Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, June 29, 2023

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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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 The Movies) for Thursday, June 29, 2023 (Season 39, Game 209):

Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Tenysa Santiago, an American Sign Language & English interpreter from Berkeley, California

Alicia Korenman, an assistant director from Durham, North Carolina

Bryan White, a senior regulatory compliance analyst originally from Santa Maria, California (1-day total: $20,130)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After a very strong performance yesterday, Bryan White is your new Jeopardy! champion. Today’s challengers are Durham’s Alicia Korenman and Berkeley’s Tenysa Santiago.

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Correct response: What is Titanic?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Beatrice Wood was never on the Titanic. She was born in San Francisco in 1893 and was involved with Marcel Duchamp both artistically and romantically. Her autobiography, I Shock Myself, ended up in the hands of James Cameron, via Bill Paxton’s wife, and Cameron realized the similarities between the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in Titanic, which Cameron was writing at that point. Cameron went as far as to obtain permission to interview Wood and use her as the model for Rose, despite Wood’s lack of connection to the ship.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 29, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: At The Farmers Market; Fun With Airport Codes; Lit-Pourri; Pride Of The Museum; 21st Century Television; “I” Before “EE”)

Tenysa and Bryan got off to the best start, but Tenysa’s score was deflated slightly by a missed Daily Double. After the break, Alicia found some buzzer mojo and nearly caught the other two players.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Bryan 6 correct 1 incorrect
Tenysa 6 correct 1 incorrect
Alicia 0 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Tenysa is wearing a “stuffed animal” pin named Bob.
Alicia has a tattoo of Maggie from “Love and Rockets”.
Bryan does a turkey impression.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Bryan 9 correct 1 incorrect
Tenysa 9 correct 2 incorrect
Alicia 6 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Bryan $4,600
Tenysa $4,000
Alicia $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic Shorts; World “L”; The Hypocritic Oaf; The Law; Writing: Music; Before & After People)

Double Jeopardy! saw the Daily Doubles stay out very late; unfortunately, Alicia and Tenysa both got their respective wagering clues incorrect. This led to Bryan having a second consecutive runaway!

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Bryan 20 correct 3 incorrect
Alicia 8 correct 1 incorrect
Tenysa 13 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 35 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Bryan $14,200
Alicia $5,200
Tenysa $1,600

Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper; Bryan is a 2-day champion! He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Tenysa $1,600 – $400 = $1,200 (What is Ed Wood?)
Alicia $5,200 – $1,500 = $3,700 (What is Toy Story?)
Bryan $14,200 – $2,323 = $11,877 (What is Ghost?) (2-day total: $32,007)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LIT-POURRI $600 (clue #13)
Tenysa 3000 -1000 (Bryan 2600 Alicia 0)
2) THE HYPOCRITIC OAF $1200 (clue #21)
Alicia 6200 -1000 (Bryan 12600 Tenysa 4000)
3) THE LAW $1600 (clue #26, $4400 left on board)
Tenysa 3600 -2000 (Bryan 13000 Alicia 5200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -105

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Bryan 5 4 3 2 1 5 1 5
Alicia
Tenysa 3 4 2 4 3*

DJ! Round:
Bryan 5 1 1 2 4 3 5 2 1 1 3 5 1†
Alicia 3 2 4 3* 2†
Tenysa 4 3 4 5 2 4† 5† 4*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Bryan 2.86
Alicia 2.80
Tenysa 3.62

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 35 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Bryan $14,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Alicia $6,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Tenysa $4,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 6 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,000
Lach Trash: $18,000 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,000

Player Statistics:

Bryan White, career statistics:

47 correct, 8 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
43.36% in first on buzzer (49/113)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,800

Alicia Korenman, career statistics:

8 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200

Tenysa Santiago, career statistics:

13 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,600

Bryan White, to win:

3 games: 53.813%
4: 28.958%
5: 15.583%
6: 8.386%
7: 4.513%
Avg. streak: 3.165 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I’m actually a little bit surprised that nobody guessed Beauty and the Beast; that said, it definitely seemed like the players in studio struggled as much on this Final as the comments section below did.

• Today’s box score: June 29, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Bryan $14,200 Alicia $5,200 Tenysa $1,600)

Bryan: Limit your bet to $3,799. (Actual bet: $2,323)

Alicia: Limit your bet to $1,999. (Actual bet: $1,500)

Tenysa: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $400)

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