Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, June 20, 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)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 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 Authors’ Wives) for Thursday, June 20, 2024 (Season 40, Game 204):

When asked if she was the inspiration for the wife in a 1922 novel, this woman replied, “No. She was much fatter”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, a theatrical wardrobe technician from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Bob Longstreth, a Superior Court judge from San Diego, California

Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan (1-day total: $23,482)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After three weeks, we have a new champion on Jeopardy! in Drew Basile, who knocked off 15-day champion Adriana Harmeyer in yesterday’s battle. On its surface, I’m sure that challengers Bob Longstreth and Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds are happy that they only have to play 1-day champion Drew instead of superchampion Adriana. However, I think Drew is shaping up to go on a run of his own—his stats on Day 1 were quite strong!

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Correct response: Who was Nora Joyce?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Nora Joyce was the wife of author James Joyce, who was certainly known for the terse reply given asking if she was the inspiration for Molly Bloom in James Joyce’s 1922 novel Ulysses. (In fact, a 1988 review of a biography about her put that reply in the opening paragraph—implying that this quote was perhaps all she was known for until the late 20^th century.)

Do I know if the show is going to require Nora’s first name? I don’t. Do I know it, and would I have put it down had I been in studio? Yes—Nora’s relationship with husband James is a pet topic of Australian content creator and author Esmé Louise James’s “Kinky History” shorts on TikTok. (Whatever gets you to the correct response, am I right?)

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 20, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Named By Lit Lovers; Shortened Words; Let’s Run The Numbers; It Was All Orange; Stevie Wonder; Sir Duke)

In an opening segment that saw 8 incorrect responses, including a Daily Double miss from Jonquil, Drew and Bob were tied for the lead after 15 clues with $1,000. Jonquil was in third at -$800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Bob 4 correct 2 incorrect
Drew 5 correct 3 incorrect
Jonquil 2 correct 3 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jonquil was told she was “too cheerful” to be in labor.
Bob got to be a “human paintbrush” for the Blue Man Group.
Drew is now paying for his friends’ trips to L.A. to watch in the audiience.

Drew picked up 7 correct responses in the second segment to hold a lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Drew 12 correct 4 incorrect
Jonquil 7 correct 3 incorrect
Bob 5 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Drew $3,600
Jonquil $1,200
Bob $600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Hit The Road, Jacques; Modern Products; Broadway’s Opening Night Casts; Museums; Body Parts’ Better Known Names; You Can’t Spell…)

After Drew got to DD2, a shocking mistake from Jonquil on a clue about Canada handed DD3 to Drew. However, Drew made a small bet (uttering “12”, with the judges taking it to mean $1,200) and that meant that all three players were in contention going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Drew 23 correct 5 incorrect
Jonquil 16 correct 5 incorrect
Bob 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 20 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Drew $15,800
Jonquil $10,400
Bob $8,600

Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, with Bob coming agonizingly close—conflating the character with the wife—as Drew takes victory #2.

Tonight’s results:

Bob $8,600 – $2,202 = $6,398 (Who is Molly Joyce)
Jonquil $10,400 – $9,200 = $1,200 (Who is Anais Miller?)
Drew $15,800 – $6,000 = $9,800 (Who is Zelda Fitzgerald) (2-day total: $33,282)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) STEVIE WONDER $800 (clue #7)
Jonquil 1200 -1000 (Drew 400 Bob -800)
2) MUSEUMS $1600 (clue #13)
Drew 10000 +3000 (Bob 2600 Jonquil 7200)
3) HIT THE ROAD, JACQUES $1200 (clue #17, $12800 left on board)
Drew 13800 +1200 (Bob 2600 Jonquil 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -45

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Drew 2 3 4 5
Bob
Jonquil 4 4 4*

DJ! Round:
Drew 3 3 1 4 4* 5† 2† 2 3*
Bob 3 2
Jonquil 3 4 5 5 4 5

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Drew 3.15
Bob 2.50
Jonquil 4.22

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 20 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Drew $14,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Bob $8,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Jonquil $11,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,400
Lach Trash: $7,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4

Player Statistics:

Drew Basile, career statistics:

44 correct, 11 incorrect
0/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $14,200)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,600

Bob Longstreth, career statistics:

12 correct, 4 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,600

Jonquil Garrick-Reynolds, career statistics:

16 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400

Drew Basile, to win:

3 games: 52.534%
4: 27.598%
5: 14.498%
6: 7.617%
7: 4.001%
Avg. streak: 3.107 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I don’t believe that Daily Double wagers should be allowed to be shortened. If a contestant says “Twelve”, that should mean “twelve dollars”, not “twelve hundred dollars”. Standards & Practices should have intervened and I am disappointed as a viewer that they did not.
• I would say, though, that all three players definitely made this episode an actual tire fire to judge. I thought that the contestants put the judges in a tight spot in at least half a dozen different places in this game—sometimes, that just happens on the show. I also wouldn’t pin some of this on Ken; even Alex would have made similar judging mistakes, even in his prime.
• We still don’t know if the show would have accepted just “Joyce”.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Drew $15,800 Jonquil $10,400 Bob $8,600)

Drew: Standard cover bet over Jonquil is $5,001. (Actual bet: $6,000)

Bob: Bet between $2,200 and $5,000 here; the lower end pases Drew if he covers and is incorrect, while the upper end stays ahead of Jonquil if she bets to cover you and is incorrect. (Actual bet: $2,202)

Jonquil: Bet at least $6,801 to cover Bob. (Actual bet: $9,200)

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