Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Shakespeare’s Time) for Monday, June 3, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 191):
The line “a great reckoning in a little room” in “As You Like It” is usually taken to refer to this author’s premature death
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Emma Boettcher, a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois
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Jay Sexton, a senior research engineer from Atlanta, Georgia
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James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (32-day total: $2,462,216)
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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: Who is Christopher Marlowe?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
A contemporary of Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe (also known as Kit Marlowe) was a major Elizabethan playwright and was a great influence on Shakespeare. In 1593, Marlowe was accused of holding treasonous opinions, and after the “Dutch church libel” was published (which contained several allusions to Marlowe’s plays), Marlowe was arrested. While awaiting his trial at the Privy Council, Marlowe was killed under mysterious circumstances ten days later in an altercation with Ingram Frizer.
Shakespeare’s As You Like It provides the most famous tribute to Marlowe, where Marlowe’s Hero and Leander was quoted, as well as the “a great reckoning in a little room” line referred to in today’s clue.
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 $370 has been raised.)
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results will be posted once the show airs!
Scores going into Final:
Emma $26,600
James $23,400
Jay $11,000
Tonight’s results:
Jay $11,000 + $6,000 = $17,000
James $23,400 + $1,399 = $24,799
Emma $26,600 + $20,201 = $46,801 (1-day total: $46,801)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $9,000
Emma $6,400
Jay $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LITERATURE $1000 (1st pick)
James 0 +1000 (Jay 0 Emma 0)
2) CAPITAL “A” $800 (4th pick)
Emma 7600 +7600 (James 12600 Jay 2600)
3) POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY $2000 (14th pick)
Emma 20400 +3000 (James 17800 Jay 7400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 215
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Emma $18,800 Coryat, 21 correct, 0 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
James $23,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 0 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer
Jay $11,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $53,200
Lach Trash: $400 (on 1 Triple Stumper)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $400
James Holzhauer, final stats:
1,186 correct, 36 incorrect
33/36 on rebound attempts (on 68 rebound opportunities)
57.81% in first on buzzer (1077/1863)
72/76 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $654,416)
32/33 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,576
Emma Boettcher, stats to date:
22 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,800
Emma Boettcher, to win:
2 games: 78.319%
3: 61.338%
4: 48.039%
5: 37.624%
6: 29.466%
Avg. streak: 4.612 games. #Jeopardy
Methodology: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/04/jeopardy-predictions-updated-methods.html
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 69 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.1568 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1836).
An average of 3.7189 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4397).
An early cutoff took place 0.391% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Emma Boettcher qualified 45.564% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 84.074% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 57.753% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 24.059% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 4.468% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Emma’s $46,801 is the sixth-highest first-game winning total in regular play of all time. (Thank you to those who have contacted me with a correction.)
- The Combined Coryat score for the game of $53,200 is an all-time regular-play record.
- James has been correct on his last 27 Final Jeopardy! clues.
- According to the prediction model, a score of $23,400 going into Final Jeopardy wins 86.868% of the time.
- Given James’ mean average score going into Final Jeopardy of $47,655 and standard deviation of $13,422, the chances of James having a score of $23,400 or worse going into Final Jeopardy are about 1 in 30.
- There was absolutely nothing wrong with James’ Final Jeopardy bet of $1,399. He knew that Emma was overwhelmingly likely to bet what she did and, thus, his only chance of winning was if Emma did not get Final Jeopardy! correct. $1,399 ensures that his score stays above Jay’s and gives James the best chance of winning the game. Had James gone all-in, he would have finished at $46,800 and lost by $1.
- 42.11% in first on buzzer is the worst that James did in on the signalling device since going 36.84% in his second game on April 5.
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Congratulations to James Holzhauer on a historic, legendary Jeopardy! run! He has nothing to hang his head about. Sure, the run could have been much longer and he could’ve won much more money. Nonetheless, JH’s performance during the entire streak was amazing! 🙂
You are in luck, Jeopardy posted it on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwgdVoDLHpY.
Why was James wearing a little purple ribbon over his heart in this game? I don’t recall him wearing one previously. Neither Emma nor Jay were wearing one. (I’m thinking of the Cindy Stowell tribute).
Purple is for pancreatic cancer.
Thank-you!
So, as this was the first game taped after Alex’s public announcement, James took it upon himself to wear the purple ribbon in tribute to Alex and presented him with the “Get Well” card that his daughter made?
Wow!
How very thoughtful!
Andy, any idea what James said to Jay before his Final Jeopardy! response was revealed?
I feel like I just found out my favorite TV show is not getting renewed. James Holzhauer, I am going to miss seeing you every week night at 7:00. You brought such excitement to Jeopardy!.
Congratulations, Emma. Well played.
Crazy night. Go Raptors!
How about a special tournament for some of the top players who lost to James during this amazing streak? I’m thinking a 4 day “play-in” tournament. 3 games(9 players), then the 3 winners play a 4th game. The winner gets an entry into the Tournament of Champions.
I’d like to see stats for the lowest number of Triple Stumpers during a streak of, say, 10 games or more. I’m used to getting two or three a game; I was lucky to get one during his reign. And James getting 32 out of 33 Finals right, well, that’s downright incredible. Thanks to James, I now know that no matter how good I get at Jeopardy!, or ever hope to be, there’s probably another player like him out there, and any efforts I make to improve my skills are pointless. I don’t know exactly how long I’ve been watching Jeopardy! (decades, for sure), but I’ll always remember him as the best I’ve seen…
California and Hawaii are LATER in the day than New York time, three hours and five hours respectively.
Ummm….right now it’s 14:45 in NY. 12:45 in California. 8:45 in Hawaii (they aren’t on DST). So…I would say that it’s later in NY. 3 hours and 6 hours, respectively.
I watch Jeopardy to challenge MYSELF brainwise as I get older. So I don’t mind a slower pace and categories I do know something about. I am terrible on modern entertainers and crazy movies.
Hawaii is the same time zone as Alaska and doesn’t go on DST. I taught in Hawaii for three years and got used to the differences with my native New York. I go on line with NRK.no in Norway every day and they’re way ahead of us in their daily activities. (Weather abnormalities are a HUGE concern there.)
I don’t watch a lot of Jeopardy, but I figured out that James’ Final Jeopardy bet of $1,399 was to preserve his lock on Jay if both he and Emma got FJ wrong and Jay got it right. He could see that Emma was a savvy player and was not going to bet less than $20,201.
But people seemed surprised (including Alex T). Is this bet that unusual? I realize that it is not common to have such a strong 3rd place contestant,
This type of bet is not unusual in the circumstances and many people seem surprised but really shouldn’t be. James is a professional gambler and knows how to bet. Savvy players bet strategically to win the games. Sometimes you see players make poor decisions on their bets in Final Jeopardy and are beaten by a player in third place when they shouldn’t. How confident you are in the Final Jeopardy category also influence the bet.
James’s buzz in rate was low this game. I guess it is a chicken and egg problem. I assume his buzz rate was low because both Emma and Jay were very strong players. Not that they were getting a lot of 1st buzz in answers because James was weak. James also had a low buzz in rate in his second episode Friday, April 5, 2019.
It’s tough to battle two good contestants.
James 22 Right (including 1 DD),1 Wrong
Satish 18 Right (including 2 DDs),1 Wrong
Marshall 15 Right, 4 Wrong