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
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
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 Poems) for Wednesday, March 23, 2022 (Season 38, Game 138):
The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible “restoration to fruitfulness”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Nadège Aoki, a marine biology graduate student from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tim McCaigue, an app developer from San Diego, California
Mihir Nene, an engineer from Rochester, New York (1-day total: $24,999)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Mihir Nene won yesterday from third place going into Final Jeopardy after being the only player to get Final; it’s the second day in a row that this happened! Today, he takes on Tim McCaigue and Nadège Aoki; I’m sure that Mihir will hope for his buzzer % to be higher today. If he can improve there, things will look better for him!
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Correct response: What is “The Waste Land” (by T.S. Eliot)?
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The original notes of T.S. Eliot’s famous 1922 poem “The Waste Land” credit Jessie Weston’s 1920 book From Ritual to Romance as the inspiration for the title. (The original consideration for the poem’s title was “He do the Police in Different Voices”).
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: It’s All Gucci; Music as of Late; Food & Drink Homophones; Bright Lights; Big City; We Read It in the ’80s
The Daily Double came out early (on Clue 3); Tim picked up $1,000 for it and parlayed that to an early lead after the first break. Coming out of the break, Tim went 3/5 in BRIGHT LIGHTS and 4/5 in MUSIC AS OF LATE to take a commanding $5,200 lead ($8,800 to $3,600) after the opening 30 clues.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: It Happened In ’22; Science & Nature; Triple the Double Letters; The Body Politic; Woman Movies; Incredibly Elf-Centered
The Daily Doubles came out very late; Nadège found the first one all the way back on clue #19, picking it up for $2,500. However, after that the star of the game was the TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS CATEGORY, which seemed to flummox the contestants and kill any momentum. Of course, the last Daily Double was there, and Nadège’s dropping $2,000 on it sealed the runaway for Tim. Your scores going into Final saw Tim at $18,800, Mihir at $6,400, and Nadège at $5,900.
Final Jeopardy! today was a Triple Stumper, but things were locked up beforehand; Tim is now a 1-day champion!
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Tim $18,800
Mihir $6,400
Nadège $5,900
Tonight’s results:
Nadège $5,900 – $3,000 = $2,900 (What is Trees)
Mihir $6,400 – $0 = $6,400 (What is a Raisin in the Sun?)
Tim $18,800 – $2,000 = $16,800 (What ?) (1-day total: $16,800)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Tim $8,800
Mihir $3,600
Nadège $3,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BIG CITY $600 (clue #3)
Tim 400 +1000 (Mihir 200 Nadège 0)
2) IT HAPPENED IN ’22 $1600 (clue #19)
Nadège 7400 +2500 (Mihir 6800 Tim 15600)
3) TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS $800 (clue #28, $800 left on board)
Nadège 7900 -2000 (Mihir 6000 Tim 18400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 108
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 48 (0.35 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Tim $18,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Mihir $6,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Nadège $7,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,800
Lach Trash: $12,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,800
Mihir Nene, career statistics:
28 correct, 4 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
23.68% in first on buzzer (27/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,700
Tim McCaigue, career statistics:
26 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,400
Nadège Aoki, career statistics:
13 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,000
Tim McCaigue, to win:
2 games: 59.515%
3: 35.420%
4: 21.080%
5: 12.546%
6: 7.467%
Avg. streak: 2.470 games.
Today’s interviews:
Nadège studies coral reefs using acoustics.
Tim had a head injury in Paris and had to take an ambulance.
Mihir lived across the hall from the UConn womens’ basketball team.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Considering the general struggle that everyone was having on TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS, I’m okay with Nadège’s small bet, doing just over the minimum required to ensure that Tim didn’t have a runaway if she was correct.
I only bring this up because she has alluded to this on Twitter: Ciara, one of tomorrow’s challengers, was pronounced by Johnny Gilbert like “Keira”.
- Link to the box score: March 23, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
Mihir: Your standard cover bet today is $5,401.
Tim: You can bet up to $5,999 without risking your runaway.
Nadège: Bet between $1,001 and $4,899 in order to win a Double Stumper with Mihir.
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