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, March 14, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: CAPITAL CITIES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This is the most populous city on the world’s most populous island; both begin with the same letter
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Grant McSheffrey, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario
Lolita Welch, an independent contractor from Fort Worth, Texas
Jessica Johnston, a college admission officer from Pasadena, California (2-day total: $40,300)
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Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, is the most populous city on the island of Java, the most populous island in the world, with about 139 million people. Honshu is 2nd with about 104 million, whereas Great Britain is third at about 62 million.
The United States’ most populous island is Long Island, with about 7.6 million people.
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Scores going into Final:
Grant $13,400
Jessica $11,600
Lolita $10,400
Final results:
Lolita $10,400 + $2,027 = $12,427
Jessica $11,600 + $11,600 = $23,200
Grant $13,400 + $10,000 = $23,400 (1-day total: $23,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lolita $7,000
Grant $6,000
Jessica $4,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SHAKESPEAREAN BABY NAMES $800 (29th pick)
Grant 4000 +2000 (Lolita 7000 Jessica 3400)
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2) THAT’S A MYTHTAKE $1200 (8th pick)
Lolita 8200 +1800 (Grant 7600 Jessica 6800)
3) FUNGI $1600 (29th pick, $2000 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Grant 10400 +3000 (Jessica 11600 Lolita 10400)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: FUNGI $2000
$ Left on Board: $2,000
Game Stats:
Grant $10,800 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.64% in first on buzzer
Jessica $11,600 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 32.14% in first on buzzer
Lolita $9,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 37.50% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $11,200
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $8,600
Jessica Johnston, final stats:
61 correct
6 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
35.40% in first on buzzer (57/161)
Average Coryat: $13,267
Grant McSheffrey, stats to date:
15 correct
1 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
19.64% in first on buzzer (11/56)
Average Coryat: $10,800
Grant McSheffrey, to win:
2 games: 35.33%
3: 12.48%
4: 4.41%
5: 1.56%
6: 0.55%
Avg. streak: 1.546 games.
Average Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $36,622
With a projected 88 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.2347 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3943).
An average of 4.9984 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.705).
An early cutoff took place 17.767% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Tim Kutz qualified 56.406% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 17.575% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.581% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.714% of the time.
Miscellany:
- This is the 12th consecutive game in which at least 1 clue was left unplayed. The modern record is 19.
- The most recent Canadian to win a game in regular play on Jeopardy was Andrew Haringer on May 20, 2015.
- In the GRAMMY RECORD OF THE YEAR category, Jessica’s $1600 response of “Somebody I Used To Know” was ruled incorrect because it left out a “That” in the middle. Her $2000 response of “A Beautiful Day” was ruled correct because one may add or delete leading articles from titles (as well as the fact that “A Beautiful Day” is a correct lyric in the U2 song). Both calls were consistent with the rules of the show which all contestants are briefed on. Note that this would be similar to “Baby You Can Drive My Car” being correct for the Beatles song “Drive My Car”, whereas “My Car” would not be correct.
- The current value of $23,400 USD is between $31,500 and $31,600 Canadian.