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
Before I get into day one of the two-day Teen Tournament final, my friend Robert tells me that a new book has been written about Jeopardy! It’s called How I Got on Jeopardy!…and Actually Won! It’s written by 2-time champ and blogger Jared Cohen. Unfortunately only an electronic version is available, so I can’t read it and thus don’t know if it’s any good. But maybe you can read it!
I’d been wondering when Power Players Week will start. I just find out while I’m blogging, it’s Monday. But this week, who will take the Teen Tournament crown from Raynell Cooper? One of these girls:
Rose Schaefer
Elyse Mancuso
Catherine Briley (Kelly Clarkson? D.J. Tanner?)
I have an idea now why the third picture is black-and-white. Maybe the picture message I send from my phone is too big for all three pictures to be in color?
Omaha’s Elyse found the Daily Double in Dinosaurs only four clues in. She had 1000, Catherine still had 0, and Rose had 200. She wagered it all, to applause, on this clue: “Tyrannosaurus Rex didn’t live during the Jurassic period but rather in this one.” I don’t really know how someone would know this, but Elyse did.
I swept Wheel of Movie Taglines, which included this triple-stumper:
“Some Assembly Required”
I can hardly stomach Wheel of Fortune, but maybe I should take a crack at it just because I’d do well. I’d have to start watching it so I’d know how to play. I have my eye on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. They’ll be having auditions this summer, but I don’t know if maybe it’s too soon after Jeopardy! to try out. How long would I have to wait to be on another game show; a year? And how long is one in the Millionaire contestant pool? I took the test once and passed, but didn’t make the contestant pool. While I’m at it, how come they don’t talk about the show on the message boards that are supposedly devoted to it? I went there looking for advice, and it’s a mess. Our message boards (not the official ones) have superior moderating. We’re lucky people.
But I digress.
At the first break, Elyse had 3000, Catherine had 2200, and Rose had 200. I was surprised to hear that Elyse is on a quiz bowl team. As far as I know, the National History Bowl is still looking for a regional site in Omaha or Lincoln, if anyone from Elyse’s school is reading this. You can e-mail me if you want. (Click on my name under “Contributors” at the bottom of this page.)
I got this triple-stumper in State Capital Attractions, the first clue after the break: “The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site & CNN Center.”
How’d do you do in Internet Shorthand? I only didn’t get this one: “TBH, short for this, is used before a statement the recipient won’t like.”
At the end of the round (which ended two clues early), Elyse had 7400, Catherine had 4200, and Rose had 0. I was pretty happy about the Double Jeopardy categories, til I went 0/5 in two of ’em (Physics and TV Shows by Character). I don’t think I’ve heard of “Switched at Birth,” “Pretty Little Liars,” “Portlandia,” or “Happy Endings.” The contestants didn’t get that last one, either. They’ve surely heard of “cauliflower” but didn’t get this triple-stumper like I did, in Foreign Foods: “Blumenkohl is German for this cabbage family member.”
I don’t think I’ve heard of this one, in In the Dictionary. It was a triple-stumper, too: “You may want to ward off these strips of wood that make a barrel.”
I swept Famous French Folks.
Rose found the first Daily Double of the round, in Completes the Poetic Line. She still trailed with 6400, while Elyse still led with 11800 and Catherine had 9400. Rose wagered just 3000 on this clue: “‘For the children, they mark, and the children, they know the place where the ________ ends.” I took a guess and it was right. Rose got it, too.
Elyse found the last Daily Double in Physics, also the last clue of the round. Oh, how to wager! She has tomorrow to consider, too. She had 10200, Catherine had 7400, and Rose had 9400. Elyse wagered 3000 on this one: “This elementary particle that makes up light has no mass or electric charge.” She got it right!
Like the contestants, I said “Santa Fe,” “zucchini,” and “defeat” on the clues where the correct responses were “Phoenix,” “cucumber,” and “disaster.” Who knew cucumber was a gourd?
The Final Jeopardy category was Olympics History. This is the softball clue: “Besides Antarctica, the 2 continents that have never hosted the summer or winter Olympics.” All three contestants got it right. Catherine added 2600. Rose added 3000. (Conservative, yeah?) Elyse made a relatively bold wager of 10000, prompting Mr. Trebek to say someone who’s trailing may still win the tournament! Predictions?
By the way, see here for Andy’s entry on how to wager in a two-day final of a tournament. And here’s an entry from Ursula on how she learned to wager in time for her 5-24 appearance.
Here’s the message board thread for today’s episode.