Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 12
DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 91/144 | (63.19%) | 54/95 | (56.84%) |
2nd | 80/144 | (55.56%) | 48/95 | (50.53%) |
3rd | 74/141 | (52.48%) | 44/94 | (46.81%) |
All | 245/429 | (57.11%) | 146/284 | (51.41%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 58
Out of those 58 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left podium finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 0 (0.00%)
Out of those 58 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium gave the correct response: 28 (48.28%)
Out of those 28 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium also gave the correct response: 17 (60.71%)
Out of the 58 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium gave the correct response: 33 (56.90%)
Out of those 33 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium also gave the correct response: 17 (51.52%)
Out of the 58 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: 15 (25.86%)
Out of the 58 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 61 (52.59%)
Out of the 58 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: 6 (10.34%)
245 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 429 possible responses in the 144 archived games analyzed. This represents a 57.11% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 69 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 68 times (98.55%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 141 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 39
RWW = 20
WWW = 19
RRW = 16
RWR = 14
WRW = 12
WRR = 11
WWR = 10
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 3 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 2
WW = 1
Distribution of Final responses by podium position out of the 141 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 39
RRW = 23
RWW = 22
WWW = 19
RWR = 12
WWR = 11
WRW = 9
WRR = 6
The average winner's score amongst 144 archived games was $12,397.
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. | $10,000 | Amanda Goad | #2710, aired 1996-05-17 | FAMOUS NOVELS | $10,200 | -$2,200 | R | |
5. | $9,500 | Derek Bridges | #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | PATRIOTIC PLACES | $9,500 | -$700 | R | Y |
6. | $9,290 | Bill Cash | #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS | $9,400 | -$200 | R | Y |
7. | $9,201 | Lee Karjala | #2728, aired 1996-06-12 | THE WINTER OLYMPICS | $9,600 | $200 | W | |
8. | $9,100 | Mary Ann McIntyre | #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES | $9,100 | -$200 | W | |
9. | $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 | |
11. | $8,901 | Bill Cash | #2729, aired 1996-06-13 | U.S. STATE NAMES | $9,300 | $200 | W | |
12. | $8,801 | Ben Healy | #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | PATRIOTIC PLACES | $10,200 | $700 | W | |
13. | $8,600 | Bob Hunt | #2726, aired 1996-06-10 | FAMOUS WOMEN | $9,500 | $500 | R | Y |
14. | $8,501 | Michael Daunt | #2590, aired 1995-12-01 | U.S. AIRPORTS | $16,300 | $3,900 | W | Y |
15. | $8,300 | Keith Bush | #2540, aired 1995-09-22 | ART HISTORY | $8,600 | $200 | R | Y |
16. | $8,201 | Glenn Jessee | #2619, aired 1996-01-11 | GEOGRAPHY | $10,600 | $1,200 | W | |
17. | $8,200 | Bob Hunt | #2727, aired 1996-06-11 | ADVENTURERS | $8,200 | -$600 | W | |
18. | $8,001 | Beverly Spurs | #2695, aired 1996-04-26 | EUROPEAN DRAMA | $10,200 | $1,100 | R | Y |
19. | $8,000 | Gordon Wean | #2545, aired 1995-09-29 | 19th CENTURY ARTISTS | $11,600 | -$400 | R | Y |
$8,000 | Barbara Walker | #2621, aired 1996-01-15 | POLITICIANS | $10,400 | $1,300 | R | Y |