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
I had to go somewhat old-school and use a really, really old videotape full of old *NSYNC stuff to record that 6 p.m. Jeopardy! last night. Ironic clue from the Jeopardy! round in the category Broadway Debuts (worth $600): “Before ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ he got ‘*NSYNC’ by playing TV dance-show host Corny Collins in ‘Hairspray.'”* I paid the price for using that old tape, but it was worth it. And anyway that tape hadn’t given me trouble before, that I recall! I wound up having to watch the show on “mute” and with closed captions because the voices were so distorted. Also, when I tried to pause the show to write down clues, the picture would blink on and off. So once again I’m referring to j-archive.com to get the clues I need. (Thank you!)
The game was a good one once again. Justin Bernbach of NY was back with 6 wins under his belt. His opponents were John Mariz of MD and Robert Kennedy (!) of NY. At the end of the Jeopardy round, Justin had $4600, John had $4800, and Robert had $5200. By the time Justin got the first Daily Double in the Double Jeopardy round, though, he had amassed $17,000, thanks in part to nearly running the category Literary Titles. He added $5000 to his score on the Daily Double, in Awards and Honors: “In 1997 the Nobel Peace Prize was shared by Jody Williams and the ICBL, the International Campaign to ban these.”
The second to last clue was the second Daily Double in the round, and John found it. Justin had $28,400, and John and Robert were tied with $8400 each. John wisely bet almost everything, $8000, and came up with a correct response in Eating Places: “In Germany it’s a beer-hall and restaurant usually below street-level.” (Props to anyone who had heard of this!) Justin got the last clue of the round correct, bringing his total to $30,400 for Final Jeopardy. The category was The Academy Awards: “Peter Finch was the first winner of a posthumous Best Actor Oscar; he was first to get two posthumous acting nominations.” Robert was the only contestant to get the answer right, but of course it was too little, too late. He added $8001 to his $8400, while John lost $15,999 with his guess of Peter Sellers, and Justin lost $2600 with his guess of Heath Ledger. This makes Bernbach a 7-day champion.
*Lance Bass, landmines, rathskeller, James Dean