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
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 Monday, March 20, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: PAPAL NAMES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: from the mid-20th century, it’s the most recent papal name that’s the same in Latin & in English
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Christiane Evaskis-Garrett, a content developer from Jackson, Michigan
Eli Rosenberger, a naval flight officer from Oak Harbor, Washington
Rebecca Wald, a psychologist from Baltimore, Maryland (1-day total: $31,200)
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I think I’d like to give a shoutout at this point over to Keith Williams over on The Final Wager, whose Papal Pandemonium series began, interestingly enough, two years ago to the day (Without it, this may have been a much more difficult Final for me.)
Twelve different Popes have used the name Pius, the 11th and 12th coming between 1922 and 1958 (Pius XI died in 1939.)
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Scores going into Final:
Rebecca $15,800
Christiane $6,000
Eli $4,800
Final results:
Eli $4,800 – $4,700 = $100 (What is Paul?)
Christiane $6,000 – $5,998 = $2 (What is John?)
Rebecca $15,800 – $3,700 = $12,100 (What is Leo?) (2-day total: $43,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rebecca $3,000
Christiane $2,800
Eli $-400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) FESTIVALS $600 (18th pick)
Eli 200 -600 (Rebecca 2000 Christiane 1200)
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2) NFL EN ESPAÑOL $800 (18th pick)
Christiane 5600 +2000 (Rebecca 11400 Eli 2400)
3) CURRENT BIOGRAPHIES $800 (27th pick, $4800 left on board)
Rebecca 11800 +2000 (Christiane 4400 Eli 3600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: GEOGRAPHY “B” $400, $600, & $800
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $1,800
Game Stats:
Rebecca $14,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.63% in first on buzzer
Eli $5,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 5 incorrect, 25.93% in first on buzzer
Christiane $4,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 27.78% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $16,200
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $11,200
Rebecca Wald, stats to date:
40 correct
5 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
33.33% in first on buzzer (36/108)
Average Coryat: $17,400
Rebecca Wald, to win:
3 games: 60.76%
4: 36.92%
5: 22.44%
6: 13.63%
7: 8.28%
Avg. streak: 3.549 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $83,124
With a projected 84 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.2026 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3867).
An average of 4.947 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6964).
An early cutoff took place 17.035% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Rebecca Wald qualified 24.432% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 57.297% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 17.624% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.671% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.756% of the time.
Miscellany:
- Since October 4, 2004, the Daily Doubles have been split amongst all 3 players 18.28% of the time (in regular play).
- This is the 16th consecutive game in which we did not see all 61 clues. The modern record is 19 consecutive.