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)
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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 20th Century Metaphors) for Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (Season 36, Game 177):
If it had physically existed, it would have stretched some 500 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Sam Matson, a high school English teacher from Cookeville, Tennessee
Katie Labarge, a high school science teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Meggie Kwait, a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York
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Correct response: What is the Iron Curtain?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The “iron curtain” metaphor was used to describe the Eastern Bloc countries during the Cold War; in this context, it originated from Winston Churchill’s famous 1946 speech at Westminster College in Missouri. Churchill said, “From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent. Behind that line lie all the capitals of the ancient states of Central and Eastern Europe. Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest and Sofia; all these famous cities and the populations around them lie in what I must call the Soviet sphere, and all are subject, in one form or another, not only to Soviet influence but to a very high and in some cases increasing measure of control from Moscow.” Although it landed poorly at the time, as many at the time still considered the Russians to be a World War II ally, the phrase took hold as the Cold War took shape.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Meggie $16,400
Sam $10,800
Katie $9,200
Tonight’s results:
Katie $9,200 + $9,200 = $18,400 (What is the iron curtain?)
Sam $10,800 + $5,602 = $16,402 (What is the Iron Curtain?)
Meggie $16,400 + $5,201 = $21,601 (What is the Iron Curtain?) (Semi-Finalist)
Wild card standings:
Monday: Amanda Baltimore, $17,600
Tuesday: Meggie Kwait, $21,601
Wednesday:
Thursday:
Friday:
1. Katie Labarge, $18,400, 99.957% to advance
2. Sam Matson, $16,402, 97.611% to advance
3. Peter Gouveia, $6,399, 5.329% to advance
4. Ivory Johnson, $0, 0.0008% to advance
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Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Meggie $7,800
Sam $3,600
Katie $1,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ACCORD $800 (clue #19)
Sam 1600 +1600 (Meggie 2800 Katie 1400)
2) CANADIAN PLACES $2000 (clue #12)
Meggie 11800 +4000 (Katie 7200 Sam 5200)
3) SHAKESPEARE $800 (clue #18)
Meggie 16200 -5000 (Katie 7200 Sam 7200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 103
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 363 (2.05 per episode average), 5 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Meggie $19,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Katie $9,200 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Sam $10,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 6 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,600
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,600
Meggie Kwait, career statistics:
26 correct, 2 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,400
Katie Labarge, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,200
Sam Matson, career statistics:
18 correct, 6 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I see what Sam was going for, but I were to play that strategy, I would have bet $1 more than he did, as the $2 wager from Meggie’s position is an advanced strategy that has happened on multiple occasions (and, in my opinion, is worth taking into account.)
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