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Season 39
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, November 28, 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
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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Children’s Authors) for Monday, November 28, 2022 (Season 39, Game 56):
Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia Maclachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Xanni Brown, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
Michael Harten, a dean of academics from Putnam, Connecticut
Cris Pannullo, a customer success operations manager from Ocean City, New Jersey (15-day total: $526,544)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to a new week, as things return slightly more closer to normal—Thanksgiving is done and we’ve now got less than four weeks until Christmas. Cris Pannullo returns as a 15-day champion and today faces Michael Harten and Xanni Brown. You may have noticed that I haven’t updated any of the stats pages from Friday’s game; this was a deliberate choice in order to allow for those who didn’t watch Friday’s show on Friday to catch up without being spoiled on a public-facing page.
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Correct response: Who is Sarah? (from Sarah, Plain and Tall)
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Sarah is the title character of the 1986 Newberry Medal award-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall. In it, Sarah Wheaton was a mail-order bride from Maine who travels out to the Midwest after Jacob Witting, a farmer and widower, places an ad for a mail-order bride to help handle taking care of his two children, whose mother passed away during childbirth; while Sarah misses the sea, she stays and marries Jacob. An early-’90s TV movie adaptation starred Glenn Close and Christopher Walken.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Novel Notes; Slang; Lawmen & Women; Foot, The Bill; Play Your Cards Right; Of Movies)
The Daily Double hunting began in earnest, and it was Xanni who found it on clue #15—her doubling up gave her the lead at the opening break! Coming out of the break, Xanni played with confidence as she extended her lead and ended the round with more correct responses than Cris!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Xanni 4 correct 0 incorrect
Cris 7 correct 1 incorrect
Michael 2 correct 0 incorrect
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Xanni 12 correct 0 incorrect
Cris 11 correct 1 incorrect
Michael 4 correct 1 incorrect
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: British History; Animal Names; Abbrev. Tv; 6-Letter Words; That’S Major; Around The Globe)
Proving just how important the Daily Doubles are in today’s game, Cris found both of them in a four-clue span and picked up a combined $16,800 on them! He ended up needing nearly all of that money, as Xanni’s late-game rally to break the runaway fell just short. Going into Final, Cris had $39,800 to Xanni’s $19,400 and Michael’s $5,600.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Cris 27 correct 1 incorrect
Xanni 20 correct 0 incorrect
Michael 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 12 (0 today).
Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper — Cris didn’t bet a cent and is a 16-day champion!
Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, November 28, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Cris $39,800
Xanni $19,400
Michael $5,600
Tonight’s results:
Michael $5,600 – $2,000 = $3,600 (Who is Anne of Green Gables?)
Xanni $19,400 – $1,114 = $18,286 (Who is Anne of Green Gables)
Cris $39,800 – $0 = $39,800 (Who is Ann of Green Gables) (16-day total: $566,344)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Xanni $8,600
Cris $5,400
Michael $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SLANG $1000 (clue #15)
Xanni 2200 +2200 (Cris 4200 Michael 1600)
2) BRITISH HISTORY $1200 (clue #6)
Cris 9000 +9000 (Michael 3600 Xanni 10200)
3) THAT’S MAJOR $1600 (clue #9, $23200 left on board)
Cris 20800 +7800 (Michael 3600 Xanni 10200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 238
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Cris 5 4 4 5 4 3 4 3 5 3
Michael 3 3
Xanni 4 4 5*
DJ! Round:
Cris 4 3* 4 3 4*
Michael 3 2 4
Xanni 5
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Cris 3.87
Xanni 4.50
Michael 3.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 12 (0.21 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Cris $25,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Xanni $18,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Michael $5,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $49,600
Lach Trash: $3,200 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,200
Cris Pannullo, career statistics:
486 correct, 35 incorrect
26/27 on rebound attempts (on 62 rebound opportunities)
48.57% in first on buzzer (441/908)
34/37 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $130,500)
10/16 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,975
Michael Harten, career statistics:
9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600
Xanni Brown, career statistics:
20 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200
Cris Pannullo, to win:
17 games: 92.680%
18: 85.896%
19: 79.608%
20: 73.780%
21: 68.380%
Avg. streak: 28.661 games.
Today’s interviews:
Xanni is also a mountain climber hoping to climb the “fourteeners” in Colorado.
Michael had a nickname of “The Teacher That Eats from the Floor”.
Cris is hoping to own a house.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Xanni is the first player to hold a lead against Cris after the Jeopardy! round.
- Xanni’s score of $19,400 going into Final is the highest second place score of a player in a runaway game in regular play.
- $566,344 places Cris 5th all time in regular-play winnings, only behind the four millionaires—Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider.
- Even though Cris barely had a runaway, one has to think that Xanni’s performance puts her high on the list of potential Second Chance returnees in the future.
Today’s box score: November 28, 2022 Box Score
He also moves into 10th place in winnings—not 9th—if tournaments are included. (Remember, Mattea Roach received $10,000 for making the Tournament of Champions semifinals. I still don’t understand why the show doesn’t include this on the Leaderboard of Legends. They are putting out incomplete information and it needs to be fixed.)
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Cris $39,800 Xanni $19,400 Michael $5,600)
Cris: Bet between $0 and $999 and enjoy win #16! (Actual bet: $0)
Michael: Bet whatever you’d like. (Actual bet: $2,000)
Xanni: Bet between $0 and $8,199 to guarantee second place. (Actual bet: $1,114)
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