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
Happy Cinco de Cuatro! (Here’s some money. Go see a Star War.)
Today’s contestants:
Ian Miller, a high school history, government and economics teacher from Woodland Hills, CA
Hannah Krug, a high school math & physics teacher from Laurel, MD
Jill Gilbert, middle school English teacher from Des Moines, IA
Big groans on my end at the “O” 2 “B” and JUNG categories in Double Jeopardy. Clearly, they should have gone with “TONIGHT” and “WE ARE” before JUNG. That would have been more fun.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Jill $14,800
Ian $6,400
Hannah $6,200
Final Jeopardy! category: THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Final Jeopardy! clue: Its surface features include ones named for Margaret Mead, Josephine Baker & Cleopatra
What is Venus? (Ian was going for Pluto, Hannah Mars, and Jill Ganymede).
Hannah 6200 – 6199 = 1
Ian 6400 – 6400 = 0
Jill 14800 – 0 = 14800
Semifinalists & Wild Card Standings:
Monday: Chris Tempro
Tuesday: Jason Sterlacci
Wednesday: Jill Gilbert
Thursday:
Friday:
1. Lauren Gilmore $11,000 ($9,200)
2. Nicole Throckmorton $5,000 ($10,000)
3. Dianne Lee $100 ($2,600)
4. Hannah Krug $1 ($6,200)
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5. Ian Miller $0 ($6,400)
5. Greg Greenzweig $0 ($6,400)
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Professor Steven Dutch at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay has a number of photographs of the surface of Venus, including one of Mead, which happens to be the planet’s largest crater.
From his site:
(contestant photo credit: jeopardy.com)
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Tonight’s stats:
Jill: 15,000 Coryat, 20 right, 1 wrong, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Hannah: 7,800C 17R 6W, 38.60% IFOB
Ian: 5,200C 10R 3W 17.54% IFOB
13 Triple Stumpers
The only pictures ever returned from the surface of Venus were sent back by the Soviet Venera spacecraft. A number of early missions failed to survive the atmospheric pressure of Venus and were crushed before reaching the surface. Venera 9, 10, 13 and 14 survived to transmit pictures. Venera 11 and 12 landed but failed to transmit pictures.
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