Final Jeopardy! Round statistics for Season 8
| DJ! Finisher | All games | Regular play games | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 67/112 | (59.82%) | 42/72 | (58.33%) |
| 2nd | 66/112 | (58.93%) | 41/72 | (56.94%) |
| 3rd | 55/108 | (50.93%) | 32/68 | (47.06%) |
| All | 188/332 | (56.63%) | 115/212 | (54.25%) |
Number of regular play games in which two challengers played Final: 35
Out of those 35 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 35 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium gave the correct response: 14 (40.00%)
Out of those 14 games, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium also gave the correct response: 8 (57.14%)
Out of the 35 regular play games in which two challengers played Final, number of games in which the challenger at the middle podium gave the correct response: 14 (40.00%)
Out of those 14 games, number of games in which the challenger at the far right podium also gave the correct response: 8 (57.14%)
Out of the 35 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: 5 (14.29%)
Out of the 35 regular play games in which all three players (two of them challengers) played Final, number of correct Final responses given by challengers: 28 (40.00%)
Out of the 35 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: 8 (22.86%)
188 correct Final responses have been supplied out of 332 possible responses in the 112 archived games analyzed. This represents a 56.63% chance of supplying the correct Final response.
Out of the 44 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 40 times (90.91%).
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 108 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 27
WWW = 17
RRW = 13
RWR = 12
WRW = 12
RWW = 11
WRR = 10
WWR = 6
Distribution of Final responses by score position out of the 4 games in which two players played Final:
RR = 4
Distribution of Final responses by podium position out of the 108 games in which all three players played Final:
RRR = 27
WWW = 17
RWR = 15
RWW = 14
RRW = 14
WRW = 11
WRR = 6
WWR = 4
The average winner's score amongst 112 archived games was $12,551.
Highest Final Jeopardy! wagers of Season 8
| Wager | Player name | Game | Category | Score | Lead | Response | Win | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | $11,500 | Jim Baehler | #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD WAR II | $11,500 | -$300 | R | |
| 2. | $11,201 | Hansford Epes | #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | WORLD WAR II | $11,800 | $300 | R | Y |
| 3. | $10,000 | Toby Muller | #1815, aired 1992-06-19 | IN THE NEWS | $12,300 | $5,500 | R | Y |
| 4. | $9,700 | Bernard Welt | #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS | $9,800 | -$1,600 | R | |
| 5. | $9,201 | Nick Jungman | #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | COLONIAL AMERICA | $9,600 | $200 | R | Y |
| 6. | $9,100 | Jim Scott | #1659, aired 1991-11-14 | U.S. PRESIDENTS | $10,900 | $3,200 | R | Y |
| $9,100 | Frank Epstein | #1718, aired 1992-02-05 | FAMOUS WOMEN | $9,200 | -$800 | R | Y | |
| $9,100 | Jerome Vered | #1794, aired 1992-05-21 | AMERICAN STORIES | $24,900 | $20,600 | R | Y | |
| 9. | $9,000 | Steve Robin | #1660, aired 1991-11-15 | COLONIAL AMERICA | $11,200 | $2,600 | W | Y |
| $9,000 | Leonard Schmidt | #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | OPERA | $9,000 | -$700 | R | Y | |
| $9,000 | Hugh Mulvaney | #1831, aired 1992-07-13 | OPERA | $9,700 | $700 | W | ||
| 12. | $8,600 | Robert Slaven | #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | OPERETTAS | $8,600 | $0 | R | Y |
| $8,600 | Chris Montplaisir | #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | COLONIAL AMERICA | $9,400 | -$200 | R | ||
| 14. | $8,500 | Matt Kane | #1733, aired 1992-02-26 | EXPLORERS | $9,513 | $513 | R | Y |
| 15. | $8,400 | Scott Gillispie | #1658, aired 1991-11-13 | AFRICAN AMERICANS | $8,400 | -$2,900 | R | |
| 16. | $8,300 | Mark Weston | #1675, aired 1991-12-06 | SONG STANDARDS | $8,300 | -$1,300 | R | Y |
| $8,300 | Stuart Wald | #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | VICE PRESIDENTS | $11,400 | $1,600 | R | Y | |
| 18. | $8,199 | Liz MacGillicuddy-Lucas | #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY | $8,200 | -$700 | R | Y |
| 19. | $8,100 | Kip Keller | #1780, aired 1992-05-01 | OSCAR WINNING FILMS | $8,100 | -$4,000 | R | |
| $8,100 | Billy Baxter | #1790, aired 1992-05-15 | AMERICAN HISTORY | $8,300 | -$1,600 | R | Y |