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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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 French History) for Wednesday, August 25, 2021 (Season 28, Game 38):
She said, “I told my plans to no one. I was not killing a man, but a wild beast that was devouring the French people”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Erin McLean, a junior at Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
Tom Nissley, a writer from Seattle, Washington
Justin Sausville, a urologist from Baltimore, Maryland
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Season 38 begins September 13 with the return of 18-day champion Matt Amodio; in the interim, Jeopardy! is running four weeks of reruns. The first two weeks will be the 10 “Alex Around the World” episodes that ran in his memory in late December; the 2021 Tournament of Champions, hosted by Buzzy Cohen, will air from August 30 through September 10. Today’s episode featured a category about operatic costumes with Alex on location at the Metropolitan Opera and originally aired November 9, 2011 as the first semifinal in the 2011 Tournament of Champions.
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Correct response: Who is Charlotte Corday?
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Charlotte Corday is best known today for her assassination of Jean-Paul Marat during the French Revolution; Corday was one of many who had felt that the Jacobins were too radical—as opposed to the more moderate Girondins. In the September Massacres, the Jacobins killed nearly 1,000 prisoners out of worry that royalist armies were planning on attacking Paris to free the prisoners; Corday held Marat responsible for the killings and elected to assassinate Marat in his medical bath. The death was famously depicted in a Jacques-Louis David painting.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Tom $26,200
Justin $10,400
Erin $5,400
Tonight’s results:
Erin $5,400 – $5,398 = $2 (Who is Joan of Arc?)
Justin $10,400 + $10,399 = $20,799 (Who was Charlotte Corday?)
Tom $26,200 + $1,001 = $27,201 (Who is Corday?) (Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Justin $6,400
Tom $4,400
Erin $1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) TWINS $600 (clue #18)
Tom 2600 -2600 (Justin 3800 Erin 1000)
2) OPERATIC COSTUMES $1200 (clue #3)
Tom 5200 +1000 (Justin 5600 Erin 1400)
3) WINTER OLYMPICS MASCOTS $2000 (clue #30, $0 left on board)
Tom 24200 +2000 (Justin 10400 Erin 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -73
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Tom $29,000 Coryat, 27 correct, 1 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Justin $10,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Erin $5,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $44,800
Lach Trash: $4,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,800
Justin Sausville, career statistics:
194 correct, 29 incorrect
13/14 on rebound attempts (on 26 rebound opportunities)
36.88% in first on buzzer (187/507)
9/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,800)
7/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,978
Tom Nissley, career statistics:
237 correct, 17 incorrect
19/20 on rebound attempts (on 52 rebound opportunities)
33.39% in first on buzzer (208/623)
13/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $33,000)
10/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,691
Erin McLean, career statistics:
110 correct, 18 incorrect
7/9 on rebound attempts (on 32 rebound opportunities)
4.14% in first on buzzer (14/338)
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,467
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The first game of Tom’s final will air tomorrow as that game featured a category from Petra.
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