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Season 32

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – June 2, 2016

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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

Today in Jeopardy! history: Ken Jennings’ first game. I recapped his first game from 2004 today.

Today’s contestants:

Ed Brown, a lighting designer from Pasadena, CA

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Ariel Watkins, a graduate student from Monterey, CA

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Kelly Bayles, a librarian from Tulsa, OK (1-day total: $16,900)

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Miss Buzzy Cohen? I interviewed him recently for #JeopardyLivePanel.

Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Kelly $20,600
Ed $10,200
Ariel $1,600

Final Jeopardy! category: 20TH CENTURY NOTABLES

Final Jeopardy! clue: Despite protests in 2009 some of his personal effects as seen here were sold at auction

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Who is Mohandas Gandhi? (Incorrect responses, if any, will be in the comment section, as well as full stats.


Ariel 1600 – 1400 = 200 Ed 10200 – 6999 = 3101 Kelly 20600 – 0 = 20600 (2-day total: $37,500)

This week’s Poll of the Week contains two cute dogs. Who wore the Jeopardy! hat better?


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  • Incorrect responses to Final Jeopardy:
    Ariel: Osama Bin Laden
    Ed: (John Wayne) Gacy
    Kelly: (Ernest) Hemingway

    Stats:
    Kelly 20,200 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer
    Ed 8,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 6 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
    Ariel 1,600 Coryat, 4 correct, 0 incorrect, 5.26% in first on buzzer

    Kelly Bayles, through 2 games:
    45 correct
    6 incorrect
    2/2 on Daily Doubles
    0/2 in Final Jeopardy
    39.64% in first on buzzer
    Average Coryat: $18,400

    Kelly Bayles, to win:
    3 games: 66.07%
    4: 43.66%
    5: 28.84%
    6: 19.06%
    7: 12.59%
    Avg. streak: 3.947 games. #Jeopardy

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