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
Game #1 of 2016 Power Players Week, taped at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, DC!
This episode originally aired on May 16, 2016.
Today’s contestants:
Jonathan Franzen, a best-selling author from Purity and The Corrections, playing for the American Bird Conservancy
S.E. Cupp, a political commentator from CNN, New York Daily News, and Glamour, playing for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign
Chuck Todd, a political director and host from NBC News and NBC’s Meet the Press, playing for Samaritan Inns
Final Jeopardy! category: POLITICAL TERMS
Final Jeopardy! clue: Officials called tribunes sat at Rome’s Senate door & if they didn’t like what was going on, shouted this Latin word
What is “veto”?
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Jon $14,800
S.E. $13,200
Chuck $12,200
Final results:
Chuck $12,200 – $12,200 = $0 (What is nay?)
S.E. $13,200 – $3,200 = $10,000 (What is cloture?)
Jon $14,800 – $13,201 = $1,599 (What is non?)
Unplayed clues:
GERMANIA $600, $800, $1000
BALLET $1600, $2000
Daily Double locations:
1) BALLPARK FACTS & FIGURES $800 (5th pick)
S.E. 800 +1000 (Jon 400 Chuck 200)
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2) NUMERICAL TERMS $2000 (14th pick)
Jon 6600 +2400 (Chuck 9000 S.E. 6800)
3) COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $1600 (27th pick)
Jon 13000 +1800 (Chuck 12200 S.E. 11200)
Game stats:
S.E. 13,000 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 32.69% in first on buzzer (17/52)
Jon 14,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52)
Chuck 12,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.85% in first on buzzer (15/52)
S.E. Cupp, career stats:
19 correct
2 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
32.69% in first on buzzer (17/52)
Average Coryat: $13,000
Jonathan Franzen, career stats:
17 correct
3 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52)
Average Coryat: $14,200
Chuck Todd, career stats:
36 correct
6 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
35.35% in first on buzzer (35/99)
Average Coryat: $14,600
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