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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 16, 2016

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Current Champion

Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
21 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,200

To win:
2 games: 48.858%
3: 23.871%
4: 11.663%
5: 5.698%
6: 2.784%
Avg. streak: 1.955 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

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Today’s contestants:

Christine Schreck, a writer from Berkeley, CA

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Brandon Barnes, a stock analyst from Tulsa, OK

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Siddharth Hariharan, a student from Herndon, VA (1-day total: $21,601)

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Final Jeopardy! category: FILM ADAPTATIONS

Final Jeopardy! clue: In a 2011 slate.com survey of movie credits, of the top 25 most adapted writers, this novelist is the only one living

Who is Stephen King?

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Stephen King comes in at a tie for 18th, with 127 adaptation credits. Shakespeare is, by far, number 1. Anton Chekhov and Charles Dickens are 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

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  • Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
    Christine $16,800
    Brandon $15,400
    Siddharth $6,600

    Final Results:
    Siddharth $6,600 – $66 = $6,534 (Who is Nicholas Sparks?) (2-day total: $28,135)
    Brandon $15,400 – $15,400 = $0 (Who is)
    Christine $16,800 – $14,001 = $2,799 (Who is Grisnam?)

    Daily Double locations:
    1) 1999 $800 (14th pick)
    Brandon 1800 +1800 (Christine 2000 Siddharth 800)
    —
    2) THEATRE TITLE DUOS $1600 (12th pick)
    Christine 4000 +4000 (Brandon 11400 Siddharth 2600)
    3) EXPLORERS $1600 (27th pick, $4,000 left on board)
    Brandon 15400 +2000 (Chrstine 16800 Siddharth 3400)

    Unplayed clues:
    None!

    Game Stats:
    Siddharth 6,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
    Christine 14,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
    Brandon 14,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer

    Siddharth Hariharan, stats to date:
    25 correct
    5 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
    1/2 in Final Jeopardy
    21.93% in first on buzzer (25/114)
    Average Coryat: $9,000

    Siddharth Hariharan, to win:
    3 games: 31.38%
    4: 9.84%
    5: 3.09%
    6: 0.97%
    7: 0.30%
    Avg. streak: 2.457 games.

    (Special thanks to Matt Carberry for the full chart of the game, watching the WBZ Boston broadcast.)

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