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Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, August 18, 2021

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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 Men of Medicine) for Wednesday, August 18, 2021 (Season 24, Game 14):

After giving birth in Paris, American Marjorie Karmel wrote “Thank You” him & co-founded an organization now named for him

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Richard Johnson, a foreign affairs officer from Washington, D.C.

Richard Johnson on Jeopardy!

Lateefah Torrence, a writer from New York, New York

Lateefah Torrence on Jeopardy!

Kevin Martin, an emergency room physician from Bowling Green, Ohio (1-day total: $17,800)

Kevin Martin on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Season 38 begins September 13 with the return of 18-day champion Matt Amodio; in the interim, Jeopardy! is running four weeks of reruns. The first two weeks will be the 10 “Alex Around the World” episodes that ran in his memory in late December; the 2021 Tournament of Champions, hosted by Buzzy Cohen, will air from August 30 through September 10. Today’s episode featured a category about the U.S. Air Force as part of a USO tour to Japan, that originally aired on September 27, 2007.

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Correct response: Who is Fernand Lamaze?

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Inspired by what he observed in the Soviet Union. Dr. Fernand Lamaze began teaching his method of psychoprophylaxis in Paris. Ideally, it strives to eliminate the pain of childbirth through educating expectant mothers about the processes of labor, relaxation responses to contractions, and breathing exercises designed to interfere with the transmission of pain signals. Marjorie Karmel, after her own experience using Lamaze’s techniques, wrote Thank You, Dr. Lamaze in 1959 and founded what is now Lamaze International (originally the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics) with Elisabeth Bing one year later.

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

Scores going into Final:
Richard $18,300
Lateefah $8,000
Kevin $5,200

Tonight’s results:
Kevin $5,200 – $3,000 = $2,200 (Who is Hi Mom Mont Carmel)
Lateefah $8,000 + $0 = $8,000 (Who is Lamaze)
Richard $18,300 – $2,000 = $16,300 (Who is Spock?) (1-day total: $16,300)

Richard Johnson, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the August 18, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Richard $12,500
Kevin $2,400
Lateefah $800

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) MUSEUMS $600 (clue #9)
Richard 3800 +1500 (Kevin 0 Lateefah 0)
2) IT’S 1999 $2000 (clue #7)
Richard 15300 -3500 (Kevin 2800 Lateefah 800)
3) ANAGRAMMED SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #29, $2000 left on board)
Richard 17800 +500 (Kevin 5200 Lateefah 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 19

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0

Game Stats:
Richard $22,000 Coryat, 33 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Lateefah $8,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Kevin $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600

Kevin Martin, career statistics:
29 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000

Lateefah Torrence, career statistics:
9 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,000

Richard Johnson, career statistics:
33 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,000


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