Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, October 17, 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.
(Next game: September 14)
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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 Letters of the Artists) for Thursday, October 17, 2024 (Season 41, Game 29):

In 1896 he wrote, “My prices are 2000, 3000 & 4000 dollars for head & shoulders, 3/4 length & full-length respectively”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Aaron Brown, an entrepreneur & trivia host from London, Ontario, Canada

Angel Poe, an educational consultant from Navarre, Florida

Rishabh Wuppalapati, an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois (2-day total: $42,402)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Rishabh Wuppalapati is now a 2-day champion on Jeopardy! after his last-second change to his Final Jeopardy response gave him the victory. Today, he faces off against Florida’s Angel Poe and Ontario’s Aaron Brown—who, much like Nam Nguyen back in April, prepared for the show by facing off against much of the same Toronto-area trivia crew (because apparently it’s noteworthy when I use the term “luminaries” instead?). I’d say that might bode well for us having another Canadian champion—but as we all know, absolutely anything can happen on the Alex Trebek Stage.

I was also very disappointed in a great deal of the discourse surrounding last night’s outcome. I know that I feel as though nobody is actually going to listen to what I have to say in this paragraph, but I think it would certainly help if people exhibited some semblance of empathy towards others. How would you feel if you were one of Rishabh’s friends, after putting on the performance that he did yesterday, and the Internet was littered with comments saying that he shouldn’t have won? How would that make you feel? I doubt that you’d feel particularly happy. As I’ve always said, you don’t have to put every single thought from your head onto the Internet for the world to read. That should definitely happen when it comes to Jeopardy! discourse.

Correct response: Who is John Singer Sargent?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2024 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Expatriate American artist John Singer Sargent was the most important portraitist of the late Victorian–Edwardian era; invoices from the mid-1890s showed that important clients, such as the Harvard Club of New York, were willing to pay the $4,000 asking price for a full-length portrait (a sum worth over $150,000 today). One President’s official portrait was also painted by Sargent: Theodore Roosevelt in 1903.

To me, any viewer at home who can get this correct, or any contestant in-studio who does the same, can give themselves a pat on the back. While I was able to use “dollars” to pinpoint my response to an American, my own art knowledge was insufficient to be able to name an American portrait artist from that time period.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, October 17, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Picture The Hit Song; Planted By; Around The U.S.; The App & Website Us”er”; Recent Slang; That Blows!)

Angel got the Daily Double incorrect, while Aaron picked up 8 correct to jump out to a big lead. At the break, Aaron had $6,200 to Rishabh’s $0 and Angel’s -$2,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Aaron 8 correct 0 incorrect
Rishabh 2 correct 2 incorrect
Angel 1 correct 3 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Aaron has a bunch of “Canadian trivia minions”.
Angel is a very avid birdwatcher and does “The Big Day”.
Rishabh asked his boss an uncomfortable question and won $100.

Rishabh got on a bit of a roll after the break, but the fact that Aaron had picked off most of the high-value clues early meant that he still led after 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Aaron 11 correct 1 incorrect
Rishabh 10 correct 3 incorrect
Angel 3 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Aaron $6,800
Rishabh $1,800
Angel -$1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic Slogans & Mottoes; The Books Of Mormons; Women’s Organizations; Biopic Subjects; Horsing Around; “I_I_I”)

The turning point came exactly midway through Double Jeopardy, when Aaron attempted a True Daily Double on DD3. An incorrect response allowed Rishabh to cruise to a runaway, while Angel was unable to get out of the red and couldn’t play Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Rishabh 20 correct 3 incorrect
Aaron 18 correct 4 incorrect
Angel 7 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 2 (1 today).

Scores going into Final:

Rishabh $15,400
Aaron $1,600
Angel -$400

Neither Rishabh nor Aaron were correct in Final; Rishabh is now a 3-day champion, going for win #4 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Angel -$400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Aaron $1,600 – $912 = $688 (Who is Rodin? W. <3 L.)
Rishabh $15,400 – $5,000 = $10,400 (Who is Degas? Go Quakers!) (3-day total: $52,802)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) PLANTED BY $800 (clue #10)
Angel -1000 -1000 (Rishabh 600 Aaron 3600)
2) WOMEN’S ORGANIZATIONS $1200 (clue #13)
Aaron 10800 -2000 (Rishabh 10200 Angel -2800)
3) THE BOOKS OF MORMONS $1200 (clue #15, $12000 left on board)
Aaron 10400 -10400 (Rishabh 10200 Angel -2800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -219

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Rishabh 4 5 3 4
Angel 4*
Aaron 5 5 5 5 5

DJ! Round:
Rishabh 5 5 5 5 4 3 4
Angel 4
Aaron 5 4 3 3 3* 4 3*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Rishabh 4.27
Aaron 4.17
Angel 4.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: HISTORIC SLOGANS & MOTTOES $400
Total Left On Board: $400
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 2 (0.07 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Rishabh $15,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 37.50% in first on buzzer (21/56), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Aaron $14,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Angel $600 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,400
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Rishabh Wuppalapati, career statistics:

57 correct, 13 incorrect
1/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
35.88% in first on buzzer (61/170)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,867

Angel Poe, career statistics:

7 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
16.07% in first on buzzer (9/56)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $600

Aaron Brown, career statistics:

18 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
32.14% in first on buzzer (18/56)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$12,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000

Rishabh Wuppalapati, to win:

4 games: 44.568%
5: 19.863%
6: 8.853%
7: 3.945%
8: 1.758%
Avg. streak: 3.804 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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