Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, July 11, 2024

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 Countries of the World) for Thursday, July 11, 2024 (Season 40, Game 219):

Until 1991 this country named for a river had a capital whose name means “lakes” in Portuguese

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Liz McKenna, a school administrator from South Plainfield, New Jersey

Robert Voyles, a public librarian originally from Lindenhurst, New York

Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (6-day total: $141,388)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Isaac Hirsch has a half-dozen victories under his belt, averaging more than 28 correct answers per episode. Today, he goes for victory number seven against Robert Voyles & Liz McKenna.

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Correct response: What is Nigeria?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Nigeria—named after the Niger River—had its capital at its most populous city, the city of Lagos on its southwestern coast, until 1991 before the capital moved to Abuja (“Lagos”, of course, being Portuguese for “lakes”.)

I’ll be honest, though—I think that “Portuguese” may be a bit of a red herring on this one; I could definitely see players staying within the Portuguese colonial possessions for this one. The bigger clue for those knowledgable about African history will be 1991, the year that Nigeria moved its capital.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, July 11, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: More Than One Meaning; Let’s Go To The Concert Hall; Occupational Potpourri; Women In Government; 1980s Amateur Wrestling; States That End In Hampshire)

Isaac picked up 8 correct in the opening segment, as well as the Daily Double, to have $4,200 at the interviews; both challengers had $400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Isaac 8 correct 2 incorrect
Liz 1 correct 1 incorrect
Robert 1 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Liz grew up watching the show with her identical twin sister.
Robert is a wedding officiant.
Isaac has the middle name Blevins.

Isaac picked up another 8 correct in the second half of the round, but three more incorrect—putting him at five for the round—meant that while his lead was extended, Robert and Liz certainly weren’t out of the game yet.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Isaac 16 correct 5 incorrect
Robert 2 correct 1 incorrect
Liz 3 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac $6,400
Robert $1,000
Liz $0

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 19th Century Novels; Animal Synergy; Alphabetically Last; No. 1 Albums By People Who Aren’t Taylor Swift; Heir; “B” & “B”)

Liz got to both Daily Doubles on back-to-back clues, splitting them, as 18 Triple Stumpers and 12 incorrect responses in the game made it so we didn’t have enough time in the game to see all 60 clues. Isaac cruised easily to a runaway despite seven incorrect responses.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Isaac 27 correct 7 incorrect
Robert 6 correct 1 incorrect
Liz 7 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 21 (1 today).

Scores going into Final:

Isaac $18,400
Robert $5,800
Liz $1,200

Isaac picked up a correct response in Final Jeopardy to put an exclamation point on this one. He’ll go for win #8 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Liz $1,200 – $102 = $1,098 (What is ?!? <3 C&R)
Robert $5,800 – $3,399 = $2,401 (What is Brazil?)
Isaac $18,400 + $1,600 = $20,000 (What is Nigeria?) (7-day total: $161,388)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LET’S GO TO THE CONCERT HALL $800 (clue #10)
Isaac 1600 +1200 (Robert 400 Liz 0)
2) 19th CENTURY NOVELS $800 (clue #7)
Liz 400 +2000 (Isaac 8000 Robert 3000)
3) ALPHABETICALLY LAST $1600 (clue #8, $25600 left on board)
Liz 2400 -2000 (Isaac 8000 Robert 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 92

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Isaac 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4*
Robert 1 2
Liz

DJ! Round:
Isaac 4 5 3
Robert 2 3
Liz 3 2* 4*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Isaac 3.91
Robert 2.00
Liz 3.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: ALPHABETICALLY LAST $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 21 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Isaac $18,000 Coryat, 27 correct, 7 incorrect, 57.14% in first on buzzer (32/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Robert $5,800 Coryat, 6 correct, 1 incorrect, 7.14% in first on buzzer (4/56), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Liz $2,000 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,800
Lach Trash: $18,600 (on 18 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:

197 correct, 30 incorrect
10/11 on rebound attempts (on 24 rebound opportunities)
49.25% in first on buzzer (196/398)
11/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,000)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,571

Robert Voyles, career statistics:

6 correct, 2 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
7.14% in first on buzzer (4/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800

Liz McKenna, career statistics:

7 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,000

Isaac Hirsch, to win:

8 games: 65.495%
9: 42.896%
10: 28.095%
11: 18.401%
12: 12.051%
Avg. streak: 8.898 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

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