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
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category The Solar System) for Friday, February 1, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 105):
For awhile in the 1840s, the French wanted to name this new discovery “Le Verrier” & the British wanted “Oceanus”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Karen Gieger, an accountant & mom from Mobile, Alabama
Will Dawson, a tour guide from Washington, D.C.
Meghan Schulz, an environmental engineer from Bristol, Pennsylvania (1-day total: $27,190)
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Correct response: What is Neptune?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
As it turns out, it’s now thought that Galileo was the first to observe the planet Neptune in 1612 when it passed near Jupiter, but he did not recognize it as a planet, as he did not track it long enough to notice its non-starlike motion. Had he observed it as a planet, it might have avoided some arguing between England and France over two centuries later. Eventually, the planet was discovered by German Johann Gottfried Galle, after being helped by information from the Frenchman Urbain-Jean-Joseph Le Verrier; the English astronomer John Couch Adams was also given credit.
The French, feeling their guy was most responsible, wanted the planet named Le Verrier; the rest of the world didn’t seem too keen on that. Galle had suggested Janus; eventually, all agreed on Neptune, originally suggested by Le Verrier.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Will $17,000
Meghan $16,300
Karen $11,800
Tonight’s results:
Karen $11,800 + $5,000 = $16,800
Meghan $16,300 + $14,800 = $31,100
Will $17,000 + $15,601 = $32,601 (1-day total: $32,601)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Will $6,600
Meghan $,200
Karen $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) STAMPS $600 (28th pick)
Will 4600 +2000 (Meghan 4200 Karen 2600)
2) ANAGRAM PAIRS $1200 (22nd pick)
Meghan 9800 +3500 (Will 15800 Karen 4600)
3) SULFUR $1200 (27th pick, $5,600 left on board)
Meghan 13300 +3000 (Will 13400 Karen 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 102
Unplayed clues:
J! round: STAMPS $800 & $1000
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $1,800
Game Stats:
Will $15,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer, 3/3 on rebound attempts
Meghan $12,200 Coryat, 23 correct, 5 incorrect, 43.64% in first on buzzer, 1/2 on rebound attempts
Karen $11,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 18.18% in first on buzzer, 4/4 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $39,600
Lach Trash: $3,800 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800
Meghan Schulz, final stats:
49 correct, 9 incorrect
5/7 on rebound attempts
41.96% in first on buzzer (47/112)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,500)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,000
Will Dawson, stats to date:
21 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts
34.55% in first on buzzer (19/55)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600
Will Dawson, to win:
2 games: 55.27%
3: 30.55%
4: 16.89%
5: 9.33%
6: 5.16%
Avg. streak: 2.236 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 135 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.8648 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6454).
An average of 6.9753 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.0275).
An early cutoff took place 5.949% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Will Dawson qualified 11.419% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 81.125% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 62.019% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 35.799% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 13.019% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 3.446% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.450% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Considering how Meghan had played the respective categories beforehand, I don’t think she bet either Daily Double properly, though in actual fact I think her hand may have been forced on the second one by her underbet on the first. That said: had she bet to take the lead on the first Daily Double, she would have been safe to bet clue value on the second one (a reasonable proposition here considering she gave incorrect responses on both $400 and $800 in the category), and she would have held the lead going into Final. ANAGRAM PAIRS was a category that Meghan had already done well in; it was a situation calling for a massive bet. (I, for one, would have gone True Daily Double there.)
- As it turned out, Meghan nearly caught a huge break when Will seemed to have difficulties with anagrams, and Will was only saved by the judges finding references for butane being rated on sulfur content (and being able to identify Paul Robeson).
- “Effective” in first on buzzer stats: Will 35.85% (19/53), Meghan 45.28% (24/53), Karen 18.87% (10/53)
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