Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, September 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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
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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 Characters In Book Series) for Tuesday, September 17, 2024 (Season 41, Game 7):

This 12-year-old began his first book saying, “Look, I didn’t want to be a half-blood”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas

Alisa Kindsfater, an English teacher from Enola, Arkansas

Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada (1-day total: $27,599)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Aiden Orzech of Thornhill, Ontario is your new Jeopardy champion as the carousel of champions to start Season 41 continues. Today, he defends his title in an all-educator matchup, with your challengers being lecturer of history Will Yancey and English teacher Alish Kindsfater.

I’ll have more to say about this on the weekend in my editorial, but it was revealed yesterday on Inside Jeopardy that Jeopardy is planning on selling next-day streaming rights for the start of Season 42 in September 2025. This is definitely good news and another good thing that Michael Davies has helped to spearhead that I believe will keep Jeopardy viable into the 2030s.

Correct response: Who is Percy Jackson?

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.)

Percy Jackson is the main character of Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians series of books. Riordan originally conceived as a series of bedtime stories about ancient Greek heroes for his son Haley, with Percy Jackson being the modern-day son of the ancient Greek god Poseidon. As Haley also had been diagnosed with ADHD and dyslexia, Percy was also written to be neurodivergent. In the context of this series, “half-blood” means that Percy has only half mortal blood (also known in Greek mythology as a demigod).

I was very happy when I realized that this clue today referred to the Percy Jackson books and not the Harry Potter books today. Kudos to the writing staff for this clue; 10 out of 10, no notes.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

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

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historical Decisions; Philadelphia; Out There In Radio Land; Hodgepodge; About The Author; “Ize” & “Eers”)

Will had the best time early on, picking up 9 correct, a True Daily Double, and held a $7,400-$0-$0 lead after 15 clues.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Will 9 correct 2 incorrect
Alisa 2 correct 1 incorrect
Aiden 2 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Will gets his lifelong love of the show from his grandmother.
Alisa got to play cowbell, washboard, and spoons in a play role.
Aiden saw Alec Baldwin at 30 Rock but was unable to say hi.

Will got his correct response count up to 16 as his score went into five figures by the end of the round.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Will 16 correct 2 incorrect
Aiden 8 correct 2 incorrect
Alisa 3 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Will $12,000
Aiden $2,600
Alisa $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: First Ladies’ First Names; Placing Some Geography; Short-Titled Films; Conversational Vocabulary; Mythological Bromance; Super Hot Fire)

In a definite game of two halves, Will was limited to just five correct responses in the second half; he also missed a Daily Double. Meanwhile, Alisa also missed a Daily Double, but Will still led going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Will 21 correct 4 incorrect
Aiden 18 correct 3 incorrect
Alisa 11 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Will $13,200
Aiden $11,000
Alisa $5,400

Alisa and Aiden were both correct in Final; unfortunately Will wasn’t correct—this makes Aiden a 2-day champion!

Tonight’s results:

Alisa $5,400 + $5,400 = $10,800 (Who is Percy Jackson?)
Aiden $11,000 + $11,000 = $22,000 (Who is Percy Percy Jackson) (2-day total: $49,599)
Will $13,200 – $8,801 = $4,399 (Who is Harry Potter?)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) OUT THERE IN RADIO LAND $800 (clue #13)
Will 3200 +3200 (Aiden -400 Alisa 0)
2) PLACING SOME GEOGRAPHY $1600 (clue #16)
Will 13600 -3600 (Aiden 7800 Alisa 2800)
3) MYTHOLOGICAL BROMANCE $1600 (clue #23, $5200 left on board)
Alisa 5200 -3000 (Aiden 9400 Will 12800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 16

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Aiden 1 4
Alisa 2 3
Will 3 4 5 2 1 3 4 3 4*

DJ! Round:
Aiden 1 2 3 4 5 3 2 3 4 5
Alisa 3 4 5 4 5 3 2 4*
Will 3 4* 5† 2† 1†

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Aiden 3.08
Alisa 3.50
Will 3.14

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:

Aiden $11,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Alisa $8,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Will $14,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $33,800
Lach Trash: $10,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,600
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Aiden Orzech, career statistics:

38 correct, 5 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
32.46% in first on buzzer (37/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,300

Alisa Kindsfater, career statistics:

12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,400

Will Yancey, career statistics:

21 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400

Aiden Orzech, to win:

3 games: 44.036%
4: 19.392%
5: 8.539%
6: 3.760%
7: 1.656%
Avg. streak: 2.787 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• In the second game of a doubleheader on June 30, 1929, Chuck Klein hit an inside-the-park home run against the New York Giants; thus, a response of “out-of-the-park home runs” is technically incorrect in the context of Chuck Klein’s 1929 home run total of 43 (as only 42 of them were out of the park). That being said, with how Final Jeopardy turned out, this ruling completely did not affect the overall outcome of the game.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Will $13,200 Aiden $11,000 Alisa $5,400)

Aiden: Keep Alisa locked out and hope for a Triple Stumper; bet no more than $199. (Actual bet: $11,000)

Alisa: Bet no more than $1,000 and hope for an overbet from Aiden. (Actual bet: $5,400)

Will: Standard cover bet over Aiden is $8,801. (Actual bet: $8,801)

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