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Today’s Final Jeopardy answer (in the category Notorious Names) and statistics for the Tuesday, October 27, 2026 game between Harshish Chitkara, Polly Bethea, and 2-day champion Shannon Leigh Godwin.
Today's Final Jeopardy - Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Current Champion
Shannon Leigh Godwin, career statistics:
39 correct, 2 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (34/114)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,300
To win:
3 games: 53.524%
4: 28.648%
5: 15.334%
6: 8.207%
7: 4.393%
Avg. streak: 3.152 games.
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Upcoming Encore Presentations
October 31-Nov. 1: S42 E179 (May 14, 2026)
November 7-8: S42 E180 (May 15, 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
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Here's today's Final Jeopardy (in the category Notorious Names) for Tuesday, October 27, 2026 (Season 43, Game 32):
A TV reporter noted a "human phalanx" around this man as he left a courtroom after getting a death sentence on March 14, 1964
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today's Jeopardy! contestants:
Shannon enters today's game as a 2-day champion with winnings of $25,602.
Andy's Pregame Thoughts:
Yesterday saw Shannon Leigh Godwin pick up victory #2 on #Jeopardy; today, she faces off against Polly Bethea and Harshish Chitkara in an attempt to pick up win #3—a win that would guarantee her at least a spot in Champions Wildcard.
There was a slight hiccup yesterday with the publication of things due to various changes in time zones around the world; interestingly, my investigation into this has given me a thought about a famous Final Jeopardy response that I'll talk about on my next Jeopartalk episode on Sunday at 6 PM Eastern.
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Correct response: Who is Jack Ruby?
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Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald was in police custody and was being transferred. Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, intercepted the transfer, shooting Oswald on live television. For that action, Ruby was sentenced to death on March 14, 1964. However, Ruby chose to appeal, stating that it was impossible for him to receive a fair trial in Dallas due to the publicity surrounding the case, and that the request for a change of venue should have been granted. Furthermore, a confession made at the jailhouse was improperly admitted into evidence. In 1966, the Texas Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the conviction, ordering a trial at a different venue than Dallas County. However, Ruby passed away from cancer before the new trial, set to occur in Wichita Falls in northern Texas, was able to occur.
To me, this had a "Who else could it be?" quality to it; however, you also have to know about Jack Ruby in order to come up with him. We'll see how it plays today.
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