Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The King James Bible) for Wednesday, May 1, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 168):
Of the 4 riders mentioned in Revelation 6, only this one is explicitly named
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Imar Dacunha, a business systems analyst from Orlando, Florida
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Kate Jay Zweifler, a realtor & stay-at-home mom from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (19-day total: $1,426,330)
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If you’re curious to see how James’ stats so far shape up to those of Ken Jennings, you can find them at A James Holzhauer vs. Ken Jennings Statistical Comparison.
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Correct response: What is Death?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
While the four riders are said to symbolize Conquest, War, Famine, and Death, only Death is mentioned specifically, first in Revelation 6:8: And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
James $60,898
Imar $8,200
Kate $4,200
Tonight’s results:
Kate $4,200 + $4,199 = $8,399
Imar $8,200 + $412 = $8,612
James $60,898 + $40,784 = $101,682 (20-day total: $1,528,012)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $13,800
Imar $5,800
Kate $600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) VAMPIRE-POURRI $1000 (11th pick)
James 4600 +4600 (Imar 3000 Kate 0)
2) 21st CENTURY EUROPEAN LEADERS $1600 (6th pick)
James 20600 +10117 (Imar 5800 Kate 600)
3) ONE “L” OF A DRUG $800 (17th pick)
James 39917 +11381 (Imar 8200 Kate 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 178
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
James $38,200 Coryat, 42 correct, 0 incorrect, 68.42% in first on buzzer
Imar $8,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer
Kate $4,200 Coryat, 4 correct, 0 incorrect, 7.02% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $50,600
Lach Trash: $3,400 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $0
James Holzhauer, stats to date:
723 correct, 23 incorrect
20/22 on rebound attempts (on 44 rebound opportunities)
58.21% in first on buzzer (656/1127)
44/48 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $426,423)
19/20 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,410
James Holzhauer, to win:
21 games: 97.430%
22: 94.926%
23: 92.486%
24: 90.109%
25: 87.793%
75: 23.882%
Avg. streak: 57.909 games.
(This is using the updated model.)
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 82 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
James Holzhauer qualified 100.000% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 93.053% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 75.870% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 46.025% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 20.577% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 11.825% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Kate’s mother was Roz Jay, who was defeated by 5-time champion Tom Halpern on March 25, 1991.
- $101,682 is now the 5th-highest one-day total of all time on Jeopardy, displacing yesterday’s total from the 5th spot. He now holds all 10 of the top 10 one-day totals in the history of the show.
- James has tied Julia Collins’ 20 wins for the second-longest winning streak in regular play on Jeopardy.
- It took Ken Jennings 46 games ($1,555,061) to pass James’ current total of $1,528,012.
- James has now heard 181 consecutive clues without giving an incorrect response. This passes Liz Haigney Lynch’s previous record by 2.
- James’ Coryat score of $38,200 is the second-best Coryat score of all time; the record is still Ken Jennings’ $39,200 on June 10, 2004.
- At 723, James has passed Brad Rutter for #2 on the all-time list in terms of number of correct responses given on the show.
- This is the 14th consecutive episode where James has been correct in Final Jeopardy (the previous record was 12, held by Ben Ingram and Tom Cubbage).
- The prediction model currently gives James a 71.286% chance of surpassing Ken Jennings’ regular play winnings total of $2,520,700.
- On Wednesdays, James has an average winning score of $90,188.
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If WAKA is covering the Barr hearing, does that mean this episode will not be seen down there? Usually when a news event is given coverage, the shows affected never air.
WAKA ran a crawl that today’s episode would run at 12:37 a.m. tomorrow.
I’m new to this site. How do you know the Final Jeopardy question early in the AM? Today’s show hasn’t been broadcast yet, right? Thank you.
With very rare exceptions, the New York Times Clue of the Day matches that day’s Final Jeopardy.
Thanks Andy. I’ve looked at that website so often, funny I never noticed Clue of the Day.
@Bob I missed yesterday’s episode because of an unfortunate school shooting in NC. The station did say the episode was airing on channel 36.2 but I had no idea what they are talking about and never heard of channels with decimals in it and couldn’t find the channel for the life of me… Thankfully we have this website to keep us updated.
Bill, the decimals are for people using antennae to watch digital broadcast channels. Normally .1 is one of the big networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, PBS) and the .2 and .3 are low budget syndication feeds or alternate weather news, etc. If you go to tvguide listings for your area and look up the antenna/broadcast listings, you should be able to figure out the channel name for the decimals and then find that channel on your cable/satellite guide.
I thought that was a tough FJ. I guessed correctly, but I wasn’t 100% sure. I guess it was easier than I thought.
I live out in the boondocks in rural Alabama and the internet is the only place I can get results for Jeopardy….thank you!!!!! Our local CBS seems to have begun trying to save money and doesn’t broadcast with the same power they use to.But I could before they cut back, I miss em.
The FJ today was easy for us Johnny Cash fans. Check out the lyrics to “The Man Comes Around.”
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johnnycash/themancomesaround.html
@Andy
Obviously I am missing something here. James won 20 games, a total of 1.528.012, yet you give him an average winning score of 90.188. Are actual winnings and “winning score” something different in your evaluations? Thanks.
On games that air on Wednesday, James averages $90,188. (On Tuesdays, he averages $108,159.)
ok, thanks. I didn’t know you were breaking things up by days. Thought it was overall. So I guess he has some favorite days of the week??😊
I appreciate all your factoids at the bottom so much. Great work.
There has GOT to be a prime time hour long JEOPARDY CHALLENGE with James, Ken and Brad competing against each other. Naturally, the answers should be very difficult throughout the game. And we all hope and pray that Alex will be healthy enough to host the show.
Mike, in a recent interview, Ken Jennings stated that he would be receptive to such a contest, but that he knows that he has a diminished capacity, now. Certainly, both Ken and Brad would lose some sharpness with age. Nonetheless, I would not bet against either to give James a run for his money!
I mean, I thought the question was silly, to be honest, from the perspective of “what person would be crazy enough to say ‘no’ when asked if they wanted to play Jeopardy! again?”
Does anyone chortle at the term “King James?”
I would call him, Amazing James!
Can we get a list of known significant dates used for wagers? I know we have his anniversary, but is 10/16/82 ?
Also, with all ten of the highest point games… At what point do we sincerely call James the best ever? Once he gets $2.6 M or 75 games?
I believe’s James’s FJ wager today ($40,784) is his birthday (April 7, 1984)
oops! Right year (I heard he was 35), but Wikipedia says he was born July 1984, with no day given