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, March 22, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: BUSINESS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This company founded in 1945 offers a special deal on the last day of January, March, May, July, Aug., Oct. & Dec.
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Emlen Smith, a college professor from Lafayette, Indiana
Madeline Wilson, a writer from Akron, Ohio
Kevin Shrum, a retired adjunct professor from Fort Collins, Colorado (1-day total: $17,200)
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The deal, of course, takes place on the 31st of each month due to Baskin Robbins’ original 31 flavors. According to a 2016 news release, in 2016, guests could get a regular scoop for $1.31 and a 2-scoop sundae from $3.31.
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Scores going into Final:
Emlen $15,800
Kevin $12,400
Madeline $4,200
Final results:
Madeline $4,200 – $2,600 = $1,600 (What is Thirty One?)
Kevin $12,400 + $3,900 = $16,300 (2-day total: $33,500)
Emlen $15,800 – $9,001 = $6,799 (What is 31 Club?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Kevin $7,400
Emlen $5,600
Madeline $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) THE HUMAN BODY $800 (16th pick)
Kevin 3800 +2000 (Emlen 1500 Madeline 1400)
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2) RHYMES WITH SQUAT $2000 (12th pick)
Emlen 11200 +3000 (Kevin 11000 Madeline 3800)
3) TELECOMMUNICATIONS $1200 (19th pick)
Kevin 12600 -3000 (Emlen 17800 Madeline 4200)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: JAZZ $1600 & $2000
$ Left on Board: $3600
Game Stats:
Kevin $14,200 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.36% in first on buzzer
Emlen $14,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Madeline $4,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 2 incorrect, 16.36% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $12,800
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $4,400
Kevin Shrum, stats to date:
44 correct
3 incorrect
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
37.84% in first on buzzer (42/111)
Average Coryat: $14,900
Kevin Shrum, to win:
3 games: 50.16%
4: 25.16%
5: 12.62%
6: 6.33%
7: 3.18%
Avg. streak: 3.007 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $59,273.
With a projected 82 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.0803 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3594).
An average of 4.783 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6577).
An early cutoff took place 14.522% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Kevin Shrum qualified 15.668% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 61.040% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 20.440% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 4.216% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.728% of the time.
Miscellany:
- This is the 18th consecutive regular-play game in which we did not see all 61 clues. The modern record is 19 consecutive.