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)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
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 Famous Phrase Origins) for Tuesday, June 30, 2020 (Season 35, Episode 144):
One theory says a phrase for euphoria comes from Plate No. 9 in an 1896 meteorological “Atlas” of these
This episode originally aired on March 28, 2019.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Kenji Shimizu, a biomedical engineer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sarah von Oeyen, a librarian from Troy, Michigan
Steven Grade, a sports industry consultant from Atlanta, Georgia (1-day total: $21,600)
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Correct response: What are clouds?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The International Cloud Atlas was first published as a cloud classification guide in 1896, which contained 28 colored plates, accompanied by definitions. This gave meteorologists a standard nomenclature to refer to cloud formations. (Who will be on cloud nine after winning this game? Come back here to thejeopardyfan.com after the game airs!) Plate number 9 in the original atlas referred to “cumulonimbus”; the tallest of the cloud formations, rising many miles into the sky. It’s from that where we get the familiar phrase “on cloud nine”.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Steven $27,000
Kenji $17,800
Sarah $9,200
Tonight’s results:
Sarah $9,200 – $0 = $9,200 (What are the stars)
Kenji $17,800 + $9,201 = $27,001
Steven $27,000 + $8,601 = $35,601 (2-day total: $57,201)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Steven $8,200
Sarah $5,200
Kenji $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NAME THAT NOVELIST! $1000 (17th pick)
Sarah 1800 +1000 (Steven 5400 Kenji 400)
2) DIET LAND $1600 (23rd pick)
Kenji 9200 +5000 (Steven 18200 Sarah 9200)
3) FOR THE BIRDS $1200 (27th pick; $5,600 left on board)
Steven 21000 +4000 (Kenji 14200 Sarah 9200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 129
Unplayed clues:
J! round: WE ALSO WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED… $800
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $800
Game Stats:
Steven $24,200, 30 correct, 1 incorrect, 51.79% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Kenji $14,400, 15 correct, 1 incorrect, 26.79% in first on buzzer
Sarah $9,200, 11 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.86% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $47,800
Lach Trash: $4,000 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $1,400
Steven Grade, stats to date:
64 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
52.25% in first on buzzer (58/111)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,700
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