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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 22, 2017

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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 Poets) for Friday, September 22, 2017:

In an 1855 poem he wrote, “I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Ivan Plis, a magazine editor from Washington, DC

Ivan Plis on Jeopardy!

Lauren Cusitello, a criminal & immigration defense lawyer from San Diego, California

Lauren Cusitello on Jeopardy!

Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah (3-day total: $61,402)

Betsy Knudson on Jeopardy!

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This is from the very lengthy Whitman poem “Song of Myself”, part of his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass.

An excerpt:

A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he.I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven.Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,Bearing the owner’s name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose?

You can find the complete poem at the Whitman archive.

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Ivan Plis, winner of the September 22, 2017 game of Jeopardy!
  • Scores going into Final:
    Ivan $18,200
    Lauren $14,400
    Betsy $0

    Final results:
    Betsy $0
    Lauren $14,400 + $4,000 = $18,400
    Ivan $18,200 + $5,000 = $23,200 (1-day total: $23,200)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Ivan $6,800
    Betsy $4,800
    Lauren $3,200

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) KIDDY LIT $600 (10th pick)
    Lauren 2600 -1400 (Ivan 1000 Betsy 600)
    2) BELLY UP TO THE ZANZIBAR $1600 (27th pick)
    Ivan 15200 +3000 (Lauren 12400 Betsy 3200)
    3) A JOINT EFFORT $2000 (30th pick)
    Betsy 4800 -4800 (Ivan 18200 Lauren 14400)
    Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -134

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! Round: None!
    Total $ Left On Board: $0

    Game Stats:
    Ivan $16,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
    Lauren $15,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer
    Betsy $4,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,200

    Betsy Knudson, stats to date:
    65 correct
    5 incorrect
    4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
    3/3 in Final Jeopardy
    24.66% in first on buzzer (55/223)
    Average Coryat: $12,400

    Ivan Plis, stats to date:
    19 correct
    0 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
    Average Coryat: $16,800

    Ivan Plis, to win:
    2 games: 57.06%
    3: 32.55%
    4: 18.57%
    5: 10.60%
    6: 6.05%
    Avg. streak: 2.329 games.

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