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)
(Click Here for Methodology)
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
Andy here with the second of the two Teacher’s Tournament semifinals!
Your semifinalists today: Kate Wilson, Marcia Edmundson, and Marion Penning!
J! round categories: EDUCATION ABBREVIATION; QUICK HISTORY; APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES; CROSSWORD CLUES “A”; THE JUNIOR VARSITY; 2 PEOPLE, SAME POSITION
2 PEOPLE, SAME POSITION – a sports category that seemed to give our contestants difficulty today! Lots of negs on that one (but with very reasonable, yet slightly wrong answers, unfortunately)
Over the first segment, things seemed pretty competitive! Your scores at the first break:
Kate $2,600
Marion $1,400
Marcia $1,200
After a couple of video clues early on in QUICK HISTORY, I was dreading the possibility that a Daily Double might be hidden somewhere there! And, in fact, there was, at $800. Marion gets to play it, with the following scores:
Kate $2,600
Marion $2,000
Marcia $1,200
(I’d go for the full $2,000 here.)
Marion chose the same strategy. Her clue: In German it was called “Heiliges Romisches Reich”. I didn’t have the foggiest idea whatsoever (I really need to learn German!) – but Marion got it straight away! Her score moved to $4,000.
At the end of 30, our scores were:
Marion $5,600
Kate $4,200
Marcia $2,000
DJ! round categories: KNOW YOUR BOUNDARIES; LEADING INTO THE SONG TITLE; ESSAYS; GET “REAL”!; SYSTEMS OF THE BODY; SAMURAI (a video category)
I bet there’ll be a Daily Double in that SAMURAI category. I hate that.
Meanwhile, we go through 4 full categories with no Daily Double found. ESSAYS and SAMURAI are left.
The first of the Daily Doubles were found by Marion under ESSAYS $1200. After a scoring change was announced (where one of Kate’s negs was deemed acceptable, we saw a very close game, with the following scores:
Marion $11,600
Kate $11,400
Marcia $6,400
Her bet: $2,000. Her clue: His essay “On the Decay of the Art of Lying” was “read at a meeting of the Historical and Antiquarian Club of Hartford”. No answer was forthcoming from Marion; and her score fell to $9,600.
Meanwhile, our contestants decided to take SAMURAI in order. The Daily Double was under the $1,600 clue – with Kate having taken the $400, $800, $1,200 clues already. Scores:
Kate $15,800
Marion $9,600
Marcia $6,400
My bet here in Kate’s position, especially considering significant knowledge in the category has been demonstrated, would be $4,000. A correct answer puts you in a lock position (even with one clue remaining), whereas you’re guaranteed of having a lead if you’re wrong as well.
However, her bet was just $2,000. Oh well, at least I have a good post title now!
Her clue: Tsubas are sword guards. They protected the hand in battle. As you can see, they were decorated with different symbols, including this one, the flower long associated with Japan’s imperial house. Needless to say, the correct response from Kate brought her to $17,800.
Additionally, Marcia picked up the final $2,000 clue to keep Kate from getting the lock game that she should have had — a get that also gave her a glimmer of hope going into Final!
Scores going into FJ!:
Kate $17,800
Marion $9,600
Marcia $8,400
FJ! category: MATH MEN
FJ! clue: In 1880 he wrote, “We draw two circles, and make them include or exclude or intersect one another”
Marcia 8400 + 8400 = 16800
Marion 9600 + 9000 = 18600
Kate 17800 + 1401 = 19201
Kate is your second finalist; I’ll be back tomorrow with the final semifinal blog!