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 Communication) for Wednesday, May 31, 2017:
Shigetaka Kurita designed the original set of 176 of these, which included the zodiac glyphs, hearts & a pair of googly eyes
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Joe Nguyen, an attorney from New York, New York
Lisette Pringle, a jewelry store assistant manager from Little River, South Carolina
Kerry Benn, a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey (1-day total: $14,000)
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Emoji (Yes, the plural is “emoji”, not “emojis”) were first created in the late 20th century by Shigetaka Kurita, working for Japanese mobile telco NTT DoCoMo. While there were originally just 176, emoji are now part of the Unicode specification and there are now over 1,000. Unicode 9.0 contains 1,088 emoji. What are your favorite emoji?
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Scores going into Final:
Lisette $11,600
Joe $9,200
Kerry $6,000
Final results:
Kerry $6,000 + $5,800 = $11,800
Joe $9,200 + $3,000 = $12,200 (1-day total: $12,200)
Lisette $11,600 + $401 = $12,001
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Joe $3,000
Kerry $2,000
Lisette $1,600
Judging note: On the 15th clue of Double Jeopardy, Lisette originally said “Louis & Vuitton”, and was asked by the judges to repeat her response prior to Alex ruling on it. She said “Louis Vuitton” and was ruled correct. This exchange is permitted by rule; contestants may alter their response prior to Alex or the judges making a ruling. See Rule 1 at this page at jeopardy.com for more information.
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES $600 (22nd pick)
Joe 3000 -3000 (Kerry 2000 Lisette 400)
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2) QUOTH THE POET $1200 (19th pick)
Joe 7800 -2200 (Lisette 8400 Kerry 6800)
3) GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $1600 (27th pick, $5,600 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Kerry 8000 -2000 (Lisette 10000 Joe 8800)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: QUOTH THE POET $2000
Total $ left on board: $2,000
Game Stats:
Joe $14,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 7 incorrect, 51.79% in first on buzzer
Lisette $11,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 23.21% in first on buzzer
Kerry $8,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 1 incorrect, 14.29% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
Kerry Benn, final stats:
28 correct
4 incorrect
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
23.89% in first on buzzer (27/113)
Average Coryat: $10,800
Joe Nguyen, stats to date:
25 correct
7 incorrect
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
51.79% in first on buzzer (29/56)
Average Coryat: $14,400
Joe Nguyen, to win:
2 games: 48.19%
3: 23.22%
4: 11.19%
5: 5.39%
6: 2.60%
Avg. streak: 1.930 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $35,168
With a projected 62 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.248 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.1562).
An average of 3.4966 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3985).
An early cutoff took place 13.688% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Joe Nguyen qualified 9.270% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 44.614% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 12.429% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 1.807% of the time.
Miscellany:
- This is the first regular-play game since April 7 in which the contestants went 0-for-3 on the Daily Doubles.