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
Today’s episode was entertaining starting with the introduction of the contestants. The first contestant introduced, Mary Mitchell, was from Washington, D.C.! (You may know I just came from there for the unofficial Jeopardy! reunion that coincided with the National History Bee and Bowl.) Then, the next contestant, Jason Rhode, gave a dramatic and ecstatic salute to the camera, first pointing, then waving. I had to take two pictures of him because he was moving so much, and still neither are that good! I wish I had a picture of my dad imitating the move! Then the returning 4-day champ, Sara Heard, had quite the opposite demeanor, which induced my dad, whose birthday is tomorrow!, to say, “Smile, Sara.” Here they are:
Mary Mitchell
I was tweeting Buddy Wright, who like Jason is from Lubbock, Texas, to ask if he knew him, when my dad goes, “Look it…” so I look and he’s pointing at Jason’s wacky signature that had designs surrounding it. By now I was really cracking up, and my dad was like, “We’re about 30 seconds into the show and you’re already having a good time.”
I was already pausing so frequently that my dad picked up a book from the coffee table. I was like, “Dad!” and he reassured me he was going to watch the show. Later I had to pause again (which I try not to do when someone’s watching with me), and my dad joking picked up the book frantically and starting flipping pages like he was trying to cram in as much as he could while I was pausing. I said to no one in particular, “This is going to be a longer blog post than most,” and my dad goes, “This is going to be a longer Jeopardy! episode than most.”
Oh, yeah, there were clues after all this, too. The first Daily Double came pretty quickly, in “Ark,” Who Goes There? Mary found it. She had 800 and each of her opponents had 600. This was the clue: “The U.S. Patent Office has 3 types of intellectual property – patents, copyrights, and these.” Mary got it right and added 1000 to her total.
Did you guys know this triple-stumper in Biblical Book Titles?: “Macon ‘Milkman’ Dead is on a quest for his identity in this novel by Toni Morrison.” As for this one in the same category, I was amazed that my dad knew it. (He said he had taken a guess.) “One of Oprah’s picks was Jane Hamilton’s novel ‘The Book of’ her; sounds like just an Old Testament book.”
At the first break, Sara had 200, Jason had 2000, and Mary had 3000.
One of the Jeopardy round categories was 25-Game Winners, referring to baseball. The category wound up being the last one finished, and my dad said during the round, “How come nobody wants baseball?” He LOVES baseball, and his fantasy team means everything to him. My dad blew through the category when they finally did get to it. I said to him, “Did you sweep?” And he goes, “Sweep? What’s sweep?” He was like, “Yeah” like it was no big deal. At the end of the round, Sara had 3400, Jason had 2400, and Mary had 4800.
Jason Rhode
Jason Rhode, second attempt!
The first clue of the Double Jeopardy round was a triple-stumper that got my dad and I too, even though my dad is a chemistry teacher. The category was The Mad Tea Party. (The round featured an “Alice in Wonderland” theme.) This was the clue, which I am interested in knowing if you guys knew: “The Tea Party is mad at government programs, like the cap and trade system meant to reduce this element.”
Mary found the first Daily Double in the round, in The Looking Glass. She had 10000 while Sara had 9000 and Jason had 6400. Mary wagered 3000 on this clue: “This Rochester, N.Y. company named for 2 German men made the lenses for Cinemascope and won an Oscar for their work.” Mary and my dad got it right. My dad and I both got this triple-stumper right in the same category: “To make binoculars compact, most contain these triangular glass objects; the Porro type gives better depth perception.”
Sara found the second Daily Double with one more clue remaining, in All a Dream. She trailed with 10600, Jason had 15200, and Mary had 12200. Sara wagered 7000 on this clue: “Misty thoughts while smoking opium are the origin of the expression this type of dream.” I knew this one immediately, but Sara missed it. She did get the last clue, worth 2000, right, so her score at the end of the round was 5600.
The Final Jeopardy category was Authors. This was the clue: “He died in 1995, the day before the opening of a Glasgow veterinary library named for him.” I hate to admit I’d never heard of this person, especially after two of the contestants, Mary and Sara, got it right. Neither of my parents got it either, though. Sara added 3601 to her score, while Mary added 12100. Jason lost 10000. Mary, then, is your new champion. As for Sara, I do believe her winnings total less than Buddy Wright’s. So I think his ToC bid is safe, at least as far as she is concerned.
Sara Heard
My Coryat today was 26600. Mary‘s was 10800, Jason’s was 15200, and Sara’s was 12600.
As if today’s episode wasn’t grand enough, I earlier had the pleasure of watching the match where Stephen Weingarten and Ryan Chaffee played each other in the regular season. THEN, I got to watch Vijay Balse‘s first win. (Click on the links to read my interviews with each man.) Here are the Coryats:
(original airdate 12-24-09):
Sarah Boyette 10600 Stephen Weingarten 11800 Ryan Chaffee 8400 Me 16800
(original airdate 3-4-10): Ann Rusthoven 9800 Vijay Balse 14600 Jordan Brand 15400 Me 20200
The Jeopardy! fun isn’t over yet – I have three episodes that I missed while in D.C., waiting for me at home.