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 International Sports) for Wednesday, February 19, 2020 (Season 36, Episode 118):
It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Sam Leon, an international trade specialist from Washington, D.C.
Adam Greenfield, a client escalations manager from Astoria, New York
MacKenzie Jones, a program development director from Tulsa, Oklahoma (2-day total: $38,800)
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Correct response: What is Brazil?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Brazil is the only team to have competed in every single FIFA World Cup (21 on the men’s side, 8 on the women’s), having won the men’s tournament in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002. They also finished second in 1950 (losing to Uruguay), 1998 (losing to France), and on the women’s side in 2007 (losing to Germany).
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
MacKenzie $30,200
Sam $23,400
Adam $3,600
Tonight’s results:
Adam $3,600 – $3,500 = $100 (What is France?)
Sam $23,400 + $23,400 = $46,800
MacKenzie $30,200 + $16,601 = $46,801 (3-day total: $85,601)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Sam $7,200
MacKenzie $5,000
Adam $2,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AROUND THE WORLD $400 (5th pick)
Sam 1800 +1800 (MacKenzie 800 Adam -200)
2) A DISASTER AREA $800 (7th pick)
Sam 10400 +7000 (MacKenzie 6600 Adam 2400)
3) MYTHICAL CREATURES $1200 (16th pick)
MacKenzie 11400 +8000 (Sam 20200 Adam 2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 237
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 245 (2.08 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
MacKenzie $23,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Sam $15,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer, 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Adam $3,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer, 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $42,800
Lach Trash: $8,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400
MacKenzie Jones, stats to date:
66 correct, 10 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
39.88% in first on buzzer (65/163)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $21,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,067
MacKenzie Jones, to win:
4 games: 78.853%
5: 62.178%
6: 49.029%
7: 38.661%
8: 30.486%
Avg. streak: 6.729 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- While I generally don’t think such a record should be hailed (as obtaining this record usually means that a contestant has made a suboptimal Final Jeopardy! wager), $46,800 is the second-highest known non-winning regular play Jeopardy! score of all time (second only to Adam Levin with $53,999 on April 29, 2019.). $23,400 going into Final Jeopardy! is only tied for the 10th-highest known regular-play score going into Final Jeopardy! of all time (that record is $27,000, also set by Levin).
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