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 20th Century Famous Names) for Tuesday, July 18, 2017:
In a 1905 diary entry, Nicholas II wrote of this man, “we have made the acquaintance of a man of God”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Martin Chetlen, a professor from Los Angeles, California
Darcy Shapiro, an evolutionary anthropologist from Princeton, New Jersey
Deborah Elliott, an educator from Cleveland, Ohio (1-day total: $36,800)
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Through his befriending of the Tsar, Rasputin gained considerable influence in late Imperial Russia. His influenced increased as he acted as a healer for the Tsar’s son (and only heir) Alexei. As his power increased, he gained the ire of more conservative noblemen who had him assassinated by the end of 1916. In popular culture today, he is best known as being the subject of the Boney M disco hit “Rasputin”.
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Scores going into Final:
Deborah $14,800
Darcy $10,400
Martin $3,200
Final results:
Martin $3,200 + $2,000 = $5,200
Darcy $10,400 + $8,801 = $19,201
Deborah $14,800 + $5,000 = $19,800 (2-day total: $56,600)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Deborah $7,200
Darcy $6,000
Martin $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MAGAZINE SLOGANS $600 (18th pick)
Deborah 3800 +1000 (Darcy 2000 Martin 0)
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2) THE NAME OF THE WIND $1200 (17th pick)
Darcy 10000 -2000 (Deborah 11600 Martin 4000)
3) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS $2000 (30th pick)
Deborah 12800 +2000 (Darcy 10400 Martin 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 22
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Deborah $14,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Darcy $12,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Martin $3,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $13,800 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Deborah Elliott, stats to date:
40 correct
4 incorrect
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
Average Coryat: $16,400
Deborah Elliott, to win:
3 games: 55.73%
4: 31.06%
5: 17.31%
6: 9.64%
7: 5.37%
Avg. streak: 3.259 games.
With a projected 28 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 0.98902 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.7863).
An average of 1.6104 4+-time champions (standard deviation 0.94707).
An early cutoff took place 2.962% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Deborah Elliott qualified 21.910% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 66.065% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 15.733% of the time.