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J!6 Clue Archive – December 2025

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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 5 episodes)

1) Victoria Groce, 12 points, 4 wins, 138 correct responses, $99,800 Coryat Score, $91,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 11 points, 3 wins, 92 correct responses, $65,400 Coryat Score, $66,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 7 points, 1 win, 77 correct responses, $48,800 Coryat Score, $56,300 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 59 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 70 correct responses, $51,400 Coryat Score, $56,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 2 point, 0 wins, 72 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $36,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Upcoming Encore Presentations

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

Are you trying to remember what Jeopardy’s J!6 questions are each day? You can find them here on thejeopardyfan.com! This page will be updated daily and a new page will be created for each month.

December 31, 2025:

Jeopardy! Round:

PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS: George H.W. Bush is credited with starting the annual Thanksgiving tradition of pardoning one of these
ANIMALS IN HISTORY & LEGEND: A Yorkshire terrier named Smoky helped U.S. troops run telegraph wire through a small pipe in the Philippines during this war
HOBBIES & PASTIMES: The process of shaping clay on a potter’s wheel is best known by this term that can be synonymous with “tossing”
POTPOURRI: Several of the ornate Imperial eggs made for Russian czars by this jeweler are missing
THE TV CITY: Richard Belzer first played John Munch on “Homicide: Life on the Street”, a show set in this eastern U.S. city
LOSE A LETTER…: from a mountaineer’s action to get this word for a large tree branch

Double Jeopardy! Round:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! MOVIE EDITION: In this Hugh Grant movie, it’s New Year’s Eve when Will meets Rachel & begins to pretend Marcus is his son
“L” ON EARTH: This country is completely surrounded by South Africa
PHOTO: FINNISH: The Guardian has a photo of this “Flying Finn” en route to winning his ninth & final Olympic gold medal in 1928
SPOT ON: Cool Spot was a 1990s video game starring the red, sunglasses-wearing spot mascot of this soda
NONFICTION: The Declaration of Independence is examined in “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written”, a 2025 work by this famed biographer
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?: Dysania is the long-term feeling of being unable to do this in the morning, something many of us struggle with on Mondays

Correct Responses:

PRESIDENTIAL FIRSTS: What is a turkey?
ANIMALS IN HISTORY & LEGEND: What is World War II?
HOBBIES & PASTIMES: What is throwing?
POTPOURRI: What is Faberge?
THE TV CITY: What is Baltimore?
LOSE A LETTER…: What is limb?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! MOVIE EDITION: What is About A Boy?
“L” ON EARTH: What is Lesotho?
PHOTO: FINNISH: Who is Paavo Nurmi?
SPOT ON: What is 7UP?
NONFICTION: Who is Walter Isaacson?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?: What is get out of bed?

December 30, 2025:

Jeopardy! Round:

LITERATURE OF ITS ERA: Bret Easton Ellis set his novel “Less Than Zero” during this decade, the same decade it was published in
TIME FOR “SECOND”s: This adjective for a substitute player in sports comes from something an archer carried as a backup
THAT’S CONSTITUTIONAL: “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to” a trial described by these 2 adjectives
CELEBRITIES: In October 2025, former Canadian P.M. Justin Trudeau & this singer made their first public appearance as a couple
GET THAT PAPER: In the U.S., letter-size paper is 11 inches tall by this many inches wide
GRUB HUB: It’s largely agreed that this city’s relationship with deep-dish pizza traces back to 1943 & a place called Pizzeria Uno

Double Jeopardy! Round:

WINNING IS DIFFICULT!: More than 12,000 U.S. troops perished en route to a victory in the Battle of Okinawa, fought on an island of this country
ARCHITECTURE: The building in Dessau, Germany he designed for the Bauhaus School is viewed as an icon of architecture’s International style
ONLY CONNECT: Keep a friendship rolling by inviting your pal to play an app-based version of this Hasbro dice game “with buddies!”
WHAT HAPPENS IN ONSCREEN VEGAS: In this film, Sam Rothstein turns the Tangiers into a Vegas success, then goes off on a tangent, hosting his own TV show
IN THE DICTIONARY: Like “perplex”, this word meaning to confuse also has 7 letters & also ends in “X”
MISH-MAPS: The seat of Monroe County in Florida moves into the “Mountain State” & becomes this

Correct Responses for December 30, 2025:

LITERATURE OF ITS ERA: What are the 1980s?
TIME FOR “SECOND”s: What is second-string?
THAT’S CONSTITUTIONAL: What are speedy & public?
CELEBRITIES: Who is Katy Perry?
GET THAT PAPER: What is 8 1/2?
GRUB HUB: What is Chicago?
WINNING IS DIFFICULT!: What is Japan?
ARCHITECTURE: Who is Walter Gropius?
ONLY CONNECT: What is Yahtzee?
WHAT HAPPENS IN ONSCREEN VEGAS: What is Casino?
IN THE DICTIONARY: What is flummox?
MISH-MAPS: What is Key West Virginia?

