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)
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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
This quadruple-stumper came from Friday, 2-11: In Down South in South Georgia: “South Georgia is the burial site for this explorer who made a grueling journey across the island after his ship, the Endurance, was trapped in pack ice.”
This sounds exciting. What an apt name for his ship! The clue refers to Sir Ernest Shackleton. First, how about another map? Personally, I can never see too many of those:
The island, with the South Sandwich Islands, is that shaded part off to the lower right of South America. James Cook discovered the islands. There is no arable land there, or native inhabitants. The area is slightly bigger than Rhode Island. Except for a brief period in 1982, the islands have belonged to the United Kingdom since 1908, and the Union Jack is on its flag:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_sx.html
As for Shackleton, he stopped on South Georgia in 1914 on his way to crossing Antarctica on foot! Strangely, he was born on this day in 1874! (He died in 1922 in South Georgia on a later expedition.) In the incident mentioned in the clue, the Endurance drifted for 10 months before it was crushed. Then Shackleton and his crew drifted on ice floes another 5 months, until they Elephant Island, 800 miles from South Georgia Island! Endurance indeed.
I see that Shackleton wrote about his adventures. I’m thinking I’m gonna hit the library this weekend.