08% in first on buzzer, 2/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,800
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Kara Skinner, final stats:
38 correct, 7 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.19% in first on buzzer (38/108)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,800
Jessica Garsed, stats to date:
16 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52)
0/0 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,200
Jessica Garsed, to win:
2 games: 48.995%
3: 24.005%
4: 11.761%
5: 5.762%
6: 2.823%
Avg. streak: 1.961 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is the first game with an unplayed Daily Double since March 28, 2018 (Season 34). In Season 35, the show had instituted an official policy to not allow a round to finish with a Daily Double unplayed. It appears as though this policy has now been rescinded for Season 36.
In the “Erratum” file, the VIDEO GAME-POURRI $800 clue was incorrect. It looks like Jeopardy! fell for the Tetris block “Orange Ricky” joke from February 2019.
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