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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 12, 2017

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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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 Thursday, January 12, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: RELIGIOUS TERMS

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Unlike newer Bibles the King James Version usually translates pneuma hagion as this, which can lead to unnerving images

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Cheryl Guy, a high school principal from Columbia, South Carolina

Sarah Labadie, a nonprofit manager from Chicago, Illinois

Zoey Orol, an attorney from New York, New York (1-day total: $4,400)

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Occuring 90 times in the King James Bible, the term which is translated to “holy spirit” in most other English translations is translated as “holy ghost” in the KJV. When the KJV was originally translated in 1611, the word “ghost” in English primarily referred to “an immaterial being”. As English evolved, and “ghost” came to mean “the spirit of a deceased person”, newer translations used the term “holy spirit” instead. The King James Version is the only major English translation in which the term “holy ghost” appears (hence the “unlike newer Bibles” part of the clue).

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Zoey $10,900
    Cheryl $10,600
    Sarah $10,200

    Final results:
    Sarah $10,200 – $10,198 = $2 (What is chest heaving?)
    Cheryl $10,600 + $10,000 = $20,600 (1-day champ: $20,600)
    Zoey $10,900 – $3,000 = $7,900 (What is lung disease?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Zoey $3,700
    Cheryl $2,400
    Sarah $2,200

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) WHAT COLOR IS THE DRESS? $1000 (10th pick)
    Zoey 1800 -500 (Sarah 1600 Cheryl -200)

    2) SPEAK OF THE DICKENS $1600 (9th pick)
    Zoey 5300 +2000 (Cheryl 5200 Sarah 2200)
    3) PARTS OF THE ORGAN $2000 (22nd pick)
    Cheryl 10800 +100 (Zoey 9700 Sarah 5000)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: DAD BOD $1000
    $ Left On Board: $1000

    Game Stats:
    Cheryl $11,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.57% in first on buzzer
    Zoey $11,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
    Sarah $10,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.93% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $11,800

    Zoey Orol, final stats:
    25 correct
    5 incorrect
    1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,500)
    0/2 in Final Jeopardy
    20.91% in first on buzzer (23/110)
    Average Coryat: $10,200

    Cheryl Guy, stats to date:
    17 correct
    3 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    28.57% in first on buzzer (16/56)
    Average Coryat: $11,600

    Cheryl Guy, to win:
    2 games: 38.42%
    3: 14.76%
    4: 5.67%
    5: 2.18%
    6: 0.84%
    Avg. streak: 1.624 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including ToC): $35,442

    Miscellany:

    • This is the 13th consecutive game in which the leader entering Final Jeopardy! has not gotten Final Jeopardy! correct. The known record is 16 regular-play games (between October 24 and November 28, 2002.)
    • In terms of how close 3rd was to 1st, this is the 10th-closest game since October 4, 2004. The most recent game that was closer? April 15, 2016. (Andrew Pau vs. McKinnie Sizemore vs. Margaret Miles)
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