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
First, let me remind you of the contest I am holding! To be eligible, all you have to do is become a follower of this blog.
I was pulling for 1-day champ Laura Hughes of Maryland today. Her husband appeared on Jeopardy! back when Alex had a mustache and clues started at $100 rather than $200. He was a 2-day champ. Her opponents today were Nancy West of Nevada and Brandon Hathaway of Georgia.
I got to watch Jeopardy! with my parents again tonight. My mom actually had watched it already, while my dad and I watched a tape. My mom said she did get some answers right when she watched it by herself, though. 😉 My dad did well tonight! I was impressed again, but he didn’t think he did any better than usual. How do you compare to my dad? The ones he nailed are below.
$400 in Beethoven’s: “…hometown, it was West Germany’s capital from 1949 to 1990.”*
$1000 in “Ode” to Joy: “A battery has two of these: a positive anode and a negative cathode.” (Hint: I guess diode and felt pretty sure about it, but my dad reiterated what he originally said with an air of well-placed confidence.)
$1000 in Ninth: “The ninth pope to bear this devout name had the longest reign of any pope, 1846-1878.”
A Daily Double in 4-Letter Words: “This measurement comes from the Latin for ‘twelfth part.'” (Brandon got it wrong.)
$1600 in “G” Male: “South Carolina’s 2 Republican Senators in the 111th Congress are Jim DeMint and him.”
For my part, I swept the Costly Breakups category. I’m particularly proud of this clue that no one else got right: (for $1600) “His first wife, actress Amy, received $100 million dollars when they parted ways.”
Brandon couldn’t be caught going into Final Jeopardy. He had $17800, and Nancy was his nearest opponent with $8000. Both Brandon and Nancy wagered nothing on this clue in Fashion History (I got this one right, too. I remember seeing it in People magazine once.): “It was unveiled July 5, 1946 at Paris’ Piscine Molitor and it created a scandal.” Brandon and Laura got it right, and Laura got it wrong.
*Bonn, electrodes, Pius, Lindsey Graham, Steven Spielberg, the bikini