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 Psychological Terms) for Thursday, October 15, 2020 (Season 37, Game 24):
Physician “Cannonball Mike” Friedman defined this behavioral type & admitted the term applied to himself
Are you in the Los Angeles TV market? Your episodes this week have been shifted by one day. You saw the episode which originally aired on October 14 tonight.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
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Today’s contestants:
Kristin Hucek, an attorney from San Francisco, California
Daniel Lee, an orthopedic surgeon from South Pasadena, California
Kevin Walsh, a story analyst originally from Williamstown, New Jersey (5-day total: $111,301)
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Correct response: What is “Type A” behavior?
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“Type A” and “Type B” are contrasting behavioral types; “Type A” behaviors tend to be much more competitive, more organized, ambitious, and impatient. “Type B” is generally one who does not exhibit those traits. (At The Jeopardy! Fan, I first learned about these when a teammate at a quiz bowl tournament many years ago referred to me as a Type A.) The original studies were undertaken by cardiologists Meyer “Mike” Friedman and Ray Rosenman after their upholsterer noticed that only the edges of their waiting room seats had been worn out, and spoke of the link between behavior and heart disease. (The nickname “Cannonball Mike” was described in Friedman’s 2001 New York Times obituary.) Due to these supposed links, Friedman made a conscious effort to become more of a Type B. While many refer to “Type A” and “Type B” as “personalities”, Friedman resisted this, considering the traits to be learned and changed behavior. (However, many of called these links into question, as Friedman’s original study was funded by tobacco companies who were trying to downplay the links between tobacco consumption and heart disease.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Daniel $12,000
Kristin $11,400
Kevin $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Kevin $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (What is obsessive-compulsive?)
Kristin $11,400 – $8,700 = $2,700 (What risk-taker) (1-day total: $2,700)
Daniel $12,000 – $10,801 = $1,199 (What is Borderline pers)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kevin $4,400
Kristin $4,200
Daniel $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A PAIR OF PENCE $1000 (clue #20)
Kevin 2800 -1000 (Daniel 200 Kristin 3000)
2) WORLD HISTORY $1600 (clue #20)
Kristin 13000 -2000 (Kevin 1200 Daniel 8400)
3) AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $800 (clue #28)
Daniel 8000 +4000 (Kevin 2000 Kristin 11400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -1
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS $1600 $2000
Total Left On Board: $3,600
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 50 (2.08 per episode average), 1 Daily Double
Game Stats:
Kristin $13,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Kevin $3,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 30.91% in first on buzzer (17/55), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Daniel $8,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $25,200
Lach Trash: $13,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,200
Kevin Walsh, career statistics:
134 correct, 18 incorrect
5/8 on rebound attempts (on 24 rebound opportunities)
39.82% in first on buzzer (133/334)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,700
Daniel Lee, career statistics:
13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
25.45% in first on buzzer (14/55)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800
Kristin Hucek, career statistics:
18 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,400
Kristin Hucek, to win:
2 games: 38.013%
3: 14.450%
4: 5.493%
5: 2.088%
6: 0.794%
Avg. streak: 1.613 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
It was 100% unneccessary for Alex and the judges to ask Daniel to shorten his response on ON THE BILLBOARD CHARTS IN 2020 $1000 from “I’m a Savage” to “Savage” on the Megan Thee Stallion #1 hit. The show’s rules for years on this subject has been that if a response contains a correct lyric and the song title, it is to be immediately ruled correct. If this is another Mike Richards rule change, then I am 100% against it.
- While Daniel was risking the game being locked on an incorrect response, he was absolutely correct to bet for the lead in Final Jeopardy. The lead going into Final is the best place to be. Additionally, it was an $800 clue.
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