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 today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Comic Books) for Thursday, September 21, 2017:
Told to create a character called this, Len Wein learned the real animal is short, hairy & will attack an enemy 10 times its size
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Diane Esemplare, an engineer from Riverdale, New Jersey
Thom Page, an OB/GYN doctor from Auburn, Maine
Betsy Knudson, an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah (2-day total: $38,601)
Tragically, Len will not get to see this Final Jeopardy! clue; he passed away on September 10; he was 69 years old. His obituary appeared in the New York Times.. His most famous creations include both Wolverine and Swamp Thing.
Tributes came pouring in from far and wide. Hugh Jackman, in a tweet, said “from his heart, mind & hands came the greatest character in comics”.
Blessed to have known Len Wein. I first met him in 2008. I told him – from his heart, mind & hands came the greatest character in comics.pic.twitter.com/cFqL1uy0JV— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman)September 11, 2017
Outside of the world of comic books, Len Wein holds special significance to a number of my friends and a number of members of the Jeopardy! family. He was the husband of Christine Valada, who won four games back in October of 2009 and also reached the Tournament of Champions. Also into trivia himself, he was a member of LearnedLeague for almost four years and even played as best as he could through the health problems that would end up taking his life.
On his introduction in 1974, Wolverine was introduced as a small-statured superhuman agent of the Canadian government. He eventually became popular as a member of the X-Men, and ended up getting his own comic series in 1988.
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Scores going into Final:
Betsy $17,800
Diane $12,800
Thom $6,400
Final results:
Thom $6,400 – $5,000 = $1,400 (What is The Badger?)
Diane $12,800 – $12,000 = $800 (What is weasel?)
Betsy $17,800 + $5,001 = $22,801 (What is a wolverine?) (3-day total: $61,402)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Betsy $5,600
Diane $5,600
Thom $2,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) SPEAKING GERMAN $1000 (21st pick)
Betsy 5000 +1000 (Diane 3000 Thom 1000)
2) DRAMATIC TV DRAMA! $1200 (16th pick)
Betsy 9200 +1000 (Diane 9000 Thom 5200)
3) Unplayed!
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 31
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KELVIN $1600 & $2000, SEE “SPAN” $400
Total $ Left On Board: $4,000
Game Stats:
Betsy $18,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 2 incorrect, 27.78% in first on buzzer
Thom $6,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Diane $12,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.48% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $6,000 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Betsy Knudson, stats to date:
57 correct
3 incorrect
4/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,600)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
27.68% in first on buzzer (46/166)
Average Coryat: $14,933
Betsy Knudson, to win:
4 games: 50.18%
5: 25.18%
6: 12.63%
7: 6.34%
8: 3.18%
Avg. streak: 4.007 games.