Current Champion
Nikolas Polsinelli, career statistics:
44 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
To win:
3 games: 64.111%
4: 41.102%
5: 26.351%
6: 16.894%
7: 10.831%
Avg. streak: 3.786 games.
(Click Here for Methodology)
Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
All Time Winnings
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:
1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200
All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):
1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Andy here on this Saturday; we’re going straight through the weekend here at The Jeopardy! Fan trying to catch up on the couple of days we lost earlier in the Summer Hiatus Challenge.
I’m pretty happy with how things are going for myself over at the LearnedLeague, though I feel as though that Commish has made the questions a little bit harder (Not that there’s anything wrong with that!) – at least judging by the slightly lower scoring (and fewer 9(6)-9(6) ties in the top Rundles!).
I’ve been fortunate in the respect that my opponents haven’t figured out how to play strong defense against me yet, as I’ve gotten the 3-point question on 3 of the 4 days so far (riding those points to a 2-2-0 record in spite of only 9 correct answers out of 24). Of course, that includes a 0 on Match Day 3, a day most players found to be an excruciatingly hard day. My excuse: The “gimme” (yet hardly, at only a 55% get rate) question was American-centric!
And now on with the SHC, Round 3, Day 2, and a thanks once again to DadOfTwins for all of the work that he puts into writing and organizing this!
THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO . . .
2: Appear on television, at the opening of the New York World’s Fair in 1939.
4: Serve as governor of what is now a foreign country; he was also the only former President to serve on the Supreme Court.
6: Pardon a former President; he also posthumously pardoned Robert E. Lee.
8: Not run for re-election after his first term; his successor didn’t run for re-election either.
10: Become President without ever having been a British subject; he is also the only President not related to King John of England.
POTENT POET-ABLES
3: In The Devil’s Dictionary, he defined brandy as “one part thunder-and-lightning, one part remorse, two parts bloody murder, one part death-hell-and-the-grave and four parts clarified Satan.”
6: His “Reflection on Ice Breaking” was that “Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker.”
9: This author of the Rubiyat longed for “a book of verses underneath the bough, a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, and thou.”
12: In Deformed Transformed, this Romantic-era nobleman born with a deformed foot wrote, “What’s drinking? A mere pause from thinking.”
15: This Roman lyric poet who lived in the first century BC wrote in one of his “Satires” that “No poems can please for long or live that are written by water-drinkers.”
There was a good amount of controversy regarding the 6 and 8 point Presidential clues. I’m not sure of their resolution at this juncture; the Instant Replay thread gives me a headache on the best of days.
Scores:
Joon Pahk 75
Liz Murphy 54
Vito Cortese 51
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari 48
Robert Mcielwain 44
David Menchaca 37
Megan Barnes 36
Kathy Wright 36
Alison Stone Roberg 32
Ryan Chaffee 31
Andy Saunders 24
Stefan Goodreau 20
Jeanie Kenkel 14
This is actually the first year I’ve kept with the SHC; most other years I’ve been horribly discouraged by being deep in the pack and just haven’t had the want to stick with it, dropping out in the middle of Week 2 or so. Having to blog about it has helped with that for sure!
Jeanie will be posting about Week 3 Day 3 tomorrow!