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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Upcoming Encore Presentations
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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 Astronomy) for Thursday, September 24, 2020 (Season 37, Game 9):
Discovered in 1967, the 1st of these stars was dubbed LGM-1—the perceived signal was jokingly thought to be from little green men
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Sameer Gandhi, a writer from Pasadena, California
Sara Tayyar, a clinical social worker from Pasadena, California
Robert Kaine, a copy editor from Hacienda Heights, California (1-day total: $18,401)
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Correct response: What is a pulsar?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
First detected in December 1967 by Jocelyn Bell (now Jocelyn Bell Burnell) at Cambridge University, pulsars are a very dense ball of material that are created when a star runs out of fuel and collapses on itself. This pulsar was flickering repeatedly every 1.3 seconds and did not match the already-discovered quasar. Because they could not rule out that the signal was coming from an intelligent alien species, the pulsar was named LGM-1. It wasn’t until Bell discovered a second pulsar elsewhere in the universe that the discovery was announced, as Cambridge’s researchers were afraid that possible alien life would create unnecessary publicity and chaos.
In another case of men taking credit for a woman’s scientific work, only Bell’s advisors, Antony Hewish and Martin Ryle, received the 1974 Nobel Prize for the discovery.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Sara $12,000
Sameer $11,200
Robert $10,200
Tonight’s results:
Robert $10,200 – $1,801 = $8,399 (What is a supernova?)
Sameer $11,200 + $11,000 = $22,200 (What is a pulsar?) (1-day total: $22,200)
Sara $12,000 – $10,401 = $1,599 (What is a red dwarf?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Robert $8,400
Sara $4,000
Sameer $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 3-WORD PHRASES $1000 (clue #17)
Robert 3400 +3400 (Sara 2600 Sameer 1000)
2) FAREWELL ADDRESSES $2000 (clue #20)
Robert 14800 -3200 (Sara 11200 Sameer 6400)
3) BODIES OF WATER $800 (clue #24)
Robert 14800 -5000 (Sara 11200 Sameer 8000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 45
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 21 (2.33 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Sameer $11,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Robert $16,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sara $12,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,200
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Robert Kaine, career statistics:
46 correct, 7 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
36.04% in first on buzzer (40/111)
2/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,900
Sara Tayyar, career statistics:
15 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000
Sameer Gandhi, career statistics:
14 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,200
Sameer Gandhi, to win:
2 games: 37.047%
3: 13.725%
4: 5.085%
5: 1.884%
6: 0.698%
Avg. streak: 1.588 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
Back in 2016, I wrote an article entitled Why Terry McElhennon is Smarter Than You” after Terry received threatening communications after confusing Alabama and Auburn. I would just like to say: This holds in 2020. Making mistakes doesn’t make you stupid, they make you human. If you think you’re smarter than Sameer, you can take the Jeopardy! Anytime Test right now. And also remember: true Jeopardy! fans don’t harass contestants; the fact that people harass contestants says such more about the harasser than it does about the contestant.
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