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 TV Theme Music) for Monday, December 16, 2019 (Season 36, Episode 71):
A short piece for 2 guitars called “Strange No. 3” was the first part of the theme music for this drama series that debuted in 1959
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kirby Copelin, a data analyst from Cincinnati, Ohio
Patrick Yurky, a software engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jennifer Quail, a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan (8-day total: $228,800)
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Correct response: What is The Twilight Zone?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The iconic theme to The Twilight Zone began being used in Season #2 of the famous television anthology series as a splicing together of a pair of CBS library cues: “Etrange 3 (Strange No. 3)” and “Milieu 2 (Middle No. 2)”. Both had been composed specifically for CBS’s library by French avant-garde composer Marius Constant. It was the idea of CBS music together Lud Gluskin to splice together the two cues and did an excellent job of evoking the “reality…with a twist” of the show itself.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Kirby $19,000
Jennifer $17,200
Patrick $14,600
Tonight’s results:
Patrick $14,600 – $4,567 = $10,033 (What ?)
Jennifer $17,200 + $17,000 = $34,200
Kirby $19,000 + $15,401 = $34,401 (1-day total: $34,401)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Patrick $5,800
Jennifer $5,600
Kirby $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SPARK JOY $1000 (7th pick)
Patrick 1000 +1000 (Jennifer 1600 Kirby 0)
2) C’MON THAT’S ANCIENT HISTORY! $2000 (5th pick)
Kirby 5200 +4000 (Patrick 11400 Jennifer 5600)
3) USING WORLDLY ADJECTIVES $1600 (13th pick)
Kirby 11600 +3000 (Patrick 13000 Jennifer 11200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 203
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 110 (1.55 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Kirby $15,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jennifer $17,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Patrick $14,600 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $47,400
Lach Trash: $4,200 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Jennifer Quail, stats to date:
254 correct, 25 incorrect
16/20 on rebound attempts (on 39 rebound opportunities)
46.73% in first on buzzer (236/505)
14/14 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $29,600)
8/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,644
Kirby Copelin, stats to date:
16 correct, 0 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600
Kirby Copelin, to win:
2 games: 60.601%
3: 36.725%
4: 22.256%
5: 13.487%
6: 8.173%
Avg. streak: 2.538 games.
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