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)
(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
At the top of today’s show, Mr. Trebek announced that the College Championship will begin next week. Do you guys like it? Would you rather see regular episodes? I feel okay with it this time, for some reason.
Today’s contestants:
(from left to right; Marie Braden, Molly Adams, Silvio Menzano)
(By the way, did Marie have a new hair color today? It looked red, and I don’t remember it being red last week. As for Molly, does anyone else think she looks like Janine Turner?)
Marie was back to try for her second win today. Molly and I swept Single-Named Singers’ Last Names, which was somewhat expected because she is a deejay! Molly also found the Daily Double of the round, in Makes Sense. She had 4000, Marie had 4800, and Silvio had 800. She wagered 2000 on this clue, what I think was one of the easiest in a category that should’ve been easier!: “This 4-digit number is the Hollywood production company of director Christopher Columbus.”* At the end of Double Jeopardy, Molly was in the lead with 8200. Marie had 6600, Silvio had 1800, and I had 9000.
Silvio found the first Daily Double in the Double Jeopardy round. (Actually I believe the second one was not uncovered.) He had 5000, Marie had 4600, and Molly and I both had 9400. How do you wager with scores like those? I struggled and wound up wagering (and losing) 2600. Silvio wagered (and also lost!) 3000 on this toughie in Novel Sum-Up: “What hath Roth wrought? Title guy Alexander laments to a shrink; Feels guilty? You bet!”*
I got two triple-stumpers right on today’s episode, in Frontwords and Backwords (The responses are two words, one read forward and the same one read in reverse): “Rivers do this, bend upon bend; reverse it for one who tends sheep to their end.”* The other one was in Mikhail Gorbachev. I can’t believe everyone missed this one, and Mr. Trebek seemed surprised, too: “In 1952, Mikhail Gorbachev hit this big city to enter its state university law school; he graduated in 1955.”*
At the end of Double Jeopardy, Marie had 9800, Molly had 11000, Silvio had 5200, and I had 15200. The Final Jeopardy category was Business Pairings. This was the clue: “The names of 2 men, 1 born in Germany in 1834 and 1 in Kansas in 1875, were joined in this company name lasting 1998-2007.”* Marie guessed what I did (and missed it), and lost 9798. Molly missed it, too, and lost 8601. Silvio got it right, and will be back tomorrow! I liked how excited he looked, raising both arms in the air! Do you guys think he will win again tomorrow?
*1492, Portnoy’s Complaint, flow/wolf, Moscow, Daimler-Chrysler