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Season 30

Big, Big, Small?

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.
(Click Here for Methodology)

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

Andy here with another recap!

Today’s players:

Will Jennifer make it 2 wins?

INTERNET SLANG
MOVIES’ 2 MALE LEADS
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS
POLITICAL PARTIES
“HERM”-ETICALLY
SEALED

All 3 players did well off the start; at the first break, the scores were:

Jesse $3,400
Alana $2,800
Jennifer $1,400

Jesse has a cousin named Arthur Chu — not the same Arthur Chu, though!

Coming out of the break, CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS $800 had the Daily Double; Jennifer was the one who got to play it! Scores:

Jesse $3,800
Alana $3,000
Jennifer $1,800

Jennifer went for the True Daily Double. Her clue: The San Miguel Mission in this state capital began holding mass in the early 1600s. Jennifer went for Tallahassee and fell to $0. (For the record: I said Sacramento.)

However, Jennifer did recover over the rest of the round, and did pull herself into second place by the end of it! Scores after 30;

Alana $5,600
Jennifer $4,200
Jesse $2,800

DJ! round categories:
SUMMER READING?
NAME-CHECKING SONGS
SCIENCE
ASIAN CITIES
5-LETTER WORDS
CHESHIRE CATS

ASIAN CITIES $800 had the first Daily Double of the round! This was Jesse’s to play! Scores:

Alana $7,200
Jennifer $3,800
Jesse $3,600

Alex: “You have exactly half of Alana’s total”. (Psst: This is Alex’s code for “Make it a True Daily Double”).

Jesse picked up on that! His clue: In 2010 this largest Chinese city overtook Singapore as the world’s busiest container port. Jesse’s correct response tied Alana for the lead!

This was an easy one for me! I wrote the following question for a trivia game about three months ago:


Interestingly, Jesse managed to take negs on the other four questions in that category!

Shortly after Jennifer took the lead from Alana, she found the final Daily Double, under SUMMER READING $1200! Scores:

Jennifer $8,600
Alana $8,000
Jesse $7,200

Jennifer bet just $600. Her clue: It’s Ron Kovic’s memoir of his loss of innocence & mobility in Vietnam. Her correct response put her at $9,200 — but I can’t help but think she should have bet more!

Fortunately for her, Jennifer did have the better luck on the buzzer (Alana didn’t get in at all after that Daily Double) after that; scores going into Final were:

Jennifer $12,400
Alana $8,000
Jesse $6,000

FJ! category: WORLD LEADERS

FJ! clue: Since 1953 5 consecutive siblings have been this country’s head of state

Jesse 6000 – 6000 = 0
Alana 8000 – 5000 = 3000
Jennifer 12400 – 3601 = 8799

Jennifer has enough to stay the champion; she’ll come back for Game #3 tomorrow!

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