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Sports Jeopardy! Recap – October 26, 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

October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
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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

Earl Holland goes for a three-peat on this week’s Sports Jeopardy!

You can watch this game on Crackle!

Today’s contestants:

Erik Farinas, a probation and parole officer from Millsboro, DE

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Carmen DeFranco, a prosecuting attorney from Clarkston, MI

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Earl Holland, a sports copy and web editor from Newark, DE (3-day total: $15,000)

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A funny quip from Earl, after finding the first Daily Double: “I feel like I’m catching Pokemon!”

Heartbreak for Carmen on the last Daily Double: “Practicing before the 2010 games, an Austrian on his back in this event was clocked going nearly 96 mph” – he said “What is two-man luge”; the “two man” was too much information, making the response incorrect.

Final Jeopardy! category: BASEBALL MANAGERS

Final Jeopardy! clue: This HOFer’s real first name was Charles; his nickname came from the initials of the Midwest city where he was born in 1890


Who is Casey Stengel?

Scores going into Final:
Earl 22,500
Erik 4,000
Carmen 2,000

Final Results:
Carmen 2,000 + 1,616 = 3,616
Erik 4,000 + 100 = 4,100
Earl 22,500 + 1,988 = 24,488 (4-day total: $20,000)

Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Earl 9,000
Carmen 4,750
Erik 1,000

Daily Double locations:
1) ROUGH COACHING STINTS 1000 (3rd pick)
Earl 250 +1000 (Carmen 750 Erik -250)
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2) ROOKIE RECORDS 1000 (13th pick)
Earl 14500 +1500 (Carmen 7250 Erik 3500)
3) SLIDING INTO THE OLYMPICS 2000 (17th pick)
Carmen 7750 -7750 (Erik 18000 Erik 4500)

On the scoreboard:
19 – 96
04 – 78
Do you have any suggestions as to what this scoreboard might mean? Leave a comment!

Game stats:
Earl 22,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 46.67% in first on buzzer
Erik 4,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Carmen 9,750 Coryat, 12 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.67% in first on buzzer

Earl Holland, stats to date:
90 correct
10 incorrect
8/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 11,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
43.89% in first on buzzer (79/180)
Average Coryat: 18,375

Earl Holland, to win:
5 games: 73.46%
6: 53.97%
7: 39.65%
8: 29.13%
9: 21.40%
Avg. streak: 6.768 games.


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  • The scoreboard puzzle is Greg Norman’s collapse in the 1996 Masters shooting a 78 on the final day to lose to Nick Faldo.

    • Andy Saunders | October 26, 2016 at 3:57 pm | Reply

      I went down the Olympics and the Brett Favre paths. Forgot about Shark’s collapse. Thank you!

      • Frank Smith | October 26, 2016 at 9:41 pm | Reply

        I thought it would be something in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, but I found nothing. I don’t know much about professional golf, so the scoreboard puzzle referring to that is interesting to me.

        • Andy Saunders | October 26, 2016 at 10:01 pm | Reply

          Mark Barrett upthread is a noted Vikings fan so I was really hoping that the scoreboard puzzle was Packers & Favre-related. Sadly, the number 78 did not relate and I got stuck.

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