Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category American Plays) for Thursday, May 2, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 169):
A character in this 1944 play is said to be like a piece in her own collection, “too exquisitely fragile to move from the shelf”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Josh Archibald-Seiffer, a music director & pianist from Seattle, Washington
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Jessica Efron Sauer, a bookkeeper from Munster, Indiana
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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (20-day total: $1,528,012)
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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 The Glass Menagerie?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, the description refers to Laura Wingfield, a 23-year-old painfully shy woman with a leg brace. She has withdrawn herself from the outside world and devotes herself to her collection of glass figurines (the titular glass menagerie).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
James $51,212
Josh $10,200
Jessica $1,400
Tonight’s results:
Jessica $1,400 – $1,400 = $0 (What is A Doll’s House?)
Josh $10,200 + $0 = $10,200
James $51,212 + $29,403 = $80,615 (21-day total: $1,608,627)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $14,800
Josh $4,600
Jessica $200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NONFICTION $600 (21st pick)
James 6800 +6800 (Josh 4000 Jessica 200)
2) SCI-FI TECH $2000 (14th pick)
James 25800 +9812 (Josh 7000 Jessica -200)
3) TORY SPELLING $1600 (19th pick)
James 37012 +7000 (Josh 9000 Jessica 600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 157
Unplayed clues:
J! round: AN EPIC $200; OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS $200
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $400
Game Stats:
James $31,800 Coryat, 35 correct, 4 incorrect, 63.64% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Josh $10,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Jessica $1,400 Coryat, 6 correct, 3 incorrect, 10.91% in first on buzzer, 1/3 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $43,400
Lach Trash: $4,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,200
James Holzhauer, stats to date:
759 correct, 27 incorrect
21/23 on rebound attempts (on 45 rebound opportunities)
58.46% in first on buzzer (691/1182)
47/51 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $450,035)
20/21 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,476
James Holzhauer, to win:
22 games: 97.700%
23: 95.452%
24: 93.256%
25: 91.111%
26: 89.015%
75: 28.458%
Avg. streak: 63.471 games.
(This is using the updated model.)
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 81 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 93.318% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 76.790% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 48.082% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 23.605% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 15.187% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- $80,615 is the 10th-highest one-day total of all time on Jeopardy. James now holds the top 11 one-day totals in the history of the show.
- James now holds sole possession of the 2nd-longest winning streak in regular play in the show’s history.
- It took Ken Jennings 48 games ($1,608,627) to pass James’ current total of $1,608,627.
- James’ streak of consecutive clues without giving an incorrect response ended at 187. The previous record, believed to be 179, was held by Liz Haigney Lynch (June 16-20, 2016).
- Josh is the first player in James’ 21 games to run a category against him.
- This is the 15th consecutive episode where James has been correct in Final Jeopardy.
- The prediction model currently gives James a 75.637% chance of surpassing Ken Jennings’ regular play winnings total of $2,520,700.
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It is great to compare James and Ken’s winnings. But, if I recall, the dollar figures within the categories were not the same when Ken was Champion to what James is having the opportunity to win. Nonetheless, it is a great feat for the number of victories; just not fair to compare how much quick James is stacking up the total winnings. Put the winnings aside, I would still consider James the better champion between the two based on all other stats.
You are incorrect, Sean. Ken and James played with identical dollar values.
The dollar amounts were doubled back on November 26, 2001. Ken Jennings’s first appearance was in 2004.