Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, May 16, 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.
(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

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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Early 20th Century) for Thursday, May 16, 2024 (Season 40, Game 179):

Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Elizabeth Brzozowski, a social studies teacher from Fishkill, New York

Chen Yan, a surgeon from Happy Valley, Oregon

Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (1-day total: $25,601)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Grant DeYoung is our new Jeopardy! champion, as Will Stewart became the third 3-time champion in a two-week span to lose their fourth game. Today’s challengers are Oregon surgeon Chen Yan and New York social studies teacher Elizabeth Brzozowski.

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Correct response: Who is Gavrilo Princip?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Gavrilo Princip “entered history” for committing a crime—the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the precipitating incident of World War I. Bogdan Zerajic was an inspiration to Princip as Zerajic was a proponent of tyrannicide and who failed in an assassination attempt against Bosnian governor Marijan Varešanin. Princip visited Zerajic’s grave the night before his own assassination attempt in 1914.

I suspect that while this Final Jeopardy is potentially gettable by many—especially if one can get to the correct event—I do think that it will play much more difficult than yesterday’s did.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, May 16, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Yo Abba Abba!; Anagrammed Authors; Meet Me In The Middle; Close States In The Presidential Election; Here Be Monsters; Not An Adverb, But Ends With “-LY”)

The opening 15 clues saw both challengers get off the ground well, but Grant led on the strength of six correct responses. At the midway point in the round, Grant had $3,600 to Elizabeth’s $2,000 and Chen’s $1,800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Grant 6 correct 1 incorrect
Elizabeth 3 correct 0 incorrect
Chen 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Elizabeth is the teacher advisor for her school’s newspaper.
Chen has responded to a “is there a doctor in the house?” call.
Grant had his love of learning inspired by chili peppers.

While Grant fell back to $0 after an incorrect Daily Double, he was unfazed by it and worked his way back up to second place by the end of the round. Elizabeth led after 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Elizabeth 5 correct 0 incorrect
Grant 13 correct 2 incorrect
Chen 7 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Elizabeth $3,600
Grant $3,000
Chen $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Countries With One Thing In Common; Approximate Weights & Measures; TV “Q”; The Wild West; Science Experiments; Add A Letter)

Grant was again unfazed by his first miss; he picked up a combined $11,000 on the two in Double Jeopardy and cruised to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Grant 24 correct 5 incorrect
Chen 15 correct 1 incorrect
Elizabeth 7 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 16 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Grant $20,800
Chen $9,600
Elizabeth $2,400

Grant was the only player correct in Final; he wins a fist-pumping $20,800 and gets to return tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Elizabeth $2,400 – $2,400 = $0 (Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand)
Chen $9,600 – $0 = $9,600 (Who is Sirhan Sirhan? Hi baby Oliver!)
Grant $20,800 + $0 = $20,800 (Who is Princip Ferdinand) (2-day total: $46,401)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) NOT AN ADVERB, BUT ENDS WITH “-LY” $800 (clue #18)
Grant 4000 -4000 (Chen 1800 Elizabeth 2600)
2) THE WILD WEST $1600 (clue #9)
Grant 6600 +5000 (Chen 6400 Elizabeth 3600)
3) COUNTRIES WITH ONE THING IN COMMON $2000 (clue #12, $17600 left on board)
Grant 12000 +6000 (Chen 6400 Elizabeth 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 26

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Grant 4 5 5 3 5 3 3 4 5 3 4*
Chen 4 4 3
Elizabeth 3 2 2 2

DJ! Round:
Grant 5 3 3 4* 3 4 5*
Chen 4 3 4 5 3
Elizabeth

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Grant 3.94
Chen 3.75
Elizabeth 2.25

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 16 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Grant $17,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 5 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Chen $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Elizabeth $2,400 Coryat, 7 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,400
Lach Trash: $16,200 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Grant DeYoung, career statistics:

48 correct, 12 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
46.02% in first on buzzer (52/113)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600

Chen Yan, career statistics:

15 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600

Elizabeth Brzozowski, career statistics:

7 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,400

Grant DeYoung, to win:

3 games: 56.414%
4: 31.825%
5: 17.954%
6: 10.129%
7: 5.714%
Avg. streak: 3.294 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Going forward, I’m not going to bother with wagering suggestions when the game is a double-runaway like this; there’s really no need for it.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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