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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – January 13, 2017

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Friday, January 13, 2017:

Final Jeopardy! category: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Once the center of an empire, it didn’t exist as an independent nation from 1938 to 1955

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Tanner Hesse, a grad student & navy reserve officer from San Diego, California

Eli Nehus, an electrical engineer from Fayetteville, Arkansas

Cheryl Guy, a high school principal from Columbia, South Carolina (1-day total: $20,600)

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Austria was one of the Great Powers of Europe, dating back to the days of the Habsburg Dynasty; the House of Habsburg, and its Habsburg-Lorraine main line, ruled Austria until the end of World War I. Following the war, the First Republic was created; the Anschluss saw Austria annexed by Nazi Germany. After World War II, Austria was occupied by the Allies and the Austrian State Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state in 1955. The Second Austrian Republic announced a declaration of neutrality in that year. Austria, per its current constitution, is permanently neutral.

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  • Scores going into Final:
    Cheryl $11,600
    Eli $9,400
    Tanner $2,000

    Final results:
    Tanner $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (What is Hungary?)
    Eli $9,400 – $3,173 = $6,227 (What is Macedonia?) (1-day total: $6,227)
    Cheryl $11,600 – $7,500 = $4,100 (What is Poland?)

    Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
    Cheryl $4,200
    Tanner $4,200
    Eli $3,800

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Daily Double locations:
    1) THE 1860s $800 (7th pick)
    Tanner 1200 -1200 (Cheryl 600 Eli 400)

    2) BOOKS $1200 (8th pick)
    Tanner 5800 -3000 (Eli 9800 Cheryl 4200)
    3) KNOW YOUR SCALES $1200 (19th pick)
    Cheryl 9400 +3000 (Eli 11400 Tanner 1600)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: RUNNING A HOTEL $800
    DJ! round: SHORT & SWEET $1200
    $ Left On Board: $2,000

    Game Stats:
    Eli $9,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
    Cheryl $9,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
    Tanner $6,200 Coryt, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 27.27% in first on buzzer
    Lach Trash: $14,800

    Cheryl Guy, final stats:
    32 correct
    5 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
    1/2 in Final Jeopardy
    27.03% in first on buzzer (30/111)
    Average Coryat: $10,700

    Eli Nehus, stats to date:
    15 correct
    4 incorrect
    0/0 on Daily Doubles
    0/1 in Final Jeopardy
    32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55)
    Average Coryat: $9,400

    Eli Nehus, to win:
    2 games: 31.08%
    3: 9.66%
    4: 3.00%
    5: 0.93%
    6: 0.29%
    Avg. streak: 1.451 games.
    Avg. Total Winnings (Including Possible ToC): $17,178.

    Miscellany:

    • This is the 14th consecutive game in which the leader going into Final Jeopardy has not gotten Final Jeopardy! correct. The record is 16.

    • Thank you to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
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