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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, April 7, 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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

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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 Inventions) for Thursday, April 7, 2022 (Season 38, Game 149):

Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Reagan White, a college student from Manahawkin, New Jersey

Reagan White on Jeopardy!

Mike Janela, a sportscaster from Astoria, New York

Mike Janela on Jeopardy!

Mattea Roach, a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (2-day total: $70,801)

Mattea Roach on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Canadian Mattea Roach is now sitting on two victories after a very strong performance yesterday—with a buzzer performance even stronger than Day 1! Assuming she can keep her timing on the signalling device, Mattea looks poised for another very long run. (Michael Davies hinted recently that some great episodes were coming, and I can’t help but think that he’s referring to Mattea.) To that point, the regular-play winnings record for Canadians on Jeopardy! is held by Andrew Haringer ($96,599)—Mattea is threatening to break that mark already. Is the current all-time winnings record for Canadians, held by 1990 Tournament of Champions winner Bob Blake with a career total of $197,501, also under threat? Only time will tell.

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Correct response: What is Velcro®?

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Velcro® was invented in the 1940s by George de Mestral of Switzerland; in the well-known story, de Mestral was inspired by burrs that had made their way onto his dog while on a walk in the Alps. It took nearly 15 years for the patent, but it was immediately seen as a potential replacement for a zipper. While high fashion shunned it, the material’s potential was seen by the burgeoning space industry, as it was seen as the best way of preventing items from floating away in the zero-gravity space environment.

One further point: Velcro® is still a branded trademark to refer to a specific brand of hook-and-loop fastener—one effort that the company made to resist the genericization of its trademark was this amusing 2017 YouTube video.

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Game Recap:

Jeopardy! Round categories: World War II; Literature for Younger Readers; Computers & the Internet; Palindromic Words; Ballpark; Figure

Mattea had the best performance on the signalling device in the opening 15 clues, but it was sportscaster Mike, buoyed by going 4/5 in BALLPARK, who found the Daily Double shortly after the break. Unfortunately, he was knocked back to $0 after a True Daily Double ran into a clue that I bet will scratch the head of many at-home viewers as well. Mike ended Single Jeopardy! in the red while Mattea led with $6,600.

Double Jeopardy! Round categories: That Painting Has a Title; In the City; Quote-Pourri; The Awful Sound of Music; Documentaries; Who Wants Dessert?

Reagan had the strongest Double Jeopardy! round, but she stumbled on the first Daily Double in the round. This gave Mattea an opening, and she took advantage on the last one, giving her a bit of a lead going into Final. The scores going into Final were Mattea at $16,400, with Reagan at $11,600 and Mike $1,800.

In Final today, it was a Triple Stumper—and Reagan’s over-bet means that Mattea survives a scare to win her third game. She’ll be back for game #4 tomorrow!

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, April 7, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:

Scores going into Final:
Mattea $16,400
Reagan $11,600
Mike $1,800

Tonight’s results:
Mike $1,800 – $7 = $1,793 (What is I’m going to lose but the Mets will win it all this year!?)
Reagan $11,600 – $11,600 = $0 (What is pantyhose?)
Mattea $16,400 – $6,801 = $9,599 (What is rayon Nylon?) (3-day total: $80,400)

Mattea Roach, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the April 7, 2022 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Mattea $6,600
Reagan $2,400
Mike -$600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) COMPUTERS & THE INTERNET $600 (clue #18)
Mike 2200 -2200 (Mattea 2800 Reagan 0)
2) THAT PAINTING HAS A TITLE $1600 (clue #23)
Reagan 12000 -2000 (Mattea 12200 Mike 1800)
3) QUOTE-POURRI $1600 (clue #26, $3600 left on board)
Mattea 13400 +3000 (Mike 1800 Reagan 10000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -94

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 58 (0.39 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Mattea $15,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Mike $4,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Reagan $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $14,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800

Mattea Roach, career statistics:
81 correct, 5 incorrect
7/9 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (69/171)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,067

Mike Janela, career statistics:
9 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,000

Reagan White, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600

Mattea Roach, to win:
4 games: 69.186%
5: 47.867%
6: 33.118%
7: 22.913%
8: 15.853%
Avg. streak: 5.245 games.

Today’s interviews:
Reagan named her car Starla.
Mike presented Alex Trebek with his Guinness World Record.
Mattea is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia and has also lived in Calgary, Alberta and Moncton, New Brunswick.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Once again: I think that it’s incumbent on the writers to give Mayim an extra note of “accept either” on sports team names so that she doesn’t hesitate on judging those; this will make her look better.
  • Link to the box score: April 7, 2022 Box Score

Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
(Mattea $16,400 Mike $1,800 Reagan $11,600)

Mattea: Standard cover bet todady is $6,801. Because this game is between 2/3 and 3/4, if you’re really disliking the category, you could try a bet between $0 and $2,798, which would beat Reagan’s low bet range. (This is an incredibly rarely used strategy, though.)

Mike: Not much you can do to win today — bet whatever you like.

Reagan: Bet anywhere between $0 and $1,999 — you absolutely need to stay above $9,600.


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