Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, June 20, 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 The Olympics) for Tuesday, June 20, 2023 (Season 39, Game 202):

This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Janie Sullivan, a scrum master from Park Ridge, Illinois

Tym Blanchard, a cryptocurrency & angel investor from Nashville, Tennessee

Ben Goldstein, a content marketing specialist from Dexter, Michigan (2-day total: $15,198)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Ben Goldstein is now a 2-day champion, making his way up the postseason ladder; he goes for win #3 today against Nashville’s Tym Blanchard and metro Chicago’s Janie Sullivan. I do have my own theory as to why we’ve been seeing so many more games like yesterday’s and June 7’s, which saw contestants struggle with the material. I’ll be posting it this weekend with my Weekly Thoughts.

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Correct response: What is table tennis?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Table tennis, which made its official Olympic debut at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, is played on a rectangular 9-foot-by-5-foot table. (Hence, 45 square feet). China has easily been the most dominant nation in table tennis, having won 60 of the 115 medals awarded in the sport since 1988. (South Korea is second on the overall table tennis medal table, with just 18). In order to halt China’s dominance (it had two podium sweeps in 2008), the IOC reduced each country’s allowance from 3 male and 3 female athletes to 2 male and 2 female.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, June 20, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Let’s Stick Together; Architects; Vowel, Vowel, Consonant, Consonant; Nonprofits; American History; Triple “A”-Rated Food)

Ben and Janie collectively dominated on the signalling device, while Tym definitely struggled.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Ben 6 correct 0 incorrect
Janie 5 correct 1 incorrect
Tym 0 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Janie hiked an active volcano at sunrise, but was stopped by fog.
Tym suffered a respirator blowout while climbing Mt. Everest.
Ben named his dog after an Antiguan beer.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Ben 11 correct 1 incorrect
Janie 10 correct 2 incorrect
Tym 1 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben $5,600
Janie $3,500
Tym -$1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Let’s Stick Together; Chapter & Verse; Love Island U.K.; That Musical Act Is Unreal!; There Will Be Math; Just Say…)

Double Jeopardy! saw Tym’s struggles continue, while both challengers got Daily Doubles incorrect. Unfortunately, Tym was unable to stay out of the red, so it was just 2 people around for Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Janie 18 correct 4 incorrect
Ben 17 correct 5 incorrect
Tym 7 correct 7 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 34 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Janie $7,500
Ben $6,800
Tym -$3,800

Final Jeopardy! today was a Double Stumper; Ben’s small wager again turned him into a 3-day champion!

Tonight’s results:

Tym -$3,800 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Ben $6,800 – $705 = $6,095 (What is handball?) (3-day total: $21,293)
Janie $7,500 – $7,000 = $500 (What is squash? sumo wrestling)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ARCHITECTS $800 (clue #28)
Janie 4400 -1500 (Ben 6200 Tym 0)
2) JUST SAY… $1200 (clue #19)
Tym -3000 -2000 (Ben 6000 Janie 9100)
3) LOVE ISLAND U.K. $1600 (clue #22, $6400 left on board)
Janie 9500 -2000 (Ben 6000 Tym -4200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -155

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ben 2 2 3 4 3 2 4 5 1 1 4 5 2 3 4 5
Tym 5
Janie 1 3 1 1 2 3 2 1 4 5 4*

DJ! Round:
Ben 2 1 5 2
Tym 4 5 4 4 5 2 3 3* 2† 1†
Janie 3 5 4 5 3 4 3 4*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Ben 3.00
Janie 3.05
Tym 3.45

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 34 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Ben $6,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 5 incorrect, 39.29% in first on buzzer (22/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Janie $11,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Tym -$1,800 Coryat, 7 correct, 7 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $16,000
Lach Trash: $17,800 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $20,200

Player Statistics:

Ben Goldstein, career statistics:

56 correct, 15 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
37.06% in first on buzzer (63/170)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,800)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,067

Tym Blanchard, career statistics:

7 correct, 7 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$1,800

Janie Sullivan, career statistics:

18 correct, 5 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000

Ben Goldstein, to win:

4 games: 26.247%
5: 6.889%
6: 1.808%
7: 0.475%
8: 0.125%
Avg. streak: 3.356 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The contestant coordinators have preached this for years: the best preparation for Jeopardy! is still “watching Jeopardy!“; all three Daily Doubles in this game had context clues that would be readily apparent to longtime watchers of the program. By way of example: late 17th century + London + architect = Christopher Wren; “Just Say…” was clearly “words that rhyme with no”, and any mention “Bligh” should immediately point contestants towards the Pitcairn Islands and/or the Bounty.

• Because someone will inevitably ask, the lowest total for a 3-day champion is still $4,400 (doubled to $8,800), set by Bill Klippel in January 1985.

• Today’s box score: June 20, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Janie $7,500 Ben $6,800 Tym -$3,800)

Ben: Limit your bet to $5,399. (Actual bet: $705)

Tym: (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)

Janie: Standard cover bet over Ben is $6,101. (Actual bet: $7,000)

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