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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, May 9, 2022

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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

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Novel Titles) for Monday, May 9, 2022 (Season 38, Game 171):

A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth’s champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Emily Levant, an associate creative director from Los Angeles, California

Emily Levant on Jeopardy!

Karim Oliver, a student at Vanderbilt University from St. Petersburg, Florida

Karim Oliver on Jeopardy!

Danielle Maurer, a digital marketing manager from Peachtree Corners, Georgia (1-day total: $15,600)

Danielle Maurer on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: The Mattea Roach era has ended on Jeopardy! after Danielle Maurer ended Mattea’s 23-game win streak. Today, Mayim Bialik resumes hosting as our new champion takes on Vanderbilt student Karim Oliver and Los Angeles’ Emily Levant.

It would be nice if the Jeopardy! website updated properly this morning; as of this writing, neither the Clue of the Day at the website nor the J!6 clues updated this morning on Jeopardy!’s website. (I’m slightly concerned now that today’s Clue of the Day went onto the website on Saturday, April 9 for some reason and I would have missed it, being that April 9 was a Saturday.) Thankfully, I have access to an actual edition of the New York Times, specifically for instances such as this.

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Correct response: What is A Farewell to Arms?

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A Farewell to Arms is Ernest Hemingway’s 1929 novel set during the Italian campaign of World War I, and was based upon Hemingway’s own experience serving in Italy during the war. The title comes from George Peele’s 1590 poem “A Farewell to Arms”, a poem written to celebrate the retirement of champion jouster Sir Henry Lee; Lee would joust in tournaments every November to celebrate the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I’s ascension to the English throne.

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Game Recap:

Jeopardy! Round categories: All About Amphibians; Colorful Albums; Prepositional Literature; Menace to Sobriety; International Rhyme Time; 2 “R”s Not To Reason Why

Karim struggled a bit in COLORFUL ALBUMS, which hurt even more for him because the first Daily Double was there. Danielle held a lead after the opening 16 clues. Coming out of the interviews, Danielle continued her strong play, picking up another 5 (for 10 total in Single Jeopardy); she had an $1,800 lead going into Double. Some of you in the past have taken umbrage with my usage of Single Jeopardy; this is another reminder that the term did in fact appear on Alex’s scripts and is not improper terminology.

Double Jeopardy! Round categories: U.S. Geography; Autobiographical Movies; Let’s Get Nautical; You Said It; Make It Singular; The Nuremberg Trials

Karim’s struggles continued in Double Jeopardy!, with a “read the question” error on the game’s second Daily Double. Meanwhile, Danielle continued playing well, even though her bet was on the conservative side on the last Daily Double. (A more aggressive bet might have given her a runaway game.) There were two unplayed clues, but I’d say that was due to the length of the Nuremberg category and 14 Triple Stumpers overall in the game today. The scores going into Final were Danielle at $14,600, Emily at $8,400, and Karim just getting out of the hole before the end of Double Jeopardy! at $1,400.

Final Jeopardy! was a Triple Stumper today; but Danielle’s having a strong position led to her becoming a 2-day champion! She’ll come back in search of win #3 tomorrow!

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 9, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:

Scores going into Final:
Danielle $14,600
Emily $8,400
Karim $1,400

Tonight’s results:
Karim $1,400 – $1,000 = $400 (What is this has been so cool)
Emily $8,400 – $7,000 = $1,400 (What is The Grapes of Wrath?)
Danielle $14,600 – $2,201 = $12,399 (What The Great Gatsby?) (2-day total: $27,999)

Danielle Maurer, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the May 9, 2022 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Danielle $5,400
Emily $3,600
Karim $1,400

Opening break taken after: 16 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) COLORFUL ALBUMS $600 (clue #10)
Karim 800 -1000 (Danielle 1600 Emily 600)
2) U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800 (clue #14)
Karim 1400 -2000 (Danielle 9000 Emily 4400)
3) LET’S GET NAUTICAL $800 (clue #23, $8000 left on board)
Danielle 11000 +2000 (Karim -600 Emily 6800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -182

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: LET’S GET NAUTICAL $400 YOU SAID IT $400
Total Left On Board: $800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 69 (0.40 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Danielle $13,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer (16/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Emily $8,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Karim $4,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 5 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer (10/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $26,200
Lach Trash: $18,200 (on 14 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800

Danielle Maurer, career statistics:
30 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
25.00% in first on buzzer (28/112)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,800

Karim Oliver, career statistics:
8 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
18.18% in first on buzzer (10/55)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,400

Emily Levant, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
32.73% in first on buzzer (18/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400

Danielle Maurer, to win:
3 games: 42.162%
4: 17.776%
5: 7.495%
6: 3.160%
7: 1.332%
Avg. streak: 2.729 games.

Today’s interviews:
Emily was in the audience for a Blossom taping at the age of 6 or 7.
Karim wants to give a shoutout to his parents.
Danielle cosplays at DragonCon.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • I wish that Mayim Bialik had better specified why Emily was incorrect on the YOU SAID IT $1200 clue (Emily said “Roy Kroc” instead of “Ray Kroc”; she was fine in ruling Karim correct on just “Kroc”, for the record.)
  • Link to the box score: May 9, 2022 Box Score
  • Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
    (Danielle $14,600 Emily $8,400 Karim $1,400)

    Danielle: The suggested cover bet over Emily is $2,201.


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    Karim: Not really much you can do here today. However, if Emily does choose to bet to go to $14,601 and is wrong, she falls to $2,199. Keeping that in mind, you should probably bet at least $800 today to try to get second place.

    Emily: You need to get to at least $12,400; your minimum bet is $4,000. If you limit your bet to $5,599, you are guaranteed of second place. However, being that your only chance of victory is to be right where Danielle isn’t, you can go all-in in an attempt to maximize your winnings.

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