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
No.
Andy back for the third of three semifinals from the 2012 Teen Tournament.
Your contestants today (no pictures, again, sadly…):
Krishna Bharathala, Rose Schaefer, and Kevin Yang
If Krishna happens to win today, that will set up a rematch of one of the quarterfinals (an occurrence not quite unique in Jeopardy! history, but still rare in of itself!)
J! round categories: CITIZENSHIP, PLAY SETTINGS, HE’S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN, WHEN IN THE WORLD?, CLOTHES MAKE THE IDIOM, and CARS AND AMERICA (presented by Vice President Joe Biden)
After rolling through IDIOM and PLAY SETTINGS and a couple of Biden’s car clues, we reached the first Daily Double right before the opening break. Krishna got it, holding $1200 to Rose’s $2200 and Kevin’s $2800. His clue: “Newly elected U.S. Senators and Congressmen are sworn in on the 3rd of this month”. Sadly, Krishna gave the wrong month, leading to his score being $0 at the first break.
I was quite impressed that arugula was not mentioned in today’s interviews!
A triple stumper (under CITIZENSHIP $800): Politics calling? This is the minimum age to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. Both Kevin and Krishna took negs, and Rose was afraid to venture a guess…
We didn’t quite get to the last Joe Biden clue; maybe if they were read faster, we’d get to them? At the end of the J! round, Rose held a slim lead with $4,600, Kevin had $4,400 and Krishna $2,600.
After the break, Alex came back onto announce that the show itself had some technical difficulties, and apparently the picture of Eli Manning failed to show up on the $200 HE’S QUITE THE SPORTSMAN clue. Kevin was refunded the $200 on the guess he took, to tie him for the lead with Rose.
DJ! round categories: CITIZENSHIP, HOW SYMBOLIC, THE SILENT MOVIE ERA, ALSO A 2-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION, BIOLOGY, HISTORY SINCE YOU WERE BORN
Right after retaking the lead, Kevin got to the round’s first Daily Double, under the $1600 clue in Biology. Rose had $5,400 and Krishna $3,000. Kevin bet $2000 of his $6,200. The clue: Canavanine, produced by some plants, is a special one of these acids; it messes up proteins in insects’ bodies. Sadly, most -ine acids are of a specific type, and they weren’t the ones that Kevin gave, so his score fell to $4,200.
The miss also seemed to derail Kevin’s buzzer mojo, as he didn’t ring in for a long time after this, leading Rose and Krishna to take off into the lead. Kevin was in a late charge, however, when he got to the game’s final Daily Double under THE SILENT MOVIE ERA $1200. Scores as follows:
Kevin $10,600
Krishna $11,400
Rose $12,200
($2800 in clues left on the board)
Kevin bet $2,000.
The clue: Later famous for thrillers like “Psycho”, this man directed the silent murder mystery “The Lodger”
Kevin’s correct response and subsequent end-of-round signal saw the following scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Kevin $12,600
Rose $12,200
Krishna $11,400
FJ category: CONTEMPORARY NOVELISTS
FJ clue: Seeing young people competing in a reality show on one channel and fighting a war on another gave this author a book idea
(Amazingly, I’d read this fact yesterday while researching trivia questions for my pub quizzes and almost put this in a game. Now, I’m rather glad I didn’t.)
Final scores:
Krishna $11,400 + $11,400 = $22,800
Rose $12,200 + $12,199 = $24,399
Kevin $12,600 – $11,801 = $799
We’ll have 3 women competing in the finals this year, with Rose Schaefer joining Catherine Briley and Elyse Mancuso, and Jeanie will be covering it!