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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, January 30, 2020

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Current Champion

Will Goree, career statistics:
50 correct, 14 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (56/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200

To win:
3 games: 64.675%
4: 41.829%
5: 27.053%
6: 17.496%
7: 11.316%
Avg. streak: 3.831 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 Advertising & Music) for Thursday, January 30, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 104):

In 2008, 34 years after it made Billboard’s top 10, this song title was used by a southern state in a tourism campaign

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

David Haughney, an accounting manager from Seattle, Washington

David Haughney on Jeopardy!

Michelle Paul, a managing director from Newark, Delaware

Michelle Paul on Jeopardy!

Joshua Swiger, a private tour company owner from Kapolei, Hawaii (1-day total: $16,400)

Joshua Swiger on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is “Sweet Home Alabama”?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

In September 2007, Alabama Governor Bob Riley announced that, for 2008, Alabama’s tourism agency will begin using “Sweet Home Alabama” to market the state, based on the phrase made famous by the Lynyrd Skynyrd song, which peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in October 1974.

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

Scores going into Final:
Joshua $21,000
Michelle $13,400
David $4,200

Tonight’s results:
David $4,200 + $3,577 = $7,777
Michelle $13,400 + $4,500 = $17,900 (1-day total: $17,900) Joshua $21,000 – $7,500 = $13,500 (What is Georgia Carolina on my Mind?)

Michelle Paul, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the January 30, 2020 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Michelle $4,600
Joshua $4,200
David $1,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) BOOTS $400 (11th pick)
Michelle 3400 -2000 (Joshua 1800 David 800)
2) WHO SPEAKETH IN THE BIBLE? $2000 (9th pick)
Joshua 3000 +3000 (Michelle 5000 David 1400)
3) MEDICAL PROCEDURES $2000 (21st pick)
Joshua 12800 +5000 (Michelle 11400 David 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 80

Unplayed clues:
J! round: BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM’S SUPER BOWL WIN $400, $800 & $1000
DJ! round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $2,200
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 195 (1.88 per episode average), 1 Daily Double

Game Stats:
Michelle $15,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Joshua $17,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
David $4,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.07% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $6,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800

Joshua Swiger, final stats:
44 correct, 7 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
38.53% in first on buzzer (42/109)
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,200)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,200

Michelle Paul, stats to date:
20 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.19% in first on buzzer (19/54)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,400

Michelle Paul, to win:
2 games: 43.418%
3: 18.851%
4: 8.185%
5: 3.554%
6: 1.543%
Avg. streak: 1.767 games.


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