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 Authors) for Friday, June 12, 2020 (Season 36, Game 190):
On this woman’s passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her “a magician with language, who understood the power of words”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Matt Napolitano, a sports update anchor from Franklin Square, New York
Kelly Lake, an animation producer from Altadena, California
Zach Newkirk, an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia (3-day total: $65,674)
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Correct response: Who is Toni Morrison?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison is best known for 1987’s Beloved, which won her the Pulitzer. When she died in 2019, Oprah memorialized her in an Instagram post, saying, “She was a magician with language, who understood the power of words. She used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend them.”
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Kelly $13,400
Zach $10,000
Matt $7,400
Tonight’s results:
Matt $7,400 + $6,100 = $13,500 (Who is Toni Morrison?)
Zach $10,000 + $9,995 = $19,995 (Who is Toni Morrison?) (4-day total: $85,669)
Kelly $13,400 – $6,601 = $6,799 (Who is Angelou?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kelly $9,000
Zach $2,400
Matt $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS & PHRASES $800 (clue #25)
Zach 3200 -1600 (Kelly 8000 Matt 1000)
2) COLORFUL CITIES $2000 (clue #11)
Zach 10400 -4000 (Kelly 9000 Matt 3800)
3) TROOP-POURRI $1600 (clue #17)
Zach 8000 -2000 (Kelly 9800 Matt 3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -113
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 381 (2.01 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Zach $17,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt $7,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Kelly $13,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,400
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Zach Newkirk, career statistics:
76 correct, 10 incorrect
9/11 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
29.17% in first on buzzer (63/216)
4/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
3/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,300
Kelly Lake, career statistics:
20 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400
Matt Napolitano, career statistics:
12 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,400
Zach Newkirk, to win:
5 games: 53.756%
6: 28.897%
7: 15.534%
8: 8.350%
9: 4.489%
Avg. streak: 5.162 games.
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