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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Published Modified

Current Champion

Justin Robbins, career statistics:
28 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,600

To win:
2 games: 64.278%
3: 41.317%
4: 26.557%
5: 17.071%
6: 10.973%
Avg. streak: 2.799 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 3-Named Women) for Tuesday, December 21, 2021 (Season 38, Game 72):

Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the 1st female resident of Concord, Mass. to register in local elections

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jason Snyder, a teaching assistant from Los Angeles, California

Jason Snyder on Jeopardy!

Kaitlyn Pesterfield, a medical student from Mesa, Arizona

Kaitlyn Pesterfield on Jeopardy!

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (14-day total: $571,200)

Amy Schneider on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: It wasn’t a runaway yesterday, but Amy Schneider kept up her Holzhauerian performance in Final Jeopardy!, picking up her 14th win (and 13th correct Final Jeopardy! in those 14 wins). Nobody has ever lost their 15th regular game of Jeopardy!; will Kaitlyn or Jason make history today? Or, will Amy climb past the $600,000 mark?

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Correct response: Who is Louisa May Alcott?

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In 1879, the state of Massachusetts passed a law allowing women the right to vote in local elections on matters of children and education. Louisa May Alcott, best known for the 1868 book Little Women and its sequels, took this opportunity and became the first woman to register to vote in Concord. (Orchard House in Concord is the setting for Little Women, and where Alcott also wrote the work.) Unfortunately, not many other women in Concord were as interested in voting as Alcott was; only 20 women voted in the 1880 election, the first where women were able to vote in the town.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Amy $28,000
Jason $10,400
Kaitlyn $3,000

Tonight’s results:
Kaitlyn $3,000 – $2,500 = $500 (Who Elizabeth Cady Stanton?)
Jason $10,400 – $17 = $10,383 (Who is E.C. Stanton?)
Amy $28,000 + $7,000 = $35,000 (Who is Louisa May Alcott Alcott?) (15-day total: $606,200)

Amy Schneider, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 21, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $10,600
Kaitlyn $2,600
Jason $200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) GEOLOGY $600 (clue #11)
Jason 400 -1000 (Amy 3400 Kaitlyn 800)
2) OPERA $1600 (clue #2)
Jason 2200 +2200 (Amy 8600 Kaitlyn 2600)
3) PEOPLE IN HISTORY $2000 (clue #10, $24000 left on board)
Amy 12600 +5000 (Kaitlyn 2600 Jason 5600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 40

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Amy $25,000 Coryat, 34 correct, 2 incorrect, 56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jason $10,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Kaitlyn $3,000 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,800
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000

Amy Schneider, career statistics:
467 correct, 28 incorrect
27/30 on rebound attempts (on 56 rebound opportunities)
49.94% in first on buzzer (425/851)
22/25 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $73,200)
14/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,213

Kaitlyn Pesterfield, career statistics:
6 correct, 3 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000

Jason Snyder, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,800

Amy Schneider, to win:
16 games: 91.839%
17: 84.343%
18: 77.460%
19: 71.138%
20: 65.332%
Avg. streak: 26.253 games.

Today’s interviews:
Jason was part of the math bake-off at Cornell.
Kaitlyn has moved 11 times since starting medical school four years ago.
Amy was only allowed to check out as many books from the library that she could carry by herself.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Amy remains in #8 in overall winnings, including tournaments: Matt Jackson is still 7th at $611,612.
  • At 467, Amy passes Roger Craig for #9 overall in terms of number of correct responses given on the show. Matt Jackson sits #8 with 514.
  • I object to the judges allowing Kaitlyn to respond correctly with just “Ronaldo” on the Cristiano Ronaldo clue, as Ronaldo” could refer to a different star player. Michael Davies, being a big soccer fan himself, should have insisted upon a “be more specific” prompt.

  • Ironically, this game taped before the less-used definition of “condominium” was discussed on JBoard on October 31. (Do mentioned yesterday that Matt hadn’t lost before this episode taped.).
  • During tonight’s opening, Ken failed to mention that Ben Ingram is also 13-for-14 lifetime in Final Jeopardy.

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