Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, April 24, 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 Historic Transports) for Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (Season 40, Game 163):

Decorated with an illustration of the Montgolfiers’ craft, the smoking room aboard this could be accessed only via an airlock

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Paul Drake, a front desk lead originally from Grand Blanc, Michigan

Mark Lashley, a professor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1-day total: $17,601)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After Mark Lashley snatched victory at the last possible moment last night, barely avoiding a runaway and then getting Final Jeopardy, he now gets to defend his title. Today’s challengers are Paul Drake and Amy Hummel.

The prediction model isn’t 100% sold on Mark’s ability to go on a long run, but that might have been a function of how strong previous champion Nam Nguyen was on the buzzer. In the very near future, I’ll be publishing an outline of some of the changes made over the past year to the prediction model; I believe it has reached a point where it does an excellent job of modelling the variance inherent in a game of Jeopardy! in the 2020s.

I have an occasional mailbag column where I answer fan & viewer questions regarding the show. If you have a question, feel free to send it to mailbag@thejeopardyfan.com!

Correct response: What is the Hindenburg?

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.)

Apparently the need to have a “smoking room” outweighed “this is a ship carrying significant amounts of highly flammable hydrogen gas” when it came to the Hindenburg. The “smoking room” was deliberately kept at a higher pressure than the rest of the show, though, and protected by an airlock, for safety reasons; with hydrogen being a much lighter gas, it would not have been able to enter the room as designed.

That being said, while the cause of the 1937 disaster befalling the ship on mooring in New Jersey is still inconclusive, it is known that this room was not the culprit.

Irony aside, this feels like a “What else could it be?” sort of clue; I expect this will play well both in studio and at home.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, April 24, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: U.S. Military Actions; Celebrity Memoirs; Hiking Gear; Etymologies; The Rite Stuff; Movement)

Paul got off to the best start in this, thanks to seven correct, while Mark got the Daily Double incorrect. Paul had $4,000 after 15 clues, whereas Amy had $2,400 and Mark had $1,000.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Paul 7 correct 0 incorrect
Amy 4 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 3 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Amy has lived in 4 states in the last 10 years.
Paul learned to spell thanks to the Jeopardy! NES game.
Mark might buy Titan-class Transformers with some of his winnings.

Completing an opening round where the only missed clue was the Daily Double, both Mark and Amy had good segments. Amy led after 30, but all three players were between $4,600 and $6,000.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Amy 10 correct 0 incorrect
Paul 9 correct 0 incorrect
Mark 10 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Amy $6,000
Paul $5,800
Mark $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Near The Equator; Essays; Art & Artists; Engineering Marvels; Music From 10 Years Ago; Feel “Old” Yet?)

The struggles on the wagering clues continued in Double Jeopardy, with both Amy and Mark losing money to Daily Doubles. However, things were still very competitive going into Final Jeopardy, with Amy holding the lead going into clue #61.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Amy 20 correct 2 incorrect
Paul 16 correct 3 incorrect
Mark 14 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 4 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Amy $13,200
Paul $9,400
Mark $8,600

Final Jeopardy today was a triple-get, which makes Amy our new champion! She returns tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Mark $8,600 + $801 = $9,401 (What is the Hindenburg?)
Paul $9,400 + $7,801 = $17,201 (What is the Hindenburg?)
Amy $13,200 + $5,700 = $18,900 (What is the Zep Hindenburg?) (1-day total: $18,900)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $600 (clue #4)
Mark 1000 -1000 (Paul 1800 Amy 0)
2) ESSAYS $1200 (clue #7)
Mark 9400 -2000 (Paul 7400 Amy 7200)
3) NEAR THE EQUATOR $800 (clue #19, $6400 left on board)
Amy 16000 -4000 (Mark 8600 Paul 7800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -146

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Mark 4 3*
Paul 5 5
Amy

DJ! Round:
Mark 3 4 3 3* 5 4† 5
Paul 5 4 3 3
Amy 5 5† 5 4 3 4 4 2*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Amy 4.00
Paul 4.17
Mark 3.78

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 4 (0.02 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Amy $17,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Paul $9,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Mark $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,200
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 5

Player Statistics:

Mark Lashley, career statistics:

33 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (34/114)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,300

Paul Drake, career statistics:

17 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,400

Amy Hummel, career statistics:

21 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,200

Amy Hummel, to win:

2 games: 43.807%
3: 19.191%
4: 8.407%
5: 3.683%
6: 1.613%
Avg. streak: 1.780 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Amy $13,200 Paul $9,400 Mark $8,600)

Mark: If you think Paul will make a large bet, bet small—between $801 and $999. If you think Paul will make a small bet, go all in. (Actual bet: $801)

Paul: You’re in Stratton’s Dilemma, you can’t both cover Mark and win the Triple Stumper. If you think Mark will bet small, bet between $201 and $799. If you think Mark will bet big, bet at least $7,801. (Actual bet: $7,801)

Amy: Standard cover bet over Paul is $5,601. (Actual bet: $5,700)

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