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 29, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: WORDS IN THE NEWS 2016
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: NASA wished John Glenn this 8-letter word when he made the 1st U.S. manned orbital flight in 1962 & again upon his passing in 2016
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Tricia Riley, a nurse practitioner from Quincy, Massachusetts
Rachel Levinson-Emley, a literature Ph.D student from Goleta, California
Julie Brannon, a professor of English from Jacksonville, Florida (1-day total: $28,400)
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“Godspeed, John Glenn” was told to the astronaut by mission controller Scott Carpenter, just prior to the takeoff of Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
I’m genuinely surprised by the quick turnaround on this Final Jeopardy! clue as well. On last week’s #JeopardyLivePanel, Kevin Shrum mentioned that last week’s episodes were taped on December 7. John Glenn died December 8. While I’m not sure which side of Christmas this episode taped on, there’s a very good chance that this episode taped within 2 weeks of John Glenn’s death.
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Scores going into Final:
Julie $12,800
Tricia $9,200
Rachel $8,800
Final results:
Rachel $8,800 + $4,200 = $13,000
Tricia $9,200 + $9,199 = $18,399
Julie $12,800 + $6,000 = $18,800 (2-day total: $47,200)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Julie $6,200
Tricia $2,800
Rachel $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) 1967 $800 (12th pick)
Tricia 1000 -1000 (Julie 2600 Rachel 1000)
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2) IT’S EPIC $800 (2nd pick)
Julie 6600 +1400 (Tricia 2800 Rachel 2400)
3) OF THOUSANDS $1200 (18th pick)
Julie 11600 +2000 (Rachel 8800 Tricia 4000)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! round: ASIAN FLAGS $1200, $1600 & $2000
$ Left on Board: $4,800
Game Stats:
Julie $11,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 4 incorrect, 44.44% in first on buzzer
Tricia $10,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 25.93% in first on buzzer
Rachel $8,800 Coryat, 9 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.81% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $13,600
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,200
Julie Brannon, stats to date:
47 correct
6 incorrect
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,400)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
42.34% in first on buzzer (47/111)
Average Coryat: $15,100
Julie Brannon, to win:
3 games: 50.98%
4: 25.99%
5: 13.25%
6: 6.76%
7: 3.44%
Avg. streak: 3.040 games.
Avg. Total Winnings (including possible ToC): $73,851
With a projected 77 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 2.8922 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.3136).
An average of 4.4928 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6024).
An early cutoff took place 10.955% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Julie Brannon qualified 17.984% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 66.837% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 23.717% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 5.063% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.856% of the time.