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)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 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 World War II Geography) for Thursday, December 16, 2021 (Season 38, Game 69):
Body-of-water battles included the Coral Sea, Philippine Sea & this one that allowed Japan to seize Jakarta
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Alisa Hove, a botany professor at Warren Wilson University in Asheville, North Carolina
Ed Hashima, a history professor at American River College in Sacramento, California
Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Sam, Ed, and Alisa won Wednesday through Friday last week and Monday through Wednesday this week to find themselves in the finals. Sam and Ed have been equal on the signalling device (both at 42% through the semifinals), but losing (or finding) the buzzer timing can come at any time. Ed also holds a slight advantage in terms of finding Daily Doubles. That being said: the wagering on the whole this tournament has been pretty conservative; whoever prevails out of this two-day total-point affair may need to turn up the aggression if they have aspirations of doing well in the Tournament of Champions.
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Correct response: What is the (Battle of the) Java Sea?
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I wonder how many people are going to think that Guadalcanal is a body of water and not an island (Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands, is situated in the northwest of Guadalcanal Island). In any case, the Battle of the Java Sea was a disastrous defeat for the Allies in early 1942 that allowed the Japanese forces to take over the entirety of the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), including its de facto capital at Batavia—renamed Jakarta upon its occupation.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Sam $23,200
Ed $9,800
Alisa $6,400
Tonight’s results:
Alisa $6,400 – $2,600 = $3,800 (What is the South China Sea?)
Ed $9,800 – $5,200 = $4,600 (What is the Sea South China Sea?)
Sam $23,200 – $3,200 = $20,000 (What is Indonesian Sea?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sam $7,200
Ed $4,600
Alisa $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES $800 (clue #4)
Ed 600 +800 (Sam 600 Alisa 0)
2) MIRROR IMAGE WORDS $1600 (clue #15)
Sam 12400 +2400 (Ed 9800 Alisa 1000)
3) PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY! $1600 (clue #21, $13600 left on board)
Alisa 2600 +2600 (Sam 18400 Ed 10600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 199
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.16 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Sam $22,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Ed $9,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Alisa $5,400 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,600
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800
Sam Buttrey, career statistics:
78 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
43.27% in first on buzzer (74/171)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,400)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,267
Ed Hashima, career statistics:
68 correct, 11 incorrect
9/10 on rebound attempts (on 17 rebound opportunities)
35.67% in first on buzzer (61/171)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,467
Alisa Hove, career statistics:
38 correct, 8 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
22.02% in first on buzzer (37/168)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,600)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,600
Today’s interviews:
Alisa has researched ginseng and the effect of climate change on it.
Ed has an academic passion of the human experience of migration.
Sam enjoys cryptic crossword puzzles.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Sam has an effective lead of $7,700 over Ed and $8,100 over Alisa.
- What is an “effective lead”? It is an extension of the principle that if all 3 players get Final Jeopardy! tomorrow correct and bet everything, the leader going into the round is the leader coming out of the round. Thus, because today’s scores are locked in and tomorrow’s can be theoretically doubled, any lead today is effectively cut in half.
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