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 Books & Authors) for Wednesday, June 14, 2017:
His first novel, from 1920, incorporated some of his pieces from the Nassau, a Princeton literary magazine
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Phil Ricciardi, a management consultant from North Wales, Pennsylvania
Becca Arm, a library worker from Herndon, Virginia
Tucker Dunn, an E.S.L. teacher from Tucson, Arizona (3-day total: $39,999)
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This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel, incorporated many of his Nassau Lit works, including “The Spire and the Gargoyle”, “The Debutante”, “Babes in the Woods”, “Princeton—The Last Day,” and “On a Play Twice Seen.” Its immmense success in 1920 allowed Fitzgerald to resume his engagement with Zelda Sayre.
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Scores going into Final:
Becca $22,200
Phil $16,900
Tucker $5,200
Final results:
Tucker $5,200 – $311 = $4,889 (Who is Arnold Toynbee?)
Phil $16,900 + $16,500 = $33,400 (1-day total: $33,400)
Becca $$22,200 + $5,300 = $27,500
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Becca $9,000
Phil $6,200
Tucker $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE ARMED FORCES $1000 (29th pick)
Becca 7000 +2000 (Phil 6200 Tucker 3000)
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2) BIBLICAL PAIRS $800 (7th pick)
Phil 9800 -2500 (Becca 8600 Tucker 4800)
3) SCIENCE $1200 (28th pick, $3600 left on board)
Becca 18200 +2000 (Phil 16900 Tucker 5200)
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Phil $19,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Becca $20,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Tucker $5,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,600
Tucker Dunn, final stats:
59 correct
12 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/4 in Final Jeopardy
27.35% in first on buzzer (61/223)
Average Coryat: $9,550
Phil Ricciardi, stats to date:
21 correct
2 incorrect
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
Average Coryat: $19,400
Phil Ricciardi, to win:
2 games: 65.95%
3: 43.49%
4: 28.68%
5: 18.91%
6: 12.47%
Avg. streak: 2.937 games.
With a projected 52 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.9075 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0679).
An average of 2.9486 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2894).
An early cutoff took place 6.873% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Phil Ricciardi qualified 24.334% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 59.444% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 19.156% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.204% of the time.
Miscellany:
Clue of the Day contained a particularly egregious typographical error today, one that completely changes the correct response.
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I wondered whether this was a typo. That dangling “his” seemed very un-Jeopardy-like.