Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (Episode 33)

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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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

Are you looking for today’s syndicated Jeopardy recap? Find that here! You can also find the recaps here for Episode 32 (For Queso The Cat, The Bay Hive, Buggsy Mogues) and Episode 33 (Little Pocket Monsters, Queen City Kidz, Mission: Impopsicle). Finally, you can find the recap for today’s episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! here.

Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Common Threads) for Wednesday, February 12, 2025 (Season 1, Game 33):

Bryan Cranston once noted his 2 biggest TV roles were very different, but had this notable wardrobe item in common

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Mission: Impopsicle, Stan, Abigail, and Simon

Queen City Kidz, Mason, Samantha, and Darcy

Little Pocket Monsters, Alex, Melissa, and Andy

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

This week’s final quarterfinal features Little Pocket Monsters, Queen City Kidz, and Mission: Impopsicle. While I am cheering for our Canadians (Queen City Kidz), Mission: Impopsicle dominated the opening round with one of the most dominant performances in any version of the show. I’m interested to see here at The Jeopardy! Fan if they can keep that up. Again, assuming my predictions are correct, I believe that the winner of this game will face off against the South Shore Squad and Personality Hires in a semifinal.

Correct response: What are tighty-whiteys?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Bryan Cranston claimed that both of his major TV roles—Hal on Malcolm in the Middle and Walter White in Breaking Bad saw him wear “tighty-whiteys”.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 33:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Office Supplies In Movies; Girl TV; Do The Rap Ad-Lib Or Phrase; Crazy World, Lotta Smells; Wardrobe Malfunctions; Give The Drummer Some)

Mission: Impopsicle found the Daily Double and used it to lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Mission: Impopsicle 5,400 Queen City Kidz 2,800 Little Pocket Monsters 1,600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Mission: Impopsicle 6 correct 0 incorrect
Queen City Kidz 4 correct 0 incorrect
Little Pocket Monsters 2 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Mission: Impopsicle takes part in the M.I.T. Mystery Hunt every year.
Queen City Kidz are all a bunch of gossips.
Little Pocket Monsters also had two teammates meet on opposing pep bands (like The Bay Hive from Episode 32.)

Impopsicle picked up another 6 correct to continue to lead; Queen City Kidz swept the Triple Play at the end of the round to claw back a little bit.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Mission: Impopsicle 12 correct 0 incorrect
Queen City Kidz 11 correct 0 incorrect
Little Pocket Monsters 5 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Mission: Impopsicle 8,200
Queen City Kidz 4,600
Little Pocket Monsters 2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Single-Named Singers; Cruisin’ In The Atl; 21st Century Black & White; It’s A Bling Thing; Fantastic Beasts; Where To Find Them)

While no points were gained on the Triple Play, it proved crucial, as Mission: Impopsicle’s correct response gave them control of the board—which they used to find, and double up through, DD2. They found DD3 later in the round, but it was a dominant runaway performance by the end of 60 clues.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Mission: Impopsicle 26 correct 1 incorrect
Queen City Kidz 17 correct 2 incorrect
Little Pocket Monsters 12 correct 3 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Mission: Impopsicle 36,600
Queen City Kidz 9,800
Little Pocket Monsters 5,800

Everyone got Final Jeopardy correct as Mission: Impopsicle makes it into the semifinals.

Tonight’s results:

Little Pocket Monsters 5,800 + 5,799 = 11,599 (What are tighty-whiteys?)
Queen City Kidz 9,800 + 9,800 = 19,600 (What is white underwear?)
Mission: Impopsicle 36,600 + 0 = 36,600 (What are tighty whities?) (Semi-Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) OFFICE SUPPLIES IN MOVIES 800 (clue #6)
Mission: Impopsicle 1600 +1600 (Little Pocket Monsters 600 Queen City Kidz 1000)
2) 21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE 2000 (clue #7)
Mission: Impopsicle 9400 +9400 (Little Pocket Monsters 2600 Queen City Kidz 8200)
3) WHERE TO FIND THEM 800 (clue #13, 17200 left on board)
Mission: Impopsicle 23600 +5000 (Little Pocket Monsters 6200 Queen City Kidz 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 221

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Little Pocket Monsters 3 4 5
Queen City Kidz 3
Mission: Impopsicle 5 4*

DJ! Round:
Little Pocket Monsters 5 2 3 4 3
Queen City Kidz 4 3
Mission: Impopsicle 2 5* 5 5 4 2*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Mission: Impopsicle 4.00
Queen City Kidz 3.33
Little Pocket Monsters 3.63

Game Stats:

Mission: Impopsicle 24,200 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Queen City Kidz 9,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Little Pocket Monsters 5,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 39,800
Lach Trash: 8,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Little Pocket Monsters, career statistics:

38 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (36/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 12,500

Queen City Kidz, career statistics:

34 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,600

Mission: Impopsicle, career statistics:

65 correct, 1 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (48/114)
6/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 29,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 31,000

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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