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.
(Click Here for Methodology)
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, March 9, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: NATIONS OF THE WORLD
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: A 2011 report said the citizenry of this country included a total of 32 women
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Serena Kay Tibbitt, an attorney from Miami, Florida
Rachel Moyer, an operations support specialist from Charlotte, North Carolina
Annie Marggraf, an umemployed bartender from Vancouver, Washington (1-day total: $20,000)
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The Australian news report said that in March 2011, there were 572 citizens with Vatican passports, 540 men and 32 women. Of that, there were 306 diplomats, 86 Swiss guards, 73 cardinals, 31 lay people, and 1 nun. Only 223 of those citizens live in the Vatican.
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Scores going into Final:
Rachel $16,200
Annie $15,600
Serena $8,600
Final results:
Serena $8,600 – $8,599 = $1 (What is Tuvalu?)
Annie $15,600 + $15,600 = $31,200 (2-day total: $51,200)
Rachel $16,200 – $15,001 = $1,199 (What is Saudi Arabia?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rachel $8,600
Annie $2,000
Serena $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SCIEN-“T”IFIC $800 (12th pick)
Rachel 2200 +2200 (Serena 1800 Annie 800)
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2) NIXON’S ENEMIES LIST $800 (2nd pick)
Annie 2400 -2400 (Rachel 8600 Serena 1400)
3) LITERARY AWARDS $2000 (16th pick)
Annie 5600 +5600 (Rachel 13400 Serena 6200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: BRAND NAMES — FIRST & LAST $200, STRAIGHT $200
DJ! round: None!
$ Left on Board: $400
Game Stats:
Annie $14,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 32.73% in first on buzzer
Rachel $14,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer
Serena $8,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $10,600
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $5,200
Annie Marggraf, stats to date:
45 correct
8 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
40.19% in first on buzzer (43/107)
Average Coryat: $14,300
Annie Marggraf, to win:
3 games: 47.44%
4: 22.50%
5: 10.68%
6: 5.06%
7: 2.40%
Avg. streak: 2.903 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $74,328
Miscellany:
- Thanks to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
Tournament of Champions model update:
With a projected 91 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.4256 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4363).
An average of 5.3042 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7568).
An early cutoff took place 22.162% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Annie Marggraf qualified 15.303% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 50.740% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 13.961% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 2.765% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.590% of the time.