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Season 34

Today’s Final Jeopardy – September 29, 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 19th Century People) for Friday, September 29, 2017:

On June 28, 1838 an archbishop jammed a ring made for her little finger onto her 4th; she had to soak it in ice water to get it off

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Jim Bickford, an attorney from Aurora, Colorado

Jim Bickford on Jeopardy!

Colin O’Bannon, a pool room owner from Columbus, Ohio

Colin O'Bannon on Jeopardy!

Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (3-day total: $96,100)

Austin Rogers on Jeopardy!

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The 1838 coronation of Queen Victoria is generally considered to be the last of the “botched coronations”. (I’m sure our champion Austin would use more colorful language to describe it.) There was very little rehearsal, and it showed in that the Archbishop of Canterbury put Victoria’s sovereign ring on the wrong finger, and it only came off with great pain.

For coronations that followed after Victoria’s 1901 death, British historians devised a coronation program that was much better rehearsed in order to prevent these mishaps from occurring again.

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Scores going into Final:
Austin $25,000
Colin $11,400
Jim $6,000

Final results:
Jim $6,000 + $5,483 = $11,483
Colin $11,400 – $1,400 = $10,000 (Who is Bernadette?)
Austin $25,000 + $2,000 = $27,000 (4-day total: $123,100)

Austin Rogers, winner of the September 29, 2017 episode of Jeopardy!

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Austin $10,800
Jim $3,200
Colin $600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) WORLD LEADERS $800 (23rd pick)
Austin 6200 +4200 (Jim 3000 Colin 600)
2) THE RENAISSANCE $800 (2nd pick)
Colin 1000 +2000 (Austin 10800 Jim 3200)
3) THAT’S MY JOB! $2000 (14th pick)
Austin 14400 +7400 (Colin 5800 Jim 3600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 219

Unplayed clues:
J! round: “MENTAL” ADJECTIVES $200 & $400
DJ! Round: NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WINNING WORDS $400; THE “KID” STAYS IN THE PICTURE $400
Total $ Left On Board: $1,400

Game Stats:
Austin $16,200 Coryat, 25 correct, 4 incorrect, 47.17% in first on buzzer
Jim $6,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.64% in first on buzzer
Colin $10,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.64% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: 32,400
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,600

Austin Rogers, stats to date:
106 correct
16 incorrect
7/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $37,100)
4/4 in Final Jeopardy
46.15% in first on buzzer (102/221)
Average Coryat: $16,350

Austin Rogers, to win:
5 games: 78.52%
6: 61.65%
7: 48.41%
8: 38.01%
9: 29.85%
Avg. streak: 7.655 games.
(Note: This model has been adjusted to take pre-Final Jeopardy! score into account instead of Coryat Score.)


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