Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, August 23, 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.
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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 Contemporary Authors) for Wednesday, August 23, 2023 (Season 39, Game 43):

A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years into the future inspired a novel by this author

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Tyler Rhode, a director at a start-up from New York, New York

Maureen O’Neil, an executive assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

There are now 9 contestants in the running to win the 30th Tournament of Champions. By the end of today, we will be down to 7. The first semifinal is between Amy Schneider, Maureen O’Neil, and Tyler Rhode. The matchup definitely worked in Amy’s favor—but I must reiterate, these matchups do appear to have been done by seeding; today’s match was 1–6–9, Thursday’s was 2–7–8, and Friday’s was 3–4–5. It’s also a matchup algorithm I personally agree with. This was also the tournament’s first match where the prediction model has given a player more than a 50% chance of winning.

Correct response: Who is Cormac McCarthy?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Cormac McCarthy was inspired to write his post-apocalyptic novel The Road after a 2003 visit to El Paso, Texas, with his young son, picturing “fires on the hill” after a mass extinction event. The book won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; the El Paso visit inspiration story came from McCarthy’s 2007 interview with Oprah Winfrey after the book was selected for Oprah’s Book Club.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, August 23, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Supreme Court Cases; Shakespeare Just Kills Me; Chess For Champs; Travel; I’m “En” It!; Stanford Athletics)

The first 15 clues belonged to Amy and Tyler; Tyler jumped out to a lead, but Amy bounced back to take a lead after 15 clues—which wasn’t helped by Tyler having a response overruled by the judges. Coming out of the break. Amy picked up 9 correct, including the Daily Double, to have three times Tyler’s score. Maureen got in on the buzzer once.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Amy 7 correct 1 incorrect
Tyler 6 correct 1 incorrect
Maureen 0 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Tyler was banned from a Sixers podcast for not naming it.
Maureen moved from New Hampshire to Massachusetts.
Amy got her check the day she lost.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Amy 16 correct 1 incorrect
Tyler 10 correct 2 incorrect
Maureen 1 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy $12,600
Tyler $4,200
Maureen $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: River Run; Geology; 3-Named People; International Film Style; Frontier Folk; Onomatopoeia)

Double Jeopardy! saw a lengthy search for the Daily Doubles as Maureen and Amy finally got to them on clues 24 and 27! That was enough to cement Amy’s runaway in this game.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Amy 26 correct 4 incorrect
Tyler 17 correct 4 incorrect
Maureen 3 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Amy $19,600
Tyler $7,000
Maureen $600

Amy and Tyler got Final correct—Amy’s now a finalist!

Tonight’s results:

Maureen $600 – $0 = $600 (Who is ?)
Tyler $7,000 + $0 = $7,000 (Who is Cormac McCarthy?)
Amy $19,600 + $64 = $19,664 (Who is Cormac McCarthy?) (Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) SUPREME COURT CASES $400 (clue #22)
Amy 7200 +4000 (Maureen 0 Tyler 4000)
2) RIVER RUN $800 (clue #24)
Maureen 3600 -3000 (Amy 17400 Tyler 5800)
3) FRONTIER FOLK $800 (clue #27, $1200 left on board)
Amy 18200 +1000 (Maureen 600 Tyler 6200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -22

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Amy 1 2 5 3 4 5 1 4 5 4 5 2*
Maureen
Tyler 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 5 3 4

DJ! Round:
Amy 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 2*
Maureen 1 2 2* 1†
Tyler 3 4 4 3 5 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Amy 3.48
Tyler 3.63
Maureen 1.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.28 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Amy $15,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 4 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Tyler $7,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Maureen $3,600 Coryat, 3 correct, 1 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer (3/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $26,400
Lach Trash: $16,800 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800

Player Statistics:

Amy Schneider, career statistics:

1379 correct, 87 incorrect
64/78 on rebound attempts (on 167 rebound opportunities)
51.90% in first on buzzer (1267/2441)
68/78 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $215,200)
29/43 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,233

Maureen O’Neil, career statistics:

91 correct, 18 incorrect
10/14 on rebound attempts (on 38 rebound opportunities)
22.72% in first on buzzer (87/383)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
4/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,800

Tyler Rhode, career statistics:

169 correct, 19 incorrect
12/13 on rebound attempts (on 28 rebound opportunities)
36.04% in first on buzzer (164/455)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,000)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,475

Andy’s Thoughts:

• In hindsight, seeing this game again in August, there were two things that disappointed me the most about this game: Firstly, seeing the “1†” in the “Clue Selection By Row” stats always disappoints me greatly. Secondly, I am still very patiently waiting for a game where all three players choose to bet $0 in Final Jeopardy. Other than that, it was a great game!

• Today’s box score: August 23, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Amy $19,600 Tyler $7,000 Maureen $600)

Amy: Bet no more than $4,599 and enjoy your win! (Actual bet: $64)

Maureen: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)

Tyler: Bet between $0 and $5,799 and enjoy second place. (Actual bet: $0)

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