Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, May 21, 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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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 Movies) for Tuesday, May 21, 2024 (Season 40, Game 182):

Louise & Lisa Burns, twins featured in this 1980 film, told a magazine, “We’re naturally spooky!”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Chris D’Amico, a verifications specialist from Lakewood, Ohio

Sam Spar, a CPA originally from Burlington, Vermont

Grant DeYoung, a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (4-day total: $81,203)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Grant DeYoung comes into today’s game looking to do something that only 276 others before him since 1984 have been able to do: become a 5-time Jeopardy! champion. Of course, Sam Spar & Chris D’Amico, today’s challengers, are coming into this game hoping that they can prevent Grant from doing so. While Grant has been extremely strong on the buzzer in his run to date, he has also struggled with accuracy, giving a number of incorrect responses. (In fact, Grant was the first player since the 1980s to win while giving as many incorrect responses as he did in yesterday’s game.) It’ll be interesting to see if Grant can tone down the guessing.

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Remember, if you would like to enter the “Explore Iceland” sweepstakes, you can do so at sweepstakes.jeopardy.com. Today’s Final Jeopardy category is “The Movies”.

Correct response: What is The Shining?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Louisa & Lisa Burns played the famed Grady twins from the Stanley Kubrick 1980 film The Shining. While they were simply sisters in the original Stephen King work, Kubrick made them identical twin girls for the film.

Interestingly, while it is claimed that it was not deliberate, the staging of the two girls in The Shining bears a striking resemblance to Diane Arbus’s famed “Twins” photograph.

To me, this feels like a relatively straightforward piece of popular culture for most of the older members of the home audience; whether it will be straightforward for younger players is still to be seen.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Here Comes The Son; The New York Times; Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch; Expensive Graduation Gifts; Perfectly Unbalanced; Double-Letter Broadway Summaries)

Things got off to a bit of a slow start, even though Grant found the Daily Double. After 15 clues, Chris had $2,200, Sam $400, and Grant $200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Chris 4 correct 2 incorrect
Sam 1 correct 0 incorrect
Grant 4 correct 4 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Chris writes a website where he publishes a puzzle every day.
Sam created a web series called “Subway Sessions” with her friends.
Grant may go on a trip to Italy with his winnings.

Grant only had 1 incorrect response after the break, and that was enough for him to jump into the lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Grant 12 correct 5 incorrect
Chris 8 correct 4 incorrect
Sam 2 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Grant $3,800
Chris $3,400
Sam $600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Band Books; 5-Letter Chemistry; An Organization With Alliteration; TV; 19th Century Britain; “I” Is The Only Vowel)

In a very interesting Double Jeopardy round, Grant missed DD2, and while he bet to retake the lead on DD3, a crucial 9th incorrect response over the final few clues gave Chris just enough space to retake the lead on the final clue of the round.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Chris 17 correct 4 incorrect
Grant 22 correct 9 incorrect
Sam 5 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Chris $12,600
Grant $12,400
Sam $3,400

Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct; that makes Chris our new Jeopardy! Champion. He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Sam $3,400 + $1,999 = $5,399 (What is The Shining?)
Grant $12,400 + $399 = $12,799 (What is The Shining?)
Chris $12,600 + $12,500 = $25,100 (What is The Shining?) (1-day total: $25,100)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) PERFECTLY UNBALANCED $800 (clue #1)
Grant 0 +1000 (Sam 0 Chris 0)
2) AN ORGANIZATION WITH ALLITERATION $1600 (clue #14)
Grant 9800 -4000 (Sam 600 Chris 8200)
3) BAND BOOKS $800 (clue #23, $3600 left on board)
Grant 9800 +3000 (Sam 2200 Chris 11400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 90

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Grant 4*
Sam
Chris

DJ! Round:
Grant 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 4* 4 5 5† 2 2*
Sam 2 3 5
Chris 4 5 3 4 1 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Chris 3.17
Grant 3.73
Sam 3.33

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Chris $12,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Grant $14,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 9 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sam $3,400 Coryat, 5 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $15,000 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,000
Lead Changes: 11
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Grant DeYoung, career statistics:

114 correct, 36 incorrect
2/5 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
46.10% in first on buzzer (130/282)
7/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,200)
5/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,440

Sam Spar, career statistics:

6 correct, 0 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,400

Chris D’Amico, career statistics:

18 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600

Chris D’Amico, to win:

2 games: 41.154%
3: 16.937%
4: 6.970%
5: 2.868%
6: 1.180%
Avg. streak: 1.699 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Chris $12,600 Grant $12,400 Sam $3,400)

Grant: Limit your bet here to $5,599 or less and hope for a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $399)

Sam: Bet no more than $3,000 and hope for a big bet from Grant and a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $1,999)

Chris: Standard cover bet over Grant is $12,201. (Actual bet: $12,500)

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