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
October 3-4: S42 E175 (May 8, 2026)
October 10-11: S42 E176 (May 11, 2026)
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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
Today’s (May 12, 2016) Final Jeopardy (in the category AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY) was:
After the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, this became the largest country in Africa by area
Remember, today’s scores will be added to tomorrow’s to determine the Teachers Tournament champion! In case you missed my Finals preview, check it out here!
Today’s contestants:
Kaberi Chakrabarty, an elementary bilingual teacher from Joliet, IL
Jill Gilbert, a middle school English teacher from Des Moines, IA
Jason Sterlacci, a 6th grade English teacher from Somerset, NJ
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Jason $19,800
Jill $11,300
Kaberi $9,600
Final Jeopardy! category: AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY
Final Jeopardy! clue: After the secession of South Sudan from Sudan in 2011, this became the largest country in Africa by area
What is Algeria? (Kaberi went for the DRC, Jill went for Nigeria)
Kaberi 9600 – 5000 = 4600
Jill 11300 – 1300 = 10000
Jason 19800 + 2801 = 22601
Once again, this is a two-day total-point affair; these scores will be added to tomorrow’s to reach the tournament champion!
If you caught last night’s #JeopardyLivePanel, you heard Jason mention that he spent a great deal of time doing Sporcle geography quizzes. Looks like it worked out for him!
Here are the top 15 African countries by area, in square miles:
- Algeria 919,595
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 905,355
- Sudan 718,723
- Libya 679,362
- Chad 495,755
- Niger 489,191
- Angola 481,354
- Mali 478,841
- South Africa 471,445
- Ethiopia 426,373
- Mauritania 397,955
- Egypt 386,662
- Tanzania 364,945
- Nigeria 356,669
- Namibia 318,696
I saw one or two comments earlier on the Internet expressing disappointment that Jeopardy would ask this question when #1 and #2 on this list are so close. To that, I say “why would Jeopardy ask the question this way, in Final Jeopardy, if the answer were the Democratic Republic of the Congo”? Remember, Final Jeopardy has the constraint of “needs to be written down within 30 seconds”.
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Today’s statistics:
Jason 18,000 Coryat, 21R, 2W, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Jill 12,000 Coryat, 16R, 2W, 26.32% IFOB
Kaberi 9,600 Coryat, 13R, 2W, 24.56% IFOB
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