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 19th Century) for Tuesday, February 5, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 107):
In his autobiography, Buffalo Bill Cody remembered this venture as “a relay race against time”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Note that the air time of this episode in your local market may differ due to the scheduled State of the Union address.
Today’s contestants:
John Fowle, a landscaper from New Orleans, Louisiana
Jade Ryan, a student from Gainesville, Florida
Will Dawson, a tour guide from Washington, D.C. (2-day total: $55,002)
This is the first of three consecutive days where both challengers have the same first initial to their names (which, frankly, makes tracking correct responses a little bit more difficult!)
With a win today, Will will find his way onto our ToC Tracker! See where others stand on the tracker here!
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Correct response: What is the Pony Express?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The Pony Express (also known as the Central Overland California & Pike’s Peak Express Company), was a system of U.S. mail delivery by continuous horse-and-rider relays. It ran between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California, and cut the delivery time for mail from 24 days to 10. Each rider rode about 75-100 miles and changed horses every 10-15 miles. During its 18 months of service, only one bag was reported lost. Once the transcontinental telegraph was completed in 1861, the system ceased, as it was an expensive stopgap. Newspapers of the day portrayed the Pony Express’ riders as heroes, including “Buffalo Bill” Cody and “Pony Bob” Haslam. Cody, who later became famous for his Wild West show, was just 14 when he began riding for the Pony Express.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Will $21,400
John $13,600
Jade $4,600
Tonight’s results:
Jade $4,600 – $4,599 = $1 (What is gunfight at OK Corral?)
John $13,600 – $12,600 = $1,000 (What is the Ideterod?)
Will $21,400 – $5,801 = $15,599 (What is the transcontinental railroad) (3-day total: $70,601)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
John $7,200
Will $3,000
Jade $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES $800 (4th pick)
John 1000 +1000 (Will 200 Jade 0)
2) THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT $100 $800 (10th pick)
Will 9000 +1000 (John 8000 Jade 1800)
3) SCIENCE FICTION $1200 (19th pick)
Will 18800 +1000 (John 8000 Jade 1400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 116
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Will $21,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 5 incorrect, 47.35% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
John $13,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Jade $4,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $39,400
Lach Trash: $7,600 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,000
Will Dawson, stats to date:
73 correct, 12 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts
42.01% in first on buzzer (71/169)
5/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,200)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,333
Will Dawson, to win:
4 games: 67.83%
5: 46.01%
6: 31.21%
7: 21.17%
8: 14.36%
Avg. streak: 5.109 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 133 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.1121 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6681).
An average of 7.3862 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.026).
An early cutoff took place 7.972% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Will Dawson qualified 51.631% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 75.613% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 54.034% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 27.937% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 8.886% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 2.064% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.211% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I feel as though opening the episode by joking about a contestant’s appearance is not the best way of opening a program, but Alex does what Alex does. Not that it hurt John much in the early going, he built up quite an advantage after the opening round!
When you get 17 correct to your opponent’s 6 and 5 in Double Jeopardy!, get both Daily Doubles correct, and don’t have a runaway going into Final Jeopardy!, you’ve done something wrong. Will was much too conservative on his Daily Doubles. Much like Friday, when Meghan didn’t bet enough on her first one, Will made the same mistake. Having gone to THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC early in the round, it’s clear he liked the category. Then, the Daily Double came up in the $800 box. It felt like Will had just hit the jackpot. He had been dominating proceedings over the previous five clues (in fact, he was on a streak of 9 in a row!) and this would have been a perfect opportunity to really take control of the game. And then Will bet $1,000. I was not a happy Jeopardy! fan.
- In fact, until Will’s performance in SUNNY “D”, it looked like John was going to be within two-thirds of Will’s score.
- Will does play very quickly, though, and that has been helpful for the show getting through most of the clues.
- Jade seemed incredibly nervous in spots; I wonder how well she would have done had she not been so nervous.
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Will 51.92% (27/52), John 25.00% (13/52), Jade 23.08% (12/57).
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