Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, July 28, 2025

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Warning: This page contains spoilers for the July 28, 2025, game of Jeopardy! — please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please also note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game that originally aired on January 27, 2025.

Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category World Capitals) for Monday, July 28, 2025 (Season 41, Game 101):

Home to more than 400,000, it’s the only world capital in the “Roaring Forties” latitudes

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Rishabh Wuppalapati, a student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois

Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas

Alison Betts, a writer & creative executive originally from San Jose, California

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

After a stunning season finale on Friday that saw 16-day champion Scott Riccardi defeated, the show’s six weeks of encore presentations begin tonight with a reairing of the 2025 Tournament of Champions. Tonight’s opening quarterfinal saw Alison Betts, Will Wallace, and Rishaba Wuppalapti do battle.

Why isn’t Jeopardy! new tonight?

Jeopardy! has always run encore presentations (reruns) during the summer months, as traditionally, fewer people watch television as a whole during the summer. Thus, it isn’t as financially viable to produce new episodes to air at this time. Additionally, the ability to run the major tournaments again as encore presentations during the summer increases the financial viability of these major events (due to being able to get a second set of advertising revenues).

Thankfully, Jeopardy! fans can rest easy in knowing that the show has, since 1987, set out to air 46 weeks of original programming a season, an amount that is the longest season of any North American game show.

When will Jonathan Hugendubler defend his title?

Jonathan Hugendubler, who defeated Scott Riccardi on Friday, July 25, will return to defend his title at the start of Season 42 on September 8. Meanwhile, barring another incredibly strong player in the fall of 2025, Scott will be the favorite to take victory in the 2026 Tournament of Champions next winter.

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Correct response: What is Wellington, New Zealand?

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With a metro area population of over 400,000, Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is the world’s southernmost capital city. It should also come as no surprise by its position in the “Roaring Forties”—the high-wind latitudes in the southern hemisphere—that it is the windiest city in the world. (Something tells me that I would probably feel at home there, being that I currently live in one of the other windiest cities in the world in St. John’s, Newfoundland.)

The “Roaring Forties” have higher winds compared to the northern hemisphere at that latitude because there are significantly fewer land masses in the southern hemisphere between 40º and 50º south to act as a windbreak. The route’s suitability for quick sailing to the Dutch East Indies was discovered by the Dutch in the early 17^th century and named the Brouwer Route.

The key to getting this clue correct is remembering that “Roaring Forties” is a term exclusively used to refer to winds in the southern hemisphere; from there, picking the southernmost capital should be—if you’ll pardon the meteorological pun—a breeze.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 28, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Lakes Of America; Game Time; Special Days; “Ch” As In Champ; Broken; Hell’s Kitchen, The Musical)

Alison found the Daily Double immediately. Though she rebounded well from an incorrect response by running “CH” AS IN CHAMP, Will led after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Will $3,200 Alison $1,400 Rishabh -$400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Will 5 correct 1 incorrect
Alison 6 correct 2 incorrect
Rishabh 1 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Rishabh did his “trademark dance” at the opening of the show.
Will was in the West Texas desert dealing with a flat tire when he got the ToC call.
Alison lost with her kids in the audience; they’re not here for the ToC because of superstition.

While the “Hell’s Kitchen” category proved to be a bit of a struggle for him, Will continued to lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Will 8 correct 4 incorrect
Rishabh 6 correct 1 incorrect
Alison 9 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Will $3,800
Rishabh $2,200
Alison $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Putting The Culture In Agriculture; A Weak Response; Literary Characters; It’s Got A Motor; That Happened; Celebrity Memoirs)

Will and Rishabh got both Daily Doubles correct. Will did the best at the bottom of the board in this round, picking up 10 correct overall to hold a good-sized lead going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Will 18 correct 5 incorrect
Alison 17 correct 3 incorrect
Rishabh 12 correct 2 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 26 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Will $15,200
Alison $9,800
Rishabh $5,800

This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Will’s lead going in to Final Jeopardy makes him a semifinalist!

Tonight’s results:

Rishabh $5,800 – $5,800 = $0 (What is Reykjavik?)
Alison $9,800 – $5,401 = $4,399 (What is Washington DC?)
Will $15,200 – $4,401 = $10,799 (What is Reykjavik?) (Semi-Finalist)

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Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LAKES OF AMERICA $800 (clue #1)
Alison 0 -1000 (Will 0 Rishabh 0)
2) THAT HAPPENED $1200 (clue #3)
Will 6600 +2600 (Alison 2200 Rishabh 600)
3) LITERARY CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #7, $25600 left on board)
Rishabh 1800 +2000 (Alison 2200 Will 9200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 39

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Alison 4*
Will
Rishabh

DJ! Round:
Alison 4
Will 3 3* 3
Rishabh 4 5 4*

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Will 3.00
Alison 4.00
Rishabh 4.33

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 26 (0.26 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Will $13,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Alison $10,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 3 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Rishabh $5,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000
Lach Trash: $15,200 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,800
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Alison Betts, career statistics:

150 correct, 31 incorrect
10/12 on rebound attempts (on 42 rebound opportunities)
37.59% in first on buzzer (150/399)
10/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $31,000)
4/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,257

Will Wallace, career statistics:

106 correct, 19 incorrect
8/8 on rebound attempts (on 32 rebound opportunities)
30.12% in first on buzzer (103/342)
6/8 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,200)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,100

Rishabh Wuppalapati, career statistics:

85 correct, 17 incorrect
2/5 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
30.99% in first on buzzer (88/284)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,080

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Despite the final outcome being known, I will post the odds as they originally stood after each game back in January/February.

Updated ToC odds:

Adriana +670
Isaac +570
Drew B. +610
Will W. +940
Amy +4700
Grant +2400
David +1800
Greg +1300
Weckiai +5000
Neilesh +2400
Mehal +2700
Ryan +3100
Will S. +1800
Mark +2300
Allison +3500
Kevin +5900
Drew G. +1900
Amar +3800
Lucas +5100

Finals length odds:

3 games: +730
4 games: +320
5 games: +220
6 games: +290
7 games: +690

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Will $15,200 Alison $9,800 Rishabh $5,800)

Alison: Bet at least $1,800—but you might as well go all in here; you have to be correct to win. (Actual bet: $5,401)

Will: Standard cover bet is $4,401. (Actual bet: $4,401)

Rishabh: You have to be correct to win—you might as well go all in. (Though your minimum is $5,000.) (Actual bet: $5,800)

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