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Season 31

Alex Trebek, Joke Thief

Published

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.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

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

Today’s semifinalists: Eric Hack, Kate La Riviere-Gagner, and Jennifer Giles!

Alex is stealing my material! I tweeted this last night:

friendly reminder: the three beards have been placed one semifinal apiece#jeopardy— Andy Saunders (@andythequizzer)February 10, 2015

Of course, Alex made a “beard-off” joke today!

J! round categories:
WINDOW TO THE WORLD
FOOD & DRINK
PREFIXES
THE NAME OF THE BOARD GAME
CELEBRITY SIBLINGS
AMERICAN HISTOR-“E”

Of course the writers would take the sophomoric route on the FOOD & DRINK $1000 clue (It’s the familiar Japanese name for what’s also called the golden oak mushroom). Fun fact, the one time I played in Scrabble, I drew a challenge, because my opponent thought that it was spelled with two Ts, not two Is!

I want to know if anyone recognized this picture as being from Montreal. Both of my parents lived there for 40 years and didn’t recognize it! Needless to say, it was a triple-neg in WINDOW TO THE WORLD $800!

Eric got to the Daily Double in HISTOR-E $800! Scores:

Jennifer $1,400
Kate $1,000
Eric $600

Eric bet $1000. His clue: Its construction began in 1817 & took advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains. He had no answer and fell to -$400.

After 15 clues, the scores were:
Jennifer $2,000
Kate $1,400
Eric -$400

Eric wanted to be a stand-up comic, then he realized that he wasn’t funny!

Jennifer had two of her students pool money for a book for her!

Going back to the game, all 3 players had a good chance to ring in! Scores after 30:

Jennifer $6,200
Kate $3,400
Eric $2,400

DJ! round categories:
CHEMICAL ELEMENT PAIRS
FEMALE AUTHORS
BACK PACS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
MOVIE NARRATORS
ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS

If I told you to guess where a Daily Double might be, you’d pick CHEMICAL ELEMENT PAIRS $1600, right? Today, you’d be right! Jennifer got to play this one, with scores at:

Jennifer $7,800
Kate $3,400
Eric $1,200

Jennifer bet $2,000. Her clue: The 2 that were discovered by the Curies. Jennifer said “radium” and “curium” and fell to $5,800.

CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200 had the other Daily Double; this one was Eric’s! Scores:

Jennifer $6,200
Kate $3,400
Eric $2,000

Eric bet $500. His clue: Hokusai’s painting “The Great Wave” graced the cover of the first edition of this Debussy work’s sheet music. Eric seemed to be blanking today; he had no answer, and he fell to $1,500.

Jennifer did quite well in MOVIE NARRATORS to jump into a big lead! Her lead was over $10,000 with two categories to play! However, a few key negs late from Kate meant that for the second consecutive day we had a lock game going into Final! Scores going into Final:

Jennifer $14,200
Kate $6,600
Eric $5,900

FJ! category: BROADWAY MUSICALS

FJ! clue: Winner of a Tony for Best Musical, it culminates with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eric 5900 – 0 = 5900
Kate 6600 – 6600 = 0
Jennifer 14200 + 200 = 14400

Who will join Adam and Jennifer in tomorrow’s final? Tune in tomorrow to find out!

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