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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 2, 2016

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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 tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, December 2, 2016:

Final Jeopardy! category: MODERN MYTHOLOGY

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: A purported image of this subject of legend was published in the Daily Mail newspaper on April 21, 1934

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Tim Aten, an editor from Vermilion, Ohio

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Ryan O’Shea, an engineer from Hermosa Beach, California

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Asim Modi, an attorney from San Francisco, California (1-day total: $10,399)

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This photograph, taken by British surgeon Robert Wilson, was to attempt to cover up the fact that on an earlier expedition, hunter Marmaduke Wetherell had attempted to hoax the Daily Mail. Wetherell, who had been sent to bag the (nonexistent) monster for the Mail, was obviously unsuccessful, but took pictures of hippopotamus prints and claimed they were of Nessie.

This Nessie had been constructed out of a toy submarine. The photograph is known to day as the Surgeon’s Photograph, from the headline London Surgeon’s Photo of the Monster.

Time Magazine’s 100 Photos has more information.

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  • Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
    Tim $18,000
    Ryan $17,000
    Asim $4,200

    Final Results:
    Asim $4,200 + $4,199 = $8,399
    Ryan $17,000 + $1,515 = $18,515
    Tim $18,000 + $17,000 = $35,000 (1-day total: $35,000)

    Scores after the opening round:
    Tim $6,200
    Ryan $5,200
    Asim $3,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) ANIMAL COLLECTIVE NAMES $800 (19th pick)
    Tim 3200 +1600 (Ryan 2600 Asim 2000)
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    2) PERFECT! $1200 (9th pick)
    Tim 12600 +2600 (Ryan 7600 Asim 2200)
    3) NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES $1200 (21st pick)
    Ryan 14800 +3000 (Tim 18000 Asim 2200)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: None!

    Game Stats:
    Tim $15,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
    Ryan $15,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
    Asim $4,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer

    Asim Modi, final stats:
    29 correct
    9 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    24.11% in first on buzzer (27/112)
    Average Coryat: $4,900

    Tim Aten, stats to date:
    19 correct
    0 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
    Average Coryat: $15,800

    Tim Aten, to win:
    2 games: 53.78%
    3: 28.92%
    4: 15.55%
    5: 8.36%
    6: 4.50%
    Avg. streak: 2.163 games.

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