Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, October 7, 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

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 Brand Names) for Monday, October 7, 2024 (Season 41, Game 21):

In 1886 this brand’s bookkeeper came up with its name & flowing script logo, saying, “the two Cs would look well in advertising”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Amanda Prusila, a communications advisor from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Daniel Gately, a teacher from Tucson, Arizona

Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut (1-day total: $30,401)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Mark Fitzpatrick won over $30,000 on Friday’s episode, unseating 4-day champion Ryan Manton in the process. Today, he faces off against Daniel Gately and Amanda Prusila as Week 5 of Season 41 kicks off.

Correct response: What is Coca-Cola?

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.)

In the mid-1880s, pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton devised the famous original formula for Coca-Cola, which was then sold originally at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in Atlanta for five cents a drink. Frank M. Robinson, Pemberton’s bookkeeper, designed the now-world-famous logo for Coca-Cola.

I have said this before and I will say it again: Final Jeopardy clues are allowed to be straightforward—”too easy”, even—because the threat of a very straightforward Final Jeopardy clue is enough to keep players betting to win in Final Jeopardy. If there was never an “easy” Final, then contestants would start betting less in Final, thinking that the clues overall will be more difficult, and the episode’s finale would be much less interesting. I have found over the years that a lot of fans look at the surface of such a situation without realizing why things the way they are, with these fans just choosing to complain and giving what would be terrible advice to the show.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, October 7, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Stunting At The Gym; The Middle East; NFL Team Addresses; You’re Gonna Have To Share; Opera; Plural-Only Nouns)

Mark opened the game by going immediately to the NFL category and running it. However, it was Amanda who found the Daily Double; she bet the table maximum and sat second at the break. After 15 clues, Mark had $6,000 to Amanda’s $2,400 and Daniel’s -$1,200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Mark 9 correct 1 incorrect
Amanda 3 correct 0 incorrect
Daniel 1 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Amanda dressed up as James Holzhauer for Hallowe’en in 2022.
Daniel was once mistaken for Elton John.
Mark had an English accent until the age of 11 or 12.

The second half of the Jeopardy! Round saw both Amanda and Daniel play well, cutting into Mark’s lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Mark 14 correct 2 incorrect
Amanda 6 correct 1 incorrect
Daniel 6 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark $6,800
Amanda $3,000
Daniel $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: National Historical Parks; The Foreign-Born Director; Cooking Terms; Spy Novels; Law; Diminishing Returns)

Mark found DD2 about one-third of the way through the round, and his $5,000 made a comeback attempt very difficult for our challengers. Daniel got to DD3 but surrendered any chance at victory by betting just $800. Our first unplayed clue of the season ended the round as we had a double runaway going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Mark 26 correct 3 incorrect
Daniel 9 correct 3 incorrect
Amanda 8 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (1 today).

Scores going into Final:

Mark $23,400
Daniel $4,200
Amanda $600

Alex Trebek always said that trivia is only easy if you know the answer. In what I’d consider a surprise myself, this Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper. Mark is a 2-day champion, though! He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Amanda $600 – $0 = $600 (What is Chanel?)
Daniel $4,200 – $0 = $4,200 (What is Currier?)
Mark $23,400 – $3,400 = $20,000 (What is Coco Chanel?) (2-day total: $50,401)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) OPERA $1000 (clue #11)
Amanda 600 +1000 (Mark 5400 Daniel -800)
2) SPY NOVELS $1200 (clue #11)
Mark 10400 +5000 (Daniel 1800 Amanda 1400)
3) LAW $800 (clue #23, $6800 left on board)
Daniel 3800 -800 (Mark 23000 Amanda 200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 127

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Mark 5 4 3 2 1 4 5 3 4 3
Daniel
Amanda 5*

DJ! Round:
Mark 5 3 2 3* 4 3 5 4† 5† 2† 2 1 3 4 5
Daniel 1 2 3 4 5 1 2*
Amanda 4

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Mark 3.40
Daniel 2.57
Amanda 4.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 1 (0.05 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Mark $19,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 3 incorrect, 50.00% in first on buzzer (28/56), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $5,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Amanda $600 Coryat, 8 correct, 4 incorrect, 16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,200
Lach Trash: $18,400 (on 15 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,000
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Mark Fitzpatrick, career statistics:

49 correct, 8 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
45.13% in first on buzzer (51/113)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,900

Daniel Gately, career statistics:

9 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
17.86% in first on buzzer (10/56)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$800)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,000

Amanda Prusila, career statistics:

8 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $600

Mark Fitzpatrick, to win:

3 games: 64.045%
4: 41.018%
5: 26.270%
6: 16.824%
7: 10.775%
Avg. streak: 3.781 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• While I suspect the “Diminishing Returns” category will be polarizing amongst fans, I personally quite enjoyed it. (I also ran it.)
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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