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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, May 27, 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 Fairy Tales) for Wednesday, May 27, 2020 (Season 36, Game 178):

A familiar chant in this fairy tale continues, “Be he alive or be he dead, I’ll grind his bones to make my bread”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Lauren Schneider Lipton, a high school health teacher from Seattle, Washington

Lauren Schneider Lipton on Jeopardy!

Will Satterwhite, an 8th-12th grade band & choir teacher from Vinton, Virginia

Will Satterwhite on Jeopardy!

Jenna Hall, a high school English teacher from Seaside, California

Jenna Hall on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is “Jack and the Beanstalk”?

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The quatrain in question begins: “Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman”. Originally published in 1734 as “The Story of Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean”, it became popularized in 1845’s The Home Treasury.

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

Scores going into Final:
Will $22,400
Jenna $9,000
Lauren $7,600

Tonight’s results:
Lauren $7,600 + $6,401 = $14,001 (What is Jack and the Beanstalk?)
Jenna $9,000 + $7,500 = $16,500 (What is Jack and the Beanstalk?)
Will $22,400 + $0 = $22,400 (What is “Jack and the Beanstalk”?) (Semi-Finalist)

Will Satterwhite, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the May 27, 2020 game.)

Wild card standings:
Monday: Amanda Baltimore, $17,600
Tuesday: Meggie Kwait, $21,601
Wednesday: Will Satterwhite, $22,400
Thursday:
Friday:
1. Katie Labarge, $18,400, 99.997% to advance
2. Jenna Hall, $16,500, 99.461% to advance
3. Sam Matson, $16,402, 93.104% to advance
4. Lauren Schneider Lipton, $14,001, 43.339% to advance
5. Peter Gouveia, $6,399
6. Ivory Johnson, $0
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Will $5,400
Jenna $1,000
Lauren -$400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) A WRITER’S LIFE $400 (clue #18)
Jenna 200 -1000 (Will 2800 Lauren 400)
2) THE RENAISSANCE $1200 (clue #3)
Will 6200 +3800 (Jenna 1000 Lauren 0)
3) OF TEACHERS & TESTS $1200 (clue #13)
Will 14800 +1200 (Jenna 1000 Lauren 2800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -31

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 363 (2.04 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Will $19,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Jenna $10,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Lauren $7,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,400
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,200

Jenna Hall, career statistics:
13 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000

Will Satterwhite, career statistics:
25 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,800

Lauren Schneider Lipton, career statistics:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600


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