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
This episode originally aired on November 16, 2015.
The difference between a win and a loss in this specific game? At least $40,000 (third place in the tournament earns $50,000; semifinalists earn $10,000). Thus, I often find Tournament of Champions semifinals to be some of the most dramatic matches of the season. As you’ll see below, this one did not disappoint.
Today’s contestants:
Dan Feitel, an attorney from Gillette, NJ
John Schultz, a computer programmer from Ann Arbor, MI
Kerry Greene, a volunteer CASA guardian ad litem from Manchester, NH
My own thoughts? This semifinal reminded me about how shocking Jeopardy! results can sometimes be. For the suspense, back in November, I somehow managed to keep myself unspoiled on this specific result until I watched it, after my own pub quiz that night. The final outcome — especially seeing the responses to Final Jeopardy — was my favourite moment to date from my time writing for TJF. (A close second was watching Final Jeopardy during Game 1 of the 2014 Tournament of Champions final.) I’m probably slightly biased here, as when I was watching, I was twelve hours from a flight to Boston to watch the second semifinal with a group of Jeopardy! fans that included Kerry herself as well as Brennan Bushee. But I’ll get to more of that with tomorrow’s recap.
Final Jeopardy! category: CITIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
Final Jeopardy! clue: A Hanseatic city, this port of 1.8 million is the largest European Union city that’s not a capital
What is Hamburg, Germany?
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Dan $9,000
Kerry $7,400
John $5,400
Final Results:
John $5,400 + $600 = $6,000
Kerry $7,400 + $5,400 = $12,800
Dan $9,000 – $5,801 = $3,199 (What is Marsei?)
Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $800 (5th pick)
John 1200 -1200 (Dan 200 Kerry 0)
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2) WHAT A BEAST! $2000 (10th pick)
Dan 9400 -4000 (Kerry 5200 John -600)
3) HE WAS THE POPE… $800 (20th pick)
Kerry 9200 -6200 (Dan 7400 John 1800)
Game Stats:
Kerry 10,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer
John 6,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer
Dan 13,000 Coryat, 21 correct, 5 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer
Kerry Greene’s stats to date:
171 correct
18 incorrect
5/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 10,500)
8/9 in Final Jeopardy
31.16% in first on buzzer (158/507)
Average Coryat: $13,711
John Schultz’s stats to date:
147 correct
24 incorrect
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 25,000)
4/8 in Final Jeopardy
31.38% in first on buzzer (139/443)
Average Coryat: $13,375
Dan Feitel’s stats to date:
175 correct
24 incorrect
2/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -8,000)
6/8 in Final Jeopardy
39.10% in first on buzzer (174/445)
Average Coryat: $15,250
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