Today’s Final Jeopardy – July 25, 2019

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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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 1970s Album Reviews) for Thursday, July 25, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 229):

Rolling Stone said this 1976 album had “the best & worst tendencies of L.A.-situated rock” & was an “unflattering portrait of the milieu”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Shari Meyer, a high school English teacher from Somverville, Massachusetts

Eric Kaplan, a retired OB/GYN physician from Long Beach, California

Jason Zuffranieri, a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (4-day total: $105,300)

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Correct response: What is Hotel California?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

Hotel California is a famous 1976 album by Eagles. Charley Walters wrote the album’s review for Rolling Stone. He goes on to say “Don Henley, handling five of the eight vocal tracks, expresses well the weary disgust of a victim (or observer) of the region’s luxurious excess.” Later in the review, Walters says, of the album’s title track, it “incorporates a pinch of reggae so smoothly that it’s more felt than heard.”

The album is among the top-selling albums of all time.

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Scores going into Final:
Jason $14,400
Eric $12,000
Shari $6,000

Tonight’s results:
Shari $6,000 – $6,000 = $0 (What is ?)
Eric $12,000 – $12,000 = $0 (What is Rumor)
Jason $14,400 – $10,000 = $4,400 (5-day total: $109,700) (What is Exile on Main Street?)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $6,800
Jason $6,000
Shari $3,200

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) TV SPINOFFS $800 (3rd pick)
Jason 600 +1000 (Shari 400 Eric 0)
2) SECRETARIES OF WAR $1200 (17th pick)
Eric 4400 +4000 (Jason 13200 Shari 6000)
3) GATES $800 (20th pick)
Jason 15200 -4000 (Eric 8000 Shari 6000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 165

Unplayed clues:
J! round: LITERARY GROUPS $200; MILK, THIS CATEGORY $200; FOR ALL IT’S WORTH $200
DJ! Round: SECRETARIES OF WAR $400; JULIANNE MOORE DOESN’T SEE THE END OF THE FILM $800 & $1200
Total $ Left On Board: $ $3,000

Game Stats:
Jason $18,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.41% in first on buzzer, 3/3 on rebound attempts
Eric $9,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 6 incorrect, 47.06% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Shari $6,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.61% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $33,400
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,600

Jason Zuffranieri, stats to date:
124 correct, 11 incorrect
7/7 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
42.12% in first on buzzer (115/273)
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,800)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryet: $20,760

Jason Zuffranieri, to win:
6 games: 70.742%
7: 50.045%
8: 35.403%
9: 25.045%
10: 17.717%
Avg. streak: 7.418 games.
Methodology: https://thejeopardyfan.com/2019/04/jeopardy-predictions-updated-methods.html

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Eric would have been well-served by a bet of exactly $4,800 in this position. (The math is a bit convoluted, but it basically best defends against the highest range of possible bets by both Jason and Shari.)

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