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Season 37

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

Published Modified

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 History of Medicine) for Wednesday, November 11, 2020 (Season 37, Game 43):

2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings

(correct response beneath the contestants)

We may have lost Alex over the weekend, but the show must go on. Alex wouldn’t want it any other way. Please, let’s remember him over the next seven weeks of banked episodes, and then afford him the same respect to his successors that we afforded him when he replaced Art Fleming in 1984.

Today’s contestants:

Doug Grimshaw, a high school economics teacher from Burbank, California

Doug Grimshaw on Jeopardy!

Daniella Regencia, an attorney originally from Westfield, New Jersey

Daniella Regencia on Jeopardy!

Greg Marrero, a school administrator from Huntington Beach, California (1-day total: $21,200)

Greg Marrero on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is a mammogram? (Note: What is ultrasound/sonography is also correct. This clue was not uniquely pinned. Please see below.)

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The first mammogram unit was invented by Charles Gross of France in 1965 and is used for regular breast cancer screening.

However: The first patents for the first practical commercial ultrasound machine were also filed for an “Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus” on June 7, 1965 by Walter Erich Krause, Richard Ernst Soldner, and Otto Heinz Kresse of Siemens AG. Today, ultrasound technology is used extensively for medical diagnostics (I myself have had many ultrasounds taken for diagnosis of my own gall bladder and pancreatic issues). Most laypeople are most familiar with sonography’s regular use during pregnancy to observe the development of the fetus.

It has become clear to The Jeopardy! Fan that the changed working conditions that the Jeopardy! writers have been working under due to COVID-19 have significantly hamstrung the show’s usually-rigid fact-checking process. This is another example of a clue that normally and very likely would have been excised in the past, but has somehow seen the light of day in 2020, and is completely unacceptable. If the conflicting citations can reasonably point to the same thing, Jeopardy! needs to use uniquely pinning language—and “regular screenings” certainly isn’t uniquely pinning. If it absolutely had to use this clue, the show needed to uniquely pin this by giving the name of an inventor (Krause et al/Siemens or Charles Gross). This isn’t an online quiz where the writers need to Google-proof their clues. Alex Trebek in his lifetime was seen as an arbiter of truth and facts, and the show’s writers are quickly frittering that perception away by writing vague clues such as this.

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

Scores going into Final:
Greg $17,600
Doug $15,100
Daniella $4,200

Tonight’s results:
Daniella $4,200 – $4,198 = $2 (What is a colonoscopy?)
Doug $15,100 – $5,000 = $10,100 (What is a CT scan?)
Greg $17,600 + $2,400 = $20,000 (What is a mamogram?) (2-day total: $41,200)

Greg Marrero, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the November 11, 2020 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Doug $6,100
Greg $5,000
Daniella $2,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) GEOLOGY $600 (clue #22)
Doug 3800 +1500 (Greg 4200 Daniella 2000)
2) AUTHORS’ HOMES $1200 (clue #13)
Greg 9400 +3000 (Daniella 2600 Doug 7700)
3) UNUSUAL ADJECTIVES $1600 (clue #21)
Doug 8900 +3000 (Greg 14400 Daniella 3400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 105

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: SET THE TABLE $1000
DJ! Round: UNUSUAL ADJECTIVES $400 TRANSPORTATION $400
Total Left On Board: $1,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 110 (2.56 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Greg $15,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer (19/54), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Doug $12,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 25.93% in first on buzzer (14/54), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Daniella $4,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 18.52% in first on buzzer (10/54), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,800
Lach Trash: $15,400 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,000

Greg Marrero, career statistics:
35 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
29.36% in first on buzzer (32/109)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,500

Daniella Regencia, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
18.52% in first on buzzer (10/54)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,200

Doug Grimshaw, career statistics:
16 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
25.93% in first on buzzer (14/54)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,800

Greg Marrero, to win:
3 games: 54.379%
4: 29.571%
5: 16.080%
6: 8.744%
7: 4.755%
Avg. streak: 3.192 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • The writers are fortunate that this overly vague Final Jeopardy! did not affect the outcome, as Doug did not give one of the correct responses.
  • On the other hand, I personally felt that the judges’ ruling that Greg changed the pronunciation of “Caucasus” too much (on GEOGRAPHIC GATEWAYS $2000) sets a dangerous precedent that could unfairly penalize contestants in the future who learn by simply reading.

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