{"id":2315264,"date":"2026-03-06T08:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2315264"},"modified":"2026-03-06T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:13:07","slug":"march-5-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/march-5-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"March 5, 2026 \u2014 Winner, final scores &#038; highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on March 5 featuring Quentin Powers, Cory Aiello and Nishal Shah. The game included 11 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Who played and who won<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winner: Cory Aiello<\/strong>\u2014<strong>$17,930<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd: Nishal Shah\u2014$11,001<\/li>\n<li>3rd: Quentin Powers\u2014$9,999<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Game snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Quentin Powers: Start $5,000\u2014Wager $4,999\u2014<strong>$9,999<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Cory Aiello: Start $17,400\u2014Wager $530\u2014<strong>$17,930<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Nishal Shah: Start $8,000\u2014Wager $3,001\u2014<strong>$11,001<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next on &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Season 42 continues on Friday with Cory Aiello returning as champion to face two new challengers. Tune in to the next episode to see if the winner will extend the streak or go home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch it here:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/best-streaming-deals-bundles-free-trials\/83951337007\/?utm_source=usat&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=spike\" target=\"_blank\">Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 all-time &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; winners<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ken Jennings<\/strong>\u2014<strong>74\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,520,700<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Schneider<\/strong>\u2014<strong>40\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,382,800<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Amodio<\/strong>\u2014<strong>38\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,518,601<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Holzhauer<\/strong>\u2014<strong>32\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,462,216<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mattea Roach<\/strong>\u2014<strong>23\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$560,983<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> <em>This &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; recap was generated automatically using information from &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; through a partnership with USA TODAY. You can send feedback to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gannett-nxuao.formstack.com\/forms\/website_appfeedback_automation\" target=\"_blank\">this form<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-03-06 06:10:55.939493394 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-03-06 06:10:55.939493394 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on March 5 featuring Quentin Powers, Cory Aiello and Nishal Shah. The game included 11 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy! Who played and who won Winner: Cory Aiello\u2014$17,930 2nd: Nishal Shah\u2014$11,001 3rd: Quentin Powers\u2014$9,999 Game snapshot Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers: Quentin Powers: Start $5,000\u2014Wager $4,999\u2014$9,999 Cory Aiello: Start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2315265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[111443,39915,22220,390504,390507,194083,21751,239390,43013,48378,367459,6297,21741,240269,240272,390509,370985,270959,42645,25031,370984,390505,390508,61678,24215,25850,332681,354659,343401,306826,21739,298114,356395,21738,239343,239347,32987,23759,29945,390506,147314,24431,346506,52779,137882,21913,364017,239471,239344],"class_list":["post-2315264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-not","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-automated","tag-automated-content","tag-autopilot","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-content","tag-do","tag-do-not-syndicate","tag-eamotion","tag-entertainment","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-home-front","tag-exclude-from-native","tag-exclude-smart-fronts","tag-exclude-social-autopilot","tag-from","tag-front","tag-fronts","tag-gpi-978","tag-gpi-978-automated-jeopardy-recaps","tag-guides","tag-home","tag-hulu","tag-jennings","tag-jeopardy","tag-ken","tag-ken-jennings","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-native","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-peacock","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-recaps","tag-reference","tag-shows","tag-smart","tag-social","tag-syndicate","tag-tv","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/March-5-2026-\u2014-Winner-final-scores-highlights.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315266,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315264\/revisions\/2315266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}