Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, June 6, 2024

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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.
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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 U.S. History) for Thursday, June 6, 2024 (Season 40, Game 194):

Challenged in a courtroom that same year, 1925’s Butler Act in Tenn. outlawed this activity & wasn’t repealed until 1967

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Shira Gluck, a rabbi from Jersey City, New Jersey

Benjamin Nelson, a theater producer originally from Sturgis, South Dakota

Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (6-day total: $136,100)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Adriana Harmeyer is the show’s first 6-time champion since Suresh Krishnan last June; today, she attempts to become the first player to win 7 since Ben Chan. Her challengers are Benjamin Nelson and Shira Gluck.

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Correct response: What is teaching evolution?

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The Butler Act is best known today as being the law challenged by John T. Scopes and the American Civil Liberties Union that prohibited teaching evolution in the state of Tennessee; the trial, known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was designed to attract intense national publicity onto Dayton, Tennessee, and the act itself. high-profile lawyers William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow were the prosecuting and defense attorneys. While Scopes was found guilty, the verdict was overturned on a technicality.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, June 6, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic Telegrams; I Got A Beef With You; Playing With Movie Dolls; Travel & Tourism; One Letter Says It All; Animal Planet)

Five incorrect responses, including on the Daily Double by Shira, meant that nobody really gained a foothold early. Through 15 clues, Shira and Benjamin both had $1,200, while Adriana had $1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Shira 3 correct 2 incorrect
Benjamin 4 correct 1 incorrect
Adriana 4 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Shira worked on one of Michelle Obama’s books.
Benjamin recently made his Broadway debut as a producer.
Adriana tried out for the Teen Tournament many years ago.

Adriana definitely had the run of the buzzer in the second half of the round, picking up 8 correct responses to jump into a lead through 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Adriana 12 correct 2 incorrect
Shira 6 correct 2 incorrect
Benjamin 7 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Adriana $4,800
Shira $3,000
Benjamin $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 4-Letter World Cities; Hard Stuff; Women In The Bible; Music Of The ’60s; Literary Terms; Double “R” Words)

Double Jeopardy opened with Benjamin doubling up through DD2, and then a very long while before DD3 came out. Shira made a conservative bet that looked like it aimed to keep her in contention regardless going into Final, but an incorrect response and some correct responses on the last four clues from Adriana were enough to give Adriana another runaway going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Adriana 26 correct 3 incorrect
Shira 13 correct 3 incorrect
Benjamin 11 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Adriana $18,800
Shira $8,900
Benjamin $8,000

Adriana was the only player correct in Final, putting a punctuation mark on win #7; she’ll go for #8 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Benjamin $8,000 – $901 = $7,099 (What is …?)
Shira $8,900 – $2,900 = $6,000 (What is drinking alcohol?)
Adriana $18,800 + $800 = $19,600 (What is teaching evolution?) (7-day total: $155,700)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) HISTORIC TELEGRAMS $800 (clue #6)
Shira 800 -600 (Adriana -400 Benjamin 400)
2) 4-LETTER WORLD CITIES $1600 (clue #1)
Benjamin 2400 +2400 (Adriana 4800 Shira 3000)
3) LITERARY TERMS $2000 (clue #26, $4800 left on board)
Shira 11400 -2500 (Adriana 16800 Benjamin 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 18

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Adriana 1 2
Benjamin 4
Shira 3 3 4*

DJ! Round:
Adriana 4 2 5 3 3 1 2 3† 2 1 1 2 3 4 5
Benjamin 4* 5† 2† 1†
Shira 3 5 4 1 4 3 5*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Adriana 2.59
Benjamin 3.20
Shira 3.50

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.09 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Adriana $18,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 3 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Benjamin $7,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Shira $12,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,000
Lach Trash: $8,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 12
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:

168 correct, 16 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 31 rebound opportunities)
38.85% in first on buzzer (155/399)
5/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,000)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,400

Benjamin Nelson, career statistics:

11 correct, 2 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,200

Shira Gluck, career statistics:

13 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,100)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000

Adriana Harmeyer, to win:

8 games: 57.055%
9: 32.553%
10: 18.573%
11: 10.597%
12: 6.046%
Avg. streak: 8.329 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Theres’s a big difference between “playing to win” and “playing not to lose”; because second/third place is a more difficult betting scenario, it’s so much more important to be playing from the lead. Give your opponents the tougher betting scenario!
• To give a concrete example from today’s game: I would have gone nearly all in from Shira’s position on DD3, for two reasons: one, if I’m correct, I’m now leading going into Final Jeopardy; two, if I’m not, I’ve become memorable in the eyes of the fans and the producers—and it means that I’m probably returning for Second Chance next winter.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Adriana $18,800 Shira $8,900 Benjamin $8,000)

Adriana: Bet no more tha $999. (Actual bet: $800)

Benjamin: I would bet somewhere close to $6,200 here; it should still win if Shira makes a cover bet and is incorrect, and defends against a lot of random numbers she might choose to bet as well. (Actual bet: $901)

Shira: Standard cover bet over Benjamin is $7,101. However, because Adriana’s runaway margin is so small, you might as well go all in here—just in case she makes a math error. (Actual bet: $2,900)

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