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
As I’d hoped, I watched the show with my parents tonight. You know I love watching the show with them, but as I watch, it feels like I’m recapping what happened in our house rather than happened on the show! (Maybe I should open a “Stuff My Dad Says” account on Twitter. On second thought….) That satisfies me, but probably no one else reading this. Well, except for my dad, of course. I’ve read that blogs should primarily be for the author’s enjoyment, but my enjoyment comes from knowing people are reading this and responding. So I love doing this, but it really is for you. Mwah!
Speaking of my parents, as I said in my last entry, I have been thinking about a Jeopardy!-related nickname for my mom, since I have “Jeopar-daddy” for my dad. I’ve come up with “Jeop-pretty,” which is apt, but is it too easy? I’d still like your ideas.
I did not remember any of tonight’s contestants (and I even wrote that down!), until Mr. Trebek said one-day returning champ Brian Levinson was a writer as well as a “performer.” (Something tells me this guy writes a blog!) I vaguely remembered him then, and then Mr. Trebek reminded us he imitated Sean Connery on the previous show. Brian performed again today, as when he impersonated Christopher Walken during his interview and he responded to this clue in Rock and Roll in a British accent: “One of my all-time favorite bands is this Johnny Rotten/Sid Vicious group that lasted only 3 years in the 1970s.”*
As usual, my dad griped about the categories, especially in the Jeopardy round. After they were announced in the Jeopardy round, he said, “Whatever happened to Chemistry and Geography?” After Mr. Trebek read the Double Jeopardy categories, my dad commented that they were a little bit better, and he even readjusted his position on the loveseat in order to focus more. My dad would probably want me to tell you that he kicked butt today. I wish you could’ve seen his reaction after this clue in Entombment: “This explorer’s Puerto Rico tomb says the valiant lion’s ‘deeds surpassed the greatness of his name.'”* His eyes about popped out of his head and he seemed to almost jump off the loveseat. I can’t help but laugh about it, even now!
I almost swept Spoof Films today, except for this 1000 clue: “This 2000 horror film had the tagline ‘No mercy. No shame. No sequel’; the sequel’s tagline was ‘We lied.'”* Since I was sweeping the category, I put up a prayer and guessed Scream, but I really knew it was wrong.
Brian almost swept Authors’ Middle Names except for this 2000 clue: “C.S. Lewis.”* Then he swept Rock and Roll. By that time he had 17800, while his nearest opponent, Mark Raabe, had 6600. And by the time Brian found the second Daily Double, he had 21000 while Mark had 7400 and Pam Winters had 5800. Brian wagered only 400 on this clue in “E”gad: “The name of this herb, thought by many to shorten the length of a cold, is from the Greek for ‘hedgehog.'”* He got it right.
Did you guys notice Brian’s and Mr. Trebek’s different pronunciations of “Guyana” in response to this clue in The 20th Century?: “In May 1966 this small South American country became independent, with Forbes Burnham as its first P.M.” Not even two weeks ago, they took Jeff Johnson’s money away for not pronuncing that word to their satisfaction. I thought they’d do it this time, but no! (?) Weirder still, my dad actually said, “Ghana!” in response to that clue! Talk about (?). That one’s never been thrown into that mix!
At the end of Double Jeopardy, Brian had stymied the competition to the point of no return. He had 27800, Mark had 10600, and Pam had 5800. This was the clue in Island Chains: “Before an 1867 sale, this island group was known as the Catherine archipelago.”* Brian and Mark got it right. Brian wagered nothing, but of course it didn’t matter. Bravo to this “performer.”
*the Sex Pistols, Ponce de Leon, Scary Movie, Staples, echinacea, the Aleutians