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Sports Jeopardy! Recap – December 3, 2014

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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

This is Season 1, Episode 11 of Sports Jeopardy!

You can watch this game on Crackle!

Today’s contestants:

Larry Salomon, a professor of ethnic studies from San Francisco, CA

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Nikhil Ramakrishna, an accountant from Arlington, VA

nikhilramakrishna

Kyle Koster, an editor and writer from Peekskill, New York

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For the second week in a row we have a Daily Double on the final clue of Double Jeopardy! Larry made a big bet that paid off for him, and made things very interesting going into Final!

Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD SERIES MVPs

Final Jeopardy! clue: He’s the only player to win the World Series MVP for 2 different teams; both were in the ’70s


Who is Reggie Jackson?

Scores going into Final:
Nikhil 17,000
Larry 14,500
Kyle 8,500

Final Results:
Kyle 8,500 – 3,000 = 5,500 (Who is Tony Perez?)
Larry 14,500 + 14,500 = 29,000
Nikhil 17,000 + 12,001 = 29,001

Scores after the Jeopardy! round:
Larry 4,500
Nikhil 3,000
Kyle 2,000

Daily Double locations:
1) THEY NAMED THE COURT FOR ME! 750 (23rd pick)
Kyle 1000 +1000 (Larry 3500 Nikhil 3000)
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2) OFF THE FIELD 2000 (4th pick)
Nikhil 5500 +2000 (Larry 4500 Kyle 2500)
3) TREASURES FROM THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 2000 (24th pick)
Larry 7500 +7000 (Nikhil 17000 Kyle 8500)

On the scoreboard:
06 – 10
19 – 78
On June 10, 1978, Affirmed became the most recent horse to win the Triple Crown when he won the Belmont Stakes. (Edit: American Pharoah won the Triple Crown a few months after this episode aired.)

Game stats:
Nikhil 17,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.11% in first on buzzer
Larry 9,500 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Kyle 8,250 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.67% in first on buzzer

Current standings:

  1. Nikhil Ramakrishna 29,001 (17,000)

  2. Alex DeFrank 22,001 (25,000)

  3. Neeraj Joshi 16,999 (13,500)

  4. —

  5. Mike Smargiassi 16,501 (12,500)

  6. Steven Silverman 14,499 (11,250)

  7. Nabaté Isles 12,750 (13,750)

  8. Kenny Chung 12,250 (10,750)

  9. Nate Purdy 10,999 (5,500)

  10. Matt Pedicini 10,017 (7,900)

  11. Dan Gartland 10,001 (7,000)

  12. Betsy Schroeder 6,250 (14,250)


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