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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 5, 2017

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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 Thursday, January 5, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: MEN OF SCIENCE

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Him vs. him: “The Life-Long Feud that Electrified the World” is a book about these 2 men

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Kelsey Morgan, an actuary from Charlottesville, Virginia

Joe Bartolomeo, a professor & associate dean from Florence, Massachusetts

Amanda Berofsky, a quality assurance analyst from Waterford, Michigan (2-day total: $15,998)

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The 2016 book by Nigel Cawthorne discusses the great feud between the two famous scientists. In terms of electrical invention, Thomas Edison gets the credit and the glory for the light bulb, though it is mostly Tesla’s alternating current generators that provide the world with most of its power today.

Edison’s side of the War on Currents was direct current, and the media and propoganda war was hard-fought as to which form of electricity would be used. When Edison lost control his companies in a merger with General Electric, his anti-AC stance was drowned out, and AC became the predominant power current.

Today Edison’s direct current is used mostly in batteries.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Amanda $21,000
    Joe $14,200
    Kelsey $6,800

    Final results:
    Kelsey $6,800 + $6,800 = $13,600
    Joe $14,200 – $200 = $14,000 (Who are Edison & Lumiere?) (1-day total: $14,000)
    Amanda $21,000 – $7,401 = $13,599 (Who are Tesla & ?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Joe $6,600
    Amanda $5,400
    Kelsey $2,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) NATO $800 (29th clue)
    Joe 4800 +800 (Amanda 5400 Kelsey 2000)
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    2) FILE UNDER “L” $800 (14th clue)
    Amanda 10200 +2000 (Joe 11000 Kelsey 5600)
    3) CANADIAN LAKES $1200 (25th clue)
    Joe 12600 -1200 (Amanda 19000 Kelsey 6800)

    Unplayed clues:
    DJ! round: AT THE BALLET $1600 & $2000

    Game Stats:
    Joe $15,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
    Kelsey $6,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer
    Amanda $19,800 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.27% in first on buzzer

    Amanda Berofsky, final stats:
    61 correct
    10 incorrect
    2/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$200)
    0/3 in Final Jeopardy
    37.42% in first on buzzer (61/163)
    Average Coryat: $15,133

    Joe Bartolomeo, current stats:
    18 correct
    2 incorrect
    1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
    0/1 in Final Jeopardy
    27.27% in first on buzzer (15/55)
    Average Coryat: $15,400

    Joe Bartolomeo, to win:
    2 games: 52.22%
    3: 27.26%
    4: 14.24%
    5: 7.43%
    6: 3.88%
    Avg. streak: 2.093 games.

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