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)
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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 Sea Life) for Tuesday, January 25, 2022 (Season 38, Game 97):
In 2018 National Geographic reported that half of this was dead, “akin to a forest after a devastating fire”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Maria Krasinski, a managing director & illustrator from Buffalo, New York
John Williams, a biology professor from Albany, Georgia
Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (39-day total: $1,319,800)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Yesterday, Amy Schneider won her 39th game, passing Matt Amodio for the 2nd-longest streak of all time. She’s still 35 wins from passing Ken Jennings, though. We’re at the point of the streak where most of the analysts know that it’s going to take an unlucky set of circumstances for Amy to lose. I don’t really think anyone can truly pinpoint what specific day it will happen on, but I know that some analysts are starting to worry about Amy’s diminishing record in Final Jeopardy!—which will certainly make things easier for her opponents if Amy gets into a situation where she doesn’t have a runaway game.
On a more personal note, I mentioned last Friday that a Canadian game show that I wrote for last summer, Pop Whiz, premiered this weekend on Game TV here in Canada. If you didn’t get a chance to watch it, episodes are available on Game TV’s website to watch. It’s a pop culture-based travelling game show where the production tapes in various small- to medium-sized cities throughout Canada, and local teenagers compete to win cash prizes.
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To enter the JEOPARDY! Explore Alaska Sweepstakes, viewers are invited to tune-in to JEOPARDY! every weekday and enter the daily Final Jeopardy! category (today’s is Sea Life) on the sweepstakes entry webpage, sweepstakes.jeopardy.com. Then, they will be entered for a chance to win an expedition for two exploring authentic Alaskan coastal wilderness from the unique vantage of a small ship. Each winner and their guest will receive round-trip coach-class air transportation from the winner’s closest major gateway airport, $1,000 US spending cash, as well as all shipboard accommodations, meals (excluding alcoholic beverages), and activities for travel valid in 2022 or 2023.
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Correct response: What is the Great Barrier Reef?
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The National Geographic article from 2018 was titled Half of the Great Barrier Reef is Dead. Basically, rising ocean temperatures due to climate change is stunting the growth of the coral in the famed reef off the northeast coast of Australia.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amy $38,000
Maria $2,200
John $1,500
Tonight’s results:
John $1,500 + $1,499 = $2,999 (What is the Great Barrier Reef?)
Maria $2,200 + $801 = $3,001 (What is the Great Barrier Reef?)
Amy $38,000 + $25,000 = $63,000 (What is the Great Barrier Reef?) (40-day total: $1,382,800)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $14,600
John $2,200
Maria $1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NATIONAL ANTHEM LYRICS $600 (clue #8)
Amy 2400 +2400 (John 200 Maria 0)
2) FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800 (clue #2)
Amy 15000 +5000 (John 2200 Maria 1400)
3) BOOKS WITH HORSEPOWER $800 (clue #24, $9600 left on board)
John 3000 -1500 (Amy 32000 Maria 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 83
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 13 (0.13 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amy $32,000 Coryat, 36 correct, 0 incorrect, 57.89% in first on buzzer (33/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Maria $2,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
John $3,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,200
Lach Trash: $10,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1309 correct, 75 incorrect
60/67 on rebound attempts (on 149 rebound opportunities)
52.86% in first on buzzer (1202/2274)
65/75 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $206,200)
28/40 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $26,980
John Williams, career statistics:
10 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,000
Maria Krasinski, career statistics:
9 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,200
Amy Schneider, to win:
41 games: 89.026%
42: 81.325%
43: 75.496%
44: 70.937%
45: 64.908%
Avg. streak: 49.543 games.
Today’s interviews:
Maria co-wrote a book about “secret” art in New York.
John prefers to watch Jeopardy! with his 3-year-old daughter.
Amy is worried about more pressure on her during the Tournament of Champions.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Kudos to the writers for their SEE LIFE in the first round / “C” LIFE in the second / SEA LIFE in Final theme. It’s very rare for the show to string a theme through all three rounds.
- Amy’s weakest day of the week throughout her run has been Wednesday.
Maria’s book is titled Art Hiding in New York: An Illustrated Guide to the City’s Secret Masterpieces”.
- With 1,309 total, Amy passes Matt Amodio (1,305) for #3 all-time in terms of number of correct responses given on the show.
Both the $32,000 Coryat and $63,000 final total will make it onto our list of top Coryat scores and top final totals.
Link to the box score: January 25, 2022 Box Score
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