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 Influential Writing) for Thursday, May 7, 2020:
Its second line is “All the powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre: Pope & Czar, Metternich & Guizot…”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Brad Rutter, an actor & producer from Los Angeles, California
Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Correct response: What is The Communist Manifesto?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Originally written by Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto is an 1848 work that was released around the time of the Revolutions of 1848, where a number of European countries saw political upheaval and the middle and working classes revolting against the European monarchies. Its more famous opening line is “A specture is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism”.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
James 32,400
Ken 22,000
Brad 7,200
Tonight’s results:
Brad 7,200 + 7,200 = 14,400 (What is The Communist Manifesto?)
Ken 22,000 + 18,000 = 40,000 (What is The Communist Manifesto? [hammer and sickle drawing])
James 32,400 + 11,914 = 44,314 (What is The Communist Manifesto?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James 9,600
Ken 3,200
Brad 1,200
Daily Double locations:
1) SHORT STORY SYLLABUS 600 (clue #4)
James 800 +1000 (Ken 0 Brad 1800)
2) AROUND THE WORLD 2000 (clue #11)
James 13600 +13600 (Ken 7600 Brad 4400)
3) THE GREATEST OF ALL MINDS 2000 (clue #13)
Ken 8400 +8400 (James 27200 Brad 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: 0
Game Stats:
James 20,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Ken 15,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brad 7,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 43,200
Lach Trash: 5,400 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): 5,400
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1377 correct, 49 incorrect
41/44 on rebound attempts
55.53% in first on buzzer (1256/2262)
80/86 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 691,588)
38/40 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 29,050
Ken Jennings, career statistics:
3002 correct, 300 incorrect
110/137 on rebound attempts
58.29% in first on buzzer (2903/4980)
146/176 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 473,799)
57/86 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 26,264
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