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!
Today’s challengers: Christina Rodriguez and Andy Hermann. Bill Hawkins won $17,400 as the champ yesterday. Can he make it 2 wins?
J! round categories:
RADIO, RADIO
ALL IN THE FAMILY
TERMS WITH GREEK LETTERS
HERE’S THE BEGINNING
THE MIDDLE IS “OK”
BUT THE END IS ROUGH
Bill got in on the first two questions, but went silent for the next eight! By the end of 14 clues, Andy had gotten some mojo together, and they went to an early break! The scores were:
Andy $4,400
Christina $1,200
Bill $800
Christina lined up early for a PlayStation 2! In her “young, wild days”, she said. Andy, during his days as a music journalist, once interviewed Stewart Copeland of the Police for an hour!
Bill had tough neg on ALL IN THE FAMILY $600 (1 of Ernest Hemingway’s 2 granddaughters who appeared together in the movie “Lipstick”); Bill said “Muriel”! To compound the error, ALL IN THE FAMILY $800 had the Daily Double, and Andy got to play it!
The scores were:
Andy $5,000
Bill $1,200
Christina $1,200
Andy bet $3,000. His clue: The father of “You’re So Vain” singer Carly co-founded this publishing company. His instant correct response put him at $8,000.
The “less than a minute to go” came with 7 clues to play, and 2 clues were left unrevealed (the bottom 2 of HERE’S THE BEGINNING). The scores were:
Andy $10,400
Christina $2,400
Bill $2,200
DJ! round categories:
EUROPEAN LAKES
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
AD-JECTIVES
NOT BY SHAKESPEARE
ALL SCIENCE “E”
THE SHOW WITHIN THE SHOW
Bill and Christina did well in THE SHOW WITHING THE SHOW, but Andy had enough luck in NOT BY SHAKESPEARE to get control of the Daily Double in its $1600 box! Scores were:
Andy $12,000
Bill $6,600
Christina $3,600
Another $3,000 was ventured. His clue: After III, the only King Henry with no Shakespeare title is him, the subject of a 2007 Sean Cunningham biography. Andy went one Henry too high and fell to $9,000.
No matter, because buzzsaw Andy kept hammering away and rebuilding his score! Needless to say, Andy got to play his third Daily Double of the day under WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR $1600. Scores were:
Andy $15,400
Bill $8,200
Christina $1,600
Andy bet just $2,000. His clue: 1993’s Handgun Violence Protection Act, named for him, called for a 5-day waiting period in a handgun purchase. Another instantly correct answer put him at $17,400.
This game was all Andy’s, and a stellar performance on EUROPEAN LAKES for him brought the scores going into Final at:
Andy $23,800
Bill $8,600
Christina $2,000
FJ! category: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
FJ! clue: Donna Shalala, Alberto Gonzales & Tom Vilsack have each served as the “designated survivor” skipping this event
Christina 2000 + 1500 = 3500
Bill 8600 + 4500 = 13100
Andy 23800 + 3200 = 27000
Andy’s the new champion; he’ll be back to defend, and I’ll be back tomorrow to write about it! See you then!