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
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 Advertising) for Thursday, April 30, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 169):
Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they’re still using it
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Jesse Laymon, a public policy director from Long Island City, New York
Kevin Curran, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Sarah Jett Rayburn, a writer & stay-at-home mom from Hutto, Texas (4-day total: $89,300)
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Correct response: What is “What’s in your wallet?”
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Capital One was still a relatively unknown player in the financial services market in 1999 when Keith Goldberg, working for D’Arcy Advertising, was given the assignment of working with Capital One on their marketing campaign. In order to try to provoke doubt in consumers’ minds about “legacy” card offerers like Chase and Citi, “What’s in your wallet?” and its surrounding ad campaign was born. The phrase became well-known enough that Goldberg and the phrase ended up on New York’s Advertising Walk of Fame, and by 2016, Capital One had become the United States’ 5th-largest credit card issuer by purchase volume.
This is also a rare Final Jeopardy! whose correct response is already in the form of a question; however, I personally doubt I’d take the chance on answering without the initial “What is” if I were playing it. Would you?
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Kevin $13,000
Sarah $12,500
Jesse $11,200
Tonight’s results:
Jesse $11,200 + $1,800 = $13,000 (What is What’s in your wallet?) (1-day total: $13,000)
Sarah $12,500 – $12,499 = $1 (What is Have you done)
Kevin $13,000 – $12,501 = $499 (What is What ca)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sarah $6,800
Jesse $6,000
Kevin $3,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY ORIGINS $600 (clue #14)
Jesse 1800 +1000 (Sarah 2800 Kevin 400)
2) WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $1200 (clue #12)
Jesse 5600 +5600 (Sarah 10000 Kevin 7000)
3) TOOT SUITE $2000 (clue #30)
Sarah 12800 -300 (Kevin 13000 Jesse 11200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 153
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 362 (2.14 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Jesse $6,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Kevin $13,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Sarah $12,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,200
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Sarah Jett Rayburn, career statistics:
81 correct, 13 incorrect
11/11 on rebound attempts (on 27 rebound opportunities)
27.54% in first on buzzer (76/276)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,700)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,600
Kevin Curran, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,000
Jesse Laymon, career statistics:
21 correct, 5 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,400
Jesse Laymon, to win:
2 games: 37.399%
3: 13.987%
4: 5.231%
5: 1.956%
6: 0.732%
Avg. streak: 1.597 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Yes, Fred and Wilma were originally called The Flagstones. No, Jeopardy! did not screw up. In my opinion, there are too many viewers who rush to assume that Jeopardy! is wrong, fail to question their own assumptions, and miss out on learning a new fact.
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