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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – October 31, 2018

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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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Happy Halloween! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 1960s Films) for Wednesday, October 31, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 38):

Chocolate syrup, casaba melon & Playboy model Marli Renfro were enlisted to create an iconic scene in this film

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Swapna Sathe, an engineering manager from Loveland, Ohio

Swapna Sathe on Jeopardy!

Adam Soffrin, a behavior analyst from San Francisco, California

Adam Soffrin on Jeopardy!

Emily Frey, a professor from Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (1-day total: $17,701)

Emily Frey on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: What is Psycho?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

The items in the clue were all used for the iconic shower scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 masterpiece, Psycho; chocolate syrup was used to emulate the blood in the black-and-white film, the casaba melon was found to be perfect for the sound effects used for the stabbing, and Playboy model Marli Renfro was Janet Leigh’s body double. Still considered to be one of the most iconic scenes in the history of cinema, it also literally changed how people watched movies. Because the female lead (Leigh) was killed early on in the film, Hitchcock required that exhibitors not allow anyone to enter the theatre after the movie had begun (lest they start asking where Janet Leigh was); this then trained audiences to arrive for the beginning of other films.

The British Film Institute has some other fun facts about that iconic scene.

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

Scores going into Final:
Emily $18,600
Swapna $15,600
Adam $7,600

Tonight’s results:
Adam $7,600 – $7,598 = $2 (What is Goldfinger)
Swapna $15,600 + $5,000 = $20,600
Emily $18,600 + $12,601 = $31,201 (2-day total: $48,902)

Emily Frey, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the October 31, 2018 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Emily $3,800
Adam $3,600
Swapna $2,400

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) A SKELETON $600 (23rd pick)
Emily 5000 -1400 (Adam 3600 Swapna 1400)
2) PHILOSOPHY $1200 (8th pick)
Emily 5000 +2000 (Swapna 4000 Adam 3600)
3) WORLD CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $1200 (13th pick)
Emily 8200 +4000 (Swapna 6000 Adam 5200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 61

Unplayed clues:
J! round: REPORTS OF MY DEATH $1000…
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1,000

Game Stats:
Emily $16,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 3 incorrect, 46.43% in first on buzzer
Swapna $15,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Adam $7,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $39,600
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400

Emily Frey, stats to date:
39 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
32.14% in first on buzzer (36/112)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,100

Emily Frey, to win:
3 games: 46.95%
4: 22.04%
5: 10.35%
6: 4.86%
7: 2.28%
Avg. streak: 2.885 games.


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