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
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, and the antepenultimate day of 2021! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The 20th Century) for Wednesday, December 29, 2021 (Season 38, Game 78):
In the morning of April 15, 1912 officer Charles Lightoller became the last of about 700 people to board this ship
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Joanna Wu, a program manager from Boston, Massachusetts
Ben Walthall, a video game marketer from Brooklyn, New York
Amy Schneider, an engineering manager from Oakland, California (20-day total: $768,600)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Yesterday, Amy Schneider won her 20th consecutive game, tying Julia Collins’ win streak from 2014. if Amy wins today, she’ll have won more regular season Jeopardy! games than any other woman in the history of the show. A win today should also put her #5 all time in terms of total money won on the show, passing David Madden, with only the four millionaires—Brad Rutter, Ken Jennings, James Holzhauer, and Matt Amodio—ahead on the table.
I don’t normally talk about categories in the upcoming game in my pregame thoughts, but I look at the J!6 categores every morning before I publish, and there are a couple that I’m looking forward to. Considering the transphobia that is ramping up online, especially as the more bigoted wings of the media are catching wind of Amy’s streak, I’m very much looking forward to the “I Am Woman” category. There’s also the “Speak Like a French Canadian” category which will sadly (but likely) avoid the colorful French Canadian profanity. (For the uninitiated, profanity in Quebec is generally related to Catholicism and the liturgy.)
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Correct response: What is the RMS Carpathia?
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When the Titanic sank in the early morning of April 15, 1912, the Carpathia was the ship that rescued most of the survivors from the Titanic‘s life boats. Lightoller was the Titanic‘s second officer, and directed the loading of passengers onto lifeboats on the ship’s port side after the Titanic struck the iceberg and began sinking. Lightoller was the most senior crew member to survive the sinking, and thus became a key witness in the eventual inquiries that took place on both sides of the Atlantic. (The key to this clue is knowing that the Titanic left port a few days before April 15, and that it actually sank on the 15th itself.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Amy $22,400
Ben $2,800
Joanna $2,600
Tonight’s results:
Joanna $2,600 + $2,500 = $5,100 (What is the Carpathia?)
Ben $2,800 – $2,399 = $401 (What is the Lusitania?)
Amy $22,400 + $15,000 = $37,400 (What is the Carpathia?) (21-day total: $806,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy $11,600
Joanna $1,600
Ben $400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) A PREFIX MENU $800 (clue #19)
Amy 5000 +3000 (Ben 1200 Joanna 1000)
2) I AM WOMAN $1600 (clue #5)
Joanna 2800 -1000 (Amy 12800 Ben 2000)
3) SCIENCE $1200 (clue #8, $24000 left on board)
Ben 3600 -3600 (Amy 12800 Joanna 200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -76
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.14 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Amy $20,200 Coryat, 28 correct, 3 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Joanna $3,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Ben $6,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 5 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,200
Lach Trash: $12,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,600
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
664 correct, 39 incorrect
36/40 on rebound attempts (on 80 rebound opportunities)
50.46% in first on buzzer (602/1193)
34/40 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $104,600)
18/21 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,333
Ben Walthall, career statistics:
9 correct, 6 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,600)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,400
Joanna Wu, career statistics:
12 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,600
Amy Schneider, to win:
22 games: 91.501%
23: 83.725%
24: 76.609%
25: 70.099%
26: 64.141%
Avg. streak: 31.767 games.
Today’s interviews:
Joanna named her son Leo after a Jeopardy! category.
Ben lost a bet with roommates had had to run a half-marathon.
Amy originally wanted to be a civil engineer.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Amy becomes only the 4th person to win 21 or more regular-season games on the show, surpassing Julia Collins for the longest win streak by a woman.
- Amy moves to #5 all-time in terms of winnings on the show, including tournaments, passing David Madden.
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