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
(IMPORTANT – Please see the comments for a correction to this entry.)
I am home for Mother’s Day weekend. That means I get to watch Jeopardy! my favorite way – with my dad! He was way into the show today – so into it that he didn’t notice when other people in the room answered correctly along with him. This happened not once, but twice!
This episode originally aired in July of last year. The champion, Stefan Goodreau of California, was still on the show when this season began. That means we should be seeing him in the Tournament of Champions, which begins Monday. What a perfect way to get ready for the Tournament!
I also watched today’s episode with my sister, also visiting from out of town. (She asked me not to use her name, but said I could use my nickname for her, Peaches, which refers to her lovely skin.) Peaches was brave enough to use a Jeopardy! Challenger today, for her first time. She competed against Sarah Linn of California (who Peaches says looks like Anne Hathaway), Brent Philyaw of Georgia, and Goodreau, who had won one game. I remember Goodreau, and I like him. I like his sense of humor and his casual attitude. Example: His response to this Daily Double in A Round of Gulf: “In 1989, over 11 million gallons of oil spilled into this sound in the Gulf of Alaska.”* The response: “The Sound of Silence.” That elicited an “Oh, brother!” from my dad. Stefan also drew laughs from the audience after he missed this Daily Double in the Jeopardy round, in the category Say It in Latin: “From the chair of authority.”* The next clue he selected was from That’s Just Ducky! And he said it as one would who just lost everything on a Daily Double. At the end of the Jeopardy round, Stefan and Sarah each had 1800, and Brent had 6000. Peaches had 3400.
Stefan made a comeback, though. He dominated in the Double Jeopardy round, and he had the game out of reach (not counting Peaches) by the end of Double Jeopardy. He had 15400, Brent had 6400, and Sarah had 4200. Peaches had 10080. Here is the clue in Books Inspired by History: “‘Follow the Drinking Gourd’ tells how slaves escaped to freedom guided by a song about this star group.”* Peaches wagered 5322, I think in part because I said Stefan might not wager anything, since he had the win locked up. Stefan got Final Jeopardy right, and he wagered 1617. Peaches and Sarah both got it right, and Brent got it wrong.
Speaking of wrong, Peaches and I want to know what you think about this situation that sometimes comes up on the show: Sarah answered a clue and was told she was wrong. Brent then gave the response they wanted. Later, Mr. Trebek said they were crediting Sarah with a correct response after all. Peaches wondered why Brent’s correct response wasn’t negated then; that is, the money taken away. I just told her that’s not how they do it. She didn’t seem to think that was fair. What do you think? She suggested I post a poll, and I think that is a great idea! I will give you two weeks to respond.
In closing, before I became a “Blog of Note,” – thank you again, Blogger! – I had expressed my dismay that the Game Show Network is no longer showing Jeopardy!, at least at this time. I had asked readers to join me in contacting Game Show Network about it, encouraging them to bring it back and also to show episodes from the 80s and 90s and even from the Art Fleming days. I’d like to renew that request to you, now that I have more readers. And I’d love to know about it if they respond!
*Prince William Sound, ex cathedra, the Big Dipper