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Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – April 4 & 5, 2026
Warning: This page contains spoilers for the April 4-5, 2026, game ofJeopardy!— please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game thatoriginally aired on December 16, 2024.
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 Geography) for April 4-5, 2026 (Season 41, Game 71):
Jebel Musa in Morocco & Mount Hacho near Ceuta are candidates for the southern half of this pair
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Matt Grossman, a law student from New York, New York
Henry Barbaro, a college student from Evanston, Illinois
Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas (2-day total: $29,100)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
While Jamie Ding continues to rack up significant money on weekdays, our weekend encore presentation this week continues looking at December 2024; this game saw Ashley Chan take on Henry Barbaro and Matt Grossman.
As I mentioned back when this game originally aired, I was not happy at all with how the show chose to open today’s game, talking about how Ashley made “an unconventional wager” in the previous game on Friday. I said it then and I’ll say it again: one of the significant advantages of not making a cover bet is that the surprise factor effectively resets itself at the start of each tape day. In my opinion, if the show wants there to be more suspense as to what the leader might do in Final Jeopardy—and I think it’s a very good idea for there to be that suspense—it should not tip off to new challengers that the leader is doing this, because it takes away that major advantage.
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Correct response: What are the Pillars of Hercules?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
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Known since ancient times, the Pillars of Hercules is the traditional name of the two sides of the Strait of Gibraltar connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Its north half is the Rock of Gibraltar, but there is no single prominence in North Africa that can definitively be used as the southern half. The two most likely candidates—Jebel Musa in Morocco and Mount Hacho near Ceuta—were both mentioned in the clue.
As someone strong in geography, this was a very straightforward clue for me; however, geography is not everyone’s strong suit, which led to the eventual on-set struggles with this clue back in December 2024.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the April 4-5, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
Ashley’s propensity to not make a cover bet in Final Jeopardy proved to be immaterial in this game, as she picked up two dozen correct responses, which was enough to insulate her from both a missed True Daily Double of her own early on, as well as Matt doubling up himself midway through the Double Jeopardy Round.
None of our three players got the Final Jeopardy clue correct today, with Ashley choosing to stand pat in Final Jeopardy to pick up win #3. Next week sees her go for victory #4 against Jordan Carr Peterson and Jasmine Zhou.
Scores going into Final:
Ashley $17,400
Matt $7,200
Henry $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Henry $2,000 – $2,000 = $0 (What is I had fun)
Matt $7,200 – $2,000 = $5,200 (What are Straits of Gibraltar)
Ashley $17,400 – $0 = $17,400 (What are Everest + K2?) (3-day total: $46,500)
Game Stats:
Ashley $19,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt $6,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Henry $2,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,800
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