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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Upcoming Encore Presentations
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)
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 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 $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Happy Tuesday! Today is Day #7 of Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s hosting stint. $114,958 has been donated through 6 games to Odyssey Atlanta. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Colleges & Universities) for Tuesday, July 6, 2021 (Season 37, Game 202):
In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word “the” for use on clothing & hats
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Laura Hatcher, a communication consultant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Alex Stubblefield, a PhD candidate in economics from Montgomery, Texas
Courtney Shah, a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon (6-day total: $96,958)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Last night, Courtney Shah became the 53rd player to win at least 6 regular play games; 29 of the past 52 have won at least 7. Courtney is the sort of champion that the prediction model isn’t great with dealing with. However, on a show that has had over 8,000 episodes and has aired for 35 years, we will get instances such as this. That’s one reason why this game can be so fun: the inherent randomness baked into the game. There are fans who want to diminish Courtney’s accomplishments online, and I don’t see why people feel the need to do this. The point of the game is to win, and Courtney has done that better than all but 29 others at this point. So, enjoy what we’re seeing. It’s great watching to see if Courtney can keep her streak going.
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Correct response: What is The Ohio State University?
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The Columbus school’s alumni and fans are always quick to point out—especially on social media when the article is left out—that the full name of the school is The Ohio State University. Fun fact, though: the rules of Jeopardy! generally consider leading articles to be superfluous unless there also exists an additional work that requires the article to disambiguate. Thus, in most cases, the show generally considers “The Ohio State University” and “Ohio State University” to be equivalent. (Whether the fact that this specific clue hinges on the word “The” will require its inclusion in a correct response is definitely still to be seen, though. I could definitely see the judges going either way on this.)
Interestingly, The Ohio State University’s trademark issues didn’t come because of the genericness of the word “the” itself, but because fashion company Marc Jacobs also attempted to trademark the word with the USPTO. Additionally, in the time since this episode would have taped and its airing, the two groups reached an agreement that would allow both groups to split the trademark if permitted.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Courtney $17,600
Alex $2,600
Laura $800
Tonight’s results:
Laura $800 + $0 = $800 (What is (the) Ohio State University?)
Alex $2,600 + $999 = $3,599 (What is Ohio State University?)
Courtney $17,600 + $4,000 = $21,600 (What is THE Ohio State University?) (7-day total: $118,558)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Courtney $7,600
Alex $2,600
Laura $1,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) AMERICANA $800 (clue #18)
Alex 800 -1000 (Courtney 5200 Laura 1400)
2) A WORLD TO KISS $1600 (clue #18)
Alex 5400 -4000 (Courtney 15200 Laura 2600)
3) THE HUMAN BODY $2000 (clue #28, $2800 left on board)
Laura 5800 -5000 (Courtney 17600 Alex 1800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -260
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 198 (0.98 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Courtney $17,600 Coryat, 21 correct, 0 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Alex $7,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Laura $5,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 3 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,000
Lach Trash: $13,800 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Courtney Shah, career statistics:
126 correct, 14 incorrect
8/13 on rebound attempts (on 26 rebound opportunities)
29.04% in first on buzzer (115/396)
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,200)
5/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,429
Alex Stubblefield, career statistics:
16 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,600
Laura Hatcher, career statistics:
11 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,800
Courtney Shah, to win:
8 games: 35.928%
9: 12.909%
10: 4.638%
11: 1.666%
12: 0.599%
Avg. streak: 7.561 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The judges clearly decided that even in this case, the leading article rule–in which leading articles are generally considered unnecessary—applied in this case.
- Through Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s hosting stint, $139,558 has been donated to Odyssey Atlanta. $2,052,519 has been donated in total through all hosts.
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