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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 21, 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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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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Poetry & The Movies) for Tuesday, May 21, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 182):

Robert Lowell’s “For the Union Dead” honored the 54th Massachusetts, the infantry unit in this 1989 film that won 3 Oscars

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jason Mangano, a freelance writer from Fords, New Jersey

Jason Mangano on Jeopardy!

Kate Kelly, a nonprofit finance professional from New York, New York

Kate Kelly on Jeopardy!

James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (23-day total: $1,780,237)

James Holzhauer on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is Glory?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was one of the first military units in the Union Army during the Civil War to consist entirely of African-American men (except for its officers). The unit was commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.

The 1989 film about them, Glory, starred Matthew Broderick as Shaw; Glory won its 3 Oscars for Best Sound, Best Cinematography, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Denzel Washington).

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
James $55,895
Jason $12,400
Kate $6,600

Tonight’s results:
Kate $6,600 + $6,500 = $13,100
Jason $12,400 + $2,000 = $14,400
James $55,895 + $31,010 = $86,905 (24-day total: $1,867,142)

James Holzhauer, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the May 21, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James $15,000
Jason $3,600
Kate $3,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) ACRONYMS & INITIALISMS $800 (9th pick)
James 4800 +4800 (Jason 1800 Kate 1000)
2) NEW IN SCIENCE $800 (16th pick)
James 25400 +11381 (Jason 11600 Kate 3400)
3) DO YOU LOVE ME? $2000 (17th pick)
James 36781 +11914 (Jason 11600 Kate 3400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 177

Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0

Game Stats:
James $31,400 Coryat, 34 correct, 0 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer
Jason $12,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Kate $6,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $50,400
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $0

James Holzhauer, stats to date:
876 correct, 27 incorrect
24/26 on rebound attempts (on 52 rebound opportunities)
58.68% in first on buzzer (794/1353)
55/59 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $511,940)
23/24 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $30,858

James Holzhauer, to win:
25 games: 98.286%
26: 96.601%
27: 94.945%
28: 93.317%
29: 91.718%
75: 41.403%
Avg. streak: 81.336 games.
(This is using the updated model.)

Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 78 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:

James Holzhauer qualified 100.000% of the time.
Eric R. Backes qualified 94.167% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 79.739% of the time.
Lindsey Shultz qualified 54.679% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 33.312% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 25.963% of the time.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • $86,905 is the 11th-highest one-day total of all time. James now holds the top 14 one-day totals of all time and 16 of the top 18.
  • If you took the 24 games James has already won out of the prediction model, it would still predict a streak of 57 games for James.
  • The prediction model gives James a 87.083% chance of surpassing Ken Jennings’ winnings total of $2,520,700, and a 53.666% chance of James surpassing Brad Rutter’s all-time winnings total of $4,688,436.
  • James’ current streak of hearing clues without giving an incorrect response sits at 212 after this game. He is believed to be the first player to have three consecutive full games without giving an incorrect response.
  • $86,905 is James’ lowest win on a Tuesday thus far; he currently averages $103,908 on Tuesdays.

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