Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, October 13, 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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Upcoming Encore Presentations

September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 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 The Oscars) for Monday, October 13, 2025 (Season 42, Game 26):

The first 2 actors to refuse their Oscar trophies were in films with scripts that this man co-wrote

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Allegra Hill, a foreign affairs professional from Washington, D.C.

Daniel Richman, a Ph.D. student originally from Santa Barbara, California

Aimée Fluitt, a former national security consultant originally from Kansas City, Missouri (1-day total: $4,599)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

On this Thanksgiving Day up here in Canada, our week of Jeopardy! begins with Aimée Fluitt returning as champion after having won $4,599 on Friday. She defends her title for the first time against foreign affairs professional Allegra Hill and Ph.D. student Daniel Richman.

Correct response: Who is Francis Ford Coppola?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2025 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

The show has clearly intended to write this clue to point to Francis Ford Coppola as the correct response. The first two actors to refuse their Oscar trophies were George C. Scott (Patton) and Marlon Brando (The Godfather), with Scott outright rejecting the entire purpose of the Academy Awards, while Brando was protesting the “poor treatment of Native Americans in the film industry.” Both of those films give screenwriting credit to Francis Ford Coppola.

However, there is a major issue with today’s clue as it appears as The New York Times Clue of the Day. Certainly, I have seen an inaccurate version of Final Jeopardy (due to a last-minute change) appear as The New York Times Clue of the Day, and I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if this happened today, but why wouldn’t the show use “…were for films…” instead of “…were in films…” here? Because “in” implies the actor’s entire filmography here—and guess what? I believe that introduces potential alternate correct responses to today’s Final Jeopardy clue! For example, Marlon Brando was in Candy and George C. Scott was in The Day of the Dolphin—both adapted for the screen by Buck Henry—to say nothing of the fact that Brando & Scott were both in 1980’s The Formula (written by Steve Shagan). It’s such a simple change to use “for” instead of “in” here that would completely sidestep any controversy whatsoever.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, October 13, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Intersecting With Insects; World Literature; TV Title First & Last Name; Rocks Of Note; “EZ” Does It; Backhanded Compliments)

Allegra had the best opening segment, jumping out into the lead; after 15 clues, the scores were Allegra $4,400 Aimée $2,200 Daniel $1,600. The Daily Double was still outstanding, though…

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Allegra 7 correct 0 incorrect
Aimée 4 correct 0 incorrect
Daniel 3 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Allegra was a museum docent at a bottled water museum in Maine.
Daniel got out of writing an essay for reciting “The Raven”.
Aimée once worked for NASA before becoming a stay-at-home mom.

Aimée found the Daily Double, picking up $2,000 from it; by the break, Allegra and Aimée were tied for the lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Allegra 9 correct 1 incorrect
Aimée 9 correct 2 incorrect
Daniel 8 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Allegra $5,000
Aimée $5,000
Daniel $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: How Did I End Up In Charge?; U.S. “J”-ography; The Arctic; In Good Company; Latin Lesson; Backhand Compliments)

Daniel got DD2 incorrect losing $4,000; Allegra got DD3 correct, picking up $3,800. This was enough for Allegra to lead Aimée by $1,000 going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Allegra 17 correct 3 incorrect
Aimée 15 correct 2 incorrect
Daniel 16 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 3 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Allegra $12,800
Aimée $11,800
Daniel $5,600

Aimée went small with her Final Jeopardy bet, putting pressure on Allegra. But Allegra was correct in Final Jeopardy, and that makes her the new champion. She’ll be back tomorrow to defend her title.

Tonight’s results:

Daniel $5,600 – $0 = $5,600 (Who is Welles? Hi crew :))
Aimée $11,800 – $500 = $11,300 (Who is)
Allegra $12,800 + $10,801 = $23,601 (Who is Ford-Coppola? Hi Ethan :)) (1-day total: $23,601)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) “EZ” DOES IT $800 (clue #19)
Aimée 3000 +2000 (Daniel 2200 Allegra 4400)
2) LATIN LESSON $1200 (clue #10)
Daniel 6400 -4000 (Aimée 6600 Allegra 7000)
3) U.S. “J”-OGRAPHY $1200 (clue #12, $18400 left on board)
Allegra 7800 +3800 (Aimée 6600 Daniel 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 53

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Aimée 3 3 2 3 4 4*
Daniel 5 5 2 5 4
Allegra 4 2 4 1 3 2 1 3

DJ! Round:
Aimée 3
Daniel 5 4 3 5 5 4 3* 2†
Allegra 4 3 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Allegra 2.73
Aimée 3.14
Daniel 4.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.12 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Allegra $10,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Aimée $10,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $9,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 4 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,400
Lach Trash: $13,400 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,200
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Aimée Fluitt, career statistics:

29 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,700

Daniel Richman, career statistics:

16 correct, 5 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600

Allegra Hill, career statistics:

18 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200

Allegra Hill, to win:

2 games: 49.035%
3: 24.044%
4: 11.790%
5: 5.781%
6: 2.835%
Avg. streak: 1.962 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• This is a reminder that correct/incorrect rulings in Final Jeopardy come from the show’s judges; Ken is simply relaying that, hence his saying “We will accept that.”
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Allegra $12,800 Aimée $11,800 Daniel $5,600)

Aimée: Bet between $0 and $599 to keep Daniel locked out. (Actual bet: $500)

Daniel: Bet between $0 and $3,599, hoping for both a big bet from Aimée and a Triple Stumper. (Actual bet: $0)

Allegra: Standard cover bet over Aimée is $10,801. If you really think Aimée will bet to keep Daniel locked out, bet between $2 and $399. (Actual bet: $10,801)

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