Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – June 6 & 7, 2026

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.
(Click Here for Methodology)

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)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

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 Fictional Characters) for June 6-7, 2026 (Season 41, Game 80):

In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs “bump-bump-bump on the back of his head”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Herb Jeong, a retired pension administrator from San Francisco, California

Megan Riddell, a human resources data analyst from Linthicum, Maryland

Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (6-day total: $79,400)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

When this game originally aired in December 2024, whoever won got to wait for a couple of months before their next game got to air. In weekend encore presentation season, though, next weekend’s game will immediately follow this weekend’s game in the regular play chronology. In this weekend’s matchup, Laura Faddah goes for win #7 against Megan Riddell and Herb Jeong.

Correct response: Who is Winnie-the-Pooh? (Edward Bear)

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2026 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

“Here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.” So goes the opening paragraph of A. A. Milne’s much-beloved Winnie The Pooh.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the June 6-7, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Note: If you’d like to see the full statistics from this game, check out the original recap, from December 27, 2024.

Game Recap:

Things went quite well for Laura Faddah, at least comparatively against her two opponents in this one. She picked up 4 correct in minor league baseball team geography, cruising to a runaway despite a Daily Double miss of her own. (As it was, Megan and Herb both missed Daily Doubles themselves.)

In Final Jeopardy, Megan was the only player correct, but being in a double-runaway third place, she was unable to take advantage. (Though had she gotten her Daily Double correct, she would have been just inside of 50% of Laura’s score entering Final). As it was, Laura Faddah picked up win #7 and a two-month wait in original airing time before game #8.

Scores going into Final:

Laura $10,000
Herb $3,200
Megan $1,400

Tonight’s results:

Megan $1,400 + $52 = $1,452 (Who is Winnie the Pooh?)
Herb $3,200 – $0 = $3,200 (Who is Winnie T The Velveteen Rabbit?)
Laura $10,000 – $2,000 = $8,000 (Who is ?) (7-day total: $87,400)

Game Stats:

Laura $11,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 37.04% in first on buzzer (20/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Herb $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Megan $3,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,400

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