Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, August 13, 2024

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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

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3 games: 68.027%
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6: 21.415%
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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 The United Nations) for Tuesday, August 13, 2024 (Season 40, Game 134):

Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida

Yogesh Raut, a social and personality psychologist from Vancouver, Washington

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Tonight’s encore presentation is Game 3 of the 31^st Tournament of Champions final; entering this one, Troy Meyer was coming off a stunning True Daily Double bet of over $20,000, while Ben Chan had taken Game 1. Only Yogesh Raut had yet to win.

Interestingly, when these games originally aired in March, I had started to suspect that Yogesh had made a comeback in this event when he made a point of mentioning that I had pegged his tournament win chances at 11.080%. In all honesty, it’s not easy to make a comeback when you have to win 3 times and your opponents only have to win two!

This was also the game in which the only non-Daily Double clue not responded to correctly was a clue about a Taylor Swift song. It went about as viral back in March as I thought it would.

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Correct response: What is Peru?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Nine countries have produced a U.N. Secretary-General: Norway (Trygve Lie), Sweden (Dag Hammarskjöld), Myanmar (U Thant), Austria (Kurt Waldheim), Peru (Javier Pérez de Cuéllar), Egypt (Boutros Boutros-Ghali), Ghana (Kofi Annan), South Korea (Ban Ki-Moon), and Portugal (António Guterres). Of those nine, eight are in the Northern Hemisphere; the ninth, Peru, is in the Southern Hemisphere.

Back in March, I said that “the list of U.N. Secretaries-General is short enough that any serious quizzer from high school onwards should have the list memorized, so this should be relatively straightforward for a Tournament of Champions finals situation.” I was definitely correct; this did play straightforwardly for our three players in this one.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, August 13, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Look At The Map; Health & Medicine; Khan You Dig It?; Festivals; Songs Of Youth; Crossword Clues “R”)

Troy found the Daily Double right before the interviews; an incorrect response on it left him starting again from $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Ben 5 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 5 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 4 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Ben is a huge fan of Elvis’s favorite roller coaster—that was relocated to Green Bay.
Troy was inspired by a teacher named Mrs. Scuderi.
Yogesh thinks “Pretty Little Liars” is an excellent show.

After the break, all three players played well in a round that had just one Triple Stumper. Of course, that Triple Stumper was the clue about Taylor Swift’s “Fifteen”. Troy’s right: it’s not going to go over well—even though it was literally the only clue on the board that got by all three players.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Ben 8 correct 0 incorrect
Yogesh 9 correct 1 incorrect
Troy 11 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben $5,800
Yogesh $4,600
Troy $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Ancient History; Books By Reporters; Memorials & Monuments; It’s A Fact!; The Name On The Oscar; Ends In “IX”)

In a round that saw all 30 clues responded to correctly, both Troy and Yogesh successfully converted True Daily Doubles; Yogesh’s came two-thirds of the way through the round and propelled him into the lead going into Final Jeopardy!

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Yogesh 22 correct 2 incorrect
Ben 16 correct 0 incorrect
Troy 20 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Yogesh $29,600
Ben $17,800
Troy $15,200

Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct—which means this series is now all square at one game apiece!

Tonight’s results:

Troy $15,200 + $15,200 = $30,400 (What is Peru)
Ben $17,800 + $12,601 = $30,401 (What is Peru?)
Yogesh $29,600 + $6,001 = $35,601 (What Where Peru) (Semi-Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) KHAN YOU DIG IT? $1000 (clue #15)
Troy 2600 -2600 (Yogesh 3200 Ben 4600)
2) MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $1600 (clue #9)
Troy 5600 +5600 (Yogesh 5000 Ben 13000)
3) ENDS IN “IX” $1200 (clue #20, $7200 left on board)
Yogesh 12200 +12200 (Troy 13200 Ben 17800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Yogesh 4 4 5 4 3 3
Troy 2 3 5 5*
Ben 4 5 3 4 3

DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 4 3 2 4 3*
Troy 4 2 4* 3 5 5
Ben 3 5 4 3 4 2 2 5

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Yogesh 3.67
Ben 3.62
Troy 3.80

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Yogesh $18,600 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Ben $17,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Troy $13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $50,200
Lach Trash: $400 (on 1 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Yogesh Raut, career statistics:

220 correct, 16 incorrect
13/15 on rebound attempts (on 32 rebound opportunities)
39.77% in first on buzzer (204/513)
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $43,400)
7/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,089

Troy Meyer, career statistics:

316 correct, 26 incorrect
22/25 on rebound attempts (on 41 rebound opportunities)
41.81% in first on buzzer (286/684)
17/19 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $84,400)
8/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,700

Ben Chan, career statistics:

385 correct, 34 incorrect
17/22 on rebound attempts (on 56 rebound opportunities)
41.50% in first on buzzer (354/853)
21/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $41,405)
11/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,400

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The tournament win chances at this point were Troy at 42.1%, Yogesh at 30.7%, and Ben at 27.2%.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Yogesh $29,600 Ben $17,800 Troy $15,200)

Yogesh: Standard cover bet over Ben is $6,001. (Actual bet: $6,001)

Troy: Bet at least $8,400 here. (Actual bet: $15,200)

Ben: Standard cover bet over Troy is $12,601. (Actual bet: $12,601)

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