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Season 39
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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Current Champion
Mark Ramirez, career statistics:
52 correct, 9 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
44.74% in first on buzzer (51/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,600
To win:
3 games: 61.692%
4: 38.059%
5: 23.479%
6: 14.485%
7: 8.936%
Avg. streak: 3.610 games.
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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 Transportation USA) for Tuesday, March 28, 2023 (Season 39, Game 142):
This public agency runs the USA’s busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York
Mara Lasko, a fundraiser from Washington, D.C.
Nicole Rudolph, an associate dean from Williston Park, New York (1-day total: $16,800)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Last night’s Jeopardy! saw Nicole Rudolph win her first game in runaway fashion! Today, she faces off against Washington, D.C.’s Mara Lasko and New York lawyer Lisa Sriken.
A couple of interesting things that I think it’s important to point out/remind everyone: Jeopardy! turns 59 years old on Thursday as the show celebrates its second Jeoparday—like last year, anyone is welcome to take the Jeopardy! Anytime Test on Thursday, and the show will be donating $5.90 to pancreatic cancer research for the first 10,000 people who do take the Anytime Test this coming Thursday.
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Correct response: What is the Port Authority (of New York and New Jersey)?
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I don’t normally make predictions about Final Jeopardy!, but just from where our players are located today—Nicole from Long Island and Lisa from New York—I get a sense that at least two players will get today’s Final.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (I’m assuming that just “Port Authority” will be OK here, but I don’t know how much more will be required) operates much of the transportation infrastructure within a 25-mile radius of the Statue of Liberty, including the United States’ busiest bus terminal: the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 8th Avenue, one block east of the Lincoln Tunnel (in fact, there is a direct connection between the tunnel and the terminal, to prevent significant bus traffic on Midtown Manhattan streets.)
Coming back to the first paragraph: I believe that the Port Authority Bus Terminal is well-known enough for anyone around North America to be able to come up with a correct response. I myself—a Canadian—have even traveled via that bus terminal.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Geometrical Geography; Fancified Beastly Idioms; “M”usic Class; ’80s Movie Comedies; 3 Men; A Baby)
A generally evenly-matched opening round saw Lisa recover from an early Daily Double miss to take the lead at the first break, while Nicole played well after the break to lead after 30 clues!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Lisa 6 correct 1 incorrect
Nicole 5 correct 0 incorrect
Mara 3 correct 1 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Nicole 10 correct 0 incorrect
Mara 8 correct 2 incorrect
Lisa 9 correct 3 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: When In Rome; Writers Of The Cloth; Tough Tough-Guy Tv; Words From Greek & Latin; World History; Before & After Female Duos)
In a round where high-valued incorrect responses kept the scores down, Lisa got the final clue played of Double Jeopardy! to both break Nicole’s runaway and bring everyone back into contention going into Final Jeopardy!—the scores going into Final made for a very interesting situation where Nicole’s score equaled Lisa’s plus Mara’s exactly! Scores going into Final were Nicole at $9,600, Lisa at $5,400, and Mara at $4,200.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Nicole 19 correct 2 incorrect
Lisa 16 correct 7 incorrect
Mara 11 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (1 today).
I did predict 2 correct in Final—I just didn’t think that it was going to be Lisa and Mara! As a result, Lisa is your new Jeopardy! champion!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, March 28, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Nicole $9,600
Lisa $5,400
Mara $4,200
Tonight’s results:
Mara $4,200 + $4,000 = $8,200 (What is port authority?)
Lisa $5,400 + $4,201 = $9,601 (What is the Port Authority? Please clap) (1-day total: $9,601)
Nicole $9,600 – $1,201 = $8,399 (What is the MTA?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nicole $5,800
Mara $3,400
Lisa $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A BABY $800 (clue #4)
Lisa 600 -1000 (Nicole 200 Mara 400)
2) WORDS FROM GREEK & LATIN $1200 (clue #8)
Nicole 8200 -3000 (Mara 3400 Lisa 2800)
3) WHEN IN ROME $1600 (clue #21, $13600 left on board)
Lisa 4400 +1800 (Nicole 9600 Mara 4600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -96
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Nicole 1 2
Mara 3
Lisa 4*
DJ! Round:
Nicole 1 2 3 1 1 2 3* 4† 1 4 2 3
Mara 2 3
Lisa 1 3 4 5 5 2 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Lisa 3.50
Nicole 2.14
Mara 2.67
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: TOUGH TOUGH-GUY TV $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Lisa $6,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 7 incorrect, 33.93% in first on buzzer (19/56), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Nicole $12,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.36% in first on buzzer (17/56), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Mara $4,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer (14/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $23,000
Lach Trash: $15,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,000
Nicole Rudolph, career statistics:
37 correct, 7 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
32.74% in first on buzzer (37/113)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Mara Lasko, career statistics:
12 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
25.00% in first on buzzer (14/56)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,200
Lisa Sriken, career statistics:
17 correct, 7 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.93% in first on buzzer (19/56)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200
Lisa Sriken, to win:
2 games: 24.415%
3: 5.961%
4: 1.455%
5: 0.355%
6: 0.087%
Avg. streak: 1.323 games.
Today’s interviews:
Lisa finished third in and Hall and Oates impersonation contest.
Mara named her dog Irving after a dad joke involving a grasshopped named Irving.
Nicole got to spend some time at NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I found FANCIFIED BEASTLY IDIOMS $400 to be amusing; the writers have been finding interesting ways of writing clues about “(don’t) let the cat out of the bag” for pretty much the entirety of the history of the show.
Today’s box score: March 28, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Nicole $9,600 Lisa $5,400 Mara $4,200)
Nicole: Standard cover bet over Lisa is $1,201. Don’t bet any more than this, because this forces Mara to go all-in from third. (Actual bet: $1,201)
Mara: Because Nicole falls to $8,399 if she’s incorrect, you have one good bet—all $4,200—anything else greatly reduces your chances of winning. (Actual bet: $4,000)
Lisa: Bet between $3,001 (covering Mara) and $5,398 (thereby staying ahead of anything that would give Mara an actual chance of winning the game.) (Actual bet: $4,201)
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