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)
(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 19th Century Literature) for Monday, January 28, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 101):
Ambrose Bierce, a Civil War veteran, said of this 1895 book, the author “knows nothing of war, yet he is drenched in blood”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Saurabh Kapadia, a finance analyst from New York, New York
Jill Regan, an auditor from Dedham, Massachusetts
Steven “Steve-O” Oppenheim, a supply chain analyst from Shaker Heights, Ohio (1-day total: $33,201)
Steven is also an alumnus of the “Complete the List” podcast, having appeared on an episode in September 2017!
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Correct response: What is The Red Badge of Courage?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Author Stephen Crane was born in November 1871, more than six years after the conclusion of the U.S. Civil War, but still wrote the 1895 book The Red Badge of Courage, about a young private (Henry Fleming) who fled from a battle and was so ashamed that he felt the need to seek out a “red badge of courage”, that being a war wound. The work received high praise from Civil War writer Bierce, who also said “Most beginners who deal with this subject spatter themselves merely with ink”.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Jill $18,000
Steve-O $15,800
Saurabh $4,000
Tonight’s results:
Saurabh $4,000 + $1,000 = $5,000
Steve-O $15,800 + $15,700 = $31,500
Jill $18,000 + $13,601 = $31,601 (1-day total: $31,601)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Jill $4,400
Steve-O $4,000
Saurabh $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) INSURANCE $400 (18th pick)
Jill 1200 -1200 (Saurabh 3000 Steve-O 2600)
2) GODS & GODDESSES $1600 (4th pick)
Steve-O 5600 +3000 (Jill 5200 Saurabh 2400)
3) GEOGRAPH”E” $800 (6th pick)
Steve-O 10600 +4000 (Jill 5200 Saurabh 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -9
Unplayed clues:
J! round: CELEBRITIES: THEY’RE JUST LIKE US! $1000
DJ! Round: WORLD LEADERS OF 2018 $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $3,000
Game Stats:
Jill $19,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Steve-O $11,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 41.82% in first on buzzer
Saurabh $4,000 Coryat, 6 correct, 2 incorrect, 10.91% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $34,400
Lach Trash: $9,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Steven Oppenheim, final stats:
44 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
37.84% in first on buzzer (42/111)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,100
Jill Regan, stats to date:
22 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
36.36% in first on buzzer (20/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,200
Jill Regan, to win:
2 games: 58.09%
3: 33.74%
4: 19.60%
5: 11.39%
6: 6.61%
Avg. streak: 2.386 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 139 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.9988 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6708).
An average of 7.2065 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.0557).
An early cutoff took place 7.174% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Jill Regan qualified 13.339% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 78.525% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 58.768% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 32.909% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 11.479% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 2.947% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.353% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Another champion has done really well on Day 1 and had a drop-off on Day 2. It’s clear that my prediction model needs adjusting.
- If it’s possible to look on the bright side of this: at least I’m not going to have conflicted loyalties when it comes to Wednesday’s episode!
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Jill 40.82% (20/49), Steve-O 46.94% (23/49), Saurabh 12.24% (6/49).
- The “Portions of the program not affecting the outcome of the competition have been edited” disclaimer was shown during the credits. Does this mean CELEBRITIES $1000 was played in-studio, was a stand-and-stare, and cut out? It sounded like an edit to me. That disclaimer doesn’t usually play.
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