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Season 39
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, April 20, 2023
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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
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 $1,098,403
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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Modern Words) for Thursday, April 20, 2023 (Season 39, Game 159):
Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash”; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Emma Hill Kepron, a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Sam Claussen, a history professor from Santa Clarita, California
Devin Lohman, an architectural designer & Masters student from Peachtree City, Georgia (1-day total: $1,200)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
After a Final Jeopardy! clue last night that left champion Devin Lohman returning with a low total (an occurrence so unusual that even the Jeopardy! website, in its “Overheard” section, accidentally declared second-placed Ben Spilsbury as the new champion), Devin returns hoping to win more than $1,200 today against Santa Clarita’s Sam Clausen and Winnipeg’s Emma Hill Kepron. A handful of Winnipeggers have appeared on Jeopardy! over the years (dating all the way back to Bill Klippel in January 1985, who still holds the record for being the lowest-earning 3-day champion, at just $4,400.)
One thing that I’m realizing, especially about the current popularity of Jeopardy!: Something happened on The Price Is Right yesterday that hasn’t happened in nearly 25 years; a player played the Ten Chances pricing game perfectly; getting all three prizes on their first guess for each prize. And, just out of curiosity, I decided to search this morning to see if anyone wrote anything about it. I found nothing. I’m not sure what the Jeopardy! equivalent might be, but I bet the number of articles about it would have been in the dozens, at least.
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Correct response: What is metaverse?
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There are quite a few times over my decades as a diehard Jeopardy! fan where I have said that I don’t think that the show will ever run out of topics for Final Jeopardy. Today is one of those clear cases. In October 2021, Facebook announced a corporate name change to Meta, thereby bringing the term “metaverse” into the forefront of the public consciousness. Many of today’s tech giants have cited Stephenson’s writings as having been majorly influential to them. The term Metaverse, as used by Stephenson in Snow Crash, described a virtual reality world not too dissimilar from how a massively multiplayer online virtual reality world might look today, and many concepts from Stephenson’s works 20–30 years ago are ubiquitous in today’s society, including cryptocurrency, avatars, and the concept of a metaverse itself.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, April 20, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: History; Literary Fruit Stand; Flying Colors; Missing U; ’80s & ’90s R&B Songs; My Prerogative)
In an opening round where all three players had their moments, Sam got off to the fastest start, while Devin got to the Daily Double (unfortunately dropping his score back to $0), while Emma finished the round well enough to sneak into the lead after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Sam 8 correct 0 incorrect
Emma 3 correct 0 incorrect
Devin 4 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Emma once nearly shared an elevator with Adele.
Sam specializes in medieval history.
Devin got to study abroad in France during the pandemic.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Emma 10 correct 0 incorrect
Sam 11 correct 0 incorrect
Devin 5 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Emma $6,600
Sam $6,400
Devin -$1,000
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Face The Politician; Globetrotting; Reptiles; “P”otpourri; Triple Homophones; Remembering Barbara Walters)
Double Jeopardy! saw Devin find the Daily Doubles within the first 4 clues, with his score going from -$1,000 to $7,200 in that time! From there, all three players played very well, with Sam doing enough to hold a slim $3,000 lead going into Final Jeopardy!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Sam 23 correct 0 incorrect
Emma 17 correct 0 incorrect
Devin 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Sam $18,400
Emma $15,400
Devin $10,200
For the second day running, Final Jeopardy! was a Triple Stumper. Emma went more conservative on the wager, meaning, she is the new Jeopardy! champion! She’ll return to play tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Devin $10,200 – $8,300 = $1,900 (What is powder?)
Emma $15,400 – $4,000 = $11,400 (What is uber?) (1-day total: $11,400)
Sam $18,400 – $12,401 = $5,999 (What is avalanche?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) FLYING COLORS $800 (clue #20)
Devin 2400 -2400 (Sam 5600 Emma 3800)
2) GLOBETROTTING $1600 (clue #2)
Devin 200 +2000 (Sam 6400 Emma 6600)
3) REPTILES $1600 (clue #4, $29600 left on board)
Devin 4200 +3200 (Sam 6400 Emma 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 76
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Devin 4 5 4 3 4 4*
Sam 3 2 1 5 2 1 5 2 5
Emma 4 3 1 2 3
DJ! Round:
Devin 3 4* 5† 4*
Sam
Emma
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Emma 2.60
Sam 2.89
Devin 4.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Emma $15,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sam $18,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 0 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Devin $10,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,400
Lach Trash: $7,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,200
Player Statistics:
Devin Lohman, career statistics:
25 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.12% in first on buzzer (25/113)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,600)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,800
Sam Claussen, career statistics:
23 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,400
Emma Hill Kepron, career statistics:
17 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,400
Emma Hill Kepron, to win:
2 games: 29.328%
3: 8.601%
4: 2.523%
5: 0.740%
6: 0.217%
Avg. streak: 1.415 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
Today’s box score: April 20, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Sam $18,400 Emma $15,400 Devin $10,200)
Devin: Bet at least $201 to pass Emma if she makes a cover bet, but limit your bet to $4,199 (thereby staying ahead of Sam.) (Actual bet: $8,300)
Sam: Standard cover bet over Emma is $12,401. (Actual bet: $12,401)
Emma: Standard cover bet over Devin is $5,001. (Actual bet: $4,000)
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