Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, May 12, 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 Texas Technology) for Monday, May 12, 2025 (Season 41, Game 176):

Just 27 in 1992, he’s still the youngest-ever CEO of a company when it entered the Fortune 500

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Rachel Hall, a data analyst from Washington, D.C.

Andrew Jones, a graduate student from Queens, New York

Kara Peruccio, a university professor from Bangor, Maine (1-day total: $12,400)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

I had a feeling that Maine’s Kara Peruccio might do well on Friday after I’d seen some local media articles about her appearance coming in; that feeling proved correct as she won on Friday. Assuming no changes to the postseason format, she’s very likely going to need a big win today, or a pair of wins in general, in order to see postseason play in the winter of 2026. Today, she faces off against Andrew Jones and Rachel Hall.

Good news for Jeopardy! fans: going into the weekend, ABC chose to renew Celebrity Jeopardy! for a fourth season; I think that this just goes to show that more than just straight ratings are responsible for a show’s renewal. That said, I definitely hope that ABC returns the primetime J! offerings to an 8:00 time slot in the 2025–26 season.

Correct response: Who is Michael Dell?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Dell became known in the 1980s for selling lower-priced IBM PC compatible computers direct to consumers, and rose rapidly during the 1990s, being named part of the Fortune 500 in 1992. The company itself was founded by Michael Dell when he was a freshman at the University of Texas in 1984, and was able to make money due to having lower overhead costs, only manufacturing PCs once orders had been placed.

For me, remembering that Dell was a Texas company was important for me to getting this Final Jeopardy clue correct. We shall see how this clue plays in general; business clues always seem to play harder for both players and audience members alike.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 12, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Landlocked States By Cities; Mineralogy; That Food Is Fire; Letter Perfect; Court; Marshall)

In an opening segment where our three players scattered a half-dozen incorrect responses, Kara got off to the best start. At the break, the scores were Kara $2,400 Rachel $400 Andrew -$400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Kara 5 correct 1 incorrect
Rachel 4 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 2 correct 3 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Rachel was a playwright in high school.
Andrew had to eat a turkey sandwich nightly as part of a theatre role.
Kara is working on a book in order to get tenure.

Kara found the DD, losing just $1,000—probably a good bet as nobody was really sure what the category was about at that point. She still led after 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Kara 9 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 9 correct 4 incorrect
Rachel 6 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Kara $3,200
Andrew $2,400
Rachel $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Ancient Persia; It Ain’t Shakespeare; Suburban Legend; We’ve Got Rights; Movie & Song, Same Title; Jeoportmanteau!)

In a Double Jeopardy round that didn’t hit the contestants very well, Andrew missed both Daily Doubles, giving the lead to Rachel, Unfortunately, Rachel gave an incorrect response on the last clue of Double Jeopardy, putting our two challengers tied for the lead going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Rachel 12 correct 4 incorrect
Andrew 17 correct 7 incorrect
Kara 12 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Rachel $5,600
Andrew $5,600
Kara $400

This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which means this came down to the wagering. Andrew picked $0 for his bet, and ended up the champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Kara $400 – $0 = $400 (Who is ??)
Andrew $5,600 – $0 = $5,600 (Who is Mark Cuban?) (1-day total: $5,600)
Rachel $5,600 – $5,100 = $500 (Who is Sergei Brin?)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) MARSHALL $600 (clue #18)
Kara 2800 -1000 (Andrew 200 Rachel 400)
2) IT AIN’T SHAKESPEARE $1600 (clue #13)
Andrew 4400 -2400 (Kara -400 Rachel 1200)
3) MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE $1600 (clue #15, $20000 left on board)
Andrew 3200 -2000 (Kara -400 Rachel 1200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -153

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Kara 4 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 3*
Andrew 3 5 3 2
Rachel 2 2 1 1

DJ! Round:
Kara 3 4 5 2
Andrew 2 2 3 4* 3 4*
Rachel 1 2 1 3 1

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Andrew 3.10
Rachel 1.56
Kara 3.86

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Andrew $10,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 7 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Rachel $5,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Kara $1,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $17,000
Lach Trash: $20,200 (on 16 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,800
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 4

Player Statistics:

Kara Peruccio, career statistics:

30 correct, 10 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (30/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,800

Andrew Jones, career statistics:

17 correct, 8 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000

Rachel Hall, career statistics:

12 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,600

Andrew Jones, to win:

2 games: 21.933%
3: 4.811%
4: 1.055%
5: 0.231%
6: 0.051%
Avg. streak: 1.281 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Sometimes the game material just doesn’t hit the contestants. I think today was one of those days.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Andrew $5,600 Rachel $5,600 Kara $400)

Kara: Anything between $0 and $399 is fine. Just don’t go all in. (Actual bet: $0)

Andrew: Your best two choices here are either $0 or all $5,600. (Actual bet: $0)

Rachel: Your best two choices here are either $0 or all $5,600. (Actual bet: $5,100)

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