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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, March 11, 2020

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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 Book Words) for Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 133):

A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for “artistically serious” comic books & endorsed it over “illustories” & “picto-fiction”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Laurie Amster-Burton, a help desk specialist from Seattle, Washington

Laurie Amster-Burton on Jeopardy!

Jessica Babbitt, a personal stylist from Austin, Texas

Jessica Babbitt on Jeopardy!

Paul Trifiletti, an attorney from Athens, Georgia (5-day total: $106,801)

Paul Trifiletti on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is a graphic novel?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

In his 1964 essay “The Future of Comics”, originally published in the Capa-Alpha comics zine, Richard Kyle found the terms “comic book” and “comic book strip” to be inadequate to describe the burgeoning medium that became the graphic novel, illustrated stories aimed at an adult audience, and he didn’t like Charles Biro’s “illustories” or EC Comics’ “picto-fiction”. So, he went to his dictionary and settled on “graphic novel” instead. Will Eisner’s 1978 graphic novel A Contract with God popularized the term, and Marvel Comics began using the term in the 1980s.

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

Scores going into Final:
Jessica $11,700
Paul $11,200
Laurie $7,000

Tonight’s results:
Laurie $7,000 + $200 = $7,200 (What is graphic novels?)
Paul $11,200 – $11,100 = $100 (What is pop art?)
Jessica $11,700 + $11,698 = $23,398 (What are graphic novels) (1-day total: $23,398)

Jessica Babbitt, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the March 11, 2020 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Paul $5,600
Laurie $4,000
Jessica $600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) REQUIEM FOR A SKYLINE $800 (clue #4)
Paul 600 +600 (Jessica 0 Laurie 0)
2) A YEAR ENDING IN 0 $1200 (clue #14)
Laurie 3600 +3000 (Paul 6400 Jessica 8600)
3) ISLAND NATIONS $1600 (clue #20)
Jessica 13400 -2500 (Paul 6400 Laurie 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 125

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: PUT THAT SINGER’S NAME ON A POST OFFICE! $800 $1000 PUNNY JOB LOSS REASONS $1000
DJ! Round: NAME THAT INSECT $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $6,400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 278 (2.09 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Jessica $14,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.69% in first on buzzer (17/52), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Laurie $5,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 23.08% in first on buzzer (12/52), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Paul $11,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800

Paul Trifiletti, career statistics:
113 correct, 10 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 23 rebound opportunities)
31.89% in first on buzzer (103/323)
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,800)
4/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,133

Jessica Babbitt, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
32.69% in first on buzzer (17/52)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,200

Laurie Amster-Burton, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
23.08% in first on buzzer (12/52)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200

Jessica Babbitt, to win:
2 games: 39.290%
3: 15.437%
4: 6.065%
5: 2.383%
6: 0.936%
Avg. streak: 1.647 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • For the second game in a row, Paul came alive in the last stages of Double Jeopardy!; it just goes to show that players can’t coast to the finish line.

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