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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Jeopardy! Masters Standings

(through 5 episodes)

1) Victoria Groce, 12 points, 4 wins, 138 correct responses, $99,800 Coryat Score, $91,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 11 points, 3 wins, 92 correct responses, $65,400 Coryat Score, $66,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 7 points, 1 win, 77 correct responses, $48,800 Coryat Score, $56,300 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 59 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 70 correct responses, $51,400 Coryat Score, $56,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 2 point, 0 wins, 72 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $36,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Upcoming Encore Presentations

September 2: S42 E113 (February 11, 2026)
September 3: S42 E114 (February 12, 2026)
September 4: S42 E115 (February 13, 2026)
September 5-6: S41 E144 (March 27, 2025)
September 7: S42 E116 (February 16, 2026)
September 8: S42 E117 (February 17, 2026)
September 9: S42 E118 (February 18, 2026)
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 2026)
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
September 12-13: S41 E145 (March 28, 2025)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Final Resting Places) for Wednesday, November 17, 2021 (Season 38, Game 48):

A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton & 2 of the first 4 Treasury Secretaries

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California

Amy Schneider on Jeopardy!

Max McDonald, a freelance artist & designer from Brooklyn, New York

Max McDonald on Jeopardy!

Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California (5-day total: $157,365)

Andrew He on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Andrew He has cemented his place in the next Tournament of Champions, picking up his 5th win in yesterday’s game. Since the beginning of Sky’s the Limit in 2003, 106 people have won 5 games (Andrew being the 106th). 5-time champions are 55-50 going for win #6. Will Andrew become the 56th superchampion today, picking up win #6?

There’s been some confusion as of late surrounding the term “superchampion”. The term was originally coined back in 2003 on the official Jeopardy! message boards at the official Jeopardy! website (that was a thing that existed back in the 2000s) when Sky’s the Limit was first introduced, in order to differentiate the new 6-time champions from the previous time-limited 5-time champions. As a matter of editorial policy, The Jeopardy! Fan has deliberately chosen to continue the original usage of this term.

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Correct response: What is Manhattan?

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Yes, Manhattan is an island; it is bounded by the Hudson River, Harlem River, East River, and New York Harbor. The northern part of the Harlem River, Spuyten Duyvil Creek (that forms the northern part of Manhattan’s border), was the key part of a famous Final Jeopardy! that the show asked during the Ultimate Tournament of Champions back in 2005 and was the start of Grace Veach’s unlikely run to the Round of 18 in that tournament.

Robert Fulton, Alexander Hamilton (the first Treasury Secretary), and Albert Gallatin (the fourth Treasury Secretary) are all buried at Trinity Church Cemetery on the island of Manhattan.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Andrew $26,800
Amy $19,600
Max $6,800

Tonight’s results:
Max $6,800 – $6,798 = $2 (What is Martha’s Vineyard)
Amy $19,600 + $12,000 = $31,600 (What is Manhattan?) (1-day total: $31,600)
Andrew $26,800 – $12,401 = $14,399 (What is Ellis Island?)

Amy Schneider, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the November 17, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Andrew $7,200
Amy $3,600
Max $1,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) ITALIAN ARTS & CULTURE $800 (clue #8)
Max 1400 -1400 (Andrew 0 Amy 1000)
2) IT’S HISTORY $1200 (clue #7)
Amy 7600 +2000 (Andrew 8000 Max 2400)
3) SCIENCE $1600 (clue #15, $16800 left on board)
Andrew 10800 +10800 (Max 4000 Amy 12800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 26

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Amy $18,800 Coryat, 23 correct, 1 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Andrew $17,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Max $8,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,600
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,600

Andrew He, career statistics:
159 correct, 19 incorrect
11/12 on rebound attempts (on 23 rebound opportunities)
43.57% in first on buzzer (149/342)
7/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $37,800)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,533

Max McDonald, career statistics:
10 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,200

Amy Schneider, career statistics:
24 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,800

Amy Schneider, to win:
2 games: 61.790%
3: 38.180%
4: 23.592%
5: 14.577%
6: 9.007%
Avg. streak: 2.617 games.

Today’s interviews:
Amy has a podcast about “Downton Abbey”.
Max was a test subject for acupuncture students in college.
Andrew has perfect pitch.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • There’s always a chance that when a player doesn’t have a runaway, that they’ll lose in Final. Andrew could have gone significantly longer; luck just came for him early.
  • Amy significantly lowered her chances of winning by betting too much in Final Jeopardy, falling for Zerg’s Fallacy in this case. Amy should have bet no more than $5,199.


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