Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Tuesday, May 19, 2026

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)
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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

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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Hosts) for Tuesday, May 19, 2026 (Season 2, Game 7):

On his first day of work in 2015, he joked, “once more, a job Americans rejected is now being done by an immigrant”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Quizzie McGuire, Jahncie & Nik

Snake Juice, No Pulp, Anita & Erika

Quality Tigers, Helena & Caro (1 win)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

The Quality Tigers are your returning champions following a dramatic Final Jeopardy Round in yesterday’s game; today, they face off against “Snake Juice, No Pulp” and “Quizzie McGuire”, the latter of whom have probably caused ire in dozens of pub quiz teams across America for “stealing their name”, despite none of the teams having a particular claim on the name any more than “found it on a list of punny pub quiz team names”.

Correct response: Who is Trevor Noah?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Trevor Noah, born in South Africa, made those remarks when he was named the host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central back in 2015, replacing Jon Stewart.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 7:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: I Bought It In The Aughts; A Lovable Alien; Who Is This Diva?; An Invitation To The Cookout; That’s In Entertainment; Needle Drops)

Snake Juice picked up 2,000 from the Daily Double early and held the lead through 30 clues, while Quizzie McGuire sat second. On the opening board, Quality Tigers went 3/5 in aliens, while Quizzie McGuire went 3/5 in cookouts. Interestingly, while our leaders didn’t have a 3, 4, or 5 in any category, they also didn’t have any zeroes and did pick up four bottom-row correct responses.

Today’s interviews:

Quizzie McGuire met on OKCupid in 2017.
Snake Juice, No Pulp are fans of both “Parks and Rec” and “The Rehearsal”.
Quality Tigers didn’t think they had a good audition for Season 1.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 9 correct 0 incorrect
Quizzie McGuire 10 correct 2 incorrect
Quality Tigers 8 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 7,400
Quizzie McGuire 4,600
Quality Tigers 3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: I Learned It From The Doc; Catchphrase Me Outside; Pod People; Cult Classics From The 2000S; Rated “R”; They Cameo’d On The Kardashians)

Snake Juice found both Daily Doubles in this rpound, splitting them—while the one incorrect response didn’t affect their runaway status, they still managed to have a crush-sized lead entering Final Jeopardy. Snake Juice went 3/5 on celebs who cameo’d on the Kardashians, while Quality Tigers went 3/5 in Pod People.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 19 correct 1 incorrect
Quality Tigers 15 correct 2 incorrect
Quizzie McGuire 18 correct 5 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 18,100
Quality Tigers 12,000
Quizzie McGuire 8,200

While the Quality Tigers figured out the correct response too late, the other two teams were correct, and that makes Snake Juice, No Pulp your champions. They’ll return tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Quizzie McGuire 8,200 + 4,000 = 12,200 (Who is Trevor Noah)
Quality Tigers 12,000 – 5,950 = 6,050 (Who is…John Oliver)
Snake Juice, No Pulp 18,100 + 5,901 = 24,001 (Who is Trevor Noah) (Winner)

Current Overall Standings:

1. One Baddie After Another: 5 wins, 144,700 points
2. Snake Juice, No Pulp: 1 win, 24,001 points
3. Quality Tigers: 1 win, 18,400 points

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) NEEDLE DROPS 600 (clue #10)
Snake Juice, No Pulp 3000 +2000 (Quality Tigers 800 Quizzie McGuire 1600)
2) I LEARNED IT FROM THE DOC 1600 (clue #10)
Snake Juice, No Pulp 10200 -2000 (Quality Tigers 6800 Quizzie McGuire 6200)
3) RATED “R” 1200 (clue #14, 16000 left on board)
Snake Juice, No Pulp 9400 +1500 (Quality Tigers 8000 Quizzie McGuire 7000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 63

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Quality Tigers 2 4 3
Snake Juice, No Pulp 5 3 3 3*
Quizzie McGuire 5 4 5

DJ! Round:
Quality Tigers 2 3 2 3
Snake Juice, No Pulp 3 4 4* 5† 3*
Quizzie McGuire 5 4 4 5 3

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 3.67
Quizzie McGuire 4.38
Quality Tigers 2.71

Game Stats:

Snake Juice, No Pulp 18,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Quizzie McGuire 8,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Quality Tigers 12,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 38,600
Lach Trash: 6,200 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Quality Tigers, career statistics:

30 correct, 4 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
23.68% in first on buzzer (27/114)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -3,000)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 13,100

Snake Juice, No Pulp, career statistics:

20 correct, 1 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 1,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 18,400

Quizzie McGuire, career statistics:

19 correct, 5 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 8,200

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I enjoyed watching all three of these teams and would have been happy with any of them winning.
• Again, I likely won’t be posting wagering suggestions until I hear what the tiebreaker was for 0-win teams for a semifinal berth.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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