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Season 36

Today’s Final Jeopardy – November 20, 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)
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August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
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August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
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August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
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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 Movie & Book Titles) for Wednesday, November 20, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 53):

This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Dave Blum, a biomedical engineer from Boston, Massachusetts

Dave Blum on Jeopardy!

Elise Nussbaum, a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey

Elise Nussbaum on Jeopardy!

Sathvik Namburar, a medical student from Lebanon, New Hampshire (1-day total: $27,201)

Sathvik Namburar on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest is a 1962 book by Ken Kesey, set in an Oregon psychiatric hospital. It was made into a 1975 film directed by Miloš Forman and starring Jack Nicholson (as Randle McMurphy) and Louise Fletcher (as Nurse Ratched); the film won all five of the Big Five Oscars for 1975 (Picture), Director for Forman, Best Actor for Nicholson, Best Actress for Fletcher, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman.

The title comes from the nursery rhyme “Vintery, mintery, cutery, corn / Apple seed and apple thorn / Wire, briar, limber lock / Three geese in a flock / One flew East / One flew West / And one flew over the cuckoo’s nest”; in the novel, Chief Bromden reveals that his grandmother would sing that to him as a child.

One thing that will make this clue much more difficult for the contestants: It’s a lot for them to write down in 30 seconds. It’s possible that we’re going to have a “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart” situation here.

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

Scores going into Final:
Elise $26,600
Sathvik $16,300
Dave $2,400

Tonight’s results:
Dave $2,400 – $0 = $2,400 (What is Upstream?)
Sathvik $16,300 + $11,499 = $27,799
Elise $26,600 + $8,000 = $34,600 (1-day total: $34,600)/

Elise Nussbaum, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the November 20, 2019 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Elise $8,600
Sathvik $3,800
Dave $2,400

Opening break taken after: 14 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) RACKET SPORTS $800 (12th pick)
Dave 400 -1000 (Elise 3600 Sathvik 400)
2) I GOT RELIGION $1200 (23rd pick)
Sathvik 8600 +7700 (Elise 21800 Dave 6400)
3) ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $800 (29th pick) ($400 remaining on the board)
Dave 8400 -6000 (Elise 26600 Sathvik 16300)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -82

Unplayed clues:
J! round: THERE’S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT $600
DJ! round: ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES $400
Total $ Left On Board: $1,000
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 90 (1.70 per episode average), 1 Daily Double

Game Stats:
Elise $26,600 Coryat, 27 correct, 0 incorrect, 45.45% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sathvik $9,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunities)
Dave $9,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.09% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,800
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,600

Sathvik Namburar, final stats:
32 correct, 7 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.57% in first on buzzer (32/112)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,700)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,500

Elise Nussbaum, stats to date:
28 correct, 0 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
45.45% in first on buzzer (25/55)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,600

Elise Nussbaum, to win:
2 games: 78.355%
3: 61.395%
4: 48.107%
5: 37.694%
6: 29.535%
Avg. streak: 4.620 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • This is the first game since October 18 with an unplayed clue (ending a streak of 22 consecutive games.)

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