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)
(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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Primetime TV) for Monday, February 11, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 111):
“Complications” was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Eric R. Backes, an attorney & government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas
Karen Bascom Lambiotte, a science writer from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Bif Reiser, a mathematician from Portland, Oregon (3-day total: $69,400)
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Correct response: What is Grey’s Anatomy?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Created by Shonda Rhimes, Grey’s Anatomy premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC as a midseason replacement, focusing on the lives of surgical interns, residents, and attending physicians at the fictional Seattle Grace Hospital. The title is a pun on the title character’s name, Dr. Meredith Grey (portrayed by Ellen Pompeo), and Henry Gray’s seminal 1858 anatomy textbook, Gray’s Anatomy.
Its 15th season premiered in September 2018; it is still one of the top-rated dramas on broadcast television.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Eric $27,800
Bif $24,000
Karen $7,000
Tonight’s results:
Karen $7,000 + $7,000 = $14,000 (What is Gray’s Anatomy?)
Bif $24,000 + $3,801 = $27,801
Eric $27,800 + $20,201 = $48,001 (1-day total: $48,001)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $10,200
Bif $4,400
Karen $3,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A CLASSIC SETTING $600 (13th pick)
Eric 3600 +2000 (Bif 2000 Karen 1000)
2) NEWER WORDS $1600 (4th pick)
Bif 4800 +4800 (Eric 11000 Karen 3400)
3) YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200 (24th pick)
Bif 12400 +8000 (Eric 25800 Karen 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 220
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Eric $26,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Bif $14,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer
Karen $7,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 0 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $47,400
Lach Trash: $4,200 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
Bif Reiser, final stats:
88 correct, 7 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
36.56% in first on buzzer (83/227)
7/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $23,400)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,100
Eric R. Backes, stats to date:
28 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,400
Eric R. Backes, to win:
2 games: 79.12%
3: 62.61%
4: 49.54%
5: 39.20%
6: 31.01%
Avg. streak: 4.790 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 129 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.9615 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6167).
An average of 6.9043 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.9772).
An early cutoff took place 6.202% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Eric R. Backes qualified 57.608% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 78.916% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 57.730% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 31.505% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 10.522% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 2.535% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.295% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This was the first set of regular episodes taped in calendar year 2019, taping January 15 (the All-Star Games taped January 8 and 9).
The light pen that the contestants use for Final Jeopardy is notoriously difficult to write with. Many contestants struggle with them. However, the show’s judges (as seen in this behind-the-scenes video) are able to see the responses and track the movement of the light pen as the responses are being written, so that they can see what contestants are attempting to write, ruling accordingly. Much like the PGA Tour, it is inapproprate for the home viewer to act as though they are a part of the judging panel.
- $48,001 is the fourth-highest score ever for a regular player’s first win, after Myron Meyer ($50,000 on September 5, 2002), Kevin Joyce ($49,699 on April 15, 2009), and Jack Feerick ($48,600 on January 28, 2009).
- $24,000 is the third-highest regular play trailing score going into Final Jeopardy, following Mark Wales’ $24,800 (July 21, 2008) and Michael Cudahy’s $24,400 (June 25, 2004, Ken Jennings’ 18th win)
- $26,400 is the highest debut Coryat score since Margaret Miles’ $27,200 on April 14, 2016.
I really wish Bif had gone True Daily Double on the final Daily Double. I’ve calculated the average future winnings using the ceteris paribus assumption, but I’m just going to tell myself that in the alternate universe where Bizarro Bif does go True Daily Double, Bizarro Eric also STAYs CLAM on YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $800 and the only difference in the outcomes is that Bizarro Eric wins an extra $8,800.
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Eric 48.15% (26/54), Bif 31.48% (17/54), Karen 20.37% (11/54).
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