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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 2, 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 (in the category Mythology) for Tuesday, May 2, 2017:

This woman was created & given to Epimetheus as punishment for his brother’s actions

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Liz Fischer, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Chris Burke, a social studies teacher from Toms River, New Jersey

Alan Lin, a software engineer from Santa Barbara, California (6-day total: $123,600)

If you haven’t seen it yet, you should check out our state-by-state map of where Season 33’s players have hailed from (best viewed on desktop or tablet).

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According to Hesiod, as part of the punishment for Prometheus giving the gift of fire to humanity, an angry Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mold from earth Pandora, as a way to have her descendents torment humanity. Pandora is best known for Pandora’s box (likely more of a funerary jar) that released all of the evils of humanity when it opened, with only Hope left inside when she closed it.

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  • Galapagos Great Escape secret word: KAYAK

    Scores going into Final:
    Liz $13,200
    Chris $12,400
    Alan $10,200

    Final results:
    Alan $10,200 + $8,500 = $18,700
    Chris $12,400 – $12,000 = $400 (Who is Hera?)
    Liz $13,200 + $12,401 = $25,601 (1-day total: $25,601)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Chris $8,000
    Liz $4,600
    Alan $4,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) AND SO IT GOES $400 (22nd pick)
    Chris 4200 +2000 (Liz 3400 Alan 3000)
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    2) ART “C” $1600 (3rd pick)
    Liz 6600 +6600 (Chris 8000 Alan 4000)
    3) PRESIDENTIAL KIDS $1600 (6th pick)
    Alan 7200 -3000 (Liz 13200 Chris 8000)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: None!
    $ Left on Board: $0

    Game Stats:
    Liz $8,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
    Alan $13,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
    Chris $10,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $14,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,800

    Alan Lin, final stats:
    147 correct
    14 incorrect
    8/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,200)
    5/7 in Final Jeopardy
    35.11% in first on buzzer (138/393)
    Average Coryat: $15,914

    Liz Fischer, stats to date:
    18 correct
    3 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
    Average Coryat: $8,200

    Liz Fischer, to win:
    2 games: 26.06%
    3: 6.79%
    4: 1.77%
    5: 0.46%
    6: 0.12%
    Avg. streak: 1.352 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $34,832

    ToC projection update:
    With a projected 73 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 2.645 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2608).
    An average of 4.1034 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.528).

    An early cutoff took place 24.134% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Tim Kutz qualified 31.599% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 7.455% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 1.135% of the time.

    (Note: Due to the possibility of the since-averted WGA strike, I feel it most accurate to place the cutoff date four weeks into Season 34.)

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