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
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
Today’s contestants:
Joe Riley, a bartender from Reisterstown, MD
Carla DenHartog, a technical writer from Burlington, VT
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, UT (8-day total: $266,158)
J! round categories: WORLD WAR I; NAME THAT MOVIE; MIDDLE NAMES; SPOT THE KITTY; MEMORIALS; ADD A LETTER
Ken got off to a bit of a slow start, picking up only three of the first nine clues. Though, as he liked to do, he then picked up seven in a row straddling the opening break.
After 30 the score was pretty close (Ken didn’t ring in at all between Clues 23 and 30).
Ken $6,800
Carla $5,000
Joe $800
Joe went 3/5 in NAME THAT MOVIE, Carla went 4/5 in SPOT THE KITTY, while Ken proved his might on wordplay clues by going 5/5 in ADD A LETTER. The $1000: Add this letter to plant & it becomes easily bent (What is I?, as it makes “pliant”)
DJ! round categories: PRESIDENTS; BROADWAY; WOMEN WRITERS; HEAVENS TO BETSY!; HITHER & YON; YOU’RE GOING TO “POT”
These categories didn’t play nearly as well for Carla: of the 30, she only got 4 of them correct.
While Ken missed both Daily Doubles that he played in this round, the game was very much in his control, as he picked up 16 clues on his own outside of the Daily Doubles.
For the seventh time in nine games, it was a runaway for Ken going into Final.
Ken ran WOMEN WRITERS, and went 3/5 in PRESIDENTS and YOU’RE GOING TO “POT”.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Ken $22,000
Carla $8,200
Joe $4,400
Final Jeopardy! category: ON EXHIBIT
Final Jeopardy! clue: The Chinese government, which controls all of these in the U.S., won’t let a new one be named until it’s 100 days old
What are giant pandas?
Joe 4400 – 3800 = 600 (What are ?)
Carla 8200 + 601 = 8801
Ken 22000 + 3000 = 25000 (9-day total: $291,158)
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Ken’s interview was a fun one today!
Alex: Ken Jennings is our eight-time champion. I can’t believe, on the information card about you, it says,”a friend,” as bright as you are, “a friend tricked you into jumping out of a plane.” What did he say?
Ken: “Oh, that door? Yes, that’s the door to the snack bar. That’s the door to the washroom.” [Audience laughing]
Alex: What… how did somebody trick you into jumping out of a plane?
Ken: Well, he was really excited to try out skydiving, and he brought me with him for moral support. And we both signed up. I didn’t want to look like a big chicken. And then,at the last minute, he decided wanted to look like a big chicken, and he left me as the only one jumping out of the plane.
Alex: Did you step on that little step over the wheel and…
Ken: It’s pretty scary.
Alex: It is, indeed. I know it.
Ken’s stats through 9 games:
307 correct (30 today, including Final)
17 incorrect (3 today)
11 unforced errors (incorrect response after a buzz-in)
13/16 on Daily Doubles
6/9 in Final Jeopardy
54.19% in first on buzzer (278/513)
Average Coryat Score: $28,822
5 correct responses in a category: 12 times
4 correct responses in a category: 23 times
3 correct responses in a category: 28 times
3+ correct responses in: 58.33% of all categories seen
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