Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, June 18, 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

September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 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 Geographic Name’s Almost The Same) for Tuesday, June 18, 2024 (Season 40, Game 202):

Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the first “Ring” Cycle had its neck sent to this Mideast capital, not the right German city

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Colleen Matthews, a speech-language pathologist from Portland, Oregon

Mark Gagliardi, an actor & podcaster originally from Knoxville, Tennessee

Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (14-day total: $326,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Adriana Harmeyer is now a 14-game winner on Jeopardy!; she goes for win #15 today. Yesterday, she also joined Ken Jennings, Larissa Kelly, Tom Cubbage, Ben Ingram, James Holzhauer, Jennifer Quail, Amy Schneider, and Ray Lalonde as the only players to get 10 consecutive Final Jeopardy clues correct.

I have to say, a long-running champion like Adriana who is averaging less than $25,000 a win is great for the show’s bean-counters, as it gets the superchamp buzz without overspending the prize budget. Additionally, the fact that her games aren’t dominant runaways either makes for a more suspenseful show overall.

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Correct response: What is Beirut, Lebanon?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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According to 1946’s The Life of Richard Wagner, the neck of a dragon built for the inaugural Bayreuth Festival in 1876 did not make it to Bayreuth, as the London designers of that neck had sent it to the similar-sounding Beirut, Lebanon instead.

If I were on stage trying to solve this Final, it would have taken a lot to avoid groaning at about the 10-second mark once I realized that “Bayreuth” and “Beirut” were the similar-sounding names referred to by clue and category here.

I also think that we’ll be seeing more Final Jeopardy clues similar to today’s (and yesterday’s); as I do believe that Michael Davies wants to include more “puzzle”-type clues as opposed to clues that solely reward memorizing the contents of J! Archive.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Churches & Cathedrals; 3-Letter Nouns; U.S. Government; Entertaining Autobios; The Familiar Sum Of Its Parts; The Scandal Of It All)

Both challengers had a good time on the buzzer; Adriana was in third in buzzes, correct responses, and score going into the interviews! After 15 clues, Colleen led with $2,400, Mark had $2,200, and Adriana had $1,600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Colleen 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 6 correct 0 incorrect
Adriana 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Colleen moved from California to New Mexico because of a book.
Mark is part of “Drunk History”.
Adriana met her husband over tea.

Coming out of the break, Mark found—and missed—the Daily Double. From there, Adriana picked up 8 correct and jumped into the lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Adriana 11 correct 0 incorrect
Colleen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 10 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana $6,800
Colleen $3,400
Mark $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: A Place In History; Diamond Mining; Oscar-Winning Songs; Botany; By Lines; “CC” Me)

Colleen got to both Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy; unfortunately, she got them both incorrect. Thus, despite Colleen having the higher Coryat, Adriana had a $3,000 lead going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Adriana 18 correct 2 incorrect
Colleen 16 correct 3 incorrect
Mark 17 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Adriana $13,600
Colleen $10,600
Mark $7,200

Colleen got Final correct, putting the pressure on Adriana—who also got Final correct, making her a 15-day champion! She’ll go for #16 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Mark $7,200 – $7,195 = $5 (What Hamburg + Amman)
Colleen $10,600 + $4,000 = $14,600 (What is Beirut?)
Adriana $13,600 + $10,000 = $23,600 (What is Beirut?) (15-day total: $349,600)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) U.S. GOVERNMENT $800 (clue #16)
Mark 2200 -2200 (Adriana 1600 Colleen 2400)
2) A PLACE IN HISTORY $1600 (clue #4)
Colleen 5400 -2000 (Adriana 6800 Mark 3200)
3) BY LINES $1200 (clue #17, $17600 left on board)
Colleen 9800 -2000 (Adriana 10800 Mark 5600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -157

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Adriana 1 3 4 2
Mark 1 2 5 3 2 3 4*
Colleen 1 4 5 2 3

DJ! Round:
Adriana 3 5 1 2
Mark 1 2 1 2 4
Colleen 3 4* 5† 1 2 3 4 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Adriana 2.63
Colleen 3.08
Mark 2.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Adriana $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Colleen $14,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Mark $9,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,600
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:

344 correct, 36 incorrect
18/21 on rebound attempts (on 58 rebound opportunities)
38.45% in first on buzzer (328/853)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $17,500)
13/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,880

Mark Gagliardi, career statistics:

17 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400

Colleen Matthews, career statistics:

17 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600

Adriana Harmeyer, to win:

16 games: 61.906%
17: 38.324%
18: 23.725%
19: 14.687%
20: 9.092%
Avg. streak: 16.625 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Adriana $13,600 Colleen $10,600 Mark $7,200)

Adriana: Standard cover bet over Colleen is $7,601. (Actual bet: $10,000)

Mark: If Adriana and Colleen make cover bets and are incorrect, they’ll fall to $5,999 and $6,799 respectively. Bet no more than $400 to stay ahead. (Actual bet: $7,195)

Colleen: Standard cover bet over Mark is $3,801. (Actual bet: $4,000)

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