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Sports Jeopardy! Recap – December 7, 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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September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
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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

Time for another week of Sports Jeopardy!

You can watch this game on Crackle!

Today’s contestants:

Ian Hopton, a transportation manager from Long Beach, CA

Tony Hughes, a podcast host from Anaheim, CA

Roderick Crabbe, an insurance agent from Ponte Vedra, FL (1-day total: $5,000)

Final Jeopardy! category: OLYMPIC BASKETBALL

Final Jeopardy! clue: Both 35, the 2 oldest gold medalists on a U.S. men’s basketball team were Larry Bird in 1992 & him in 2008


Who is Jason Kidd?

Was this ever a game of momentum! Roderick started out picking up the first eight clues (two of them off rebounds by Tony) to build a lead early on. The turning point came when Roderick failed to form a Daily Double response in the form of a question early in Double Jeopardy. After the second Daily Double, Tony picked up 8 of the final 11 clues himself to nearly lock the game up before Final, but Roderick got the final 2,000 point clue to at least give himself a shot on the final clue. Meanwhile, Ian just couldn’t get any buzzer momentum at all.

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Scores going into Final:
Tony 17,250
Roderick 9,750
Ian 3,500

Final Results:
Ian 3,500 – 0 = 3,500 (Who is Hakeem?)
Roderick 9,750 – 9,750 = 0 (Who is Kobe Bryant?)
Tony 17,250 – 2,251 = 14,999 (Who is Duncan?) (1-day total: $5,000)

Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Roderick 6,750
Tony 4,750
Ian 1,500

Daily Double locations:
1) NAISMITH CLASS OF ’16 1000 (14th pick)

Tony 750 +1000 (Roderick 5250 Ian 250)

2) AT SHORTSTOP 1500 (3rd pick)
Roderick 7750 -3000 (Tony 5250 Ian 1500)
3) EVERYTHING’S COMING UP MOSES 1500 (13th pick)
Roderick 6750 +1000 (Tony 7750 Ian 3000)

On the scoreboard:
12 – 15
52 – 55
In the Independence Bowl on December 26, 2015, Virginia Tech beat Tulsa 55-52. The first half, after which Virginia Tech led 45-31, was at 76 points the highest-scoring half in college football bowl history.

Game stats:
Tony 17,250 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 46.67% in first on buzzer
Roderick 13,250 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.89% in first on buzzer
Ian 3,500 Coryat, 6 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.56% in first on buzzer

Roderick Crabbe, final stats:
26 correct
5 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -2,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
26.67% in first on buzzer (24/90)
Average Coryat: 8,750

Tony Hughes, stats to date:
20 correct
4 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
46.67% in first on buzzer (21/45)
Average Coryat: 17,250

Tony Hughes, to win:
2 games: 64.54%
3: 41.65%
4: 26.88%
5: 17.35%
6: 11.20%
Avg. streak: 2.820 games.


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  • I calculated Roderick’s Coryat for today’s game as 13,250.

    • Andy Saunders | December 7, 2016 at 5:12 pm | Reply

      So… did I. I think I’m coming down with something. I’ve made a few mistakes today. Sorry about that and thank-you for the correction.

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