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Season 40
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, October 10, 2023
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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 New Zealand) for Tuesday, October 10, 2023 (Season 40, Game 22):
Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Robert Kaine, an editor from Los Angeles, California
Joe Velasco, a director of customer care originally from La Mirada, California
Morgan Briles, a librarian from Norman, Oklahoma
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Welcome to Tuesday and quarterfinal #7 of this Champions Wildcard competition. Today’s players are Morgan Briles, Joe Velasco, and Robert Kaine. This game matches a 2-day champion in Morgan with a pair of 1-day champions in Joe and Robert. Morgan lost the same game that recent Second Chance advancee Jilana Cotter lost in, while Robert was -$7,000 on Daily Doubles in his initial games. This game could go in any number of different ways!
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Correct response: What is Canterbury?
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Canterbury is one of 16 regions in New Zealand, and one of seven located on the country’s South Island. At around 17,500 square miles, it’s also the country’s largest region in area, and with 655,000, it is the country’s second-most-populous (after Auckland). It gets its name from Canterbury, England, the famed city in Kent that serves as the location for Canterbury Cathedral, the cathedral of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the leader of the Church of England.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 10, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Not So Recent Science; Nascar Geography; Composers & Their Kin; Heraldry; Moist Things; Go ____)
Morgan—buoyed by the “Daily Double shimmy”—picked up 15 correct responses in the Jeopardy Round, including the Daily Double, to jump out to a big lead!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Morgan 7 correct 0 incorrect
Joe 4 correct 1 incorrect
Robert 3 correct 2 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Robert has a full-length LEGO tie and LEGO pocket square.
Joe had his original appearance air on the 17-year anniversary of a near-death figure skating accident.
Morgan really enjoyed meeting Katie Couric.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Morgan 15 correct 0 incorrect
Joe 7 correct 1 incorrect
Robert 4 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Morgan $11,300
Joe $3,400
Robert $200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Nice Side Whiskers!; Brando; I Wrote That Line; Gas; Food; Lodging)
Joe and Robert both had much better Double Jeopardy rounds. They each found a Daily Double, and while Joe made a more conservative bet than I would have liked to see, it was enough for Morgan to not have a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Morgan 22 correct 1 incorrect
Joe 14 correct 2 incorrect
Robert 14 correct 6 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Morgan $18,900
Joe $10,200
Robert $8,600
Joe was the only player to come up with Canterbury; that makes him a semi-finalist (the second semi-finalist named Joe in this bracket!)
Tonight’s results:
Robert $8,600 – $1,400 = $7,200 (What is Lego?)
Joe $10,200 + $10,000 = $20,200 (What is Canterbury?) (Semi-Finalist)
Morgan $18,900 – $6,000 = $12,900 (What is Westminster?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) HERALDRY $800 (clue #29)
Morgan 8800 +2500 (Joe 3400 Robert 200)
2) BRANDO $1600 (clue #5)
Robert 1800 +2000 (Morgan 12900 Joe 4200)
3) I WROTE THAT LINE $1600 (clue #21, $7600 left on board)
Joe 8200 +2000 (Morgan 17700 Robert 5000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 153
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Morgan 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 1 3 4 4 2 4 5 1 4*
Joe 2 2 1 5 5 3 3
Robert 1 3 2 4 5 5
DJ! Round:
Morgan 3 3 5 3
Joe 4 5 4 3 2 5 5 4*
Robert 1 2 4* 5† 1 2 4 1 5
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Joe 3.53
Morgan 2.90
Robert 3.00
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:
Joe $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Morgan $17,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Robert $8,200 Coryat, 14 correct, 6 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $35,200
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Morgan Briles, career statistics:
79 correct, 6 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
31.11% in first on buzzer (70/225)
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,500)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,100
Joe Velasco, career statistics:
50 correct, 8 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
29.34% in first on buzzer (49/167)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,500)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,067
Robert Kaine, career statistics:
60 correct, 14 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
33.93% in first on buzzer (57/168)
3/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- It was refreshing to see an auto racing category not have any Triple Stumpers; I was also a big Morgan fan after she went 4/5 in the category!
On the flip side, I was disappointed by Morgan’s bet in Final Jeopardy; it was a bet that Keith Williams would refer to as a “Lazarus” bet, as it brings Robert “back from the dead”, as it were.
Today’s box score: October 10, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Morgan $18,900 Joe $10,200 Robert $8,600)
Morgan: Standard cover bet over Joe is $1,501; whatever you do, don’t bet more than $1,699 to keep Robert locked out.(Actual bet: $6,000)
Joe: You can’t win unless you’re correct. You have to bet at least $7,200 here. (Actual bet: $10,000)
Robert: You basically need lots of unforced errors in front of you to have a chance of victory. Limit your bet to $5,599 for the best chance of second place. (Actual bet: $1,400)
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