Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 15
DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 113/229 | (49.34%) | 79/178 | (44.38%) |
2nd | 104/229 | (45.41%) | 74/178 | (41.57%) |
3rd | 79/217 | (36.41%) | 58/169 | (34.32%) |
All | 296/675 | (43.85%) | 211/525 | (40.19%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 169
Out of those 169 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left podium finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 3 (1.78%)
Out of those 169 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium gave the correct response: 63 (37.28%)
Out of those 63 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium also gave the correct response: 36 (57.14%)
Out of the 169 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium gave the correct response: 71 (42.01%)
Out of those 71 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium also gave the correct response: 36 (50.70%)
Out of the 166 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: 22 (13.25%)
Out of the 166 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 133 (40.06%)
Out of the 166 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: 48 (28.92%)
296 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 675 possible responses in the 229 archived games analyzed. This represents a 43.85% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 131 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 108 times (82.44%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 217 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 53
RWW = 35
RRR = 34
WRW = 25
RRW = 25
WRR = 15
WWR = 15
RWR = 15
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 12 games in which two players played Final:
WW = 5
WR = 3
RR = 2
RW = 2
Distribution of Final responses by podium position out of the 217 games in which all three players played Final:
WWW = 53
RRR = 34
WRW = 28
RWW = 25
WWR = 22
WRR = 21
RWR = 18
RRW = 16
The average winner's score amongst 229 archived games was $9,561.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 15
Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | $10,201 | Mike Scott | #3419, aired 1999-06-17 | LITERARY BOTANY | $10,400 | $100 | W | |
2. | $10,000 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | #3260, aired 1998-11-06 | LEGENDARY PEOPLE | $12,000 | $7,500 | R | Y |
$10,000 | Sascha Dublin | #3267, aired 1998-11-17 | SPORTS & RECREATION | $10,400 | -$5,000 | W | ||
$10,000 | Graham Nash | #3400, aired 1999-05-21 | MOVIE CHARACTERS | $13,300 | $12,000 | W | Y | |
5. | $9,700 | Thomas Gibson | #3325, aired 1999-02-05 | AMERICAN LITERATURE | $9,700 | $3,800 | R | Y |
6. | $8,899 | Mark Whittinghill | #3314, aired 1999-01-21 | NAMES IN THE NEWS | $8,900 | $900 | R | Y |
7. | $8,700 | Jeff Krause | #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | WORLD OF TELEVISION | $9,300 | $2,100 | R | Y |
8. | $8,401 | Matt Sullivan | #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | VITAMINS & MINERALS | $9,600 | $600 | W | |
9. | $8,400 | Wallace Langham | #3361, aired 1999-03-29 | 1999 ANNIVERSARIES | $8,400 | $2,300 | R | Y |
10. | $8,399 | Peggy Sheehan | #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | $8,400 | $600 | R | Y |
11. | $8,198 | Leena Alam | #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY | $8,200 | -$1,400 | R | |
12. | $8,099 | Dave Argentar | #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TELEVISION | $8,100 | -$300 | R | Y |
13. | $8,000 | Roger Green | #3261, aired 1998-11-09 | WORLD CAPITALS | $9,600 | $1,200 | R | Y |
14. | $7,801 | Devon Thomas | #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CLASSIC MOVIES & TELEVISION | $8,400 | $300 | W | |
15. | $7,800 | Brian Gillespie | #3301, aired 1999-01-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE | $7,800 | -$600 | R | |
$7,800 | Amy Rosenfeld | #3315, aired 1999-01-22 | SPACEFLIGHT | $7,800 | -$2,800 | W | ||
17. | $7,501 | Chris Seybolt | #3281, aired 1998-12-07 | 1998 | $7,600 | $100 | W | |
18. | $7,500 | Ed Gasparovic | #3219, aired 1998-09-10 | U.S. POLITICS | $7,500 | -$900 | W | |
$7,500 | Al Franken | #3371, aired 1999-04-12 | THE 1980s | $7,500 | -$4,500 | R | ||
20. | $7,201 | Josh Levy | #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | ORGANIZATIONS | $10,100 | $2,900 | W |