Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 12
DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 139/229 | (60.70%) | 102/180 | (56.67%) |
2nd | 130/229 | (56.77%) | 98/180 | (54.44%) |
3rd | 118/223 | (52.91%) | 88/176 | (50.00%) |
All | 387/681 | (56.83%) | 288/536 | (53.73%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 173
Out of those 173 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left lectern finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)
Out of those 173 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern gave the correct response: 83 (47.98%)
Out of those 83 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern also gave the correct response: 53 (63.86%)
Out of the 173 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle lectern gave the correct response: 97 (56.07%)
Out of those 97 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right lectern also gave the correct response: 53 (54.64%)
Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which all three players gave the correct response: 36 (20.81%)
Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 180 (52.02%)
Out of the 173 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of games in which none of the three players gave the correct response: 23 (13.29%)
387 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 681 possible responses in the 229 archived games analyzed. This represents a 56.83% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 136 regular play games in which the leader going into Final Jeopardy! did not have a lock and was not tied with another player, he or she wagered to cover the second-place player 131 times (96.32%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 223 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 55
RRW = 32
WWW = 29
RWW = 25
RWR = 24
WRR = 20
WRW = 19
WWR = 19
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 6 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 3
WW = 2
WR = 1
Distribution of Final responses by lectern position out of the 223 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 55
RRW = 38
RWW = 30
WWW = 29
WRR = 21
WWR = 19
RWR = 17
WRW = 14
The average winner's score amongst 229 archived games was $12,316.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 12
Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | $12,400 | Joe Gurski | #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS | $12,400 | $2,200 | R | Y |
2. | $12,000 | Joe Carroll | #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | U.S. AIRPORTS | $12,400 | -$3,900 | W | |
3. | $11,200 | Linda Roberts | #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS | $12,000 | $400 | W | |
4. | $10,500 | Brad Plovan | #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | FAMOUS NAMES | $10,500 | -$100 | R | Y |
5. | $10,401 | Burt Sueskind | #2599, aired 1995-12-14 | FAMOUS NAMES | $10,600 | $100 | W | |
6. | $10,000 | Amanda Goad | #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS | $10,200 | -$2,200 | R | |
7. | $9,500 | Derek Bridges | #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | PATRIOTIC PLACES | $9,500 | -$700 | R | Y |
8. | $9,301 | Peter Hartikka | #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS | $9,700 | $200 | W | |
9. | $9,300 | Reita Louis | #2560, aired 1995-10-20 | STATE CAPITALS | $9,400 | $1,000 | R | Y |
10. | $9,290 | Bill Cash | #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS | $9,400 | -$200 | R | Y |
11. | $9,201 | Lee Karjala | #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS | $9,600 | $200 | W | |
12. | $9,198 | Tim Toburen | #2688, aired 1996-04-17 | OPERA COMPOSERS | $9,200 | -$1,300 | R | Y |
13. | $9,100 | Mary Ann McIntyre | #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES | $9,100 | -$200 | W | |
14. | $9,000 | David Duchovny | #2571, aired 1995-11-06 | BUSINESS & LITERATURE | $9,900 | $4,200 | W | |
$9,000 | David Siegel | #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | U.S. PRESIDENTS | $10,100 | $2,189 | R | Y | |
16. | $8,999 | Carl Schulze | #2659, aired 1996-03-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN | $9,100 | -$7,400 | R | |
17. | $8,901 | Bill Cash | #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES | $9,300 | $200 | W | |
18. | $8,900 | Joe Lancaster | #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | SPELLING | $8,900 | $0 | W | |
19. | $8,801 | Ben Healy | #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | PATRIOTIC PLACES | $10,200 | $700 | W | |
20. | $8,799 | Don Lemmer | #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | THE ACADEMY AWARDS | $8,800 | -$900 | R | Y |