Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Tuesday, May 26, 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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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 Stage Name Origins) for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 (Season 2, Game 12):

This rapper & sometime reality show participant gets his stage name due to the strife he endured growing up in Florida’s capital

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Trivial Texans, William & Brandon

Double-O Doubtfire, Matthew & Bonnie

AMC B-Listers, Jack & Henry (2 wins)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

The AMC B-Listers are definitely headed to the semi-finals of Pop Culture Jeopardy!; it’s just a matter of what seed they get now. Looking to end their run are Trivial Texans and Double-O Doubtfire.

If I’m not mistaken, I believe Double-O Doubtfire are the team from the Today Show, while the Trivial Texans feature William Golden from the 2014 Teen Tournament.

Correct response: What is T-Pain?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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The stage name of famous rapper T-Pain is short for “Tallahassee Pain”; he grew up in Florida’s capital, with the “pain” referring to his tribulations in that city.

I’m honestly impressed, though, with the writers—they managed to find a question that I didn’t ask in my 2008–2016 run hosting music trivia in Ontario—or maybe I should be disappointed in myself that I didn’t ask it.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 12:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Let’s Welcome Our New Robot Overlords; Real Housewives Wit & Wisdom; Creators Gonna Create; Somebody’s Something Songs; “M”&”M”s; Reese’s Pieces)

Despite Double-O Doubtfire finding the Daily Double, the AMC B-Listers picked up 15 correct responses on the opening board (including a run of the “Real Housewives” category and going 4/5 in the song category) to take a big lead through 30.

Today’s interviews:

Trivial Texans are cousins (William was in the Teen Tournament in 2014).
Double-O Doubtfire are colleagues who are both huge Pierce Brosnan fans.
AMC B-Listers has broken two fingers playing basketball.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

AMC B-Listers 15 correct 0 incorrect
Trivial Texans 5 correct 1 incorrect
Double-O Doubtfire 4 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

AMC B-Listers 8,800
Trivial Texans 2,400
Double-O Doubtfire 2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Based On A True Story; This Category Is Really Not Political; A Mish-Mash Of Mash-Ups; It’s Only A Tiny Desk By Comparison; These Are Now Vintage Tv Shows; Nick Drew, Reanimated Studio Head From Golden Age Hollywood)

Double O found another Daily Double early, but the AMC B-Listers proved too difficult to catch today, picking up 4,400 points on DD3 and taking a runaway lead into Final Jeopardy. AMC went 4/5 in Based On A True Story, while the Texans went 3/5 in Tiny Desk.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

AMC B-Listers 26 correct 0 incorrect
Double-O Doubtfire 11 correct 1 incorrect
Trivial Texans 13 correct 3 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

AMC B-Listers 25,600
Double-O Doubtfire 12,000
Trivial Texans 5,200

It seemed like it was going to be a nondescript Final Jeopardy round punctuated by a correct response in Final by AMC. Then, they went and shocked everyone by showing a 25,600-point wager in Final Jeopardy. They are now 3-game champions, and will go for #4 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Trivial Texans 5,200 – 5,200 = 0 (Who is T.I.?)
Double-O Doubtfire 12,000 – 1,500 = 10,500 (Who is M)
AMC B-Listers 25,600 + 25,600 = 51,200 (Who is T-Pain) (Winner)

Current Overall Standings:

1. One Baddie After Another: 5 wins, 144,700 points
2. AMC B-Listers: 3 wins, 99,100 points
3. Oakland Spirit Tunnel: 2 wins, 62,801 points
4. Snake Juice, No Pulp: 1 win, 24,001 points
5. Quality Tigers: 1 win, 18,400 points

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LET’S WELCOME OUR NEW ROBOT OVERLORDS 800 (clue #4)
Double-O Doubtfire 1000 +1000 (AMC B-Listers 800 Trivial Texans 600)
2) THIS CATEGORY IS REALLY NOT POLITICAL 1600 (clue #1)
Double-O Doubtfire 2200 +2200 (AMC B-Listers 8800 Trivial Texans 2400)
3) A MISH-MASH OF MASH-UPS 1200 (clue #14, 15600 left on board)
AMC B-Listers 16400 +4400 (Double-O Doubtfire 9200 Trivial Texans 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 227

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
AMC B-Listers 3 5
Double-O Doubtfire 4*
Trivial Texans 4

DJ! Round:
AMC B-Listers 4 5 3 4 5 3 3*
Double-O Doubtfire 4* 3 4 3† 3
Trivial Texans 5 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

AMC B-Listers 3.89
Double-O Doubtfire 3.50
Trivial Texans 3.67

Game Stats:

AMC B-Listers 22,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 0 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Double-O Doubtfire 11,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Trivial Texans 5,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: 38,800
Lach Trash: 10,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

AMC B-Listers, career statistics:

83 correct, 5 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
45.03% in first on buzzer (77/171)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 22,933

Double-O Doubtfire, career statistics:

11 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 11,200

Trivial Texans, career statistics:

13 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,200

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I’m not entirely sure what the AMC B-Listers were thinking, but it’s their game, they can play it the way they want to.
• I find it funny when the contestants make fun of Colin in the interview; it feels close enough to the “punching up” sort of comedy to me.

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