Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, October 3, 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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
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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 19th Century Names) for Thursday, October 3, 2024 (Season 41, Game 19):

Shrunken auditory nerves were seen in his autopsy after his 1827 death in Vienna

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Emily Stowell-Bui, a children’s librarian from Charleston, South Carolina

Adam Stewart, a power engineer from Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada

Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio (3-day total: $67,379)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Ryan Manton needed Final Jeopardy in last night’s game to make it three victories; his buzzer percentage, though, is still in the 70% range—last night’s game just didn’t seem to fit any of last night’s players, with Ryan only making 23 attempts and the game overall having 17 Triple Stumpers. Today, he will attempt to become the 460^th player in the post-1984 history of Jeopardy! to win four games, while Adam Stewart (the second Canadian in two days) and Emily Stowell-Bui hope to stop him.

Correct response: Who is Ludwig van Beethoven?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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The autopsy of Ludwig van Beethoven, which has been revisited numerous times since the composer’s 1827 death, indicates that he suffered from Paget’s disease, which is also consistent with the shrunken auditory nerves that would have been the cause of his famed deafness late in life. Upon Beethoven’s death, he was also observed to have suffered from cirrhosis of his liver, his alcoholism presumably caused by his attempts to find relief through the use of alcohol.

This should be a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue for both players in studio and viewers at home alike, as long as one does not overthink things too much.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, October 3, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: People‘s Sexiest Man Alive; Kiddy Lit; Brand Mascots; Beastly Rhyme Time; It’s Technical; Also A Papal Name)

Adam had the best start to this one, jumping out to a big lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, he had $4,400 to Ryan’s $1,000 and Emily’s -$800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Adam 6 correct 1 incorrect
Ryan 2 correct 0 incorrect
Emily 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Emily owns two dogs and has fostered 11 dogs over the past few years.
Adam has a very opinionated five-year-old.
Ryan brings gag prizes to pub quiz based on one of the previous week’s questions.

Ryan got the Daily Double and used it to help himself get very close to Adam’s lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Adam 8 correct 2 incorrect
Ryan 12 correct 0 incorrect
Emily 4 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Adam $5,600
Ryan $5,400
Emily -$800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: A Glimpse Into The Past; Film From Fiction; Archipelagos; Anciently Dramatic; Possessive Terms; Flip The First & Last Letter)

Adam got to both Daily Doubles in this round; unfortunately, a pair of incorrect responses dropped him out of contention. Meanwhile, Emily struggled to get out of the hole, while Adam needed a couple of correct responses after DD3 to make sure it was at least a two-player Final Jeopardy today.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Ryan 21 correct 1 incorrect
Adam 14 correct 5 incorrect
Emily 5 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Ryan $15,800
Adam $2,000
Emily -$400

Both Ryan and Adam got Final correct as Ryan becomes a 4-day champion. He’ll attempt to sweep the week tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Emily -$400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Adam $2,000 + $100 = $2,100 (Who is Beethoven? (Hi Boops & Nooners))
Ryan $15,800 + $0 = $15,800 (Who is Beethoven? (Still love Lauren)) (4-day total: $83,179)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) IT’S TECHNICAL $800 (clue #16)
Ryan 1000 +1000 (Adam 4400 Emily -800)
2) ARCHIPELAGOS $800 (clue #2)
Adam 6000 -2000 (Ryan 5400 Emily -800)
3) POSSESSIVE TERMS $1200 (clue #22, $8800 left on board)
Adam 6400 -6400 (Ryan 14600 Emily -800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -33

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ryan 5 5 4*
Adam 4 3 2 5 1 3 4 3
Emily 5 4 2 1 2

DJ! Round:
Ryan 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 3† 4† 5† 5 4 2
Adam 2* 3 2 1 3 5 1 3*
Emily 1

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Ryan 3.81
Adam 2.81
Emily 2.50

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:

Ryan $15,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Adam $10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Emily -$400 Coryat, 5 correct, 3 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,600
Lach Trash: $21,200 (on 18 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Ryan Manton, career statistics:

92 correct, 9 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
36.40% in first on buzzer (83/228)
5/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,250

Adam Stewart, career statistics:

15 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$8,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,400

Emily Stowell-Bui, career statistics:

5 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$400

Ryan Manton, to win:

5 games: 54.315%
6: 29.501%
7: 16.024%
8: 8.703%
9: 4.727%
Avg. streak: 5.189 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

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