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Season 42
Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, July 14, 2026
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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 Historic Books) for Tuesday, July 14, 2026 (Season 42, Game 222):
Ann Eliza Webb, an ex-spouse of this man, penned an exposé about the experience titled “Wife No. 19”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Khalid Kurji, a cleantech funder from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Patience Bruce, a real estate title examiner from Medford, Wisconsin
Caleb Groen, a law & policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California (8-day total: $220,500)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Caleb Groen is now an 8-day Jeopardy! champion; today, he faces off against Patience Bruce of Medford, Wisconsin and Khalid Kurji of Toronto, Ontario.
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Correct response: Who is Brigham Young?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
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Ann Eliza Webb is most famous as the 19th wife of Brigham Young, a major early leader in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; originally from Illinois, she moved to Utah in the Mormon migration. She received national attention following her divorce from Young, after which she sued him, alleging neglect, cruelty, and desertion. Wife No. 19 was her autobiography, detailing her experiences in the LDS Church. Following her divorce and subsequent excommunication, she became of the the most vocal campaigners against polygamy and the Church, which ended up being largely successful in seeing anti-polygamy laws enacted.
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Game Recap:
Caleb Groen missed a Daily Double for the first time, but he proved that the early True Daily Double is the best strategy; he recovered from that to cruise to a runaway on the strength of 31 correct responses.
It was a good thing that Caleb had a runaway, too, as Patience was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy. Caleb is a 9-day champion and will aim to become this season’s fifth superchampion tomorrow.
Scores going into Final:
Caleb $23,000
Patience $9,400
Khalid $8,400
Tonight’s results:
Khalid $8,400 – $8,399 = $1 (Who is Hugh Hefner??)
Patience $9,400 + $9,400 = $18,800 (Who is Brigham Young?)
Caleb $23,000 – $3,000 = $20,000 (Who is Nabokov?) (9-day total: $240,500)
Game Stats:
Caleb $25,200 Coryat, 31 correct, 5 incorrect, 56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Patience $9,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Khalid $8,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,600
Caleb Groen, to win:
10 games: 80.386%
11: 64.619%
12: 51.945%
13: 41.756%
14: 33.566%
Avg. streak: 13.098 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I was pleased when Harrison Ford only delivered one clue in that therapy category; his cadence was incredibly slow.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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