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
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Exploration Name’s The Same) for quarterfinal #3 of the 2018 College Championship (encore presentation) on Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (Season 34, Episode 153):
The deepest part of the Mariana Trench & a submersible that went there share the name of this space shuttle
(This episode originally aired on April 10, 2018.)
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Caroline Trammell, a junior at Furman University from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
William Scott, a freshman at Tufts University from Los Altos, California
Rishab Jain, a freshman at Georgia Tech from Memphis, Tennessee
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Correct response: What is Challenger?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Challenger Deep is the deepest known point on the Earth’s oceans, over 35,000 feet below sea level; it’s part of the Mariana Trench in the Western Pacific. Only two known descents have ever occurred; the Trieste in 1960 and the Deepsea Challenger (manned by Canadian film director James Cameron). It was named after the British ship the HMS Challenger, which was the first to record its depth in the 1870s.
Also named after the Challenger was the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was the shuttle that broke apart 73 seconds into its flight on January 28, 1986 after a joint in its right solid rocket booster failed, killing all seven of its crew, including teacher Christa McAuliffe.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
William $15,800
Rishab $13,600
Caroline $11,600
Tonight’s results:
Caroline $11,600 – $5,000 = $6,600 (What Explorer)
Rishab $13,600 + $6,500 = $20,100 (Automatic Semi-Finalist)
William $15,800 + $4,199 = $19,999
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Caroline $6,000
Rishab $2,800
William $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SPRING BREAK $400 (17th pick)
William 3000 -3000 (Caroline 3000 Rishab 200)
2) TIME FOR CLASS $1200 (15th pick)
William 6200 +2000 (Caroline 9600 Rishab 4800)
3) ARCHITECTURE & BUILDINGS $2000 (28th pick)
Rishab 11600 +2000 (William 13800 Caroline 11200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -85
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Rishab $13,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
William $18,000 Coryat, 25 correct, 3 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Caroline $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $43,200
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,400
Rishab Jain, stats to date:
14 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
William Scott, stats to date:
26 correct, 3 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,000
Caroline Trammell, stats to date:
14 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,600
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