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
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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Numerical Book Titles) for Monday, May 8, 2023 (Season 39, Game 171):
This 2007 bestselling novel takes its title from a line in the poem “Kabul” by the 17th century Persian poet Saib
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Sami Casanova, an actuary from New York, New York
Hannah Wilson, a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (3-day total: $90,601)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to a new week of Jeopardy! episodes; Hannah Wilson is your defending champion after she put up a very strong performance near the end of last week. She’s averaging over $30,000 a game! She’ll need at least one more victory this week (if not two) in order to really help her Tournament of Champions chances this fall!
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Correct response: What is A Thousand Splendid Suns?
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A Thousand Splendid Suns is Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini’s second major novel (his first being 2003’s The Kite Runner). As the clue stated, it gets its title from the fourth stanza of “Kabul” by Saib-e-Tabrizi: “Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye / Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass / One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs / And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls”
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 8, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Scandal!; Pop Music-Podge; Gone Fishin’; Yeet!; Children’s Lit; Consonant Craving)
Hannah got off to a rocket start, though it was Sami who found the Daily Double. (Though, disappointing, Sami didn’t bet everything, in spite of being down more than $4,000 on clue #13). While Hannah only got 3 correct after the break, she still had a strong lead after 30 clues.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Hannah 9 correct 0 incorrect
Sami 3 correct 0 incorrect
Juveria 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Juveria has a brother who was on “Survivor”.
Sami shares a birthday with John Adams; her son shares a birthday with John Quincy Adams.
Hannah has a collection of things related to unpopular Presidents.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Hannah 12 correct 0 incorrect
Sami 6 correct 0 incorrect
Juveria 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Hannah $7,200
Sami $3,600
Juveria $2,800
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: “B” Cool; The South Pacific; The Quotable Alex; Futility; American Woman; What Kind Of Tv Place You Live In?)
Double Jeopardy! saw both Hannah and Juveria play extremely well; Hannah got to the first Daily Double, but left Juveria a small opening when Juveria found the last one on clue #20. Juveria nearly doubled up and ended up in a very strong second place going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Hannah 22 correct 1 incorrect
Juveria 20 correct 5 incorrect
Sami 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Hannah $21,200
Juveria $17,000
Sami $4,000
Hannah was the only player correct on a very tough Final; she’s now a 4-day champion! She’ll go for win #5 tomorrow!
Tonight’s results:
Sami $4,000 – $3,998 = $2 (What is this was fun)
Juveria $17,000 – $17,000 = $0 (What is Seventh heaven?)
Hannah $21,200 + $13,000 = $34,200 (What is A Thousand Splendid Suns?) (4-day total: $124,801)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) CHILDREN’S LIT $1000 (clue #13)
Sami 1400 +1000 (Hannah 5600 Juveria 800)
2) FUTILITY $1600 (clue #3)
Hannah 9600 +4000 (Sami 3600 Juveria 2800)
3) AMERICAN WOMAN $1600 (clue #20, $8400 left on board)
Juveria 7600 +7000 (Hannah 20000 Sami 2800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 205
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Hannah 1 2 4 5 3 4 5 3 4
Sami 3 5*
Juveria 5 5
DJ! Round:
Hannah 3 4* 5† 3 4 5 2† 4 5 2 1
Sami 4 3
Juveria 3 5 3 5 2 2 4*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Hannah 3.45
Sami 3.75
Juveria 3.78
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Hannah $18,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sami $4,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Juveria $11,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 5 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,400
Lach Trash: $11,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
Player Statistics:
Hannah Wilson, career statistics:
104 correct, 7 incorrect
6/8 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
39.91% in first on buzzer (91/228)
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $23,500)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,450
Sami Casanova, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,000
Juveria Zaheer, career statistics:
20 correct, 6 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
Hannah Wilson, to win:
5 games: 74.389%
6: 55.337%
7: 41.164%
8: 30.621%
9: 22.779%
Avg. streak: 6.905 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This felt glaring to me in today’s game, but there were a number of situations where I was hoping for more explanation out of the show and Mayim as to why a response was incorrect, or maybe even more information about the correct response to Final, and was definitely left wanting. In fact, all this is going to do is lead to confused and potentially angry viewers when it’s completely preventable.
- More specifically, I wish Mayim had been clear when giving the correct response to CHILDREN’S LIT $400 that they needed the exact title, and maybe more of an explanation as to why each player’s pronunciation of Solzhenitsyn was unacceptable. Instead, it just makes Mayim look persnickety and petty.
Today’s box score: May 8, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Hannah $21,200 Juveria $17,000 Sami $4,000)
Hannah: Standard cover bet over Sami is $12,801. (Actual bet: $13,000)
Sami: Bet whatever you like, though I’d hold something back in case Juveria goes all in. (Actual bet: $3,998)
Juveria: Bet between $8,401 and $8,599; this both wins a Double Stumper with Hannah and covers her entire potential small betting range. (Actual bet: $17,000)
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