Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, June 27, 2024

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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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20. Arthur Chu $297,200

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1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
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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 Businessmen) for Thursday, June 27, 2024 (Season 40, Game 209):

After joining the army at 16 in 1906 for a brief stint, he received a much higher honorary rank from the governor of his state 29 years later

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jayaker Kolli, a medical student from Austin, Texas

Luke Hemphill, a family business owner from Poulsbo, Washington

Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan (6-day total: $111,601)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Six-foot-six Drew Basile has moved into six figures after victory number six yesterday; that sure is a lot of sixes! Today, he goes for win number seven against Luke Hemphill and Jayaker Kolli.

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Correct response: Who is (Colonel) Harland Sanders?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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In 1935, Harland Sanders had been operating a Shell service station in North Corbin, Kentucky, for five years, operating a restaurant on the side that served chicken, country ham, and steak when he was named an honorary Kentucky Colonel by then-governor Ruby Laffoon. By 1939, he discovered that pressure frying allowed for his chicken to be cooked well and very quickly, and in the 1950s began franchising his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants.

Interestingly, honorary Kentucky Colonels do not need to be Kentucky residents—the list of honorary Colonels includes multiple Presidents as well as the current host of Jeopardy!, Ken Jennings.

Oftentimes, business-related Final Jeopardy clues stop champions in their tracks—it’ll be interesting to see if that happens today with Drew.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 27, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Inspired By Shakespeare; Science; Whose What?; It Starts With “Y”; You Say You Want An Industrial Revolution; We All Want To Change The World)

Much Ado About Nothing rears its head again; Drew got the opening Daily Double incorrect, leading to Jayaker leading after 15 clues. At the break, Jayaker had $4,600; Drew had $2,600 and Luke $1,800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Jayaker 6 correct 0 incorrect
Drew 5 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jayaker has an unusual bucket list—fruit he wants to try.
Luke got introduced into running by his child.
Drew lost on the spelling bee and got into trivia instead.

All three players picked up between 3 and 5 correct responses after the break; Jayaker still led after 30, even after a judges’ reversal.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Jayaker 10 correct 1 incorrect
Drew 10 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 6 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Jayaker $5,800
Drew $4,600
Luke $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historians; World Cities; Getting Arty; The U.S. Senate; Halls Of Fame; Crossword Clues: Antonyms)

The turning point came on DD2, when Jayaker gave an incorrect response. From there, Drew picked up 9 correct, including $4,000 on the last Daily Double, as he cruised to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Drew 19 correct 1 incorrect
Luke 13 correct 1 incorrect
Jayaker 17 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Drew $19,000
Luke $7,800
Jayaker $7,800

Jayaker was the only player correct in Final, but Drew’s runaway gives him win #7. Drew goes for win #8 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Jayaker $7,800 + $0 = $7,800 (Who is Colonel Sanders?)
Luke $7,800 – $7,000 = $800 (Who is Li)
Drew $19,000 – $1,000 = $18,000 (Who is Morgan?) (7-day total: $129,601)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE $800 (clue #2)
Drew 600 -1000 (Luke 0 Jayaker 0)
2) HISTORIANS $1600 (clue #2)
Jayaker 7000 -2000 (Drew 4600 Luke 2600)
3) GETTING ARTY $2000 (clue #12, $18000 left on board)
Drew 11800 +4000 (Luke 3800 Jayaker 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -95

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Drew 3 4*
Luke
Jayaker

DJ! Round:
Drew 5 3† 3 4 5 4 5*
Luke 3 3
Jayaker 4* 4 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Drew 4.00
Jayaker 3.33
Luke 3.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Drew $18,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jayaker $9,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Luke $7,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,600
Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Drew Basile, career statistics:

165 correct, 30 incorrect
7/10 on rebound attempts (on 33 rebound opportunities)
41.75% in first on buzzer (167/400)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $32,000)
3/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,971

Luke Hemphill, career statistics:

13 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,800

Jayaker Kolli, career statistics:

18 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800

Drew Basile, to win:

8 games: 55.913%
9: 31.263%
10: 17.480%
11: 9.774%
12: 5.465%
Avg. streak: 8.268 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Drew $19,000 Luke $7,800 Jayaker $7,800)

Drew: Bet no more than $3,399 and enjoy win #7. (Actual bet: $1,000)

Luke: Going all in doesn’t guarantee you second; thus, I would bet all but $1 here—this covers anything but an all-in bet from Jayaker (that he’s guaranteed to win) and gives you second if he goes all in and is incorrect. (Actual bet: $7,000)

Jayaker: I believe the advantage is yours here for second by virtue of you leading after the first round. Thus, you should go all in to guarantee second place on a correct response. (Actual bet: $0)

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