Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Words of the 2000s) for Friday, May 3, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 170):
In 2008, TIME Magazine described this new practice as “one part social networking and one part capital accumulation”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Carol Hansen, a retired database administrator from San Francisco, California |
Pete Vanderhyden, an airline pilot from Murrieta, California |
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (21-day total: $1,608,627) |
Whoever wins this game won’t return until May 20; the show’s annual Teachers Tournament is taking place from May 6-17.
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 crowdfunding?
Did you know that you can now find game-by-game stats of everyone, including James, who has won 10 or more games on Jeopardy!, here on the site?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
According to the same September 4, 2008 article (full article behind a paywall), crowdfunding website “seek to harness the enthusiasm–and pocket money–of virtual strangers, promising them a cut of the returns”. Famous crowdfunding websites include Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and even Patreon!
Since Alex Trebek’s diagnosis of stage 4 pancreatic cancer, many community members have been raising money. The Jeopardy! Fan Online Store is as well! All proceeds from any “Keep The Faith And We’ll Win” shirt sold will be donated to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. To date, over $300 has been raised.)
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
James $47,381
Carol $5,800
Peter $4,600
Tonight’s results:
Peter $4,600 – $4,600 = $0 (What is online banking)
Carol $5,800 – $3,401 = $2,399 (What is cyber)
James $47,381 + $35,000 = $82,381 (22-day total: $1,691,008)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $13,200
Carol $1,800
Peter $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) CLASSIC LITERATURE $1000 (1st pick)
James 0 +1000 (Peter 0 Carol 0)
2) GETTING ALL SCIENCE “E” $1200 (12th pick)
James 24400 +11381 (Peter 1400 Carol 1400)
3) GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1200 (19th pick, $10,800 left on board)
Carol 4200 +2000 (James 42181 Peter 1400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 194
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
James $37,200 Coryat, 43 correct, 0 incorrect, 70.18% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Carol $5,000 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Peter $4,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $46,800
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,800
James Holzhauer, stats to date:
803 correct, 27 incorrect
22/24 on rebound attempts (on 48 rebound opportunities)
59.00% in first on buzzer (731/1239)
49/53 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $462,416)
21/22 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,782
James Holzhauer, to win:
23 games: 97.877%
24: 95.799%
25: 93.765%
26: 91.775%
27: 89.826%
75: 32.068%
Avg. streak: 68.103 games.
(This is using the updated model.)
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 80 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 93.537% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 77.551% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 49.784% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 26.109% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 17.966% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- James’ 23rd game will be May 20.
- $82,381 is the 10th-highest one-day total of all time. James now holds the top 12 one-day totals of all time.
- On the final Daily Double, had Carol gone all-in and then ran the final 11 clues, her score still only would have been $19,200. James already had a runaway game sewn up at that point and Carol was absolutely correct to play for second place.
- If you took the 22 games James has already won out of the prediction model, it would still predict a streak of 46 games for James.
- The prediction model gives James a 78.975% chance of surpassing Ken Jennings’ winnings total of $2,520,700.
- James’ current per-game average winnings, $76,864, is only $136 less than Roger Craig’s previous one-day record of $77,000.
- James has now had seven games where he did not give an incorrect response. Ken Jennings only had two throughout his entire run.
- After winning by only $18 on Monday, James’ margins of victory the rest of the week: $91,326, $93,070, $70,415, and $79,972. His average final margin of victory over 22 games has been $64,913. For comparison, Ken Jennings’ average margin of victory in his first 22 games was $24,116.
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How did James have a rebound attempt when he didn’t miss any questions?
His opponents missed questions.
Carol’s path to victory on the 2nd DD – (unrealistic but theoretically possible)
Carol goes all in, James, buzzes in first on all the remaining questions, misses all of them, Carol rebounds all of them correctly – she would still be in 2nd place but it is no longer a runaway.
Then FJ is preempted by the networks deciding to air the movie Heidi.
I remember Heidigate.
Did they already tape his next episode on May 20?
Yes.
Alex said on GMA that the ratings have boosted b/c of James, so I guess there will be a ratings decline or return to average during the tournament. I’m a fairly casual viewer so I wonder how this interruption will affect viewers – will we all come back to see James hit 2 million/more games or will people leave and forget to tune in again. Have they interrupted a streak before – it seems risky to lose viewers when your show is making the national news daily.
