Summer Hiatus Challenge 2012, Week 1 Day 1 (#shc2012)

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 this morning with a recap of Day 1 of the Summer Hiatus Challenge! But first, of course, yesterday’s quick Kids Week Day 3 recap…

FJ! category: BRITISH SCIENTISTS
FJ! clue: In 1859 a theory was born when he wrote, “from so simple a beginning endless forms…have been, and are being, evolved”

Andrew Grace 7400 – 6999 = 401
Partha Purushotham 9200 + 9000 = 18200
Julia Martinez 25800 + 1000 = 26800

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The first day of the SHC is in the books, here are the questions and selected scores!

WORDS FROM JAPANESE
2: The name for this type of couch that can fold down into a bed comes from a Japanese word meaning “round quilt.”
4: This type of transportation takes its name from a Japanese word meaning “human powered.”
6: This Japanese “empty orchestra” uses a machine to provide accompaniment to singers.
8: This word for a powerful businessman comes from a Japanese word meaning “Great Prince” that was often applied to Shoguns.
10: Literally “squad leader,” this word has come to refer in English to someone at the head of an organization.

A WORLD OF WOMEN WRITERS

3: The first book published by this group of writing sisters was the 1846 collection “Poems by Curren, Ellis, and Acton Bell.”
6: This country is home to Isabelle Allende and Nobel Prize winner Gabriella Mistral.
9: After losing a leg in a stage accident, this “divine” French actress wrote “The Art of the Theater” and, in 1907, a memoir called “My Double Life.”
12: Barbara Tuchman’s first nonfiction Pulitzer Prize was for this book describing the first month of World War I.
15: In 1622, Pope Gregory XV canonized this Spanish Carmelite mystic from Avila who wrote “Interior Castle” and “The Way of Perfection.”

Personally, I probably play the SHC too conservatively, but I’m still in the “trying very hard not to neg” mode. I definitely have better categories, but some worse ones come up for me in future days, as you’ll see! If I keep going, I’ll eventually get past the people that don’t play every day, right?

Selected scores (as more people get back to Jeanie, we’ll add to this list!)

I’ll have a Day 2 recap tomorrow!