Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, May 28, 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 Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
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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 European Scientists) for Tuesday, May 28, 2024 (Season 40, Game 187):

On the 2022 bicentennial of his birth, the body of this man was exhumed & DNA used to determine his genetic afflictions

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Steve Miller, a retired medical transcriptionist from Eugene, Oregon

Abby Mann, a digital scholarship librarian from Normal, Illinois

Amar Kakirde, a graduate student from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey (4-day total: $55,899)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Amar Kakirde is a 4-time Jeopardy! champion; today, he looks to become the 277^th 5-time champion since the show returned to the airwaves in 1984. The prediction model gives Amar a 42% chance to make it to five; Illinois’s Abby Mann and Oregon’s Steve Miller are hoping to stop Amar at 4 victories.

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Correct response: Who is Gregor Mendel?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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As NPR wrote in 2022, to celebrate the 1822 birth of Gregor Mendel, “When the man known as the ‘father of genetics’ turns 200, how do you celebrate? By digging up his body and sequencing his DNA, of course”. Local researchers in Brno, Czechia received permission from Mendel’s religious order, the Augustinians, to exhume Mendel’s body. During their analysis, they realized that Mendel had genetic variants linked to many various health conditions, including heart problems, kidney disease, diabetes, and one that had been associated with epilepsy. As to whether researchers thought Mendel would be okay with this—it was noted that Mendel had requested an extensive autopsy be done on him after his death.

To me playing this clue at home, my general thought process was “I hadn’t heard about this story. However, I think that 1822 is a possible birth year for Mendel, and it certainly fits the genetic half of the clue.” I’d expect to see such a “puzzle-it-out” mentality from both players and viewers today.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 28, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: European History; Defining Law; Doing A Number On You; Sounds Like A Boy Band; Do Bug Us; Think “Small”)

While the opening 15 clues saw a handful of incorrect responses, both Abby & Amar got off to a good start. At the first break, Abby had $3,800 to Amar’s $2,600 and Steve’s -$200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Abby 6 correct 1 incorrect
Amar 5 correct 2 incorrect
Steve 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Steve learned cooking because he wanted to cook better than his parents.
Abby has an adult tricycle because she can’t ride a bicycle.
Amar would like to be a backcountry farmer.

Abby struggled on the buzzer in this segment, while Amar picked up seven correct, including the Daily Double, to jump into a big lead at the second commercial break.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Amar 12 correct 2 incorrect
Abby 7 correct 2 incorrect
Steve 7 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Amar $8,600
Abby $3,000
Steve $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Canadian Cities; Nonfiction Books By Subtitle; Weapon Names; What Do You Measure?; Movies With Little Dialogue; Spill The “T”)

Double Jeopardy did not go Amar’s way; in addition to him going 0 for the Canadian Cities category, he also gave two incorrect responses in that category. Meanwhile, Steve picked up $6,000 combined on the Daily Double and went into Final Jeopardy with a $1,200 lead—the exact amount of Amar’s two incorrect responses in the Canada category.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Steve 18 correct 3 incorrect
Amar 18 correct 4 incorrect
Abby 12 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 18 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Steve $15,400
Amar $14,200
Abby $8,200

Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Amar went for a big wager in Final, and Abby is your new Jeopardy! Champion! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Abby $8,200 – $3,000 = $5,200 (Who is Charles D) (1-day total: $5,200)
Amar $14,200 – $14,199 = $1 (Who is Tesla?)
Steve $15,400 – $13,001 = $2,399 (Who is Hersch)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) DOING A NUMBER ON YOU $800 (clue #17)
Amar 3600 +3000 (Abby 3800 Steve -200)
2) WEAPON NAMES $1200 (clue #1)
Steve 1400 +2000 (Amar 8600 Abby 3000)
3) NONFICTION BOOKS BY SUBTITLE $1200 (clue #11, $22800 left on board)
Steve 8200 +4000 (Amar 9400 Abby 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 232

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Amar 3 4 4 5 2 3 5 4*
Abby 2 3 1 3 4 5
Steve 5 2 4

DJ! Round:
Amar 5† 3
Abby
Steve 3* 4† 2† 1† 4 5 2 1 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Abby 3.00
Steve 3.00
Amar 3.80

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 18 (0.10 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Abby $8,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Steve $11,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Amar $12,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,000
Lach Trash: $14,600 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Amar Kakirde, career statistics:

92 correct, 20 incorrect
8/10 on rebound attempts (on 29 rebound opportunities)
31.23% in first on buzzer (89/285)
4/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,500)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600

Abby Mann, career statistics:

12 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,200

Steve Miller, career statistics:

18 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,800

Abby Mann, to win:

2 games: 28.456%
3: 8.097%
4: 2.304%
5: 0.656%
6: 0.187%
Avg. streak: 1.398 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Steve $15,400 Amar $14,200 Abby $8,200)

Amar: Standard cover bet over Abby is $2,201. (Actual bet: $14,199)

Abby: I would bet between $3,800 and $5,800 here; this would both stay ahead of Steve if he is incorrect and bets to cover, and defend against any small cover bet Amar might make. (Actual bet: $3,000)

Steve: Standard cover bet over Steve is $13,001. (Actual bet: $13,001)

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