Current Champion
Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300
To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Jeopardy! Masters Standings
(Quarterfinal Final Standings)
1) Victoria Groce, 15 points, 5 wins, 172 correct responses, $126,000 Coryat Score, $121,000 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 12 points, 3 wins, 106 correct responses, $69,000 Coryat Score, $69,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 8 points, 1 win, 94 correct responses, $62,400 Coryat Score, $71,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Andrew He, 5 points, 1 win, 89 correct responses, $53,000 Coryat Score, $50,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 68 correct responses, $40,200 Coryat Score, $45,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 86 correct responses, $60,600 Coryat Score, $68,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
Upcoming Encore Presentations
September 3: S42 E114 (February 12, 2026)
September 4: S42 E115 (February 13, 2026)
September 5-6: S41 E144 (March 27, 2025)
September 7: S42 E116 (February 16, 2026)
September 8: S42 E117 (February 17, 2026)
September 9: S42 E118 (February 18, 2026)
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 2026)
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
September 12-13: S41 E145 (March 28, 2025)
September 19-20: S42 E173 (May 6, 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 $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
22. Ben Ingram $449,201
23. Paolo Pasco $448,717
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Now that I think about it, I feel a little bit better (but not much) about my last entry getting messed up – I had decided to start posting my own scores compared with those of the real players on the show, and two of the three games I posted didn’t go so well. So I kind of have a fresh start, except that I did just tell you that they didn’t go well. (You just don’t know my scores.) 😉 I do intend to post my scores in the future for the days that I am not able to update the blog. I play with the old-school gadget “Jeopardy! Challenger” that was originally available in the 1980s. I got mine on eBay not very long ago, and for cheap. If anyone else plays along at home, I would love to see your scores, too!
I also feel better because – bonus! – there was an episode of Jeopardy! on today! One of the Omaha stations airs an episode every Saturday night at 6 p.m. This episode originally aired last year and starred Stephen Stiegel from North Carolina (think David Spade), Allison Lesh (think Lisa Loeb) from Oregon, and Justin Bernbach, a 4-day champion from New York (think Taylor Hicks). He amassed $88,000-something in his first four wins! And Mr. Trebek said that the previous day Justin had only won $7,000. So the previous three days were probably massacres.
I’m visiting my parents today, which means I got to watch the show with my dad. This is always a treat! It is my favorite way to watch the show. And you should’ve seen how engaged he was in the show this time, because he knew (I did ask him!) that I might mention him in the blog. He did really well today, and that’s the truth. He was very happy in particular to get this clue right, in the category It Has to End With ‘U’: “A fast-growing climbing vine all over the United States.”* I’d never heard of it!
I responded in kind by getting two right in Japanese Culture that no one got right here or on TV. For $400: “Japanese kites have been interpreted as offerings to the gods and a physical embodiment of prayers linking these two places.”* And for $1600: “This fabric [held up by the Clue Crew’s Kelly] has been dyed with ‘sukomo,’ this dye that was once used only by aristocracy.”*
Justin led through much of the game, and would have had a lock on the game had Allison not answered the last clue correctly. Allison and Stephen wagered big but it didn’t matter. Justin was the only one to get Final Jeopardy right: Big Countries: “Forbes Magazine uses ‘BRIC,’ an acronym for these four large nations advancing in economic power.”*
Til next time!
*Kudzu, heaven and earth, indigo, Brazil Russia India China.