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
Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, December 1, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In the early 1700s in Dresden, King Augustus locked up a chemist until he found how to make this product dubbed “white gold”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Asim Modi, an attorney from San Francisco, California
Kylie Carrithers, an intensive English instructor from Terre Haute, Indiana
Justin Bender, an technical engineer from Boulder, Colorado (4-day total: $62,401)
This is an interesting story.
Amusingly, Meissen’s website says:
Research aimed at cracking the secret of how porcelain was made commenced at Meißen early in the 18th century. Those involved were Johann Friedrich Böttger, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, the Freiberg Mining Counsellor Gottfried Pabst von Ohain and further mining and smelting specialists. The research was commissioned by Augustus the Strong, Elector Prince of Saxony and King of Poland.The work proved successful. The first white porcelain was produced in 1708 under the direction of Johann Friedrich Böttger. Europe’s first porcelain had been born.
That disagrees ever-so-slightly with the following paper by Queiroz & Agathopoulos from Portugal’s University of Aveiro:
Böttger was born in 1682 at Schleiz. After he started working as a pharmacist apprentice in Berlin, he devoted himself to alchemy. In 1701, he made his first demonstration in the prescence of trustworthy witnesses. He pretended to transmute two silver coins into gold. After his “success”, the Prussian king tried to lock him as a treasure, but he managed to escape to Saxony. However, his fame preceded him, and August the Strong kept him watched and confined in Albrectsburg Castle (Meissen), trying to exploit his “gold maker” skills. Later on, as no gold was forthcoming, August directed him to porcelain research.
Also, in case you weren’t aware, former NBC head Grant Tinker (who passed away this week) had quite a role in the early history of Jeopardy!
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Justin $9,600
Asim $5,200
Kylie -$1,400
Final Results:
Kylie -$1,400
Asim $5,200 + $5,199 = $10,399 (1-day total: $10,399)
Justin $9,600 – $801 = $8,799 (What is gunpowder?)
Judging note: Asim’s mis-spelling of “porcelein” was accepted as misspellings are only penalized if they change the pronunciation of the word. Note the following from the Jeopardy website: Written responses to the Final Jeopardy! clue do not have to be spelled correctly, but they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables. “porcelain” and “porcelein” are phonetically the same.
Scores after the opening round:
Justin $4,800
Kylie $2,600
Asim -$1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $1000 (13th pick)
Asim -400 +800 (Kylie 1200 Justin 800)
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2) WAR! $1200 (3rd pick)
Asim -200 +1000 (Justin 4800 Kylie 2600)
3) JOEL $1200 (8th pick)
Justin 4000 -2000 (Kylie 1000 Asim -400)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE AGE OF WHALING $1000
DJ! round: WE’VE GOT CHEMISTRY $2000
Game Stats:
Asim $5,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer
Justin $11,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Kylie -$1,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 7 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Justin Bender, final stats:
114 correct
16 incorrect
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,700)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
41.09% in first on buzzer (113/275)
Average Coryat: $15,200
Asim Modi, stats to date:
15 correct
5 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
21.82% in first on buzzer (12/55)
Average Coryat: $5,600
Asim Modi, to win:
2 games: 20.89%
3: 4.36%
4: 0.91%
5: 0.19%
6: 0.04%
Avg. streak: 1.264 games.