Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, September 20, 2024

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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 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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Island Chains) for Friday, September 20, 2024 (Season 41, Game 10):

Named for a Spanish queen, this Pacific island chain was a starting point for famous explorations of 1960 & 2012

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Sarah Preisinger, a family law attorney from Bellevue, Nebraska

Santhosh Sastry, an information technology executive from Austin, Texas

Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York (1-day total: $13,800)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Brooklyn teacher Jen Feldman is your new champion after her $4,000 bet in Final Jeopardy last night worked out for her. That should definitely be a consideration on the minds of challengers Santhosh Sastry and Sarah Preisinger going into today’s 61^st clue; if I were in second place against Jen at this point, I would be going all-in in Final Jeopardy.

Correct response: What are the Mariana Islands?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Comprised today of a pair of United States territories in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marianas—named after the Spanish queen Mariana of Austria—were the starting point for a pair of notable dives to Challenger Deep, the deepest point in the earth’s seabed. The two dives were undertaken by Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh in 1960 (in the Trieste bathyscape) and film director James Cameron in 2012 in Deepsea Challenger.

Certainly, the realization that the explorations needed to proceed downward and not towards the poles or space would make this a much easier clue, and I think the less intuitive direction of the exploration gives the clue much of this difficulty. I have confidence that at least one player will get to the bottom of this clue, though.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

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

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: On The Map; Powers That “B”; Food; Missing Movie Title Adjectives; Spoke; Hub)

Santhosh got off to the best start in this game, picking up 7 correct responses and holding a big lead after 15 clues.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Santhosh 7 correct 0 incorrect
Jen 3 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Sarah has been to all 11 Presidential libraries.
Santhosh went on a trip to South America where he encountered stray dogs at a border.
Jen has students who can’t process that she’s a vegetarian.

Santhosh got the Daily Double and extended his lead, but all three players had a good score after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Santhosh 12 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 8 correct 2 incorrect
Jen 8 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Santhosh $7,800
Sarah $3,400
Jen $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Trees & Flowers; Literary Title Math; Music; TV Pets; Latin Lovers Needed; 20th Century Women)

Double Jeopardy saw Jen come alive; she found both Daily Doubles, and while she ran out of time on the third one, she still had a strong enough round to make sure she led going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Jen 18 correct 2 incorrect
Santhosh 17 correct 4 incorrect
Sarah 13 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Jen $15,100
Santhosh $9,400
Sarah $7,000

For the second day in a row, Jen didn’t make the standard cover bet in Final Jeopardy; fortunately for her, this Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, and she’s now a 2-day champion. She’ll be back on Monday to defend her title.

Tonight’s results:

Sarah $7,000 – $1,000 = $6,000 (What are the Antilles?)
Santhosh $9,400 – $9,400 = $0 (What are the Isabella island)
Jen $15,100 – $1,050 = $14,050 (What is Isabella? <3 Mom) (2-day total: $27,850)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) SPOKE $1000 (clue #20)
Santhosh 4600 +2000 (Jen 2000 Sarah 2000)
2) 20th CENTURY WOMEN $1200 (clue #1)
Jen 3400 +2000 (Santhosh 7800 Sarah 3400)
3) LITERARY TITLE MATH $1200 (clue #8, $26000 left on board)
Jen 9000 -1500 (Santhosh 9400 Sarah 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 86

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Jen 4 3 3 4 5 5 2
Santhosh 1 2 3 4 5 3 4 5*
Sarah 5 3 4 2 1

DJ! Round:
Jen 3* 4† 2† 3*
Santhosh 5†
Sarah 1† 3 4

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Jen 3.45
Sarah 2.88
Santhosh 3.56

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Jen $15,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $7,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Santhosh $8,400 Coryat, 17 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200
Lach Trash: $15,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Jen Feldman, career statistics:

32 correct, 6 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (30/114)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$100)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,100

Santhosh Sastry, career statistics:

17 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400

Sarah Preisinger, career statistics:

13 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000

Jen Feldman, to win:

3 games: 42.534%
4: 18.091%
5: 7.695%
6: 3.273%
7: 1.392%
Avg. streak: 2.740 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Jen $15,100 Santhosh $9,400 Sarah $7,000)

Jen: Standard cover bet over Santhosh is $3,701. (Actual bet: $1,050)

Santhosh: At minimum, standard cover bet over Sarah is $4,601. However, I think it’s worth going all-in today, because I don’t think you can count on Jen betting to cover—even from this position. (Actual bet: $9,400)

Sarah: You have to bet at least $4,400 to have any chance of winning. (Actual bet: $1,000)

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