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Season 32

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 17, 2016

Published Modified

Current Champion

Will Goree, career statistics:
24 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $15,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,800

To win:
2 games: 73.975%
3: 54.723%
4: 40.481%
5: 29.946%
6: 22.153%
Avg. streak: 3.842 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

November 14-15: S42 E181 (May 18, 2026)
November 21-22: S42 E182 (May 19, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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

It’s Day 2 of Power Players Week from Washington, DC!

Today’s contestants:

Anderson Cooper, the host of AC 360° on CNN, playing for Spike’s K9 Fund

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Lara Logan, a correspondent on 60 Minutes (CBS), playing for the Committee to Protect Journalists

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Michael Steele, a political analyst on MSNBC and host of Steele & Ungar, playing for Catholic Charities Mona Center

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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Lara $5,800
Anderson $4,000
Michael $1,600

Final Jeopardy! category: COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

Final Jeopardy! clue: This country’s 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in India) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan)

What is Pakistan? (Michael said “a place far, far away”)


Michael 1600 – 600 = 1000 ($10,000) Anderson 4000 + 3998 = 7998 ($10,000) Lara 5800 + 4000 = 9800 ($50,000)


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