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
(Semifinal Final Standings)
1) Victoria Groce, 7 points, 2 wins, 81 correct responses, $60,000 Coryat Score, $65,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Andrew He, 6 points, 2 wins, 51 correct responses, $33,200 Coryat Score, $34,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Yogesh Raut, 2 points, 0 wins, 48 correct responses, $31,200 Coryat Score, $25,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Paolo Pasco, 1 point, 0 wins, 33 correct responses, $23,600 Coryat Score, $29,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
(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 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. Paolo Pasco $548,717
17. Andrew He $534,365
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
First, I see on the Jeopardy! message boards that Hans von Walter has taped Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He thinks it’s going to air October 3rd but he says it might change. He says he’d keep the boards in the know, and I’ll do the same for you. He also said that Roger Craig and Jean Cui were at his taping!
I feel woefully behind on SHC updates, but I couldn’t really blog this weekend. I figure if Andy and I cover two days each time we blog this week, we’ll be caught up soon. It’s a lot of work for me but I want to do things right. So I’m conjured up dinner and turned on tennis, and as Dad of Twins says a lot when he introduces his clues, “On we go.”
Speaking of getting caught up, I’m glad to see that Bill MacDonald is back in action in the SHC!
To save us some confusion, I’m going to list the people I’m watching according to how they’re ranked overall, as I type this (not according to how they did in these rounds). I have to say, though, that I beat 5 of these people in Week 4 Day 6. [sinister laugh]
Joon Pahk
Julie Bratvold Ghanbari
Ryan Chaffee
Vito Cortese
Stefan Goodreau
Alison Stone Roberg
Megan Barnes
Robert
Kathy Wright
Andy
David Menchaca
Bill MacDonald
Me
So these are the clues for Week 4, Day 6. A caveat: I have to make some judgment calls myself. This doesn’t necessarily reflect whether someone’s response was officially accepted. I have a feeling I’m going to get an unpleasant comment anyway! It’s okay. You know I welcome comments.
Not the One in New Jersey
2: Originally called Lewisburg, this Kentucky town was renamed after the capital of New Jersey in 1819. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
4: This city, which shares its name with the most populous city in New Jersey, is home to the University of Delaware. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
6: This Ontario city on the western point of Lake Erie was named for its founder, not the New Jersey town named for America’s first Secretary of the Treasury. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
8: This suburb of Adelaide founded in 1955 is named for the queen of England, but the same-named city in New Jersey is not. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
10: Edward R. Morrow graduated from high school in the Washington town named for this inventor, also the current namesake of Raritan Township, New Jersey. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
Newspaper History
3: November 3, 1948 headline in the Chicago Tribune; the story by Arthur Sears Henning also reported that Republicans would control both houses of Congress – oops. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
6: 4-word headline in the New York Times article by John Noble Wilford, dateline Houston, July 21, 1969. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
9: The June 29, 2012 Orange County Register’s front page headline reported the Supreme Court giving this law a “Clean Bill of Health.” Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
12: This publisher of the New York Tribune and future presidential candidate printed a “letter to the editor” from President Lincoln in the New York Tribune in August, 1862. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
15: In this still-published Connecticut newspaper’s July 8, 1776 edition, George Washington offered 10,000 acres of land to any British field officer who would switch sides. Ryan, Robert, Joon, Alison, Kathy, Andy, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, David, Megan, Bill
And Week 5, Day 1. Bill got a perfect score!:
Shake It Up
2: In this book, Mark Twain writes about a family feud at a river bend heavily damaged by the New Madrid earthquake of 1812. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
4: Heinrich von Klist’s novella “The Earthquake in” this country begins with the main character about to commit suicide in a Santiago prison when the quake hits. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
6: Myron Brinig’s novel “The Flutter of an Eyelid” ends with this state breaking off of North America in a massive earthquake. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
8: The 1755 earthquake off the coast of Lisbon, Portugal disrupts this Voltaire novel and its “best of all possible worlds.” Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
10: “After the Quake,” Haruki Puramaki’s collection of short stories published in 2000, deals with the aftermath of the 1995 quake that heavily damaged this Japanese city. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
Ard-hay Ategory-cay (This category was written by a boardie other than Dad of Twins. Explanation of the category: “Each correct response will be a Pig Latin version of a word in the clue.”
3: When it comes to IPOs, who wouldn’t have wanted to be on the ground floor of this company that went public in September 1998? Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
6: Qusay was Saddam Hussein’s younger son, but do you remember this, the name of his elder son? Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
9: I had to search high and low to find a vinyl copy of this, the second “Best of” compilation from Electric Light Orchestra. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
12: If you want to hear the ballad-like, slow sound of Parliament Funkadelic’s style, try this third cut off Standing on the Verge of Getting It On.” Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill
15: This man’s alleged “sink-proof” design ultimately failed when the Titanic’s near-miss with a ‘berg turned into a glancing hit. Joon, Alison, Kathy, Robert, Andy, Ryan, Vito, Stefan, Julie, Jeanie, Megan, Bill