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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 19, 2017

Published

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 today’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, April 19, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: HISTORIC U.S. LAWS

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: By barring holding positions at competing firms, 1914’s Clayton Act plugged gaps in this law

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Diana Ascher, a finance system manager from Englewood, New Jersey

Emmett Robinson, an attorney from Greenwich, Ohio

Jamie Newland, a loan co-ordinator from Chicago, Illinois (2-day total: $29,899)

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The Sherman Antitrust act of 1890 was instituted to regulate monopolies in the United States. The part of the Clayton Act referenced in the clue made it such that a person could not be on the Board of Directors of competing firms, to the degree that if the two firms in question would be ruled a monopoly per US law if they were to merge, one could not be a Director of both companies.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Diana $13,200
    Emmett $9,800
    Jamie $8,800

    Final results:
    Jamie $8,800 – $8,000 = $800 (What is the Anti-Trust Law?)
    Emmett $9,800 + $7,801 = $17,601 (What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?) (1-day total: $17,601)
    Diana $13,200 – $6,401 = $6,799 (What is conflict of interest?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Jamie $6,800
    Emmett $5,000
    Diana $3,200

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) 1930s AMERICA $1000 (21st pick)
    Emmett 2200 +2200 (Jamie 4200 Diana 2800)
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    2) 3-NAMED AUTHORS $1200 (9th pick)
    Diana 6400 +3000 (Emmett 7800 Jamie 6800)
    3) OF PENCIL MANIA $1200 (10th pick)
    Diana 9400 +3000 (Emmett 7800 Jamie 6800)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: REAL-LIFE PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS $200; 1930s AMERICA $200
    DJ! round: FISH $400 & $800
    $ Left on Board: $1,600

    Game Stats:
    Emmett $8,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 6 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer
    Diana $9,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.30% in first on buzzer
    Jamie $8,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.96% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,200

    Jamie Newland, final stats:
    64 correct
    12 incorrect
    2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
    0/3 in Final Jeopardy
    35.93% in first on buzzer (60/167)
    Average Coryat: $14,133

    Emmett Robinson, stats to date:
    15 correct
    6 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    30.19% in first on buzzer (16/53)
    Average Coryat: $8,600

    Emmett Robinson, to win:
    2 games: 28.31%
    3: 8.02%
    4: 2.27%
    5: 0.64%
    6: 0.18%
    Avg. streak: 1.395 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $27,834

    ToC projection update:
    With a projected 82 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 2.9934 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3375).
    An average of 4.6341 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6323).

    An early cutoff took place 12.721% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tim Kutz qualified 63.667% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 22.390% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 4.781% of the time.
    Fred Vaughn qualified 0.858% of the time.

    (Note: Due to the possibility of a WGA strike, I feel that it is more accurate for ToC projections to add 20 games to the end of the previous projected qualifying period.)

    Miscellany:

    • This is the sixth time this season in regular play that the Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy! have been found on consecutive clues (Sept. 15, 20, Oct. 14, 27, & Jan. 11 are the other 5.). On average, since October 2004, it has happened every 56.59 games.
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