Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, May 8, 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 Rhyme Time: Opera Version) for Wednesday, May 8, 2024 (Season 40, Game 173):

Telling the story of a duke, a jester & the jester’s daughter, it was written by poet Francesco Maria Piave

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Ben Mills, an operations director from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Kelcy LópezFreeman, a hospital pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia

Allison Gross, a data scientist from Cleveland, Ohio (1-day total: $9,599)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Allison Gross (whose last name is pronounced identically to Victoria Groce) is your new champion after her victory yesterday. It was one of those games that happens occasionally on the show where the material just did not fit the players very well. Today, she faces off against Philadelphia’s Ben Mills and Atlanta’s Kelcy LópezFreeman.

In terms of coverage, KIMT will be airing today’s game at 10:30 AM Eastern; thus, the results of today’s show will be posted earlier than usual.

Later tonight at 8:00 (7:00 Central) on ABC and CTV2, Jeopardy! Masters will be airing. Tonight’s matches feature Yogesh Raut, Matt Amodio, and Amy Schneider in the opener, with Victoria Groce, James Holzhauer, and Mattea Roach appearing in the back half of the episode.

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!

More Information About Final Jeopardy!:

Correct response: What is the Rigoletto libretto?

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.)

Editor’s note: This article was originally written to a correct response of just “Rigoletto”. When originally publishing, I believed “Rigoletto” on its own to rhyme internally sufficiently to be correct; however, it is clear that the show was intending “Rigoletto libretto” to be correct on this clue. I appreciate the number of you who contacted me shortly after publication on this.

Francesco Maria Piave today is best known as the librettist for famed composer Giuseppe Verdi; Piave wrote 10 librettos for Verdi, including Rigoletto and La traviata. Rigoletto is the opera about the Duke of Mantua, his jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto’s daughter Gilda. Rigoletto and the Duke have a curse placed upon them after the Duke seduces a Count’s daughter; later in the play, the curse plays out when Gilda falls in love with the Duke and sacrifices her life to save the Duke from an assassin.

This is going to be an interesting category to see how Final Jeopardy strategy plays out. Opera is often a category that will see more conservative wagering—I’m very curious to see how this might play out.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Nursery Rhyme Characters; The Planets; Words With Silent Consonants; That’s Bananas; A Rapper’s Delight; The Folks In “I.T.”)

The opening segment saw all three players get off to a good start; however, Ben’s missed Daily Double left him in third. Kelcy and Allison both had $2,600 while Ben had $600 at the first break.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Kelcy 5 correct 1 incorrect
Allison 4 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 3 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Ben has been cooking his way through Julia Child’s cookbook.
Kelcy is very proud to represent Atlanta.
Allison broke her ankle on a ski trip… in a parking lot.

The second half of the opening round saw Allison take a slim lead over Kelcy, with Ben rebounding well.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Allison 10 correct 1 incorrect
Kelcy 7 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 7 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Allison $4,400
Kelcy $3,800
Ben $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 18th Century America; A Little World Lit; Tiers; TV & Movie Moms; Close; Quarters)

Double Jeopardy saw a pair of misses, including a $4,000 miss from Allison that brought everyone back into contention. A judges’ reversal before Final extended Allison’s lead over Kelcy going into clue #61.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Allison 23 correct 3 incorrect
Kelcy 11 correct 4 incorrect
Ben 10 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 13 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Allison $12,400
Kelcy $7,400
Ben $3,200

This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Allison is now a 2-day champion, winnings $19,598.

Tonight’s results:

Ben $3,200 – $0 = $3,200 (What is .)
Kelcy $7,400 – $2,600 = $4,800 (What is ?)
Allison $12,400 – $2,401 = $9,999 (What is Don Juan?) (2-day total: $19,598)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THE PLANETS $1000 (clue #12)
Ben 1000 -1000 (Allison 1800 Kelcy 2200)
2) CLOSE $1600 (clue #3)
Ben 3600 -2000 (Allison 4400 Kelcy 3800)
3) 18th CENTURY AMERICA $1200 (clue #15, $12400 left on board)
Allison 12400 -4000 (Kelcy 8600 Ben 3200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -188

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Allison 5 4 4 5 3
Kelcy 4 5 3 2 1
Ben 5 5*

DJ! Round:
Allison 4 3 5 5 2 3*
Kelcy 4 4 3 5 3
Ben 4 4* 5† 5

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Allison 3.91
Kelcy 3.40
Ben 4.67

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 13 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Allison $16,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Kelcy $7,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Ben $6,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $14,600 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,400
Lead Changes: 7
Times Tied: 12

Player Statistics:

Allison Gross, career statistics:

43 correct, 9 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
38.74% in first on buzzer (43/111)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,300

Kelcy LópezFreeman, career statistics:

11 correct, 5 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400

Ben Mills, career statistics:

10 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200

Allison Gross, to win:

3 games: 39.841%
4: 15.873%
5: 6.324%
6: 2.520%
7: 1.004%
Avg. streak: 2.662 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• After seeing how this clue played: I think it should have been used in the Masters semi-final or final instead.

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Allison $12,400 Kelcy $7,400 Ben $3,200)

Allison: Standard cover bet over Kelcy is $2,401. (Actual bet: $2,401)

Kelcy: If Allison makes a cover bet and is incorrect, she falls to $10,000. You have to beat at least $2,600 here to have a chance at winning.(Actual bet: $2,600)

Ben: Bet whatever you like, but remember that Kelcy has to be correct to win—so, she may be betting a lot here. (Actual bet: $0)

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