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
Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, November 24, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: FOOD HISTORY
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In 1525 Spanish New World official Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo wrote, “the flesh of these peacocks is very good”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Lexie Gagliardi, a digital fashion editor from New York, New York
Jay Johnson, an attorney from Henderson, Tennessee
Andrew Lee, an aspiring TV writer from West Hollywood, California (1-day total: $26,001)
Remember, if you’re going to be a contestant on Jeopardy!, always hope to get a general sense of your airdate. This clue is very much the reason why, as this episode was taped back in August. This clue plays much easier in everybody’s mind when it’s Thanksgiving Day.
That being said (editorial time here): As I always like to tell people, easier Final Jeopardy clues are very important to the general meta-game of Final Jeopardy strategy. If a clue was always going to be challenging, you would see contestants — especially leaders — stand pat significantly more often in Final. And that wouldn’t make for as good of a game in general.
I realize the idea of an “easy Final Jeopardy!” goes antithetical to the “Platonic Jeopardy! Ideal” that a number of viewers have, but it really is crucially important to the game as a whole.
Going back to more information about this Final Jeopardy! clue:
Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo used the term “peacocks” to refer to the turkeys in 1525 because he simply didn’t have another term to use to refer to them as!
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Andrew $11,600
Jay $7,000
Lexie $3,800
Final Results:
Lexie $3,800 + $3,799 = $7,599
Jay $7,000 + $2,201 = $9,201
Andrew $11,600 + $2,401 = $14,001 (2-day total: $40,002)
Scores after the opening round:
Andrew $3,000
Jay $3,000
Lexie $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. CITY SEALS $800 (29th pick)
Andrew 6000 -3000 (Lexie 2600 Jay 2000)
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2) JAPANESE HISTORY $800 (22nd pick)
Andrew 8200 +3000 (Jay 7000 Lexie 5800)
3) HALLELUJAH! $1600 (27th pick, $5,600 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Lexie 7800 -4000 (Andrew 11600 Jay 7000)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: JAPANESE HISTORY $1600 & $2000; HALLELUJAH! $2000
Game Stats:
Andrew $12,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.59% in first on buzzer
Jay $7,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer
Lexie $7,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 3 incorrect, 20.37% in first on buzzer
Andrew Lee, stats to date:
47 correct
5 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $0)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
39.45% in first on buzzer (43/109)
Average Coryat: $15,800
Andrew Lee, to win:
3 games: 54.27%
4: 29.46%
5: 15.99%
6: 8.68%
7: 4.71%
Avg. streak: 3.187 games.