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Season 33

Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 4, 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 5 episodes)

1) Victoria Groce, 12 points, 4 wins, 138 correct responses, $99,800 Coryat Score, $91,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 11 points, 3 wins, 92 correct responses, $65,400 Coryat Score, $66,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 7 points, 1 win, 77 correct responses, $48,800 Coryat Score, $56,300 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 59 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 70 correct responses, $51,400 Coryat Score, $56,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 2 point, 0 wins, 72 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $36,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Upcoming Encore Presentations

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

Happy Fourth of July! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Classic Children’s Literature) for Tuesday, July 4, 2017:

A 2016 biography of a children’s author is titled “In the Great Green Room”, a line from this classic book

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Robert D’Emilio, a writer from Ridgewood, New York

Robert D'Emilio on Jeopardy!

Jacob Farrell, a strategy consultant from Washington, D.C.

Jacob Farrell on Jeopardy!

Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California (2-day total: $45,100)

Jon Eisenman on Jeopardy!

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“In the great green room there was a telephone and a red balloon and a picture of the cow jumping over the moon.” Margaret Wise Brown was the author of the 1947 classic children’s literature work “Goodnight, Moon”. Amy Gary wrote the 2016 biography titled “In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown”.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Jon $19,600
    Robert $6,200
    Jacob $3,500

    Final results:
    Jacob $3,500 – $2,000 = $1,500 (What is Eloise at the Plaza?)
    Robert $6,200 – $801 = $5,399 (What is The Velveteen Rabbit?)
    Jon $19,600 – $400 = $19,200 (What is :)?) (3-day total: $64,300)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Jon $5,200
    Robert $4,200
    Jacob $4,000

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) CASINO ROYALE $600 (1st pick)
    Jon 0 +600 (Jacob 0 Robert 0)

    2) LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $1200 (3rd pick)
    Jacob 4400 -1200 (Jon 5200 Robert 4200)
    3) NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $1600 (21st pick)
    Jacob 6000 -2500 (Jon 13600 Robert 6200)
    Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -9

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY $400 & $800
    Total $ left on board: $1,200

    Game Stats:
    Jon $19,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer
    Robert $6,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 23.64% in first on buzzer
    Jacob $7,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $10,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
    Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,400

    Jon Eisenman, stats to date:
    64 correct
    7 incorrect
    3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,300)
    2/3 in Final Jeopardy
    33.93% in first on buzzer (57/168)
    Average Coryat: $16,200

    Jon Eisenman, to win:
    4 games: 56.19%
    5: 31.58%
    6: 17.74%
    7: 9.97%
    8: 5.60%
    Avg. streak: 4.283 games.

    With a projected 38 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
    An average of 1.4913 5+-time champions (standard deviation 0.94548).
    An average of 2.4519 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1323).

    An early cutoff took place 1.871% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).

    Jon Eisenman qualified 36.668% of the time.
    Tim Kutz qualified 75.020% of the time.
    Todd Giese qualified 28.744% of the time.
    Rob Liguori qualified 4.601% of the time.

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