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
(not that I wanted this day to come!)…the last day of the Tournament of Champions. I am sad that we will not see these guys again. This has been a great two weeks, hasn’t it?
To refresh your memories: Vijay Balse led going into Day Two with 9200. Stefan Goodreau was in second place with 5800, and Jason Zollinger had no money, only because he wagered everything on Final Jeopardy and missed it.
Did you guys know these triple-stumpers from today’s game?
Caused by… for 1000: “Hypovolemic, a type of shock.”*
Fashionable Words for 200: “It’s the animal name for a high-heeled shoe or a slipper with no back.”*
1970s TV Casts for 2000: “Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether and Mark Shera; a Quinn Martin production.”*
Jason found all three Daily Doubles today. The first one was the second clue of the game! When Jason found the first Daily Double of the Double Jeopardy round, he wagered everything again on the clue in Treaties, and this time it paid off. The clue: “The Montreux convention of 1936 returned control of these 2 straits to Turkey.”* He then had 8000, to Vijay’s 4800 and Stefan’s 6200.
When Jason found the second Daily Double of the round in German Literature, there was one category left on the board. He had 13600, Vijay had 6800, and Stefan had 15800. Jason lost 3000 on this clue: “During WWI, he fought on the western front and was wounded several times; he later wrote a 1929 novel about it.”* At the end of Final Jeopardy, then, he had 10200, Vijay had 8800, and Stefan had 17000.
The Final Jeopardy category was From Novel to Film. No surprise, the clue was hard: “First published in 1880 and made into a film in 1907, 1925, and 1959, it was the first work of fiction blessed by a pope.”* Vijay and Jason answered correctly, and Stefan missed it. He noted that he had not gotten a Final Jeopardy right in the whole tournament! He wagered 4001, which would have won him the tournament if he had answered correctly. Since he did miss it, he had a total of 18799 for the two days. Jason wagered 8700 bringing his total to 18900. Did you see the shocked expression on Jason’s face? I think it was because he still came in second even though he started with nothing today.
Vijay wagered 5000 on Final Jeopardy, making his two-day total 23000, and making him the Champion of the Tournament and recipient of $250,000. Mr. Trebek reminded us that Vijay had taken the test 6 times in 16 years, and said it “paid off handsomely.” Vijay said, “Yes, it did.” Yesssss! Congratulations, Vijay!
I believe we are now back to the regular shows. Three-time champ Buddy Wright returns. (He has left a comment here!)
And act soon (like, NOW!): Tell me what you want to know from Tournament of Champions contestant Stephen Weingarten. I will be interviewing him soon! Also, I’m looking for someone to fill in for me on this blog for two weeks in June.
*loss of blood, mule, Bosporus and Dardanelles, Erich Maria Remarque, Ben-Hur, Barnaby Jones