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.
(Click Here for Methodology)
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 Europe 1962) for Thursday, June 22, 2017:
Rudolf Abel & this American are most associated with Germany’s Glienicke Bridge on February 10, 1962
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Daniel Esch, an editor & writer from San Bruno, California
Natasha Baker-Bradley, an appellate attorney from Miami, Florida
Lisa Evans, an office manager from Easthampton, Massachusetts (1-day total: $34,401)
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After being shot down over Russia, the Russian capture of U-2 pilot Gary Powers on a recon mission triggered a major international incident in 1960. As an American spy, he was traded for Russian spy Rudoph Abel in 1962 at the Glienicke Bridge that connects Berlin to Potsdam.
Powers’ transfer for Abel ended up being the plot line for the 2015 Steven Spielberg film Bridge of Spies (Glienicke Bridge being the title bridge in that film).
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Scores going into Final:
Lisa $15,800
Daniel $14,000
Natasha $2,800
Final results:
Natasha $2,800 – $1,000 = $1,800 (Who is JFK?)
Daniel $14,000 – $13,900 = $100 (Who is ?)
Lisa $15,800 + $12,201 = $28,001 (Who is Francis Gary Powers?) (2-day total: $62,202)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Lisa $5,400
Daniel $3,600
Natasha $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GUN TALK $1000 (12th pick)
Lisa 3200 +1200 (Natasha 1400 Daniel 1000)
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2) “W”ORDS $1600 (5th pick)
Natasha 5200 -3500 (Lisa 8200 Daniel 3600)
3) DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $1600 (13th pick)
Natasha 3700 -2500 (Daniel 8400 Lisa 5400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -97
Unplayed clues:
J! round: LANGUAGES OF EUROPE $1000
DJ! round: HIGH TEX. $2000
$ Left On Board: $3,000
Game Stats:
Lisa $15,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 4 incorrect, 45.45% in first on buzzer
Natasha $8,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 20.00% in first on buzzer
Daniel $14,000 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $1,800 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Lisa Evans, stats to date:
50 correct
7 incorrect
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
43.64% in first on buzzer (48/110)
Average Coryat: $18,900
Lisa Evans, to win:
3 games: 66.59%
4: 44.34%
5: 29.52%
6: 19.66%
7: 13.09%
Avg. streak: 3.993 games.
With a projected 46 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 1.7419 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.018).
An average of 2.7281 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.2247).
An early cutoff took place 4.380% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Lisa Evans qualified 34.061% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 65.786% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 22.127% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.774% of the time.
Miscellany:
- $1,800 is the least amount of Lach Trash available to date this season in regular play. The most recent game with less available was April 25, 2016 ($1,600)
- Thank you to Jay Johnson for providing me with a full chart of this game.
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Oh, that’s what “Bridge of Spies” is about! Thank you for the extra insight about the clue as I had no idea about the movie connection. I was fortunate to solve it off the history angle without the Best Picture nominee help. For the low percentage of people that saw the film the clue becomes a lot easier.