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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category U.S. History) for Wednesday, August 28, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 120, encore presentation):
In 1901 this activist was jailed for inspiring the assassination of William McKinley, but the charge was later dropped
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Team Brad, consisting of consisting of Brad Rutter (C), Larissa Kelly (L), and David Madden (R) (Yesterday’s total: $49,800)
Team Colby, consisting of Colby Burnett (C), Pam Mueller (L), and Alan Lin (R) (Yesterday’s total: $0)
Team Buzzy, consisting of Buzzy Cohen (C), Alex Jacob (L), and Jennifer Giles (R) (Yesterday’s total: $26,200)
Today’s score gets added to yesterday’s to come up with the final score. Because scores can be doubled in Final Jeopardy, Team Brad’s effective lead over Team Buzzy is $11,800; their effective lead over Team Colby is $24,900. Team Colby also needs $13,100 before Final Jeopardy! to have a chance at second place. The winner goes straight to the final, the top 3 non-winning scores play in a “wild card” match for the third spot in the final.
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Correct response: Who is Emma Goldman?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Emma Goldman fled her native Russia in 1885 for the United States, she turned to anarchism after feeling that many Chicago anarchists had been the victims of a miscarriage of justice after the 1886 Haymarket Square riots in that city.
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz, who assassinated William McKinley in 1901, claimed to be acting under the influence of Emma Goldman when he killed the President, even though the two had only met briefly.
Goldman became demonized in the press as a violent anarchist, as evidenced by one Chicago Tribune article of 1901.
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Scores going into Final:
Team Buzzy (Jennifer J!, Alex DJ!) $16,800
Team Colby (Alan J!, Pam DJ!) $11,000
Team Brad (David J!, Brad DJ!) $4,200
Tonight’s results:
Team Brad (Larissa) $4,200 + $4,200 = $8,400 + $49,800 = $58,200 (Finalist)
Team Colby (Colby) $11,000 + $10,800 = $21,800 + $0 = $21,800
Team Buzzy (Buzzy) $16,800 – $16,800 = $0 + $26,200 = $26,200 (Who is Anthony)
Fantasy point accumulation (Unofficial): Larissa Kelly 24 Alex Jacob 24 David Madden 18 Brad Rutter 17 Colby Burnett 16 Alan Lin 12 Buzzy Cohen 10 Jennifer Giles 8 Pam Mueller 7
(As per the Official Rules of the contest: A correct response in Single or Double Jeopardy is worth 1 entry into the Lindblad sweepstakes. A correct response in Final Jeopardy is worth 10 entries into the Lindblad sweepstakes.)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Team Colby (Alan) $5,000
Team Buzzy (Jennifer) $4,000
Team Brad (David) $3,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) STATE FACTS $800 (3rd pick)
Jennifer 1400 +1400 (Alan 0 David 0)
2) THE ARCTIC $1600 (7th pick)
Alex 8000 -100 (Pam 6200 Brad 5400)
3) PHYSIOLOGY $1200 (12th pick)
Alex 10300 +100 (Pam 6200 Brad 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Game Stats:
Alan $5,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 0 incorrect, 27.59% in first on buzzer
Jennifer $3,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 27.59% in first on buzzer
David $3,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.48% in first on buzzer
Alex $14,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 50.00% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Pam $6,000 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.43% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
Brad $400 Coryat, 4 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.00% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $9,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Brad Rutter, stats to date:
667 correct, 76 incorrect
37/40 on rebound attempts
42.87% in first on buzzer (634/1479)
39/45 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $55,100)
15/25 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,237
(These statistics do not include Watson)
Larissa Kelly, stats to date:
307 correct, 25 incorrect
15/17 on rebound attempts
39.75% in first on buzzer (283/712)
15/19 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $40,400)
11/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,538
David Madden, stats to date:
531 correct, 53 incorrect
33/39 on rebound attempts
37.57% in first on buzzer (476/1267)
44/46 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $76,805)
16/23 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,348
Buzzy Cohen, stats to date:
289 correct, 49 incorrect
15/17 on rebound attempts
35.03% in first on buzzer (282/805)
17/23 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $45,400)
8/15 in Final Jeopardy!
Average Coryat: $14,000
Alex Jacob, stats to date:
311 correct, 36 incorrect
14/16 on rebound attempts
44.84% in first on buzzer (300/669)
15/20 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $76,100)
2/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,138
Jennifer Giles, stats to date:
104 correct, 17 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts
33.44% in first on buzzer (105/314)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,867
Colby Burnett, stats to date:
227 correct, 23 incorrect
15/15 on rebound attempts
32.00% in first on buzzer (208/650)
9/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,200)
7/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,233
Alan Lin, stats to date:
237 correct, 25 incorrect
10/10 on rebound attempts
33.63% in first on buzzer (226/672)
10/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,805)
7/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,954
Pam Mueller, stats to date:
263 correct, 38 incorrect
14/20 on rebound attempts
30.67% in first on buzzer (253/825)
10/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,000)
6/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I like to say that Brad Rutter will give you one opportunity a tournament to beat him. I get the sense that this episode was that opportunity.
- That being said: after that performance by Alex, where do you place him on the list of top Jeopardy! players ever? If you consider the two rounds Alex and Brad played against each other, your score is Alex 19400 Colby-Pam 9200 Brad 8800. The Coryat score was $20,600 for Alex to $6,000 for Brad.
- I think that Jennifer surprised a lot of people tonight, staying even with Alan and David.
- It’s hard to argue against Alex’s Daily Double strategy. It effectively locked Team Colby into third place, and it allowed Buzzy to have a shot at Team Brad in Final. The only way that Alex would have bet big would have been if he felt that he had a freeroll at the lead, and at that point he definitely did not.
- I was a little bit annoyed that Alex Trebek didn’t prompt Alex Jacob for an answer on the Daily Double that Alex Jacob timed out on. Alex Trebek usually does this.
- Will $21,800 be enough for Team Colby to advance? Only time will tell.
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Alan 30.77% (8/26), Jennifer 30.77% (8/26), David 38.46% (10/26), Alex 51.85% (14/27), Pam 22.22% (6/27), Brad 25.93% (7/27).
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