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 U.K. Prime Ministers) for Thursday, January 24, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 99):
He was the first U.K. Prime Minister born after Elizabeth II became queen
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Nancy Rohlen, a sales manager from Chicago, Illinois
Aaron Lichtig, a growth marketer from Silver Spring, Maryland
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, an astrophysicist from Playa Del Rey, California (1-day total: $29,600)
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Correct response: Who is Tony Blair?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
I’m not sure why the Jeopardy! writers thought this was a good subject for a Final Jeopardy!; but hey, it’s their show. I mean, the clue is written properly, and it pins to the correct answer, but this clue seems to be lacking any sort of tease-out metric”, especially for an American audience.
And yes, it pins to the correct answer. While Tony Blair was born May 6, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II became queen when her father died in 1952, even though her coronation took place June 2, 1953.
When I first encountered this clue as New York Times Clue of the Day, I was hoping that this clue was going to be a $2,000 Daily Double, that Cameron, Brown, and Major were earlier clues in the category, and the writers were trying to reward taking a category from top-to-bottom. But, alas, this is Final Jeopardy!.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Aaron $12,400
Nancy $7,200
Rachel -$1,600
Tonight’s results:
Rachel -$1,600
Nancy $7,200 + $5,201 = $12,401
Aaron $12,400 + $2,001 = $14,401 (1-day total: $14,401)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Nancy $4,400
Aaron $3,600
Rachel $3,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) CREATURES WITH BLOWHOLES $600 (12th pick)
Aaron 2400 -1200 (Nancy 1400 Rachel 1000)
2) SLOGANS & MOTTOES $1200 (16th pick)
Nancy 9200 -2000 (Aaron 9600 Rachel 1600)
3) POTENT POE TALES $800 (22nd pick)
Rachel 3600 -3600 (Aaron 11600 Nancy 6800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -172
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: BEFORE & ACTOR $400 & $800
Total $ Left On Board: $1,200
Game Stats:
Aaron $13,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.18% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Nancy $9,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer, 0/3 on rebound attempts
Rachel $2,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 4 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer, 0/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $24,800
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,000
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, final stats:
31 correct, 7 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts
30.36% in first on buzzer (34/112)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,200
Aaron Lichtig, stats to date:
19 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
38.18% in first on buzzer (21/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Aaron Lichtig, to win:
2 games: 41.65%
3: 17.35%
4: 7.22%
5: 3.01%
6: 1.25%
Avg. streak: 1.714 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 141 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.9977 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6736).
An average of 7.235 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.0675).
An early cutoff took place 18.132% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Aaron Lichtig qualified 3.476% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 58.952% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 33.472% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 11.752% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 3.028% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 0.373% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- After yesterday’s clunker in the closed captions, I didn’t think we could top it, but xi instead of pi on the third clue of the game is absolutely inexcusable.
- Kudos to both of our players in Final for getting that one correct.
- Today was the first 0-for-3 on the Daily Doubles since December 26, and today had the worst Daily Double Efficiency since October 24.
- Good on all 3 players for staying in POTENT POE TALES until the Daily Double was found. It’s too bad it didn’t work out for Rachel, but at least she can call herself a Jeopardy! champion; a title nobody can take away from her.
- Effective in first on buzzer percentages: Aaron 42.00% (21/50), Nancy 38.00% (19/50), Rachel 20.00% (10/50)
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