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
Today is Quarterfinal #3 for the 2019 Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Words from the Comics) for Wednesday, May 8, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 173):
Used to describe secrecy during WWII, this 2-word term had its psychological meaning popularized by Charles Schulz
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Vicki Leibeck-Owsley, a high school English teacher from Columbia, Kentucky
Alexandra Bicks, a high school ESL teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Francois Barcomb, an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
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Correct response: What is a security blanket?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
A term popularized by Linus in Charles Schulz’s comic Peanuts, the term “security blanket” was originally used in the 1920s to refer to a blanket placed over a child and fastened down. (If you’re reading this at a place other than The Jeopardy! Fan, the website operator has stolen this content from that site.) It was used by the U.S. military in World War 2 to refer to measures used to keep military information secret.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Francois $20,600
Alexandra $7,400
Vicki $4,800
Tonight’s results:
Vicki $4,800 – $3,800 = $1,000 (What is brain wash?)
Alexandra $7,400 – $2,201 = $5,199 (What is secret agent?)
Francois $20,600 – $0 = $20,600 (Semi-Finalist) (What is warm puppy?)
Wild card standings:
Monday: Joe Rengstorf, $20,401 ($16,000, $9,800)
Tuesday: Trevor Crowell, $15,500 ($15,600, $7,000)
Wednesday: Francois Barcomb, $20,600 ($20,600, $7,400)
Thursday:
Friday:
1) Julia Rosinski Bailey, $15,200 ($10,200, $1,400), 99.933% to advance
2) Matthew Bunch, $9,600 ($12,400, $6,400), 81.144% to advance
3) Alexandra Bicks, $5,199 ($7,400, $3,400), 12.614% to advance
4) Mariah Minges Klusman, $4,795 ($2,400, $2,400), 1.173% to advance
5) Tara Baxter, $2,000 ($1,000, $3,000)
6) Vicki Leibeck-Owsley, $1,000 ($4,800, $3,200)
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Francois $7,400
Alexandra $3,400
Vicki $3,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) RECENT BESTSELLERS $600 (11th pick)
Alexandra 400 +1000 (Francois 1000 Vicki 1000)
2) THEM’S THE RULES $800 (7th pick)
Francois 10600 -3000 (Vicki 4400 Alexandra 3400)
3) “C” WHO SALUTES $1600 (23rd pick)
Francois 17600 -3000 (Alexandra 5400 Vicki 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 55
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Francois $26,600 Coryat, 29 correct, 4 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts
Alexandra $7,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Vicki $4,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $38,400
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Francois Barcomb, stats to date:
29 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$6,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,600
Alexandra Bicks, stats to date:
11 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Vicki Leibeck-Owsley, stats to date:
10 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Yes, the writers can sometimes get too cute, as they did on THE ELEMENTS $1000. The way the rules are generally applied are that a cute “turn of phrase” (or “tease-out metric”) can not be solely used to invalidate an otherwise correct response (though the category title can be).
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Francois 56.86% (29/51), Alexandra 21.57% (11/51), Vicki 21.57% (11/51).
- Contestants absolutely do not know scores of the prior quarterfinal matches in this tournament. Even though it looks like Alexandra bet to try to pass Matthew’s wild card score, she was betting to cover Vicki’s doubled score ($4,800 doubled is also $9,600.).
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