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
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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 19th Century Names) for Semifinal #1 of the 2018 Teen Tournament on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 48):
In the 1870s he wrote that “Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Claire Sattler, a senior from Bonita Springs, Florida
Autumn Shelton, a junior from Lamar, Missouri
Tim Cho, a senior from Champaign, Illinois
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Correct response: Who is Charles Darwin?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
This quote did not come from Darwin’s seminal 1859 work On The Origin of Species, but the 1871 work The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, which applied his evolutionary theory to human evolution.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Claire $13,600
Tim $13,400
Autumn $11,800
Tonight’s results:
Autumn $11,800 + $11,399 = $23,199
Tim $13,400 + $13,400 = $26,800
Claire $13,600 + $13,201 = $26,801 (Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tim $7,000
Claire $3,800
Autumn $3,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MEDIEVAL TIMES $600 (2nd pick)
Tim 400 +1000 (Autumn 0 Claire 0)
2) BODIES OF WATER $1200 (20th pick)
Claire 11000 +1000 (Tim 11800 Autumn 6600)
3) UNDERSTANDING MONEY $1600 (27th pick) ($3200 remaining on the board)
Autumn 9400 +1600 (Tim 13400 Claire 13200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 126
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Claire $13,800 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Tim $13,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Autumn $11,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Claire Sattler, stats to date:
39 correct, 6 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts
33.33% in first on buzzer (38/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,100
Tim Cho, stats to date:
40 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts
34.21% in first on buzzer (39/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,900
Autumn Shelton, stats to date:
35 correct, 4 incorrect
3/5 on rebound attempts
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
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