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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 7, 2019

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Current Champion

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%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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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
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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

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1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
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5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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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

Jessica Garsed on Jeopardy!

Ben Hamman, a program coordinator from Missoula, Montana

Ben Hamman on Jeopardy!

Kara Skinner, a test accommodation center coordinator from San Diego, California (1-day total: $17,800)

Kara Skinner on Jeopardy!

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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?)

Jessica Garsed, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the October 7, 2019 game.)

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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