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 Tuesday, December 20, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: 2016 U.S. OLYMPIANS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: If this U.S. state was a country, it would have been in the top 10 in gold medals with 14–9 of them by 1 man & 1 woman
(correct response beneath the contestants)
During her run so far, Cindy Stowell has won $80,002. She had pledged to donate all of her winnings to cancer research. Unfortunately, Cindy passed away on December 5; she had competed on the show with stage IV cancer. Her friends and family will also appreciate donations on her behalf to the Cancer Research Institute. Many fans are watching the show and electing to donate $1 for each correct response they give while playing at home, an idea come up with by Chelsea Cohen, one of last Thursday’s challengers!
Also, another thing I’ve seen since Cindy’s run started, as I’ve seen a few people disappointed that Jeopardy! did not move up her airing so that Cindy herself might be able to watch: After her audition, Cindy’s taping was fast-tracked so that it would happen as soon as was possible. Because the show has returning champions, the show is obviously obligated to air episodes in the order that they were taped. This week of shows was literally the earliest that Cindy’s airdates could be. Finally, do rest assured that further proving how amazing the show’s production staff is: They ensured that an advance copy of Cindy’s episodes were sent to her. Cindy was able to see her episodes before her passing.
Today’s contestants:
Colleen Cooper, a writer from Van Nuys, California
Julia Kite, a policy & research director from New York, New York
Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas (5-day total: $80,002)
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The aforementioned man and woman in the clue were Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky, who combined for 9 golds between them. Other individual Maryland golds include wrestling’s Helen Maroulis and Kyle Snyder, and athletics’ Matthew Centrowitz, who was the first American to win the men’s 1500 meters since 1908 in what was widely considered a hugely tactical race and certainly not one of speed. (Maybe that’s what the Cubs were waiting for!)
And of course, I now have Maryland’s state song as an earworm in my head. Who remembers that Final Jeopardy from last May?
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Scores going into Final:
Julia $23,800
Cindy $13,600
Colleen $2,600
Final results:
Colleen $2,600 – $2,599 = $1 (What is California?)
Cindy $13,600 + $10,201 = $23,801 (6-day total: $103,803)
Julia $23,800 – $5,000 = $18,800 (What is Ohio?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Julia $5,800
Cindy $5,200
Colleen $-200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BIRDS OF A FEATHER $600 (4th pick)
Julia 800 +800 (Cindy 0 Colleen 0)
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2) SERVING THE STATE DINNER $2000 (18th pick)
Julia 14600 +2000 (Cindy 10800 Colleen 1000)
3) LET’S READ HENRY, JAMES $1600 (29th pick, $2000 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Julia 22200 +1600 (Cindy 13600 Colleen 2600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: & NOW FOR SOME GOOD NEWS $600, $800 & $1000
DJ! round: LET’S READ HENRY, JAMES $2000
Game Stats:
Cindy $13,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 26.42% in first on buzzer
Julia $23,600 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.28% in first on buzzer
Colleen $2,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.09% in first on buzzer
Cindy Stowell, stats to date:
101 correct
10 incorrect
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,400)
5/6 in Final Jeopardy
28.75% in first on buzzer (92/320)
Average Coryat: $11,400
Cindy Stowell, to win:
7 games: 33.10%
8: 10.96%
9: 3.63%
10: 1.20%
11: 0.40%
Avg. streak: 6.495 games.