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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 17, 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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Eras In U.S. History) for Wednesday, May 17, 2017:

On April 11, 1865 Abraham Lincoln spoke of “the mode, manner, and means of” this, which he would not live to see

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Holly Cannon, a high school chemistry teacher from Klein, Texas

Holly Cannon on Jeopardy

Michael Camp, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois

Michael Camp on Jeopardy

Mary Parker, a high school French & English teacher from Rogers, Arkansas

Mary Parker on Jeopardy

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The speech was Abraham Lincoln’s last public address, which occurred two days after Lee’s surrender ended the U.S. Civil War. In it, Lincoln said:

By these recent successes the re-inauguration of the national authority — reconstruction — which has had a large share of thought from the first, is pressed much more closely upon our attention. It is fraught with great difficulty. Unlike a case of a war between independent nations, there is no authorized organ for us to treat with. No one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man. We simply must begin with, and mould from, disorganized and discordant elements. Nor is it a small additional embarrassment that we, the loyal people, differ among ourselves as to the mode, manner, and means of reconstruction.

White supremacist John Wilkes Booth, in the audience for the speech, vowed that it would be Lincoln’s last, and proceeded to assassinate Lincoln less than a week later at Ford’s Theatre.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Mary $12,200
    Michael $6,600
    Holly $3,200

    Final results:
    Holly $3,200 + $3,200 = $6,400
    Michael $6,600 – $4,600 = $2,000 (What is unificiation?)
    Mary $12,200 + $1,500 = $13,700 (Finalist)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Mary $5,000
    Holly $3,000
    Michael $3,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) TOM HANKS MOVIE QUOTES $800 (29th pick)
    Michael 4000 -1000 (Mary 5000 Holly 3000)
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    2) ORGANIZATIONS $1600 (23rd pick)
    Holly 4600 -2600 (Mary 8200 Michael 6600)
    3) Unplayed!

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: TOM HANKS MOVIE QUOTES $1000
    DJ! round: I NEED SOME TUDOR-ING $1600 & $2000
    $ left on board: $4,600

    Game Stats:
    Mary $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
    Holly $5,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
    Michael $7,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,200

    Mary Parker, stats to date:
    43 correct
    5 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    34.82% in first on buzzer (39/112)
    Average Coryat: $17,100

    Michael Camp, stats to date:
    34 correct
    8 incorrect
    1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
    1/2 in Final Jeopardy
    33.04% in first on buzzer (37/112)
    Average Coryat: $9,700

    Holly Cannon, stats to date:
    25 correct
    10 incorrect
    0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,600)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    27.68% in first on buzzer (31/112)
    Average Coryat: $5,900

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