Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, September 11, 2025

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

September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
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 Today Spelling Counts) for Thursday, September 11, 2025 (Season 42, Game 4):

The winning word at the first Scripps National Spelling Bee was this, a plant & genus with sword-shaped leaves now on the trophy

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Andy Miller, a math professor from Nashville, Tennessee

Jill Frechette, a research data analyst originally from West Boylston, Massachusetts

Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (1-day total: $20,001)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Paolo Pasco is your new Jeopardy! champion after his win yesterday dethroning 1-day champion Ian Morrison. Today, he faces off against research data analyst Jill Frechette and math professor Andy Miller.

There’s one thing in today’s game that concerns me; it’s something that I assume has been caused by the generation gap between the show’s writers and Gen-Z: There is a category in today’s Double Jeopardy round titled I LOVE THAT FOR YURI, which I assume is a category about people named Yuri. However, “yuri” has a significantly different alternative meaning, probably much better known by Gen Z (or at least fans of anime and manga) that I don’t think the show realized here when putting this category together. Certainly, if this was unintentional, I think it’s further evidence that the show needs to put someone in their research department who is a terminally online Gen Z specifically to catch things like this.

Correct response: What is gladiolus?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Designed in 2019, the “Scripps Cup” was designed by Cincinnati’s Rookwood Pottery, and deliberately chose the gladiolus flower for decoration due to its being the winning word of the first spelling bee in 1925. The flower gets its name due to its leaves shaped like swords, particularly the gladius sword used by Roman foot soldiers.

I do enjoy the show requiring spelling to count in today’s Final Jeopardy clue, due to the obvious references to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, September 11, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Around North America; Songwriters; This Old Thing?; Play Your Cards Right; Don’t Forget To Remember; Gee, “Ography”!)

Andy found the Daily Double and used it to propel himself into the lead after 15 clues. At the break, the scores were Andy $7,800 Paolo $3,200 Jill $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Andy 7 correct 0 incorrect
Paolo 6 correct 0 incorrect
Jill 0 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Andy has been trying out for Jeopardy since college and is inspired by his friends.
Jill often volunteers to fall out of a kayak.
Paolo has an epipen signed by George Lopez.

Paolo picked up 7 correct after the break to claw back most of Andy’s lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Andy 10 correct 0 incorrect
Paolo 13 correct 0 incorrect
Jill 2 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Andy $8,600
Paolo $6,600
Jill $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 200 Years Ago; Oscar-Winning Title References; I Love That For Yuri; Engineering; Writers At Rest; Overlaps)

This round belonged completely to Paolo; he found both Daily Doubles in the first 4 clues and picked up 19 correct in the round, cruising to a runaway and finishing one correct response away from a $30,000 Coryat score.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Paolo 32 correct 0 incorrect
Andy 14 correct 0 incorrect
Jill 3 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Paolo $34,400
Andy $12,200
Jill -$400

Both remaining players were incorrect in Final Jeopardy; Paolo went for a small bet and has a big total through 2 days. He’ll go for win #3 tomorrow!

Tonight’s results:

Jill -$400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Andy $12,200 – $7,800 = $4,400 (What is Laurel)
Paolo $34,400 – $204 = $34,196 (What is Laurel? <3 Tatay) (2-day total: $54,197)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THIS OLD THING? $800 (clue #7)
Andy 3800 +3000 (Paolo 600 Jill 0)
2) OSCAR-WINNING TITLE REFERENCES $1200 (clue #2)
Paolo 7400 +4200 (Jill 1200 Andy 8600)
3) WRITERS AT REST $1600 (clue #4, $31200 left on board)
Paolo 12800 +3200 (Jill 0 Andy 8600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 161

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Paolo 3 3
Jill
Andy 4 5 4 3 4*

DJ! Round:
Paolo 3* 3 4*
Jill 2
Andy

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Paolo 3.20
Andy 4.00
Jill 2.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Paolo $29,800 Coryat, 32 correct, 0 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Andy $10,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Jill -$400 Coryat, 3 correct, 2 incorrect, 8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,400
Lach Trash: $12,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,000
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Paolo Pasco, career statistics:

53 correct, 6 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,300

Jill Frechette, career statistics:

3 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
8.77% in first on buzzer (5/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$400

Andy Miller, career statistics:

14 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000

Paolo Pasco, to win:

3 games: 64.800%
4: 41.990%
5: 27.210%
6: 17.632%
7: 11.425%
Avg. streak: 3.841 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s runaway game means that no wagering suggestions will be posted.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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