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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Classical Music) for Friday, June 16, 2017:
Scholars think this 1810 piano piece was dedicated to Elisabeth Rockel or Therese Malfatti, a student of the composer
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Peter Guekguezian, a PhD student in linguistics from Fresno, California
Melanie Glassco, a curriculum development program manager from Atlanta, Georgia
Debb Johnson, a retired teacher from Columbia, Maryland (1-day total: $12,700)
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Beethoven’s famous work of classical music, “Für Elise”, was actually not published until more than 40 years after his death. The identity of the Elise for whom the piece was dedicated is still debated with most people suggesting Therese Malfatti, Elisabeth Rockel, or even Juliane Katharine Elisabet Barensfeld.
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Scores going into Final:
Peter $17,600
Debb $9,200
Melanie $7,800
Final results:
Melanie $7,800 – $7,700 = $100 (What is Claire de Lune?)
Debb $9,200 – $5,000 = $4,200 (What is Moonlight Sonata?)
Peter $17,600 + $801 = $18,401 (1-day total: $18,401)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Peter $6,800
Melanie $4,600
Debb $3,000
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) VEEP $800 (4th pick)
Peter -400 +1000 (Melanie 0 Debb -800)
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2) A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $2000 (8th pick)
Melanie 7000 -4000 (Peter 10800 Debb 1400)
3) LAST “-IEL” $1200 (18th pick)
Debb 4200 +3000 (Peter 11200 Melanie 4600)
Unplayed clues: None!
Game Stats:
Peter $17,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 4 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer
Debb $7,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 6 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer
Melanie $11,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $6,600 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Debb Johnson, final stats:
32 correct
10 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $5,000)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
Average Coryat: $12,400
Peter Guekguezian, stats to date:
23 correct
4 incorrect
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
Average Coryat: $17,400
Peter Guekguezian, to win:
2 games: 59.21%
3: 35.06%
4: 20.76%
5: 12.29%
6: 7.28%
Avg. streak: 2.451 games.
With a projected 50 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.8077 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.0393).
An average of 2.82 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2551).
An early cutoff took place 5.394% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Peter Guekguezian qualified 16.540% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 62.663% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 22.420% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.528% of the time.