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Season 30

This Will Raise The Ire Of Some

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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

(through 4 episodes)

1) Victoria Groce, 9 points, 3 wins, 109 correct responses, $76,800 Coryat Score, $72,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 8 points, 2 wins, 75 correct responses, $52,200 Coryat Score, $53,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 6 points, 1 win, 61 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $46,700 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 54 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 53 correct responses, $40,000 Coryat Score, $44,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 1 point, 0 wins, 50 correct responses, $22,400 Coryat Score, $18,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
September 1: S42 E112 (February 10, 2026)
September 2: S42 E113 (February 11, 2026)
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)
(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. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

Andy here with his final recap of the week!

Today’s contestants:


Chip survived yesterday. Will he survive today? Alex commented that both Chip and Joe were “giants”; the bigger they are, the harder they fall?

J! round categories:
SAFETY IN NUMBERS
CENTURY 19
10-LETTER WORDS
THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE
DEATH
TAXES

CENTURY 19 $800 had the first Daily Double; it was Dana’s to play, even though Joe got off to the best start!

Scores:

Joe $2,400
Dana $1,000
Chip $0

Dana bet $1,000. Her clue: In 1898 this U.S. battleship went to Havana Harbor in part to protect U.S. citizens, but it would never leave

At the first break, the scores were:
Joe $3,400
Dana $2,200
Chip $800

Chip is 6’7″; the second-tallest person in his family, his dad, is 6′ tall!

Coming out of the break, THEY TURNED MY BOOK INTO A MOVIE $800 was a Triple Stumper (“World War Z”); hands up, who got it?

At the end of the J! round, the scores were:
Joe $6,800
Chip $3,600
Dana $3,000

DJ! round categories:
ANCIENT ROME
THE “I”S HAVE IT
ANATOMY
SOAP BRANDS DEFINED
U.S. ISLANDS
BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES

An amusing Triple Stumper in BEFORE & AFTER $1600: The Edsels’ 1961 doo-wop hit is a song by Dorothy & the munchkins celebrating a notable demise in “The Wizard Of Oz”. Alex said the word I put in parentheses, but that’s not part of the title!

ANATOMY $1200 had the first Daily Double; it was Joe’s to play with the following scores:
Joe $8,400
Dana $7,400
Chip $5,600

Joe bet $1,600. His clue: The sigmoid section of this part of the digestive tract is named for its “S” shape. Joe’s answer of “small intestine” dropped him to $6,800. He got his $1,600 back on the next clue.

SOAP BRANDS DEFINED $1600 was a Triple Stumper, though I’m sure it was the brand everyone was thinking at the start of the category! (A type of dentin)

It appears as if the judges have decided to set a leniency precedent in the respect that Chip was given no fewer than three chances to pronounce “Narragansett Bay” – I hope that people remember this! To add insult to injury, the following clue had the Daily Double! Scores:
Joe $9,600
Chip $8,000
Dana $3,800

Chip bet $2,000. His clue: 3 islands lie within this lake in New York’s Adirondacks: Buck Island, Moose Island & Hawk Island. Chip gave no answer. His score fell to $6,000.

Scores going into Final:
Joe $11,600
Chip $6,000
Dana $4,600

FJ! category: GROUNDBREAKING NONFICTION

FJ! clue: Chapters in this 1962 classic include “Earth’s Green Mantle”, “Needless Havoc”, “Rivers of Death” & “And No Birds Sing”

Dana 4600 + 4500 = 9100
Chip 6000 + 6000 = 12000
Joe 11600 – 401 = 11199

No Tweets of the Night, either, as everything that I felt would be worthy, I saw no tweets on!

It’s tough to give the “holding everything else constant” on the Narragnasett Bay ruling because the Daily Double truly changes everything. That being said, it was a judge’s ruling, and they do appear to be setting a precedent. In that respect, I think I’m okay with it. Someone may need to remind me of this the next time this happens, though!

Jeanie will have Chip’s third game on Monday, where he attempts to get on the ToC list! In the meantime, she’ll have a trip recap too!

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