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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 11, 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 Landlocked Country Names) for Tuesday, July 11, 2017:

One in Europe & one in Africa, these 2 landlocked countries start with the same 2 letters & end with the same 4

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Kelly Lasiter, an administrative assistant from Granite City, Illinois

Kelly Lasiter on Jeopardy!

Scott Simpson, a foreign service officer from Reston, Virginia

Scott Simpson on Jeopardy!

Rich Blashka, an attorney from New York, New York (1-day total: $14,500)

Rich Blashka on Jeopardy!

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Scott $21,400
    Kelly $11,400
    Rich $10,200

    Final results:
    Rich $10,200 – $10,000 = $200 (What are Andorra and Angola?)
    Kelly $11,400 + $11,400 = $22,800 (1-day total: $22,800)
    Scott $21,400 – $1,401 = $19,999(What are Tanzania and Romania?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Scott $6,200
    Kelly $5,000
    Rich $4,600

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) ALSO IN THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY $1000 (20th pick)
    Kelly 2800 +2000 (Scott 4800 Rich 2000)
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    2) FILE UNDER “OZ” $1600 (19th pick)
    Rich 9000 -2000 (Scott 13000 Kelly 8200)
    3) ITALIAN COMPOSERS $1200 (23rd pick)
    Scott 13400 +3600 (Kelly 10200 Rich 7000)
    Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 76

    Unplayed clues: None!

    Game Stats:
    Kelly $10,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer
    Scott $19,000 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
    Rich $12,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,600

    Rich Blashka, final stats:
    42 correct
    10 incorrect
    1/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,500)
    1/2 in Final Jeopardy
    40.37% in first on buzzer (44/109)
    Average Coryat: $13,000

    Kelly Lasiter, stats to date:
    13 correct
    1 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
    Average Coryat: $10,400

    Kelly Lasiter, to win:
    2 games: 33.95%
    3: 11.52%
    4: 3.91%
    5: 1.33%
    6: 0.45%
    Avg. streak: 1.514 games.

    With a projected 33 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 1.0789 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.81858).
    An average of 1.7354 4+-time champions (standard deviation 0.98612).

    An early cutoff took place 4.376% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Kelly Lasiter qualified 3.820% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 60.254% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 14.338% of the time.

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