Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, January 20, 2025

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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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 Cold War Craft) for Monday, January 20, 2025 (Season 41, Game 96):

A U.S. Navy website says its journey from New London to Norway in 1957 opened up Arctic waters previously ruled by the Soviets

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Week #4 of the 2025 Jeopardy! postseason begins with the semifinals of Champions Wild Card, with your first set of semifinalists being Joey DeSena, Drew Goins, and Jen Feldman. Drew’s play has been the #1 story of the past few weeks as he went viral and performed very well during Second Chance and the quarterfinals of Champions Wildcard.

Due to scheduled coverage by all major US broadcast networks today of Inauguration Day, as well as basketball coverage on FOX afterward, there is going to be a nationwide pre-emption if your local station normally airs Jeopardy! in daytime, with Chicago and Houston being the largest affected markets. I would be surprised if results were available on this website before 5:35 PM Eastern due to these pre-emptions.

Correct response: What is the USS Nautilus?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Named after Jules Verne’s fictional submarine from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, the USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine. Being powered by nuclear energy, its capabilities—being able to dive deeper and travel faster without having to surface—made it very effective against both the prevailing anti-submarine defense wisdom as well as under-ice travel. Between August and October 1957, the Nautilus traveled from New London, Connecticut to Norway underneath the Arctic polar ice, a journey that “allowed access to the previously protected waters of the Soviet Union.” Today, the Nautilus sits preserved as a museum ship at the Submarine Force Library and Museum in Groton, Connecticut.

Remembering that Nautilus exists should be the key for our contestants today to getting this Final Jeopardy clue correct.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, January 20, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.; Museums; Farm Tools & Machinery; British Sitcoms; This Or That; Back Words & Forward)

Drew got off to the best start, while Joey found—and missed—the Daily Double. After 15 clues, the scores were Drew $4,200, Jen $1,400, Joey $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Drew 6 correct 1 incorrect
Jen 3 correct 0 incorrect
Joey 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jen regrets not naming the theme song to “What We Do In The Shadows”.
Drew feels bad for responding “mouse” for a clue where the correct response was “rhesus monkey”.
Joey regrets not buzzing in on a “50 Shades…” clue.

Drew picked up another 8 correct as he extended his lead after the interviews.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Drew 14 correct 1 incorrect
Jen 5 correct 0 incorrect
Joey 5 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Drew $7,200
Jen $2,400
Joey $800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: French Geography; 18Th Century Writing; Broadway; Psychology; Let’s Talk About Politics; Starts With “D”)

Jen picked up $5,000 on DD2, and a great guess on DD3 from Drew gave him $4,000—and that ended up being enough to barely give him a runaway going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Drew 29 correct 2 incorrect
Jen 10 correct 0 incorrect
Joey 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Drew $26,800
Jen $12,600
Joey $9,200

We have one correct response to this Final, from Joey; Drew is a finalist!

Tonight’s results:

Joey $9,200 + $611 = $9,811 (What is the Nautalis? Go for it, Drew!!)
Jen $12,600 – $2,600 = $10,000 (What is – watch more women’s sports!! – <3)
Drew $26,800 – $0 = $26,800 (What is a mouse??? Thanks Jen and Joey! <3) (Finalist)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) MUSEUMS $1000 (clue #13)
Joey 1600 -1600 (Drew 4200 Jen 800)
2) 18th CENTURY WRITING $1200 (clue #18)
Jen 7200 +5000 (Joey 9600 Drew 18800)
3) PSYCHOLOGY $1200 (clue #20, $5600 left on board)
Drew 19600 +4000 (Joey 9600 Jen 12200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -10

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Joey 3 4 5 3 4 5*
Drew 4 5 3 4 5 4
Jen 5

DJ! Round:
Joey 3 4 4 5 3 4 5 2
Drew 5 5 3 3 4 5 5 3*
Jen 4 4 3* 2

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Drew 4.14
Jen 3.60
Joey 3.86

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.27 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Drew $24,000 Coryat, 29 correct, 2 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Jen $8,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Joey $10,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,600
Lach Trash: $6,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Joey DeSena, career statistics:

86 correct, 21 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
31.93% in first on buzzer (91/285)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,600)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,720

Drew Goins, career statistics:

145 correct, 17 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts (on 22 rebound opportunities)
40.94% in first on buzzer (140/342)
8/9 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $25,400)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,067

Jen Feldman, career statistics:

66 correct, 10 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 25 rebound opportunities)
21.40% in first on buzzer (61/285)
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,900)
1/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400

Andy’s Thoughts:

• A massive thank you to KARE in Minneapolis for airing the show as scheduled.
• The viewers who have been asking for me to violate copyright law today have also been banned from the comment section.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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