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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 20, 2019

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Current Champion

Justin Robbins, career statistics:
28 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600

To win:
2 games: 64.278%
3: 41.317%
4: 26.557%
5: 17.071%
6: 10.973%
Avg. streak: 2.799 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 U.S. Currency) for Friday, September 20, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 10):

In 1929 Alexander Hamilton became the new face of the $10 bill, replacing this foe of his legacy, who got moved to another denomination

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Heather Sullivan, an attorney from Peekskill, New York

Heather Sullivan on Jeopardy!

John Lance, a ghostwriter from Tustin, California

John Lance on Jeopardy!

Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (15-day total: $418,343)

Jason Zuffranieri on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: Who is Andrew Jackson?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

With the Series of 1928, first released to the public in July 1929, many changes were made to US currency in order to standardize it (which was helpful against counterfeiters of the time). Alexander Hamilton was on the $10 bill (where he still is today), replacing Andrew Jackson, who is on the $20. Interestingly, Jackson was on the $5 bill between 1869 and 1923 before moving to the $10.

Jackson was scheduled to be removed from the $20 in favour of Harriet Tubman in 2020, but according to an announcement Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin made in May, the replacement “can’t be rolled out until 2028” and that the problems are of a “technical” nature. I get the sense that the May announcement would have inspired one of the writers to write this Final Jeopardy. Certainly wouldn’t surprise me!

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

Scores going into Final:
Jason $18,805
Heather $9,200
John $6,000

Tonight’s results:
John $6,000 – $401 = $5,599 (Who is Jefferson?)
Heather $9,200 – $2,850 = $6,350 (Who is Thomas Jefferson?)
Jason $18,805 – $52 = $18,753 (16-day total: $437,096) (Who is Jefferson?)

Jason Zuffraneiri, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the September 20, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jason $8,400
Heather $3,600
John $3,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) TRIAL OF THE CENTURY $600 (11th pick)
Jason 3000 +3000 (Heather 3600 John 1800)
2) THE BOOK NOOK $2000 (3rd pick)
Jason 10400 -4000 (Heather 4800 John 3200)
3) STATE OF CHIEFS $1200 (23rd pick)
Jason 18000 +5 (Heather 8400 John 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 62

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: THAT USED TO HAPPEN? $400
Total $ Left On Board: $400

Game Stats:
Jason $21,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 3 incorrect, 42.86% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Heather $9,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
John $6,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,800
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400

Jason Zuffranieri, stats to date:
462 correct, 38 incorrect
25/28 on rebound attempts (on 57 rebound opportunities)
48.39% in first on buzzer (421/870)
28/35 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $82,505)
9/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,263

Jason Zuffranieri, to win:
17 games: 84.242%
18: 70.968%
19: 59.785%
20: 50.364%
21: 42.428%
Avg. streak: 21.346 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Kudos to Jason for making it through back-to-back five game taping days.
  • At $437,096, Jason is now third in terms of regular play winnings on Jeopardy!, and has passed Dan Pawson and Alex Jacob to sit 13th if tournament winnings are included. Buzzy Cohen sits 12th at $439,603.
  • Jason has taken sole position of 7th place all-time in terms of number of correct responses on the show. Matt Jackson sits 6th at 514.

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