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
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
As I was trying to decide which quadruple-stumpers I’d write about in this entry, I realized that there were three in the last episode alone that could’ve been solved with a better visualization of the globe. I’ve chosen all of them today because I always benefit from looking at a map. I feel kinda bad that there’s not much else to say about them, but that’s just because of the nature of the subject. (I really do need the answer to these; I don’t want you to think I’m being lazy! I would write a complicated entry if that’s what it took.) So, one at a time:
In Islands in the Sea: “Masirah, off the Omani coast.” (You provide the sea where the island is found.) The correct response is the Arabian Sea:
The image on the left is from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/mu_largelocator_template.html. In that image, Oman is highlighted. You can see the countries surrounding it in the image on the right. Can you see Masirah there, as well as the words “Arabian Sea” underneath?
About 12,000 people live on Masirah, and it’s considered a part of Oman.
The next quadruple-stumper, in Peace Corps: “The corps serves the 2nd as well as the 3rd world, in Romania and this Balkan neighbor on its southern border.” The correct response is Bulgaria:
The last quadruple-stumper (quite literally, as it was the last one in the game that day!), also in Peace Corps: “At the invitation of President Nkrumah, the first overseas volunteers arrived in this country on the Gulf of Guinea in 1961.” The correct response is Ghana:
The image on the left is from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/bu_largelocator_template.html
Bulgaria is the one highlighted.
Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana, from 1960-1966, and its first prime minister for three years before that.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/maps/maptemplate_gh.html (Can you see the words “Gulf of Guinea”?)