December 29, 2025:

Jeopardy! Round:

LET’S GIVE THAT CAR A SECOND CHANCE: U.S. sales of this company’s souped-up Supra stopped in 1998, but it got a second chance for the 2020 model year
WORMS ATE MY CATEGORY: “G”…I didn’t know many worms had a stone-aided digestive organ by this name for breaking down food, just like birds do
TAKING A SPILL: In 2022 a truck on I-80 in California spilled an estimated 150,000 of these onto the road; no word if they were Roma or heirloom
FLIRTING AT THE U.N.: In Japanese, this classic pick-up line is “Anata no seiza wa nanidesu ka?” & One possible response is “Inu”
THE EMPERORS: In 238 A.D. 3 different men by this name were emperors of Rome; they all had nothing to do with a knot of Greek legend
NEW GROOVE: This Amy Lee-led band known for “Bring Me to Life” brought the song “Afterlife” to the Netflix anime “Devil May Cry”

Double Jeopardy! Round:

BOUGIE NEIGHBORHOODS: In the Los Angeles area, the “3 Bs” can refer to the bougie trio of Bel Air, Beverly Hills & this neighborhood
BIBLICAL WOMEN: The Jewish festival of Purim celebrates how she & her cousin Mordecai convinced a king to spare their people
ATHLETES IN PUBLIC SERVICE: He continued boxing while serving in both houses of Congress in the Philippines from 2010 to 2022
MEANINGFUL ANAGRAMS: “No wire unsent” is an anagram for this company that transmitted telegrams for more than 150 years
NOBEL LIT WINNERS: This playwright of “The Birthday Party” found out he won the 2005 lit prize just days after his 75th birthday
6, 7: When radiation enters a gas-filled tube in this device, an ion pair is created & the device clicks

Correct Responses for December 29, 2025:

LET’S GIVE THAT CAR A SECOND CHANCE: What is Toyota?
WORMS ATE MY CATEGORY: What is gizzard?
TAKING A SPILL: What are tomatoes?
FLIRTING AT THE U.N.: What is “What’s your sign?”
THE EMPERORS: What is Gordian?
NEW GROOVE: Who are Evanescence?
BOUGIE NEIGHBORHOODS: What is Brentwood?
BIBLICAL WOMEN: Who is Esther?
ATHLETES IN PUBLIC SERVICE: Who is Manny Pacquiao?
MEANINGFUL ANAGRAMS: What is Western Union?
NOBEL LIT WINNERS: Who is Harold Pinter?
6, 7: What is a Geiger counter?

December 26, 2025:

Jeopardy! Round:

HISTORY “P”s & “Q”s: This word for a traitor comes from the founder of Norway’s Fascist Party, who encouraged Hitler to occupy the country
SOIL, BREEZE & CONFLAGRATION: Plants have most of their roots in this uppermost layer of soil
4-LETTER BUSINESSES: This lower-cost retailer has lured many a shopper into its so-called “aisle of shame”
WHY SO BLUE?: A Walter Mosley novel-turned-movie is titled one of these “in a Blue Dress”
ALL KINDS OF SPORTS: Relocating from Arizona, the NHL’s newest team is the mammoth, representing this state
ONE MORE TIME: Gamers playing “Boogie” on the Wii got a workout again & again dancing to this electronic duo’s “One More Time”

Double Jeopardy! Round:

ALPHABETICALLY FIRST: It’s alphabetically first on a list of the countries in South America
AROUND THE WORLD: Monaco is not a monarchy but one of these entities
A RIDDLE: Dactyloscopy deals with these things on our hands; scientists aren’t sure why we have them, but they’re likely for grip &/or touch
RAPPED: In his song “All My Life”, Lil Durk dropped the name of a film director when he rapped, “young” this man, “gotta get out”
IN A MYSTERY: Based on its title, one might think this “Big” novel in the series about detective Jackson Brodie takes place in Montana, but nope–Yorkshire!
INSIDE AN ENIGMA: Use letters in “Enigma” to get this word for the group that brought gold, frankincense & myrrh

Correct Responses for December 26, 2025:

HISTORY “P”s & “Q”s: What is quisling?
SOIL, BREEZE & CONFLAGRATION: What is topsoil?
4-LETTER BUSINESSES: What is Aldi?
WHY SO BLUE?: What is a devil?
ALL KINDS OF SPORTS: What is Utah?
ONE MORE TIME: Who are Daft Punk?
ALPHABETICALLY FIRST: What is Argentina?
AROUND THE WORLD: What is a principality?
A RIDDLE: What are fingerprints?
RAPPED: Who is Jordan Peele?
IN A MYSTERY: What is Big Sky?
INSIDE AN ENIGMA: What is magi?

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