Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, May 31, 2024

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

September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
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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 Historic People) for Friday, May 31, 2024 (Season 40, Game 190):

An island near Cebu City has a statue of Lapulapu & a monument to this man that Lapulapu is said to have killed in 1521

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Josh Moss, a new small business owner from Boston, Massachusetts

Amy Yao, a plastic surgery resident from New York, New York

Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (2-day total: $46,200)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Today’s game—the 41^st game of Jeopardy airing this month (only 2 off the record set last May with 43)—features 2-day champion Adriana Harmeyer taking on Amy Yao and Josh Moss. Adriana had a very strong performance yesterday, having the game sewn up to the point where one of yesterday’s challengers couldn’t even use the last Daily Double to catch up to her.

I’m just going to say, without potentially spoiling things: I was pleasantly surprised and quite pleased to see one of the categories in Double Jeopardy when I saw today’s categories in J!6.

I have an occasional mailbag column where I answer fan & viewer questions regarding the show. If you have a question, feel free to send it to mailbag@thejeopardyfan.com!

Remember, if you would like to enter the “Explore Iceland” sweepstakes, you can do so at sweepstakes.jeopardy.com. Today’s Final Jeopardy category is “Historic People”.

Correct response: Who is Ferdinand Magellan?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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In the early 1520s, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, sailing for Spain, attempted a circumnavigation of the globe. Unfortunately, with his crew already having partially mutinied, things had not gone well, and they went from bad to worse when Magellan was killed in the Philippines in 1521 while attempting to convert the local population to Christianity. Second-in-command Juan Sebastian Elcano completed the circumnavigation, but Magellan still receives most of the credit for the voyage today.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, May 31, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: It Was The ’60s, Man; To The Ballet!; Fair & Square; In The Fruit Basket; Role With The Punches; ____ & ____)

Josh got off to a hot start, but an incorrect response on a Daily Double dropped him back to $0. Adriana led at the commercial break with $2,600; Amy was second with $2,000, while Josh had $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Adriana 4 correct 0 incorrect
Amy 3 correct 1 incorrect
Josh 5 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Josh started a craft distillery.
Amy started weightlifting.
Adriana started trying to read a novel from every country of the world.

Amy played very well in the second half of the opening round to jump into the lead through 30 clues. Adriana was second, while Josh will get to pick first in Double Jeopardy.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Amy 9 correct 1 incorrect
Adriana 8 correct 1 incorrect
Josh 8 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy $5,400
Adriana $4,000
Josh $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Hill You Say; Science-Y Books; Did You Study The “J” Archive?; Notable Black Americans; Producer Tags; Starts With A Color)

Adriana came out in Double Jeopardy like gangbusters, running a category; her momentum was stunted by a Daily Double miss. Josh played very well in the second half of the round and nearly overtook the lead—but not going all-in on DD3, and naming the New Brunswick city and not the Newfoundland one, meant that Adriana led going into Final by the exact amount that Josh left on the table.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Adriana 19 correct 2 incorrect
Josh 19 correct 3 incorrect
Amy 11 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Adriana $14,400
Josh $12,200
Amy $6,200

Adriana was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy; she’s now a 3-day champion!

Tonight’s results:

Amy $6,200 – $2,500 = $3,700 (Who is Attila the hun?)
Josh $12,200 – $2,201 = $9,999 (Who is Cook?)
Adriana $14,400 + $11,000 = $25,400 (Who is Magellan Cook?) (3-day total: $71,600)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) IT WAS THE ’60s, MAN $600 (clue #13)
Josh 3200 -3200 (Adriana 2600 Amy 600)
2) SCIENCE-Y BOOKS $2000 (clue #11)
Adriana 14000 -2000 (Amy 6600 Josh 1000)
3) NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS $1200 (clue #17, $15200 left on board)
Josh 4200 +2000 (Adriana 13600 Amy 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -67

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Adriana 1 3 2 2 5
Amy 3
Josh 5 4 5 4 5 4 3*

DJ! Round:
Adriana 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 3 5* 5 1
Amy 3
Josh 4 4 2† 4 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Adriana 2.81
Josh 3.92
Amy 3.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Adriana $16,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Josh $14,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Amy $6,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,800
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:

67 correct, 7 incorrect
8/8 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
33.92% in first on buzzer (58/171)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,267

Amy Yao, career statistics:

11 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200

Josh Moss, career statistics:

19 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600

Adriana Harmeyer, to win:

4 games: 51.430%
5: 26.450%
6: 13.603%
7: 6.996%
8: 3.598%
Avg. streak: 4.059 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I hate to keep saying this, but “Know Your Canada” is a thing—especially the difference between Saint John, New Brunswick and St. John’s, Newfoundland.

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Adriana $14,400 Josh $12,200 Amy $6,200)

Adriana: Standard cover bet over Josh is $10,001. (Actual bet: $11,000)

Amy: You can’t both cover Josh and win a Triple Stumper. Your two choices here are either “$5,800 or more” or “$1,799 or less”. (Actual bet: $2,500)

Josh: Standard cover bet over Amy is $201. (Actual bet: $2,201)

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