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 14, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: AMERICAN AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: Nominated 8 previous times, he finally won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962, 6 years before his death
(correct response beneath the contestants)
On yesterday’s program, Cindy Stowell won $22,801. She had pledged to donate all of her winnings to cancer research. Unfortunately, Cindy passed away on December 5; she had competed on the show with stage IV cancer. Her friends and family will also appreciate donations on her behalf to the Cancer Research Institute. Many fans are watching the show and electing to donate $1 for each correct response they give while playing at home, an idea come up with by Chelsea Cohen, one of tomorrow’s contestants!
Today’s contestants:
Edward Montiel, an astonomer from San Jose, California
Susanna Barron, a law student from Greenwich, Connecticut
Cindy Stowell, a science content developer from Austin, Texas (1-day total: $22,801)
I always was under the impression that Nobel Prize nominations were kept under wraps. However, apparently this information is just kept secret for 50 years after the award is given.
Thus, in January 2013, the candidate longlist was released by the Nobel Committee for the 1962 prize. The candidates consisted of Steinbeck, English poet Robert Graves, French dramatist Jean Anouilh, British writer Lawrence Durrell, and Danish author Karen Blixen (who died in September of that year). None of the non-winning shortlisted authors that year ever won the Prize.
John Steinbeck had also been nominated in 1943, 1944, 1945, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1960, and 1961.
Please remember, that if you were touched by Cindy’s story, that donations in her memory to the Cancer Research Institute would be greatly appreciated by her family.
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Scores going into Final:
Cindy $13,500
Edward $9,400
Susanna $9,200
Final results:
Susanna $9,200 – $8,000 = $1,200 (Who is Hemingway?)
Edward $9,400 – $3,600 = $5,800 (Who is Faulkner?)
Cindy $13,500 – $5,301 = $8,199 (Who is Hemingway?) (2-day total: $31,000)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Cindy $3,900
Susanna $3,600
Edward $1,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) LITERARY LINES $800 (19th pick)
Cindy 4400 -1300 (Susanna 1800 Edward 200)
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2) STICK WITH ME $1200 (23rd pick)
Cindy 9900 +2000 (Susanna 8200 Edward 6600)
3) BELOW ZERO $1600 (28th pick, $3200 left on board, minute-to-go signal given a few clues prior)
Edward 7400 +2000 (Cindy 13500 Susanna 9200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: TREES $200, A TIME FOR “US” $200 & $400
DJ! round: BELOW ZERO $1200 & $2000
Game Stats:
Cindy $14,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 36.54% in first on buzzer
Susanna $9,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.15% in first on buzzer
Edward $9,000 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 34.62% in first on buzzer
Cindy Stowell, stats to date:
36 correct
4 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,700)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
29.81% in first on buzzer (31/104)
Average Coryat: $11,700
Cindy Stowell, to win:
3 games: 36.71%
4: 13.48%
5: 4.95%
6: 1.82%
7: 0.67%
Avg. streak: 2.580 games.