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)
(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
Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Tuesday, November 1, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This nation joined the Warsaw Pact in 1955 & NATO in 2009, & was alphabetically first in each
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Denver Wade, an English teacher from Westfield, Indiana
Vivek Ravishanker, a freelance consultant from Higganum, Connecticut
Thea Lawton, a nonprofit resource development specialist from Anchorage, Alaska (1-day total: $24,400)
While I knew this clue immediately, the first thing I personally think of when I think of Albania? “You border on the Adriatic! Your land is mostly mountainous and your chief export is chrome!”
Ken Levine, Cheers writer, writes about the Albania song in a 2009 blog. Ken recalls that this may have been the last episode taped by the late Nick Colasanto. (The episodes often aired out-of-order, and he definitely looks frail in the video below.)
Here is the famous scene from Cheers where Coach sings the Albania song:
Using music as a mnemonic? Definitely works!
Back to more academic references, the vast majority of the former Warsaw Pact is now a member of NATO (in terms of former Soviet republics, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are also NATO members now).
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Thea $19,200
Vivek $17,200
Denver $5,600
Final Results:
Denver $5,600 + $5,600 = $11,200
Vivek $17,200 + $5,999 = $23,199 (1-day total: $23,199)
Thea $19,200 – $17,300 = $1,900 (What is France?)
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Scores after the opening round:
Vivek $4,600
Thea $4,400
Denver $2,000
Daily Double locations:
1) ADVERTISING $1000 (25th pick)
Denver 2600 -2600 (Thea 4400 Vivek 3600)
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2) PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS $1200 (8th pick)
Vivek 6200 +3000 (Thea 9600 Denver 2400)
3) REPTILES $1200 (28th pick; 3600 left on board)
Vivek 14000 +3200 (Thea 15600 Denver 5600)
Unplayed clues:
None!
Game Stats:
Vivek 13,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer
Denver 8,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer
Thea 19,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer
Thea Lawton, final stats:
41 correct
7 incorrect
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
35.13% in first on buzzer (39/111)
Average Coryat: $17,000
Vivek Ravishanker, stats to date:
20 correct
3 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
35.09% in first on buzzer
Average Coryat: $13,400
Vivek Ravishanker, to win:
2 games: 44.78%
3: 20.06%
4: 8.98%
5: 4.02%
6: 1.80%
Avg. streak: 1.811 games.