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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, December 28, 2021

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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 European Rivers) for Tuesday, December 28, 2021 (Season 38, Game 77):

The flooding of this river in 1966 destroyed or damaged some 14,000 works of art, many of them priceless

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Chas Abdel-Nabi, a learning developer from Decatur, Georgia

Chas Abdel-Nabi on Jeopardy!

Josette Curtis, a registered dietitian from Anacortes, Washington

Josette Curtis on Jeopardy!

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (19-day total: $745,200)

Amy Schneider on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Only four players in the history of Jeopardy! have won 20 regular season games: Ken Jennings, Matt Amodio, James Holzhauer, and Julia Collins. Amy Schneider looks to become the fifth today. If Amy wins at least $28,534, she’ll pass David Madden for #5 in terms of all-time winnings (including tournaments).

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Correct response: What is the Arno?

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After significant rainfall in the fall of 1966, the Arno River overflowed its banks as it went through Florence on November 4 of that year, causing widespread damage to both the city and its priceless cultural items. Works such as Ghiberti’s “Doors of Paradise” were damaged, and thousands of manuscripts had to be rescued from the city’s Uffizi museum.

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

Scores going into Final:
Amy $23,400
Josette $11,200
Chas $8,400

Tonight’s results:
Chas $8,400 – $8,400 = $0 (What is the Seine?)
Josette $11,200 – $5,601 = $5,599 (What is the Seine?)
Amy $23,400 + $0 = $23,400 (What is the Arno?) (20-day total: $768,600)

Amy Schneider, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 28, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $12,400
Josette $4,400
Chas $1,600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) THE SPACE PROGRAM $600 (clue #4)
Amy 400 +1000 (Josette 200 Chas 200)
2) THAT’S BOGUS $1600 (clue #13)
Amy 20800 -6000 (Josette 4400 Chas 4800)
3) ASIAN HISTORY $800 (clue #29, $400 left on board)
Amy 23200 +200 (Josette 11200 Chas 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 72

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Amy $29,600 Coryat, 34 correct, 1 incorrect, 56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Josette $11,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Chas $8,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $49,200
Lach Trash: $1,600 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,200

Amy Schneider, career statistics:
635 correct, 36 incorrect
33/37 on rebound attempts (on 75 rebound opportunities)
50.62% in first on buzzer (575/1136)
33/39 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $101,600)
17/20 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,590

Josette Curtis, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,200

Chas Abdel-Nabi, career statistics:
10 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400

Amy Schneider, to win:
21 games: 91.957%
22: 84.561%
23: 77.759%
24: 71.505%
25: 65.754%
Avg. streak: 31.433 games.

Today’s interviews:
Chas ran away to join the circus after college, as a fire eater.
Josette saw very little of her husband in her first year of marriage due to Navy service.
Amy is wearing a sweater in honor of Julia Collins.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • I think Amy was in a tough betting spot here on the final Daily Double. With the way the scores were, she wins on any correct response. Here at TJF, I’m OK with the small bet, as it gave her a back door into regaining the runaway on clue #30.
  • Amy moves to #5 all-time, behind Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, and Brad Rutter, in terms of number of correct responses on the show (635), passing Jason Zuffranieri.
  • In contrast to Mayim in the Professors Tournament, Ken did point out that Amy was able to bet up to $1,000 on the first Daily Double. This sort of attention to detail makes me here at TJF feel that Ken is a better host than Mayim.
  • I know my Thoughts are weirded oddly; it’s because there’s a user on YouTube who’s been copying things verbatim and putting them as comments.

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