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Season 38

Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, December 23, 2021

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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 Festivus! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Early United States) for Thursday, December 23, 2021 (Season 38, Game 74):

The final piece in this series points out “the analogy of the proposed government to your own state constitution”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Andrew Tyler, an orthopedic surgeon from Friendswood, Texas

Andrew Tyler on Jeopardy!

Kelly Hartman, a retired librarian from Powell, Ohio

Kelly Hartman on Jeopardy!

Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (16-day total: $631,400)

Amy Schneider on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: On this December 23, I have a lot fewer grievances with Jeopardy! than I thought I would have four months ago; the good ship Jeopardy! has been righted under Michael Davies and ultrachamps like Matt Amodio, Jonathan Fisher, and Amy Schneider have gone a long way to help the show turn the corner. Now, will Amy win today’s Feats of Academic Strength, or will Kelly or Andrew pull off a Festivus miracle?

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Correct response: What are the Federalist Papers?

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Written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym Publius, the Federalist Papers were written to convince Americans of the merits of the U.S. Constitution, especially in the state of New York. The quote from the clue comes from the 85th and final paper in the series. It is said that the 85th paper, the Concluding Remarks, were written by Hamilton. New York ratified the Constitution in July 1788, the 11th of the 13 colonies to ratify (only North Carolina and Rhode Island took longer.)

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

Scores going into Final:
Amy $38,000
Kelly $9,000
Andrew $3,600

Tonight’s results:
Andrew $3,600 + $3,600 = $7,200 (What are the Federalist Papers?)
Kelly $9,000 – $1,799 = $7,201 (What are the Madison Papers?)
Amy $38,000 + $18,000 = $56,000 (What are the Federalist Papers?) (17-day total: $687,400)

Amy Schneider, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 23, 2021 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $14,400
Kelly $4,600
Andrew $1,600

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS $600 (clue #24)
Amy 9000 +4000 (Kelly 3600 Andrew 1200)
2) BUILT IN THE 1800s $2000 (clue #10)
Amy 20000 +4000 (Kelly 8200 Andrew 0)
3) 5, 5 $1600 (clue #18, $13600 left on board)
Amy 29200 +4000 (Kelly 9000 Andrew 2000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 78

Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.15 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:
Amy $30,200 Coryat, 34 correct, 1 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Kelly $9,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $3,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,800
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600

Amy Schneider, career statistics:
536 correct, 30 incorrect
29/33 on rebound attempts (on 64 rebound opportunities)
50.36% in first on buzzer (486/965)
27/30 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $93,200)
15/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,729

Kelly Hartman, career statistics:
12 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000

Andrew Tyler, career statistics:
12 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,600

Amy Schneider, to win:
18 games: 92.740%
19: 86.008%
20: 79.764%
21: 73.973%
22: 68.603%
Avg. streak: 29.775 games.

Today’s interviews:
Andrew moved every two years while growing up.
Kelly had a bug phobia and was coerced into eating mealworms and crickets while at work.
Amy has a cat named “Meep”.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Amy moves to #6 on the all-time winnings list (including tournaments), passing Larissa Kelly to become the all-time winningest woman in Jeopardy! history. David Madden sits 5th at $773,733.
  • Taking doubled dollar values into account, $56,000 is tied for the 42nd-highest one-day score of all time.
  • $30,200 is tied for the 83rd-highest known single-game Coryat score of all time.
  • At 536, Amy passes Matt Jackson for #8 all time in terms of correct responses given on the show. David Madden sits 7th at 542.
  • Amy is starting to hunt for Daily Doubles—I approve!

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