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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 19, 2017

Andy Saunders Andy Saunders

Published September 19, 2017 - 9:31 a.m. Modified January 8, 2018 - 9:10 a.m.

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 Potent & Nonpotent Potables) for Monday, September 19, 2017:

Reverse the 2 words in the name of this Canadian whisky brand & you get the name of a cola

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Farhad Mahmoudi, a client services director from Encinitas, California

Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah

Angela Ward, a family assessment writer from Longview, Texas (1-day total: $11,800)

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Introduced by Seagram in 1939 to commemorate that year’s royal visit to Canada, Crown Royal whisky today is produced solely in Gimli, Manitoba, while the original Seagram site in Waterloo currently plays host to the Waterloo offices of e-commerce giant Shopify (in addition to other development). Another fun fact about Crown Royal: many kitchen-table Scrabble enthusiasts use Crown Royal’s famous purple holding bags to hold their tiles (as the bags shipped with the game are woefully inadequate for the task).

A bottle of Crown Royal in its famous purple bag. Crown Royal was the correct response to Final Jeopardy on September 19, 2017.

Meanwhile, Royal Crown is a famous soda brand which at one point rivaled Coke and Pepsi for supremacy. Their fortunes hinged upon Diet Rite no-calorie cola, but the company suffered a huge setback due to its sweetener cyclamate being banned by the FDA in the late 60s. The brand now belongs to Dr Pepper Snapple in the United States / Cott Beverages outside of it.

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Betsy Kundson, winner of the September 19, 2017 game of Jeopardy!

Scores going into Final:
Betsy $21,200
Farhad $15,400
Angela $8,400

Final results:
Angela $8,400 + $6,600 = $15,000 (What is Crown Royal? Roy)
Farhad $15,400 + $5,801 = $21,201
Betsy $21,200 + $8,000 = $29,200 (1-day total: $29,200) (What is Royal Crown (Crown Royal))

(Judging note: Alex clearly said that the judges would accept either “Crown Royal” or “Royal Crown”.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Betsy $8,600
Farhad $3,600
Angela $1,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) BRAND NAME MEANINGS $800 (4th pick)
Angela 600 -1000 (Farhad 600 Betsy 0)
2) TRANSYLVANIA $1600 (5th pick)
Betsy 11000 +3000 (Farhad 4000 Angela 1200)
3) ORCHESTRA $1600 (28th pick, $2,000 left on board)
Farhad 10400 +5000 (Betsy 21200 Angela 8400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -24

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0

Game Stats:
Betsy $19,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Farhad $12,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Angela $9,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $10,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,200

Angela Ward, final stats
33 correct
6 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
28.32% in first on buzzer (32/113)
Average Coryat: $11,300

Betsy Knudson, stats to date:
23 correct
0 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
Average Coryat: $19,800

Betsy Knudson, to win:
2 games: 67.27%
3: 45.25%
4: 30.44%
5: 20.48%
6: 13.78%
Avg. streak: 3.055 games.

Frank B | September 19, 2017 at 10:26 pm | Reply

Betsy’s answer was not

What is Royal Crown (Crown Royal)

It was

What is Royal Crown?
(Crown Royal)

The answer ended with the question mark. The answer was clearly wrong

The statement was long and complex, but it was clear that they were looking for the name of the whiskey and not the name of the cola.
- Andy Saunders | September 19, 2017 at 10:45 pm | Reply
  
  The answer was not “clearly wrong”, especially considering the judges’ ruling disagrees with your statement.
  
  You may not agree with the ruling, but it certainly was not “clearly wrong” by any stretch of the imagination.
  - Frank B | September 20, 2017 at 11:01 am | Reply
    
    It was not an “either or” question. Clear logic shows that the answer was wrong. Alex and the judges are not infallible.
    - Andy Saunders | September 20, 2017 at 11:23 am |
      
      The judges have shown over the past 34 years that they do not accept “clearly wrong” answers.
      
      It is obvious that the judges felt that there was enough information on Betsy’s screen to grant her credit for a correct response.
      
      Whether one agrees with that ruling can be a matter of debate, but by no circumstances was Betsy’s response “clearly wrong”. Stating so is incredibly disrespectful to Betsy (as it casts aspersions on the outcome of the game and thus her title as champion) and future calls to this end will be ruled in violation of this site’s Comment Policy.
    - Frank B | September 20, 2017 at 2:16 pm |
      
      You would be better served making your own argument rather than arguing that the judges don’t make mistakes. There have been times that they have corrected themselves and righted a wrong. Betsy was an exceptional contestant.
    - Andy Saunders | September 20, 2017 at 2:59 pm |
      
      It is your opinion that she missed Final Jeopardy.
      
      That opinion is not universally held.
      
      It is clear (at least to me) that the opinion of the judges was that because “Crown Royal” was on her screen, that she had enough information to be credited with a correct response.
      
      I can’t personally talk to the writers or the judges to get their exact opinion because that would torpedo my contestant eligibility. So I have to make assumptions based on how they rule and “figure it out”.
      
      But do know that an accusation of “she was wrong” implies that her win in this episode is in doubt, and that is 100% unequivocally not a position that I will allow anyone to take on this website. Go back to my interview with Buzzy Cohen where he talks about the most disappointing part of his run, and you’ll see why I take that stance now.
- Jim G | September 20, 2017 at 6:16 pm | Reply
  
  You’re right that “What is Crown Royal” was the only correct response if a strict reading of the clue was to be followed. I wondered if “What is Royal Crown” would be accepted as the contestants were writing. Alex cleared it up by saying both would be accepted before any responses were revealed.