I think it might even help build up the hype. The network (and social media) gets more time to promote James’ anticipated return.
I’m sure the entire season is scheduled in advance and if James goes into season 6 there will be more interrupted time.
Streaks are interrupted all the time. Ken Jennings’ run stretched across two seasons, and when he came back after the break the second half of his run was broken up by 3 tournaments, including a ToC he didn’t qualify for because he hadn’t lost yet. (per J-Archive, he came back after a college tournament and had his second-highest single-day total of his run in game 71)
Hmm, not that you are wrong, but I think this will be good for the non-regular viewers. They’d get burnt out. Or perhaps I should say, I will be very excited for the return. Hopefully he’s fresh! Lol…and omg, if he makes it to the off season, I bet he learns so much more. He doesn’t have job and is a research savant I think. He’s already way better at the actual trivia than Ken. And his buzzer skills are getting better and better. At some point, he could become literally unbeatable. So, then what? They might have to randomize the buzzer or something. That actually would be fair. Buzz in before the time you can now and it’s randomized. Why not? It’s a trivia game, not the most boring video game of all time.
Would James have had an interruption in his taping schedule due to taping of the Teacher’s Tournament?
Does anyone know what date was James’show #23 (to be televised on May 20) taped and what date was #1 Teacher’s Tournament taped (to be seen on May 6)?
It’s all taped to the end of the season before, afaik. They do 1 week in 1 day so 230eps/5, so 46 days or 9ish weeks. It’s already happened!
Ken Jennings streak took place over 2 seasons. So, yes a streak has been interrupted before.
Do you think James is the best Jeopardy player of all
time already?
if you look at the numbers , it says yes . in my opinion
James has joined Ken and Brad in the discussion. No one has done it better; only longer.
Once again, James his “worst” game (four incorrect responses) with a perfect game.
He now has SEVEN perfect games out of his 22.
Ken Jennings had 2 out of his 80 games played.
#legend
Yeah he is the best Jeopardy player ever already I think. I think the way he has dominated puts him above Ken and Brad.
I think we need to see him play Brad before we can really rank him.
So do you think Brad is better than Ken?
I think the results speak for that one.
I don’t know who is better or not, but don’t you think both James and Brad would have an advantage over Ken? Lots of world history, world leaders, movies, awards, and so on have taken place since Ken’s winning streak and how do we know Ken is current on the ‘newer’ knowledge needed to compete with these two men across the categories. Maybe Ken just hasn’t kept up? I hope that makes sense.
We may never know! Eventually, it’s going to be the James! Show. You win 10 million if you beat him, or something.
At his current game-win average, James will surpass Ken Jennings’ regular J! total money winnings on May 27. (Would have been May 20 if not for the upcoming Teachers Tournament)
The Teachers Tournament is a two-week event.
Thanks, Andy. Change that date to June 3. Will the Teen Tournament be right after the Teachers? If so, we’ll be having James withdrawal symptoms.
I am fairly certain there will be a Ken v. Brad v. James battle before too long. I only hope that Alex will still be the host when that inevitably occurs.
Not that I don’t enjoy watching James and his success but I do miss the more competitive shows and watching the contestants battle it out for the win. Kind of like in sports where blowouts can be boring.
There’s a difference between boring blowouts and “this person/team is threatening records”, at least in my opinion…
Local news in Chicago has gone James crazy. He’s originally from one of our suburbs. Today they’re showing a watch party with his family. Jeopardy leads into the early evening news and now always includes a James teaser.
Though I of course hope Alex is with us for years to come, whenever he retires I think James is the natural choice for next host. Though he’d probably end up with a pay cut since he’s now making about half a million per week!
I fear the Teacher’s Tournament will be like watching Jeopardy in slo-mo.
Completely disagree. I love watching James, but I don’t think he has the right personality to be a good host of a game show.
I agree with Ed – James would not make a good host – Ken Jennings would be better but I sure hope Alex stays around for many more years.
We haven’t seen James really show himself. It is possible. I really feel like I am watching a poker player. There’s a lot more. He’s good, that’s all I know! Haha.