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
Before the episode started, Alex announced the winners of the fan voting for the Battle of the Decades tournament! Winners of the fan voting who will now be competing:
1980s: Andy Westney
1990s: Shane Whitlock
2000s: Tom Nissley
Congratulations to all 3!
Now on with the actual program! Today’s contestants:
Carlos is a LearnedLeague player; he’s been promoting his appearance over there for weeks now! Will Scott be able to defend his title?
J! round categories:
LITERARY TITLE COLORS
ALSO A BOWLING TERM
HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES
HOOK
LINE
STINKER
The first Daily Double came out at HOOK $800; it was Scott’s to play! Scores:
Carlos $2,600
Scott $2,400
Tina $1,600
Scott bet $1,200. His clue: Used on fishing boats, this long pole with an iron hook is a homophone of a social blunder. Scott’s correct response put him at $3,600!
At the end of 15 clues, the scores were:
Scott $4,600 (6 right)
Carlos $2,600 (4 right, 1 wrong)
Tina $1,600 (5 right, 1 wrong)
Apparently Tina, more than anything else, wanted a fist bump from Alex! Yes, she got her wish.
Coming out of the break, Carlos had the best buzzer mojo! Scott kept away from the negs, though, meaning he had the best score at the end of the Jeopardy! round. The scores were:
Scott $7,000 (11 right)
Carlos $6,000 (11 right, 2 wrong)
Tina $2,800 (8 right, 3 wrong)
DJ! round categories:
THE 5 W’s
AFRICAN LEADERS
STARTS & ENDS WITH A VOWEL
WHAT’S ON TV?
STATE SHAPES
-OLOGIES
Tina went to $800 in her categories; I liked that move! She and Scott split the first 7 clues, and when she went to OLOGIES $1200 she found the Daily Double!
Scores were:
Scott $10,200
Tina $7,200
Carlos $6,000
Tina bet $3,000. Her clue: Oral Roberts University has a college of it. Her correct response put her at $10,200, tied with Scott!
Scott didn’t seem very concerned with finding the last Daily Double, which may have come back to haunt him! Instead, Carlos found it under STARTS & ENDS WITH A VOWEL $1600! Scores:
Scott $13,800
Tina $10,600
Carlos $9,200
Carlos went for the True Daily Double! His clue: The name of this secret sect said to have formed in 1776 is from the Latin for “enlightened”…but I’ve said too much. Carlos smiled midway through the clue, gave the correct response, and his score went to $18,400!
Tina messed up the true phrasing on the following clue (THE 5 Ws $400: Why: Because blue frequencies of light are scattered more in the atmosphere than others). Guess what: “Why is the sky blue?” is already in the form of a question!
Scores going into Final:
Carlos $19,600 (8 right, 2 wrong)
Scott $17,400 (9 right)
Tina $16,200 (11 right, 2 wrong)
FJ! category: THE INTERNET
FJ! clue: The inventor of this image format said the OED wrongly has 2 pronunciations of it–the right one is with a soft “G”
Tina 16200 + 3500 = 19700
Scott 17400 + 15001 = 32401
Carlos 19600 + 15201 = 34801
The New Yorkers were all over this Final Jeopardy at 7:30, as their episode airs at 7:00, and they didn’t care about the crowd for whom Jeopardy! airs later. Seems very typical.
Oh well.
Carlos will be defending his title tomorrow!