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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 12, 2017

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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)
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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 History) for Thursday, October 12, 2017 (Season 34, Episode 24):

A 1947 FBI study chided this holiday film’s “attempt to discredit bankers…a common trick used by communists”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

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Today’s contestants:

Sean Chong, a medical student from Silver Spring, Maryland

Sean Chong on Jeopardy!

Scarlett Sims, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Scarlett Sims on Jeopardy!

Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (12-day total: $411,000)

Austin Rogers on Jeopardy!

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The FBI memo, dated May 26, 1947, read:

With regards to the picture,It’s a Wonderful Life, stated in substance that the film represented rather obvious attempts to discredit bankers by casting Lionel Barrymore as a ‘scrooge-type’ so that he would be the most hated man in the picture. This, according to these sources, is a common trick used by Communists. In addition, this picture deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show wealthy people as mean and despicable characters.

In the short term, this hurt the credibility of the film. But in the 1970s and 1980s, it became known as a feel-good Christmas story, and a holiday staple.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here are your results!

Scores going into Final:
Scarlett $21,200
Austin $16,600
Sean $2,800

Final results:
Sean $2,800 – $1,800 – $1,000 (What is Miracle on 51st St?)
Austin $16,600 + $16,550 = $33,150
Scarlett $21,200 + $12,001 = $33,201 (1-day total: $33,201)

Scarlett Sims, winner of the October 12, 2017 episode of Jeopardy!

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Scarlett $8,000
Austin $2,400
Sean $2,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) THE INUIT $1000 (15th pick)
Austin 1400 -1400 (Scarlett 3000 Sean 2000)
2) THAT CRAZY 14th CENTURY $1600 (10th pick)
Austin 3600 +3000 (Scarlett 15200 Sean 2400)
3) GEOGRA”P” $1600 (15th pick)
Austin 8200 +7200 (Scarlett 17200 Sean 1600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 71

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

Game Stats:
Scarlett $21,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 1 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer
Austin $11,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Sean $2,800 Coryat, 5 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $35,000
Lach Trash: $11,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600

Austin Rogers, final stats:
334 correct
43 incorrect
22/27 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $109,500)
12/13 in Final Jeopardy
42.66% in first on buzzer (311/729)
Average Coryat: $18,185
Also check out further detailed game-by-game statistics!

Scarlett Sims, stats to date:
26 correct
1 incorrect
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
Average Coryat: $21,200

Scarlett Sims, to win:
2 games: 68.18%
3: 46.49%
4: 31.70%
5: 21.61%
6: 14.73%
Avg. streak: 3.143 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)


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