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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – April 5, 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 tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, April 5, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: SPORTS MASCOTS

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: The animal on this NBA team’s primary logo peaked about 75 million years ago

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Nora Rowaily, a scoring director from Cincinnati, Ohio

Amy Falconetti, an accountant from Denver, Colorado

Abigail Myers, an education administrator from Brooklyn, New York (2-day total: $39,200)

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Of course, the Toronto Raptors were named after the velociraptor as a result of Jurassic Park. The velociraptor lived during the late Cretaceous Period, between 75-71 million years ago. The Raptors’ primary logo contains a velociraptor claw print on the basketball.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Abigail $19,000
    Amy $17,200
    Nora $13,600

    Final results:
    Nora $13,600 + $10,000 = $23,600 (1-day total: $23,600)
    Amy $17,200 – $17,200 = $0 (What is a timberwolf?)
    Abigail $19,000 + $2,000 = $21,000 (What is a raptor?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Abigail $9,400
    Nora $1,800
    Amy -$200

    Opening break taken after: 14 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) 5-LETTER BODY PARTS $1000 (14th pick)
    Abigail 5400 -1400 (Nora 0 Amy -800)
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    2) AVIAN LITERATURE $1600 (14th pick)
    Nora 8600 +5000 (Abigail 13400 Amy 1400)
    3) ROMAN NUMERAL WORDS $800 (22nd pick)
    Amy 6600 +5000 (Abigail 15800 Nora 13600)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: ICE CREAM KOANS $200 & $400
    DJ! round: None!
    $ Left on Board: $600

    Game Stats:
    Nora $10,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer
    Abigail $20,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.64% in first on buzzer
    Amy $13,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $6,400
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400

    Abigail Myers, final stats:
    71 correct
    6 incorrect
    1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $-400)
    2/3 in Final Jeopardy
    41.98% in first on buzzer (68/162)
    Average Coryat: $18,400

    Nora Rowaily, stats to date:
    16 correct
    2 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    29.09% in first on buzzer (16/55)
    Average Coryat: $10,200

    Nora Rowaily, to win:
    2 games: 33.34%
    3: 11.12%
    4: 3.71%
    5: 1.24%
    6: 0.41%
    Avg. streak: 1.500 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $35,561

    ToC projection update:
    With a projected 92 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 3.3897 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4258).
    An average of 5.2307 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.743).

    An early cutoff took place 21.193% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tim Kutz qualified 51.784% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 15.145% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 3.059% of the time.
    Fred Vaughn qualified 0.639% 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:

    • Per our prediction model, a $20,400 Coryat like Abigail’s wins 80.78% of the time.
    • The expected value of a $15,401 wager from Abigail’s position (she would have been 65.50% to win tomorrow): $56,843.87. The expected value of a $2,000 wager: $24,614.23 — a difference of $32,229.64.
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