Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, May 1, 2023

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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.
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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 18th Century Literature) for Monday, May 1, 2023 (Season 39, Game 166):

The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for “devoted to God”; his last name suggests he can be easily duped

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Cyrus Zhou, a graduate student from St. Louis, Missouri

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh, a retired university administrator from Clearwater, Florida

Kevin Belle, a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland (1-day total: $11,599)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Mayim Bialik moves to the hosting lectern as we begin the final 13 weeks of Season 39 today. Kevin Belle returns as champion having survived a difficult week for Jeopardy! players in general, with last week’s winners taking home just $50,797 in total. Today, Kevin faces off against Maryhelen Shuman-Groh and Cyrus Zhou.

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Correct response: Who is Lemuel Gulliver?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2023 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Lemuel Gulliver is the title character of Jonathan Swift’s 1726 satirical work Gulliver’s Travels; in it, Gulliver is generally presented as a naive, gullible type who generally accepts and believes whatever he is told. The work is generally presented as a travelogue of Gulliver’s voyages into various distant fictional lands that were said to occur between 1699 and 1715. He is also seen as devoutly religious, thus befitting a name that means “devoted to God”; during his travels in Japan, he begs the Emperor not to force him to “trample on the crucifix”.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 1, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Titles With Exclamation Points!; World Of Belief; 3-Letter Words With 2 Vowels; Time To Dance; It’s Gonna Be May!; Doctor: Who?)

In an interesting opening round, Maryhelen had the best time in the first half of the round, but she fell off with some incorrect responses in the second half. Cyrus found his game in the second half of the round, but Kevin found the Daily Double to nearly pull into the lead!

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Maryhelen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Kevin 6 correct 0 incorrect
Cyrus 2 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Cyrus recently accidentally called his supervisor “Dad”.
Maryhelen has backpacked all around the world with her husband.
Kevin works for a rail-to-trail conservancy.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Cyrus 11 correct 1 incorrect
Kevin 9 correct 0 incorrect
Maryhelen 6 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Cyrus $6,400
Kevin $6,200
Maryhelen $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Sitting In With The Orchestra; Divided Islands; Hi, TV Neighbor; World Of Words; Better Angels; “R” Nature)

Cyrus struggled in Double Jeopardy!, especially in the second half of the round—he was unable to give a correct response in the last 20 clues. Thus, it was Kevin and Maryhelen who got to play the Daily Doubles. Kevin went conservative, while Maryhelen went more aggressive, with Kevin leading and Maryhelen sitting second going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Kevin 19 correct 1 incorrect
Maryhelen 14 correct 4 incorrect
Cyrus 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Kevin $14,000
Maryhelen $9,800
Cyrus $7,600

Today saw another Triple Stumper in Final; Kevin made another conservative bet and is now a 2-day champion! He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Cyrus $7,600 – $7,600 = $0 (Who is Candide??)
Maryhelen $9,800 – $6,000 = $3,800 (Who is Jude the Obscure?)
Kevin $14,000 – $1,201 = $12,799 (Who is Simple Simon?) (2-day total: $24,398)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) IT’S GONNA BE MAY! $600 (clue #26)
Kevin 3600 +2400 (Maryhelen 2800 Cyrus 6200)
2) WORLD OF WORDS $1600 (clue #16)
Kevin 8600 +1400 (Maryhelen 3800 Cyrus 8800)
3) SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA $1600 (clue #25, $7600 left on board)
Maryhelen 4600 +3600 (Kevin 12000 Cyrus 7600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 161

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Kevin 1 2 2 3 4 5 3 3 3*
Maryhelen 1 2 3 5 2 2
Cyrus 4 1 4 5 1 3 4 5 1 4 5

DJ! Round:
Kevin 1 4 1 2 3 4* 5† 1 2 3
Maryhelen 2 3 4 5 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 4*
Cyrus 3 5 1

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Kevin 2.74
Maryhelen 2.83
Cyrus 3.29

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Kevin $12,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Maryhelen $7,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Cyrus $7,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,800
Lach Trash: $19,200 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000

Player Statistics:

Kevin Belle, career statistics:

38 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
30.70% in first on buzzer (35/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,800)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh, career statistics:

14 correct, 5 incorrect
1/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,800

Cyrus Zhou, career statistics:

13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600

Kevin Belle, to win:

3 games: 46.231%
4: 21.373%
5: 9.881%
6: 4.568%
7: 2.112%
Avg. streak: 2.860 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Being that Mayim did say just “Gulliver” first, I presume that the show would have accepted just Gulliver had a contestant given it.
• I also thought that Mayim did an excellent job hosting today.

• Being a rail-to-trail conservator, I presume Kevin would be a big fan of the Newfoundland T’Railway.

• Because of the scores, Kevin already had the advantage already on the Triple Stumper. His conservative bet in Final was unnecessary for the situation and put the game unnecessarily at risk.

• Today’s box score: May 1, 2023 Box Score.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Kevin $14,000 Maryhelen $9,800 Cyrus $7,600)

Kevin: Standard cover bet over Maryhelen is $5,601. (Actual bet: $1,201)

Maryhelen: Unfortunately, you can’t both bet to win a Triple Stumper and bet to cover Cyrus. Moreover, Cyrus has occasion to go all in because of the scores. Bet at least $5,401, but you might as well go all in, in order to force Kevin to cover you. If you really would rather bet on a Triple Stumper, bet no more than $1,399. (Actual bet: $6,000)

Cyrus: You have to be correct to win; you might as well go all-in, so as to force Maryhelen to cover you. (Actual bet: $7,600)

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