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Jeopardy! National College Championship 2022
Jeopardy! National College Championship Game Recap – Wednesday, February 16, 2022 (Quarterfinal #12)
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
(Semifinal Final Standings)
1) Victoria Groce, 7 points, 2 wins, 81 correct responses, $60,000 Coryat Score, $65,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Andrew He, 6 points, 2 wins, 51 correct responses, $33,200 Coryat Score, $34,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Yogesh Raut, 2 points, 0 wins, 48 correct responses, $31,200 Coryat Score, $25,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Paolo Pasco, 1 point, 0 wins, 33 correct responses, $23,600 Coryat Score, $29,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
(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 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. Paolo Pasco $548,717
17. Andrew He $534,365
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
Here are today’s contestants for the Jeopardy! National College Championship for Wednesday, February 16, 2022 (Quarterfinal #12):
Today’s contestants:
Megan Sullivan, a junior at University of Virginia
Aniket Dehadrai, a senior at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sam Blum, a senior at Vanderbilt University
This is currently a placeholder post which will be updated with Final Jeopardy! information and a game recap once it is known. Is this not the game you’re looking for? You can find the recap for the February 16, 2022 syndicated game here, and the recap for quarterfinal #11 here.
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: In the 12th and final quarterfinal, we have Virginia’s Megan Sullivan, MIT’s Aniket Dehadrai, and Vanderbilt’s Sam Blum. This match’s winner will take the final spot in semifinal #4 on Friday at 8:30 Eastern, against Brandeis’ Joey Kornman and Texas’ Jaskaran Singh.
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Final Jeopardy! category: Compound Words
The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word
Correct response: What is “Nevermore”? (from “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)
Looking to find out who won this Jeopardy! National College Championship match? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Megan $5,400
Aniket $4,200
Sam $2,000
Tonight’s results:
Sam $2,000 – $402 = $1,598 (What is beautiful?)
Aniket $4,200 + $0 = $4,200 (What is Nevermore?)
Megan $5,400 + $3,001 = $8,401 (What is nevermore) (Semi-Finalist)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Megan $5,000
Aniket $5,000
Sam $2,400
Daily Double locations:
1) THROWING SERIOUS SHADE $800 (clue #11)
Aniket 800 -1000 (Sam 1200 Megan 2000)
2) EUROPEAN HISTORY $1600 (clue #9)
Aniket 9000 -4000 (Sam 2800 Megan 3000)
3) THE FUTURE’S NOT SO BRIGHT… $2000 (clue #19, $9600 left on board)
Aniket 10600 -2000 (Sam 1600 Megan 1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -163
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Megan $5,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Aniket $11,200 Coryat, 19 correct, 9 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Sam $2,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $18,600
Lach Trash: $14,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $21,200
Sam Blum, career statistics:
8 correct, 4 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,000
Aniket Dehadrai, career statistics:
20 correct, 9 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57)
0/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$7,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,200
Megan Sullivan, career statistics:
19 correct, 5 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,400
Today’s interviews:
Megan attempted to crash a secret society initiation.
Aniket had breakfast on the top of an active volcano in Bali.
Sam got to ask Alex Trebek a question at a taping.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The known record for most combined incorrect responses in a game is 28, set April 23, 1985 and tied April 26, 1985.
Link to the box score: Jeopardy National College Championship Episode 6 Box Score
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