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Sports Jeopardy! Recap – November 23, 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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How will Earl Holland do in going for Win #8?

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Today’s contestants:

Myles Bacon, a bartender and coach from Chapel Hill, NC

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Chris Beckham, a radio talk show host from Tifton, GA

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Earl Holland, a sports copy and web editor from Newark, DE (7-day total: $35,000)

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Final Jeopardy! category: NFL PASSING RECORDS

Final Jeopardy! clue: Peyton Manning leads with 539 TD passes, but this man who finished with 342 held the record the longest, 1975-95


Who is Fran Tarkenton?

This was an edge-on-your seat game, with Earl playing a late game Daily Double where he chose to chance it in Final as opposed to playing for the game on the Daily Double. He got the Daily Double right, but will he survive Final too?

For the record: I don’t think there’s enough data yet on Final Jeopardy tendencies in Sports Jeopardy to determine what the true correct play is here! If trailers tend to overbet in Final, then it makes more sense to just make sure you have the lead. If wagering becomes more rational, then it might make more sense to play for the game on the Daily Double.

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Scores going into Final:
Earl 16,400
Myles 12,000
Chris -1,000

Final Results:
Myles 12,000 + 7,500 = 19,500
Earl 16,400 + 7,601 = 24,001 (8-day total: $40,000)

Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Myles 4,750
Chris 2,500
Earl 2,200

Daily Double locations:
1) HOUSE OF CARDS 1000 (19th pick)

Earl 3250 -1050 (Myles 3250 Chris 2250)

2) OLYMPIANS 1500 (12th pick)
Myles 9750 -1250 (Earl 6700 Chris -1000)
3) 1956 2000 (22nd pick, 1,000 left on board)
Earl 14200 +1200 (Myles 12000 Chris -1000)

On the scoreboard:
20 – 10
70 – 68
In 2010 in the first round at Wimbledon, John Isner beat Nicolas Mahut in 5 sets, 70-68 in the fifth, in the longest match in tennis history.

Game stats:
Earl 18,250 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 48.89% in first on buzzer
Myles 13,250 Coryat, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.89% in first on buzzer
Chris -1,000 Coryat, 5 correct, 3 incorrect, 13.33% in first on buzzer

Earl Holland, stats to date:
165 correct
21 incorrect
14/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 23,400)
5/8 in Final Jeopardy
41.66% in first on buzzer (150/360)
Average Coryat: 16,562

Earl Holland, to win:
9 games: 66.43%
10: 44.13%
11: 29.32%
12: 19.48%
13: 12.94%
Avg. streak: 9.979 games.


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  • My perception is that in Sports Jeopardy!, the daily doubles tend to be markedly easier than Final Jeopardy. I’d have gone in on the daily double.

    • Andy Saunders | November 23, 2016 at 5:03 pm | Reply

      I would have as well. The big late-game Daily Double bet is just more exciting.

      However: I haven’t looked at Final Jeopardy! get rates and wagering by position yet with my Sports Jeopardy data, but an overbet from second (like what happened today in Final) takes a leader’s chances of winning from somewhere around 50% to around 80% on the regular show. If trailers are more likely to overbet Final in Sports Jeopardy (which I suspect they are), it might mean that your Daily Double get rate might need to clear 70% for “playing for the win on the Daily Double” to actually be the percentage play.

    • Andy Saunders | November 23, 2016 at 5:08 pm | Reply

      Also, interestingly:

      It would have been the better play for me as I: 1) got Rocky Marciano; 2) whiffed on Final with Johnny Unitas.

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