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Season 33

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 20, 2016

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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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 for Thursday, October 20, 2016:

Final Jeopardy! category: QUOTABLE NOTABLES

Final Jeopardy! clue: She once said that death “is no more than passing from one room into another” but “in that other room, I shall be able to see”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Hunter Manchak, a product director from Washington, D.C.

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Doug Hartman, a consulting engineer from Virginia Beach, Virginia

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Debbi Hopkins, an administrative assistant from Charleston, South Carolina (1-day total: $18,300)

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Who is Helen Keller?

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A fun fact about Helen Keller: On a trip to Japan, she asked about Hachiko, the famed Akita who was loyal to his owner almost a decade after the owner died. She was given her own Akita and because of this, the Akita breed was introduced into the United States.

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  • Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
    Doug $12,400
    Hunter $6,200
    Debbi $5,400

    Final Results:
    Debbi $5,400 – $1,601 = $3,799 (Who is Mother Teresa?)
    Hunter $6,200 – $6,200 = $0 (Who is Emily Dickinson?)
    Doug $12,400 + $0 = $12,400 (wrote Emily Dickinson, crossed it off and responded correctly) (1-day total: $12,400)

    FYI: I disagree with Doug’s choice of bet today, but his choice is certainly defensible. Here’s an article I wrote about it last January.

    Opening break taken after: 15 clues

    Scores after the opening round:
    Doug $8,800
    Debbi $2,200
    Hunter $1,800

    Daily Double locations:
    1) “Z” IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000 (20th pick)
    Doug 5400 +3000 (Hunter 2400 Debbi 600)

    2) 8-LETTER WORDS $1600 (8th pick)
    Debbi 4200 +2000 (Doug 10400 Hunter 2600)
    3) BOOKS BY MEN $1600 (16th pick)
    Debbi 8600 -2000 (Doug 10400 Hunter 5800)

    Unplayed clues:
    J! round: None!
    DJ! round: A BETTE MIDLER MEDLEY $1600 & $2000; PREFECTURES OF JAPAN $2000

    Game Stats:
    Doug 10,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer
    Debbi 7,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer
    Hunter 6,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 6 incorrect, 46.30% in first on buzzer

    Debbi Hopkins, final stats:
    26 correct
    6 incorrect
    2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,500)
    1/2 in Final Jeopardy
    22.64% in first on buzzer (24/106)
    Average Coryat: $10.700

    Doug Hartman, stats to date:
    15 correct
    1 incorrect
    1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
    1/1 in Final Jeopardy
    22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54)
    Average Coryat: $10,400

    Doug Hartman, to win:
    2 games: 40.96%
    3: 16.78%
    4: 6.87%
    5: 2.81%
    6: 1.15%
    Avg. streak: 1.694 games.

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