Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 4
DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st | 93/163 | (57.06%) | 76/134 | (56.72%) |
2nd | 91/163 | (55.83%) | 71/134 | (52.99%) |
3rd | 55/146 | (37.67%) | 43/119 | (36.13%) |
All | 239/472 | (50.64%) | 190/387 | (49.10%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 80
Out of those 80 games, number of games in which the returning champion at the far left podium finished Double Jeopardy! with a zero or negative score: 1 (1.25%)
Out of those 80 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium gave the correct response: 30 (37.50%)
Out of those 30 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium also gave the correct response: 17 (56.67%)
Out of the 80 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium gave the correct response: 36 (45.00%)
Out of those 36 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium also gave the correct response: 17 (47.22%)
Out of the 79 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: 11 (13.92%)
Out of the 79 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 64 (40.51%)
Out of the 79 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: 13 (16.46%)
239 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 472 possible responses in the 163 archived games analyzed. This represents a 50.64% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 87 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 73 times (83.91%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 146 games in which all three players played Final:
RRW = 26
RRR = 24
WRW = 24
WWW = 21
RWW = 20
RWR = 14
WRR = 10
WWR = 7
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 17 games in which two players played Final:
RW = 6
WR = 4
WW = 4
RR = 3
Distribution of Final responses by podium position out of the 146 games in which all three players played Final:
RWW = 25
RRR = 24
RRW = 22
WWW = 21
RWR = 19
WRW = 13
WWR = 13
WRR = 9
The average winner's score amongst 163 archived games was $10,644.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 4
Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | $10,600 | Bruce Seymour | #773, aired 1988-01-06 | ASTRONOMY | $10,700 | -$100 | W | |
2. | $10,100 | Cheryl Stein | #831, aired 1988-03-28 | TELEVISION HISTORY | $10,100 | -$100 | W | |
3. | $10,000 | Richard Miller | #724, aired 1987-10-29 | 100 YEARS AGO | $12,600 | $4,100 | W | |
$10,000 | Kevin Frear | #902, aired 1988-07-05 | CIVIL WAR | $17,800 | $16,600 | R | Y | |
5. | $9,800 | Bruce Naegeli | #913, aired 1988-07-20 | THE 50 STATES | $16,800 | $13,400 | R | Y |
6. | $9,400 | Lennie Edwards | #787, aired 1988-01-26 | 20TH CENTURY POLITICIANS | $9,400 | -$1,000 | R | |
7. | $9,201 | Rich Kenney | #725, aired 1987-10-30 | THEATER | $11,400 | $1,100 | R | Y |
8. | $9,198 | Norman Sidebottom | #895, aired 1988-06-24 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES | $9,200 | -$4,400 | W | |
9. | $9,100 | Phil Marti | #813, aired 1988-03-02 | TRAVEL & TOURISM | $9,100 | -$100 | W | |
10. | $9,001 | Michael Shutterly | #813, aired 1988-03-02 | TRAVEL & TOURISM | $9,200 | $100 | W | |
11. | $9,000 | Stephen Lebowitz | #887, aired 1988-06-14 | THE OLYMPICS | $9,200 | -$500 | R | Y |
12. | $8,500 | Mark Holmes | #724, aired 1987-10-29 | 100 YEARS AGO | $8,500 | -$4,100 | R | Y |
$8,500 | Steve Kravitz | #787, aired 1988-01-26 | 20TH CENTURY POLITICIANS | $10,400 | $1,000 | R | Y | |
14. | $8,000 | Pat O'Connor | #829, aired 1988-03-24 | EDUCATION | $8,800 | -$800 | R | Y |
15. | $7,900 | Steve Morris | #780, aired 1988-01-15 | PRESIDENTS | $8,000 | -$2,400 | R | |
16. | $7,602 | Sandra Gore | #753, aired 1987-12-09 | THE 7 WONDERS | $8,200 | $600 | R | Y |
17. | $7,600 | Russ Donnelly | #753, aired 1987-12-09 | THE 7 WONDERS | $7,600 | -$600 | R | |
18. | $7,590 | Bruce Seymour | #769, aired 1987-12-31 | ELECTIONS | $7,600 | $200 | R | Y |
19. | $7,500 | Judith Seeger | #716, aired 1987-10-19 | MYTHOLOGY | $10,000 | -$1,200 | R | Y |
20. | $7,400 | Harry Weisberger | #827, aired 1988-03-22 | POP MUSIC | $7,400 | -$800 | W |