Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, April 4, 2023

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 Novelists) for Tuesday, April 4, 2023 (Season 39, Game 147):

A 2012 book review noted subjects that “sparked his ire”: capital punishment, big tobacco & “the plight of the unjustly convicted”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Amanda Bain Wysocki, a social worker from Kansas City, Missouri

Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from La Follette, Tennessee

Crystal Zhao, a tech consultant from Bloomington, Minnesota (1-day total: $4,199)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

We have a new champion on Jeopardy! this morning: Crystal Zhao survived a Final Jeopardy clue yesterday that played difficult for the players in-studio and gets to return again today. One thing I would like to say about last night’s Final: I thought it was a perfectly fair and straightforward clue, and any issues would have been more reflective on the individual viewer and not the show. Certainly, there were no complaints from anyone at all on this website about the clue. To me, this shows that 90% of articles about the show today are written by people who have no business writing about the show. In fact, the tabloidization of Jeopardy! is probably the biggest overall headache from the past 18 months.

Crystal’s challengers today are Kansas City social worker Amanda Bain Wysocki and Tennessee’s Brian Henegar—who has certainly dressed the part in a Tennessee orange tie. (I just know that Lilly will absolutely love it!) One thing I’ve noticed in the run-up to today’s game: Several people that Brian practiced with in preparation for his appearance on the show have taken to social media to hype his appearance. I certainly hope that he lives up to this hype; I know that my expectations of Brian are certainly higher due to all of this!

I also have some good news in case anybody missed the hubbub yesterday on JBoard, Twitter, or Reddit: The redesigned and improved search function over at J! Archive is finally complete and publicly available again! There are some new features to the search function that are documented as well.

Meanwhile, the spring Gamers vs. MS Twitch live-stream charity relay will start on Friday! As always, many Twitch streamers—I’ll be joining the relay for the fifth time—will collectively raise money for MS Canada from April 7–17. Canada has some of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis in the world, with an estimated 1 in 385 Canadians living with MS. MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that attacks myelin, the protective covering over the nerves. If the damage is bad enough, nerve impulses can be completely disrupted. There is no cure; however, researchers are learning more daily.

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Correct response: Who is John Grisham?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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John Grisham is a famed American novelist known for his numerous bestselling legal thrillers.

Today’s Final Jeopardy! clue refers to Bill Sheehan’s October 22, 2012 review of John Grisham’s The Racketeer, which appeared in many newspapers nationwide, including The Washington Post. Per the review, John Grisham’s “ire” for capital punishment was one of the inspirations for 1994’s The Chamber, his “ire” for Big Tobacco for 1996’s The Runaway Jury, and “most notably”, per Sheehan, “the plight of the unjustly convicted”, with that providing inspiration for many of Grisham’s later works, including 2006’s An Innocent Man and 2012’s The Racketeer.

Grisham also is on the Board of Directors for the Innocence Project, an independent nonprofit founded at Yeshiva University that works to restore freedom to and exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted.

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Game Recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Looks Good Enough To Eat; Remember Reruns?; The World Of Middle-Earth; Goodness & Mercy; Shall Follow Me; All The Days Of My Life)

Brian had a few incorrect responses early, especially in the Middle-Earth category, but the first Daily Double helped catapult him into the lead after 30 clues. It was a lively game, though, with only $1400 separating all three players through the opening round.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Crystal 5 correct 1 incorrect
Amanda 2 correct 1 incorrect
Brian 5 correct 3 incorrect

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Brian 10 correct 3 incorrect
Crystal 8 correct 1 incorrect
Amanda 7 correct 1 incorrect

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Waterfront Property; Paint Me A Picture; Sports Medicine; Turtles All The Way Down; Tarantino Films; “Odd”s & “End”s)

This game turned into a back-and-forth battle between Crystal and Bryan, helped significantly by the Daily Doubles. Crystal did what she had to do, doubling up through the first one, but she stayed too long in PAINT ME A PICTURE, and Brian’s smart hunting paid off when he found the last Daily Double. Unfortunately, he gave the wrong Italian river and his score fell down. However, Brian didn’t let it get to him, as his strong play continued through the end of the round to hold a good-sized lead going into Final! Scores going into Final were Brian at $13,800, Crystal at $11,600, and Amanda at $5,400.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Brian 26 correct 6 incorrect
Crystal 14 correct 3 incorrect
Amanda 9 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 23 (0 today).

Brian was the only player correct in Final—a fact that seemed to very much surprise him! That made him the champion, and he’ll be back tomorrow to defend!

Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, April 4, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:

Scores going into Final:

Brian $13,800
Crystal $11,600
Amanda $5,400

Tonight’s results:

Amanda $5,400 – $4,000 = $1,400 (Who is Upton Sinclair?)
Crystal $11,600 – $7,201 = $4,399 (Who is Who is Lewis?)
Brian $13,800 + $9,401 = $23,201 (Who is John Grisham?) (1-day total: $23,201)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Brian $4,400
Crystal $4,000
Amanda $3,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:

1) ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE $600 (clue #16)
Brian 1000 +1000 (Crystal 2400 Amanda 1000)
2) PAINT ME A PICTURE $1200 (clue #10)
Crystal 4400 +4400 (Brian 9200 Amanda 6200)
3) WATERFRONT PROPERTY $1200 (clue #16, $15200 left on board)
Brian 11200 -3800 (Crystal 9600 Amanda 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 166

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Crystal 3 4 2 1 3 2 4 1
Brian 4 5 3 4 3 3*
Amanda 5 3

DJ! Round:
Crystal 4 3* 4† 2† 1†
Brian 2 3 3 4 3 4 5 3*
Amanda 1 5 5

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Brian 3.50
Crystal 2.62
Amanda 3.80

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 23 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Brian $17,200 Coryat, 26 correct, 6 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Crystal $8,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Amanda $5,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,000
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,000

Crystal Zhao, career statistics:

35 correct, 8 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (36/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,700

Brian Henegar, career statistics:

27 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,200

Amanda Bain Wysocki, career statistics:

9 correct, 3 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,400

Brian Henegar, to win:

2 games: 45.809%
3: 20.985%
4: 9.613%
5: 4.404%
6: 2.017%
Avg. streak: 1.845 games.

Today’s interviews:

Amanda is a big Oscars fan.
Brian hosts a Christmas-themed Jeopardy! at his house.
Crystal has a passion for building IKEA furniture.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• As I said in my pregame thoughts, my expectations were high of Brian, and I’d say he’s met those expectations, at least so far! We’ll see how tomorrow (and potentially more) pans out!

• Today’s box score: April 4, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Brian $13,800 Crystal $11,600 Amanda $5,400)

Crystal: Limit your bet to $799, thereby keeping Amanda locked out. (Actual bet: $7,201)

Brian: Standard cover bet over Crystal is $9,401. If you think your chances on this category are terrible, consider limiting your bet to $1,399, which stays ahead of Crystal’s small range. (Actual bet: $9,401)

Amanda: Limit your bet to $999; that way, you stay ahead of Brian if he misses Final. (Actual bet: $4,000)

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