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
Andy’s back, and so is Arthur Chu!
This week’s contestants:
Sofi Albizuri
Padraic Connelly
Myfanway Davies
Semret Lemma
Josh McIlvain
Stephen Mellis
Chris Sanchez
Lindsey Stallings
Clair Tuley
Dawn Volmert
battling defending champion Arthur Chu!
Today’s contestants:
Remember, Josh is doing a Q&A with Jeanie! Let us know if you have any questions you’d like her to ask!
J! round categories:
PLANET FILL-IN
DON’T SONGS
GROUP NAMES OF ANIMALS
COMIC STRIPS IN OTHER WORDS
WHAT DO I STAND FOR?
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN HISTORY
Both Josh and Sofi got out to an excellent start in this game, and as it turns out, all 3 players decided to start categories in the lower valued clues by the middle of the round! Sofi found the Daily Double under WHAT DO I STAND FOR $1000. Scores:
Sofi $3,600
Josh $2,600
Arthur $1,000
Sofi bet $3,000. Her clue: In BVI, including Tortola. Sofi named the V, and fell to $600.. It seemed to really knock the wind out of Sofi’s sails.
By the first break, the scores sat at:
Josh $2,800
Arthur $2,600
Sofi $600
At his retirement, Josh had a speech sprung upon him. In front of a bunch of teachers, his amusing one liner: “I had a speech prepared, but the dog ate it!”
Sofi is a lifelong New York Rangers fan. Her favourite player? Rod Gilbert!
Arthur once volunteered as a costumed character at the White House at Hallowe’en. Apparently he shook Obama’s hand in a gory zombie glove. It was awkward.
The second half of the round seemed to drag on quite a bit! We did get through all 30 clues, though! Scores:
Arthur $4,800
Josh $4,600
Sofi $2,600
DJ! round categories:
WRITERS HATIN’ ON WRITERS
OSCAR BEST PICTURE PARTIAL MARQUEES
ASIAN CAPITALS
A PROPER BRITISH BURIAL
“BED”
BREAKFAST
Sofi seemed to be shocked each time she got a question right, and took a very long time to select a clue!
OSCAR BEST PICTURE PARTIAL MARQUEES had the Daily Double at its bottom. Arthur got to play it, with scores at:
Arthur $9,600
Josh $5,800
Sofi $3,000
Arthur bet $5,000. I probably would have bet all $9,600 in Arthur’s position.
His clue: ??? QUIET ?? ??? ??????? ????? (The third Best Picture winner). Arthur’s correct response put him at $14,600!
The Arthur train kept motoring along during this round. I’m surprised that WRITERS HATIN’ ON WRITERS $1600 didn’t have the Daily Double! It was under ASIAN CAPITALS $800 instead! And yes, Arthur got to play it. Scores:
Arthur $23,400
Sofi $7,000
Josh $5,400
Arthur bet $5,000. Clue: This capital is named for a religion. Another correct response put him at $28,400.
With Sofi stalling, I am absolutely shocked that we made it through all of the clues today!
Scores going into Final:
Arthur $30,800
Sofi $7,000
Josh $5,800
FJ! category: 19th CENTURY PEOPLE
FJ! clue: Frederick Douglass said this man’s “zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine”
Josh 5800 – 5800 = 0
Sofi 7000 – 7000 = 0
Arthur 30800 – 10000 = 20800
Arthur has now won Game #5! I’ll be back tomorrow for the recap of his sixth!
It’s really tough to find Tweets of the Night when you have people retweeting half of the snark! It’s pretty annoying, if you ask me!
ToC update:
1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher’s Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Terry O’Shea (February 2014 College Champion)
4. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
5. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
6. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
7. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
8. Arthur Chu $123,600 (5 wins)
9. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
10. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
11. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
12. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
13. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)
14. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
15. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
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16. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
17. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
18. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
19. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
20. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
21. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
22. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
23. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
24. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)