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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 27, 2017

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Jeopardy! Masters Standings

(through 4 episodes)

1) Victoria Groce, 9 points, 3 wins, 109 correct responses, $76,800 Coryat Score, $72,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 8 points, 2 wins, 75 correct responses, $52,200 Coryat Score, $53,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 6 points, 1 win, 61 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $46,700 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 54 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 53 correct responses, $40,000 Coryat Score, $44,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 1 point, 0 wins, 50 correct responses, $22,400 Coryat Score, $18,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
September 1: S42 E112 (February 10, 2026)
September 2: S42 E113 (February 11, 2026)
September 3: S42 E114 (February 12, 2026)
September 4: S42 E115 (February 13, 2026)
September 5-6: S41 E144 (March 27, 2025)
September 7: S42 E116 (February 16, 2026)
September 8: S42 E117 (February 17, 2026)
September 9: S42 E118 (February 18, 2026)
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 2026)
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
September 12-13: S41 E145 (March 28, 2025)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Literary References) for Tuesday, June 27, 2017:

An homage to a 1953 novel, this number appears as an error code when a user tries to access a web page with censored content

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Shannon Crock, a cashier from Mars, Pennsylvania

Shannon Crock on Jeopardy!

Heather Hurley, a civil servant from Arlington, Virginia

Heather Hurley on Jeopardy!

Brandon Randall, a student from Provo, Utah (1-day total: $20,001)

Brandon Randall on Jeopardy!

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While more common status codes are 404 Not Found, 403 Forbidden, 401 Unauthorized, and 500 Internal Server Error, 451 is a more recently-approved error status code in the HTTP protocol. A refernce to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, it was standardized in February 2016 to be displayed when a resource on a web page can not be served for legal reasons (like government censorship). You can find more information about it at RFC 7725.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Brandon $14,800
    Heather $11,000
    Shannon $8,300

    Final results:
    Shannon $8,300 + $8,295 = $16,595
    Heather $11,000 – $10,998 = $2 (What is 404?)
    Brandon $14,800 + $7,201 = $22,001 (2-day total: $42,002)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Brandon $8,000
    Heather $3,000
    Shannon $2,200

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) WORLD HERITAGE SITES $1000 (30th pick)
    Brandon 6800 +1200 (Heather 3000 Shannon 2200)

    2) POKEY, MAN, GO $2000 (11th pick)
    Shannon 3000 +500 (Brandon 9200 Heather 8600)
    3) SCULPTORS & STATUORS $1600 (26th pick, $6,800 left on board)
    Heather 12600 -1600 (Brandon 14800 Shannon 6700)
    Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 22

    Unplayed clues: None!

    Game Stats:
    Brandon $14,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
    Shannon $9,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer
    Heather $12,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000

    Brandon Randall, stats to date:
    40 correct
    5 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
    2/2 in Final Jeopardy
    36.84% in first on buzzer (42/114)
    Average Coryat: $12,700

    Brandon Randall, to win:
    3 games: 40.52%
    4: 16.42%
    5: 6.65%
    6: 2.70%
    7: 1.09%
    Avg. streak: 2.681 games.

    With a projected 43 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 1.524 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.96185).
    An average of 2.4304 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1631).

    An early cutoff took place 2.254% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Brandon Randall qualified 11.202% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 74.433% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 31.235% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 5.314% of the time.

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