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
Andy here with the Monday recap; sadly, one of my favourite champions of 2012 on Friday fell to a Final Jeopardy!, but Liza Veeneman is the returning champion today. Her challengers: Matt Collins and Blythe Rodgers.
J! round categories: NO. 1 AT THE BOX OFFICE, MAKING THE GRADE, AFFIX THE SUFFIX, “A”-LIST LITERARY CHARACTERS, GEOMETRY, PROTESTING TIPS & ETIQUETTE
I found that our players took a rather pedestrian pace to the opening 15 clues today, after 15, the scores were:
Liza $3,200
Blythe $2,600
Matt $400
I think I’ve been spoiled by getting A.J. vs Laura as my previous game to recap! Liza played this game as if she was incredibly bored! I would have killed to have AJ or Laura in this game, for sure!
Matt got on a bit of a roll, though, and took the lead shortly before finding the game’s first Daily Double under MAKING THE GRADE $600. The scores:
Matt $3,200
Liza $3,000
Blythe $2,400
His bet: $800. His clue: From an EF-0 to an EF-5, the enhanced Fujita scale is used to grade the intensity of these weather events. The second question on this board (as well as GEOMETRY $200) which was very similar to a question I’ve asked in the past two weeks at my trivia quizzes, Matt got it quickly in order to bring his score to $4,000.
Exhibit #378 in the “Maybe Alex needs to retire soon?”: under “A”-LIST LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: He’s the title character in “The Return Of The King” – Alex originally accepted Liza’s response, and of course, gave the answer away so that no rebound was possible!
Scores after 30:
Matt $5,800
Blythe $3,000
Liza $1,600
DJ! round categories: I’M ON THE CASE, NEIGHBORS OF NIGER, SINGING SOLO, THE QUOTABLE NIETZSCHE, CALIFORNIA GIRLS, WHATEVER
Matt extended his lead further and was rewarded with the second Daily Double (I’M ON THE CASE $1200): Scores:
Matt $9,400
Blythe $5,000
Liza $3,200
He bet $2,000 this time. His clue: Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tennessee high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution. Another correct response brought him to $11,400.
It was Blythe who found the final Daily Double, under NEIGHBORS OF NIGER $1200. It was a video category – I probably would have gone for a True Daily Double here, just on my knowledge of African geography.
The scores:
Matt $12,600
Blythe $10,200
Liza $6,800
Blythe only wagered $3,000 though. Her clue: It underwent a change in government in 2011.
Her correct response brought her to $13,200.
Let’s take a time-out for a second here. You’ve been given the same map on the first two clues. Clue 3 is a video Daily Double, so it stands to reason you’ll see the same map on the third clue. You’ve demonstrated knowledge on the first two clues. There are a rather small number of possible responses here. If there was any question that is just inviting a very large Daily Double wager, it’s this one. $3,000 really just doesn’t cut it here.
Back to the game. Blythe, knowing that Burkina Faso was Upper Volta later in the category, validated that she really should have bet a ton more on that Daily Double.
Had Blythe bet what she should have on that question (not leaving $7,200 on the table), she would have a runaway going into Final Jeopardy! Instead, she doesn’t. Scores after DJ!:
Blythe $20,000
Matt $13,000
Liza $8,400
FJ! category: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISTS
FJ! clue: David Phillips, whose exposé reporting inspired this word made popular by Teddy Roosevelt, was later shot dead
Liza 8400 – 8400 = 0
Matt 13000 – 10000 = 3000
Blythe 20000 – 6001 = 13999
Blythe will be returning tomorrow as champion!
I went too far down the “shot dead” road and picked a different incorrect response
I thought it was a very difficult Final, myself. What did everyone else think?