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 Friday, February 3, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: His official website says, “It is forty years since I hung up my cloak and dagger”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Marion Montgomery, a library assistant from Huntsville, Alabama
Tyler Johnson, a political science professor from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Lisa Schlitt, a microbiologist from Berwyn, Pennsylvania (5-day total: $112,300)
Curious as to how Lisa stacks up on our ToC Tracker?
In the “Not to be confused with” department, there was a different Tyler Johnson on Jeopardy! back in 2014; the blogger-from-Buffalo Tyler Johnson was the third player in the rematch of the final tied game in the history of the show!
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When he first got into writing novels, John Le Carré (the pen name of David Cornwell) was a member of the British Foreign Service. Following the success of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, his third novel, he left MI6 to become a full-time author, hanging up his cloak and dagger, as it were.
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Scores going into Final:
Tyler $18,400
Lisa $13,400
Marion $4,000
Final results:
Marion $4,000 + $3,999 = $7,999
Lisa $13,400 + $13,400 = $26,800 (6-day total: $139,100)
Tyler $18,400 – $8,401 = $9,999 (Who is Rushdie?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lisa $6,000
Tyler $5,600
Marion $4,000
Opening break taken after: 14 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (14th pick)
Marion 1600 +1600 (Lisa 2600 Tyler 1800)
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2) SCIENTIFIC MILESTONES $1200 (3rd pick)
Lisa 6400 +1400 (Tyler 4800 Marion 3200)
3) THE NEXT U.N. MEMBER, ALPHABETICALLY $1200 (19th pick)
Tyler 12400 +2400 (Lisa 10200 Marion 3600)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE END OF THE STORY $1000
DJ! round: 20th CENTURY ART & ARTISTS $2000
$ Left on Board: $3000
Game Stats:
Lisa $13,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Tyler $17,200 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Marion $3,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,200
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $5,200
Lisa Schlitt, stats to date:
132 correct
16 incorrect
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $10,900)
5/6 in Final Jeopardy
38.92% in first on buzzer (130/334)
Average Coryat: $14,867
Lisa Schlitt, to win:
7 games: 50.43%
8: 25.43%
9: 12.83%
10: 6.47%
11: 3.26%
Avg. streak: 7.017 games.
Avg. Total Winnings: $161,115 + a Tournament of Champions berth