Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, August 1, 2024

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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.
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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

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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

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Poets of Ancient Rome) for Thursday, August 1, 2024 (Season 40, Game 126):

Far from Rome, this first century poet wrote, “The leader’s anger done, grant me the right to die in my native country”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Ike Barinholtz, a producer, writer & actor from Chicago, Illinois

Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania

Ray Lalonde, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

The encore presentations of the 31^st Tournament of Champions continues today with quarterfinal #7, this one between superchampion Ray Lalonde, 3-day champion Melissa Klapper, and Celebrity Jeopardy winner Ike Barinholtz.

If I was to ever write a book titled The Games That Changed Jeopardy!, the game rerunning today would 100% be included in this one; Ike was generally viewed as a significant underdog going into the event.

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Correct response: Who was Ovid?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Early in the first century AD, the famous Roman poet Ovid was banished to the Black Sea port of Tomis (current-day Constanța, Romania), likely for falling politically afoul of Augustus Caesar, though his Ars Amatoria is often blamed.

Ovid’s sadness at his exile out to the extreme reaches of the Roman Empire, especially to a place where nobody spoke Latin, was outlined in his works Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto. Ovid was not granted the right he wished in the quote in today’s clue; he died in Tomis c.17 AD.

This should be a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy, as long as players don’t overthink it. Essentially, “name a Roman poet from the time frame” will hopefully be enough to get many to the correct response here.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, August 1, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Nonfiction; I Heard A Rumor; Hobbies & Pastimes; “V”acation Spots; Cocktails; Happy Hour)

Although there were 5 Triple Stumpers in the opening segment, all three players got off to a good start and were within $800 after 15 clues.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Melissa 4 correct 1 incorrect
Ray 3 correct 0 incorrect
Ike 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Ike feels like a guinea pig a little bit.
Melissa got lots of pictures of people doing ballet after her run.
Ray has his twin brother in the audience.

While Melissa only got two correct after the break, Ire picked up 7 and Ray 6—the game is afoot!

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Ray 9 correct 0 incorrect
Ike 10 correct 0 incorrect
Melissa 6 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Ray $5,400
Ike $4,800
Melissa $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: French History; Numeric Movie Titles; Lecturing You On Science; Languages; A Li’l Ballet, A Li’l Opera; 5-Syllable Words)

It’s almost like the prediction model knows what it’s talking about. Ike found the Daily Double on clue #8 and a True Daily Double jumped him into the lead! However, some clue selection missteps gave Melissa an opening—and she took full advantage, picking up $8,000 on the last Daily Double! Meanwhile, Ray played extremely well in the last part of the round, bringing himself close to Ike’s score going into Final!

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Melissa 14 correct 1 incorrect
Ike 17 correct 3 incorrect
Ray 17 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Melissa $21,400
Ike $14,800
Ray $13,800

Ray got Final Jeopardy correct. Ike got Final Jeopardy correct. Melissa, however, went for Juvenal—and Ike Barinholtz is a semifinalist!

Tonight’s results:

Ray $13,800 + $8,000 = $21,800 (Who is Ovid?)
Ike $14,800 + $13,801 = $28,601 (Who is Ovid?) (Semi-Finalist)
Melissa $21,400 – $8,201 = $13,199 (Who is Juvenal)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) NONFICTION $600 (clue #14)
Melissa 1600 +1600 (Ray 2600 Ike 2400)
2) NUMERIC MOVIE TITLES $1200 (clue #8)
Ike 7600 +7600 (Ray 7000 Melissa 7400)
3) LANGUAGES $1200 (clue #19, $10800 left on board)
Melissa 11400 +8000 (Ray 7400 Ike 13600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 270

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ray 4 4 5 3 3
Melissa 5 4 3*
Ike 4 5 3 4 4 5

DJ! Round:
Ray 4 4
Melissa 4 3 5 2 3 5 3 4 5 3*
Ike 4 5 3* 2† 1† 1 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Ike 3.31
Ray 3.86
Melissa 3.77

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Ike $8,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Ray $13,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Melissa $13,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,800
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,200
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Ray Lalonde, career statistics:

372 correct, 43 incorrect
26/29 on rebound attempts (on 53 rebound opportunities)
41.05% in first on buzzer (351/855)
16/20 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $36,800)
13/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,547

Melissa Klapper, career statistics:

89 correct, 14 incorrect
7/7 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
28.77% in first on buzzer (82/285)
6/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,100)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,840

Ike Barinholtz, career statistics:

150 correct, 6 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
45.31% in first on buzzer (140/309)
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $47,600)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,225

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Melissa $21,400 Ike $14,800 Ray $13,800)

Ray: Limit your bet to $600 to stay ahead of Melissa if she is incorrect. (Actual bet: $8,000)

Melissa: Standard cover bet over Ike is $8,201. (Actual bet: $8,201)

Ike: You can’t both cover Ray and win a Double Stumper with Melissa. Either bet $399 or less, or at least $12,801. (Actual bet: $13,801)

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