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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 27, 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 U.S. Landmarks) for Thursday, September 27, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 14):

In 1883 a Catholic diocese sold this to the state of Texas for $20,000

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Katie Lombardo, a museum educator from East Hills, New York

Katie Lombardo on Jeopardy!

Michael Pascuzzi, a resale store manager from Orlando, Florida

Michael Pascuzzi on Jeopardy!

Evelyn Rubin, a family physician from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1-day total: $27,601)

Evelyn Rubin on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is The Alamo?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

After the Alamo fell in 1836, the site was largely abandoned, but the U.S. Army leased the property at times until 1876. The San Antonio diocese sold the property to Texas in 1883 for $20,000.

You can find more information at the Texas State Library.

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

Scores going into Final:
Evelyn $15,200
Katie $12,400
Michael $10,000

Tonight’s results:
Michael $10,000 + $9,990 = $19,990
Katie $12,400 + $4,000 = $16,400
Evelyn $15,200 = $9,601 = $24,801 (2-day total: $52,402)

Evelyn Rubin, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the September 27, 2018 episode.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Evelyn $6,000
Katie $3,800
Michael -$200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) CLUES ACROSS PHILADELPHIA $400 (19th pick)
Katie 3400 -600 (Evelyn 3000 Michael 200)
2) POP CULTURE ADAPTS SHAKESPEARE $800 (12th pick)
Katie 4200 +4200 (Evelyn 11200 Michael 3800)
3) MEMORIALS $800 (17th pick)
Michael 6200 +3000 (Evelyn 14000 Katie 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 131

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

Game Stats:
Evelyn $15,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Michael $7,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
Katie $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer, 3/4 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200

Evelyn Rubin, stats to date:
42 correct, 8 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
39.47% in first on buzzer (45/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000

Evelyn Rubin, to win:
3 games: 55.08%
4: 30.34%
5: 16.71%
6: 9.21%
7: 5.07%
Avg. streak: 3.226 games.

Miscellaneous:

  • Thank you to Mark Barrett and Matt Carberry for both providing me with a full chart of this game.
  • Michael is not the first player to use his contestant interview to propose. Andy Gefen also did on January 4, 2006.


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