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Season 30

The Hagiographer Appears Again

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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

(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 as Julia Collins goes for Win #7!

Today’s contestants:


J! round categories:
THE NEW YORK TIMES: YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST
ARMY BRATS
IT’S THE END “FER” YOU!
THE TV CHESSBOARD
DAM LIES
STATISTICS

DAM LIES $400, the fifth clue of the game, had the Daily Double! It was Mary’s to play after her first get. Scores:

Julia $600
Nick $600
Mary $200

Mary bet $1,000. Her clue: The Euphrates Dam in this country created Lake Assad. A tricky one, as the usual Euphrates response of “Iraq” — what Mary gave — was not correct! She fell to -$800. To be honest, I think that may have been a bit of dirty pool from the writers, especially in the $400 box!

At the first break, the scores sat at:

Julia $2,800
Nick $1,400
Mary -$600

The first year that Mary was married to her husband, her Christmas gifts: an ironing board and a scale…

Coming out of the break, Julia had the best time on the buzzer, and jumped out to a big lead! Scores after 30:

Julia $8,000
Nick $4,200
Mary -$1,200

DJ! round categories:
RECENT HISTORICAL FICTION
AMERICANA
ABBREVIATED ABC
I DIRECTED MY WIFE IN THAT FILM
GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS
SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS

Mary’s first selection: AMERICANA $800. It had a Daily Double! Mary bet $2,000. Her clue: After Noah Webster’s death, the company named for these brothers bought the rights to his dictionary. Her correct response put her at $800!

AMERICANA $2000: This minister wrote anecdotal bios of Ben Franklin & William Pen as well as the one about George Washington. I still hate that man. I don’t care.

Meanwhile, Julia did quite well in DIRECTED MY WIFE to keep a commanding lead. SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS $1200 had the final Daily Double, and it was hers to play!

Scores:
Julia $18,800
Mary $7,600
Nick $5,800

Julia bet $3,500 — a big bet for her! Her clue: He was in charge of Italy’s radio service during World War I. Her correct response put her at $22,300!

In spite of Nick’s smart strategy of taking the endgame bottom-to-top, Julia had the best time of it after that final Daily Double, leading to scores going into Final of:

Julia $25,100
Mary $10,000
Nick $6,200

FJ! category: U.S. HISTORY

FJ! clue: Messrs. Gusenberg, Gusenberg, May, Weinshank, Clark, Heyer & Schwimmer famously died on this day in 1929

Nick 6200 – 6199 = 1
Mary 10000 – 9999 = 1
Julia 25100 – 5000 = 20100

ToC update:

1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher’s Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Terry O’Shea (February 2014 College Champion)
4. Arthur Chu $297,200 (12 wins)
5. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
6. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
7. Julia Collins $144,910 (7 wins)
8. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
9. Sandie Baker $140,200 (6 wins)
10. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
11. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
12. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
13. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
14. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
15. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)

16. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
17. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
18. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
19. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
20. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
21. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
22. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
23. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
24. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
25. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
26. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)

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