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 Wednesday, December 28, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: FICTIONAL PLACES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This land is described as “All that lies between the lamp-post and the Great Castle of Cair Paravel on the Eastern Sea”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Justin Scace, a writer & editor from East Lyme, Connecticut
Mike Lamar, an OB/GYN from Wichita Falls, Texas
Stephanie Schlatter, a stay-at-home parent from Toledo, Ohio (2-day total: $18,802)
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The quote in Final Jeopardy! was spoken by the Faun in the great C. S. Lewis work The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
While The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia, it was not first chronologically; The Magician’s Nephew came first. This has led to a long-standing debate as to which book should be read first!
Which order do you prefer reading The Chronicles of Narnia in, publication order (starting with The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe), or Narian historical order, starting with The Magician’s Nephew? Leave a comment!
Another fun fact: My elementary school librarian, when I was in grade 3, adapted The Magician’s Nephew into a school play. I was Aslan. That librarian, Bev Matson, was such an inspiration for myself and so many others when it came to literature. I’ll expand on this point a little bit more in a post tomorrow.
Needless to say, I got tonight’s Final Jeopardy! instantly.
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Definitely publication order!
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If I had read “The Magician’s Nephew” first, I am not sure whether I would have continued beyond it. Whereas I greatly enjoyed “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”.
Magician’s Nephew did have some strong elements, such as the connected attics, the ponds, and the rings. On the other hand, some of that stuff about how the “Magician” saw the Witch in London and his main thought was that she was “a dem fine woman, sir, a dem fine woman” struck me as awkward and off-putting. I thought Lewis did much better, as a writer, when he brought the normal people to his fantasy worlds such as Narnia, rather than bringing his fantasy characters into the normal world.
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Definitely LW&W first. It’s the most interesting for kids, and therefore has the strongest chance of keeping their interest well enough to have them advance to he next. Especially in today’s kid lit world, he competition for kids’ attention is too strong to start with anything but LW&W.
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