Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, April 20, 2026

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 Mountains) for Monday, April 20, 2026 (Season 42, Game 161):

“Heidi” was set in Maienfeld, which is northeast from this 13,642-foot peak with a name that describes what Heidi is

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Caroline Coughlin, an economic researcher from Somerville, Massachusetts

Caleb Phillips, an account manager from Austin, Texas

Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (26-day total: $732,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

A new week on Jeopardy! sees Jamie Ding enter as a 26-day champion. It was alluded to on the show’s Substack at the end of last week, but in show production time, this would be the fourth consecutive day that the show is in studio—quite rare for the show. Jamie did say he thought his stamina was holding up well, but we shall see what happens. Certainly, today’s challengers in Caleb Phillips and Caroline Coughlin hope that Jamie doesn’t quite have the same energy.

In terms of what is at stake today for Jamie? He is $16,286 away from surpassing Cris Pannullo for 5^th place on the all-time regular play winnings list. I should also note that the show-calculated all-time winnings list (in this case, the one including tournaments) and the fan-calculated all-time winnings list do differ in methodologies: the show only includes tournament winnings if a player reaches the final of a tournament, with quarterfinal and semifinal tournament winnings being classified as consolation prizes and not counted by the show. In general, though, any fan-compiled list of all-time winnings over the years has generally included those consolation prizes—the thought here is that the IRS certainly cares about such consolation prizes, thus, I still think the show should as well.

Correct response: What is Jungfrau?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Jungfrau, German for “young woman” or “maiden”—also describing the title character of the 19^th-century Johanna Spyri work—is one of the most distinctive peaks of the Swiss Alps. The area is also home to the Bernese high-altitude building known as the “Top of Europe”.

I’m not sure how this one will play—if you are familiar with or remember Jungfrau in Switzerland, you should be able to get there, but that’s also a lot of Swiss Alps mountains to sift through as well. The fact that there are additional colloquial translations of “Jungfrau” also gives me significant pause, and I’m at least left partly feeling that maybe this Final should have been left in the writers’ room?

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Game Recap:

Jamie turned what looked to be a runaway into a much closer game when he missed the last Daily Double with five clues to go. In response, Caleb came quite close to ensuring Jamie didn’t have a runaway entering Final Jeopardy, but a correct response on the last clue of the round cemented win #27 for our champion.

In any case, Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper; Jamie lost just $3,000, becoming a 27-day champion with winnings of $753,000. He goes for win number 28 tomorrow.

Scores going into Final:

Jamie $24,000
Caleb $10,000
Caroline $1,800

Tonight’s results:

Caroline $1,800 – $1,800 = $0 (What is Swiss)
Caleb $10,000 – $0 = $10,000 (What is Mont Blanc?)
Jamie $24,000 – $3,000 = $21,000 (What is…the Eiger?) (27-day total: $753,000)

Game Stats:

Jamie $31,600 Coryat, 36 correct, 2 incorrect, 59.65% in first on buzzer (34/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Caleb $10,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Caroline $1,800 Coryat, 3 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,400

If you are looking for more detailed statistics about today’s game of Jeopardy!, as well as the ability to leave a comment, make sure to check out the Daily Details section.

Jamie Ding, to win:

28 games: 80.620%
29: 64.996%
30: 52.400%
31: 42.245%
32: 34.058%
Avg. streak: 31.160 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• It’s not often that an interview turns me against a contestant, but as someone who’d rather see an independent Scotland, I stopped cheering for Caroline after her interview.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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