Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, May 2, 2023

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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 Medical History) for Tuesday, May 2, 2023 (Season 39, Game 167):

A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Amanda Hendrickson, a costumer from Highland Village, Texas

Paul Guelpa, an attorney from Rossmoor, California

Kevin Belle, a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland (2-day total: $24,398)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

2-day champion Kevin Belle (or, should I say "Whiskey Ginger", after Kevin's Zoom trivia–hosting drag persona) has survived a pair of Triple Stumper Final Jeopardy clues in his two victories. Today's challengers are California attorney Paul Guelpa and Texas costumer Amanda Hendrickson. (Meanwhile, I'm surprised that the show didn't try to find someone named "Ghibellina" to match with someone named "Guelpa". Yes, it's a deep historical cut.)

In other important news, Jeopardy!'s writers are now on strike after the WGA called a strike overnight. What does this mean for the show right now? It appears as though production is continuing; the writers would have been asked to prioritize finishing as many game boards as possible before last night. In terms of episode production, the final six episodes of Jeopardy! Masters, as well as the final four weeks of Season 39, have yet to be taped. It appears as though non-writing production will continue; however, IATSE (the union that represents many behind-the-scenes workers) has stated that employees "retain their right to honor a lawful picked line", but the studios also retain the right to temporarily replace workers who do not cross that picket line. What will likely end up happening, though, is that the writing quality may suffer, for two reasons: firstly, the writers would have been rushed to finish games; secondly, revisions may not be possible due to the strike.

If you're going to be a contestant over the final four weeks of the season, I would highly recommend going back about five to ten years and memorizing as much of J! Archive as you can. During the last strike in 2008, there were instances where Jeopardy! would essentially lift past categories wholesale from about a decade earlier.

PSA: The best way to keep COVID-19 at bay (and keep Jeopardy! producing new episodes) is for everybody to get their vaccinations as soon as they can, including any boosters as recommended. When wearing a mask, please ensure that your mask covers both your nose and your mouth.

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Correct response: What is pertussis (whooping cough)?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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In the late 1900s and early 1910s, artificially-grown pertussis bacterium began to be grown by Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou of the Pasteur Institute; experimentation then began, using their methods, on developing a vaccine for pertussis, also known as whooping cough. In 1914, the American Medical Association listed the pertussis vaccine. By the 1920s, a pertussis outbreak was controlled by the vaccine in the Faeroe Islands. Later, by 1948, the pertussis vaccine was combined with vaccines for diphtheria and tetanus, known as the DTP vaccine; it was replaced by the DTaP (diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis) in 1991. The vaccine has managed to reduce the number of cases of pertussis in the United States by over 97%.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 2, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: They Won The Battle; A Jr. In Entertainment; Mind Your Grammar; Australian Wildlife; Double Double Letters; Jeopair! Boarding Process)

Paul got off to the best start, but fell back to $0 after a missed Daily Double. However, Paul did play well enough to Amanda struggled with incorrect responses on high-valued clues and was in the red after 30 clues.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Kevin 3 correct 0 incorrect
Paul 5 correct 3 incorrect
Amanda 3 correct 4 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Amanda has a MadLib from Neil Gaiman as an anniversary gift.
Paul interrupted David Hasselhoff on the “Baywatch” set.
Kevin had to answer “Seinfeld” trivia for his birthday.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Paul 12 correct 3 incorrect
Kevin 7 correct 0 incorrect
Amanda 6 correct 4 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul $4,600
Kevin $3,600
Amanda -$1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Mythology; Nonfiction; Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants; TV & Movie Comedies; World Cities; That’s So “Extra”)

The writers’ failure to anticipate an alternate correct response on the opening clue of Double Jeopardy! was compounded when the Daily Double was found on clue #2. Amanda got that correct, while Kevin went on a run in the early part of the round, including the last Daily Double. Meanwhile, Paul played well to pull close by the end of Double Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Kevin 20 correct 1 incorrect
Paul 18 correct 3 incorrect
Amanda 11 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Kevin $14,400
Paul $10,200
Amanda $2,400

Kevin and Amanda got Final Jeopardy! correct today, rendering the earlier Daily Double issue effectively moot. Kevin’s now a 3-day champion, going for win #4 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Amanda $2,400 + $15 = $2,415 (What is Pertussis? Whooping cough?)
Paul $10,200 – $4,202 = $5,998 (What is Tuberculosis)
Kevin $14,400 + $4,000 = $18,400 (What is pertussis?) (3-day total: $42,798)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE $600 (clue #9)
Paul 2000 -2000 (Kevin 200 Amanda -2200)
2) MYTHOLOGY $800 (clue #2)
Amanda -800 +2000 (Kevin 3600 Paul 4200*)
3) WORLD CITIES $1200 (clue #13, $21600 left on board)
Kevin 8800 -2000 (Paul 5000 Amanda 800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -23
*Paul was later credited with $800 extra before Daily Double #3.

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Kevin 1 2 3
Paul 4 5 4 5 3*
Amanda 4

DJ! Round:
Kevin 3 2 1 1 2 3*
Paul
Amanda 1 2* 3† 4† 5† 5 4

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Kevin 2.00
Paul 4.20
Amanda 3.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Kevin $16,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Paul $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Amanda $1,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 6 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $29,800
Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200

Player Statistics:

Kevin Belle, career statistics:

59 correct, 5 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
32.16% in first on buzzer (55/171)
2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $800)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,667

Paul Guelpa, career statistics:

18 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200

Amanda Hendrickson, career statistics:

12 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $1,200

Kevin Belle, to win:

4 games: 46.411%
5: 21.540%
6: 9.997%
7: 4.640%
8: 2.153%
Avg. streak: 3.866 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Regarding the first two clues of Double Jeopardy, there’s a lot to unpack here. Firstly: the situation with Paul not receiving the Daily Double did not adversely affect his ultimate outcome, as Paul did not get Final Jeopardy! correct. There is no situation where Paul would have won this game had he received that Daily Double (holding everything else constant). Thus, I would not invite Paul back to regular play if I were in Michael Davies’s position. (Another matter is whether the show sees fit to invite him to Second Chance.)

• In my opinion, would this situation have happened under Ken Jennings? No. However, this does not mean that I blame Mayim Bialik, either. I blame the writers & researchers. There should never be a situation where the host needs to be the last line of defense against this sort of thing. The writers should have placed both Eros & Cupid on the card and instructed Mayim in advance to accept either. The fact that this happened falls squarely on the writers, and anyone blaming Mayim for this is out of line, in my opinion.

• That being said, the optics of this situation does not make the show look good, even though the game’s ultimate outcome was not affected. There is no way that the show is going to be shielded from criticism tonight, and people are going to unfairly blame Mayim Bialik for what happened.
• Another option—which I submit that the show should have opted for instead—would have been for the show to stop tape as soon as Amanda called for MYTHOLOGY $800, adjudicated the issue then and there, re-hid the Daily Double if required, and continued on with the game.
• If you wish to comment regarding the situation on the first two clues of Double Jeopardy, your comment must be substantive and provide something not already provided in either this section or another comment.

• Today’s box score: May 2, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Kevin $14,400 Paul $10,200 Amanda $2,400)

Kevin: Standard cover bet over Paul is $6,001. (Actual bet: $4,000)

Paul: Normally, I’d suggest limiting your bet to $1,799. However, Kevin didn’t cover yesterday, so you should go all in. (Actual bet: $4,202)

Amanda: Bet whatever you like; you don’t have much chance. However, I might be conservative here, as Paul has occasion to go all in. (Actual bet: $15)

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