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Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Monday, June 1, 2026

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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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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

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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Film Franchises) for Monday, June 1, 2026 (Season 2, Game 16):

The co-writer & director of this 1993 movie, the third in a franchise, wanted to call it “The Medieval Dead”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Presto Strange-O, Matt & Katherine

Presto Strange-O on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Quality Tigers, Helena & Caro

Quality Tigers on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

One Baddie After Another, Jonathan & McShane

One Baddie After Another on Pop Culture Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Our semifinals begin today with #1-seeded One Baddie After Another taking on #6-seeded Quality Tigers and #9-seeded Presto Strange-O. I do expect our plaid-clad 5-time champions to continue their winning ways from the competition’s opening week in this one.

At this point in the competition, non-winning teams receive $20,000.

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Correct response: What is Army of Darkness?

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Army of Darkness, the third installment of the Evil Dead franchise, was released in American theatres on February 19, 1993, in which Ash Williams (the franchise’s protagonist) was accidentally transported to the Middle Ages.

To be honest, I enjoy the pun, and I think “Medieval Dead” could have worked. But of course, the studio executives know best, am I right?

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 16:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: I Only Eat Stuff From The Internet; Celebs Love Their Pets; Streaming Big; “Light”S; Camera; Action)

One Baddie After Another continued where they left off from their 5-game run, picking up 4 in streaming and 3 in “lights” & camera. They had an over-5,000 point lead through 30.

Today’s interviews:

Presto Strange-O had zero expectations of being able to come back.
Quality Tigers are huge fans of Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir.
One Baddie After Another are “White Lightning” and “Black Hammer”.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

One Baddie After Another 15 correct 0 incorrect
Presto Strange-O 7 correct 0 incorrect
Quality Tigers 4 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

One Baddie After Another 8,800
Presto Strange-O 3,600
Quality Tigers 0

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Famous People’S Underwear; Those Might Scandinavians; Girlbosses; Songs Of The Summer; Movie Math; You Grew Up In The ’90S If…)

The Baddies found both Daily Doubles and got 18 correct to cruise to a runaway; among those 18 were 4 in Scandinavians and movie math, and 3 in the 90s, songs of the summer, and famous people’s underwear.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

One Baddie After Another 33 correct 0 incorrect
Presto Strange-O 13 correct 0 incorrect
Quality Tigers 7 correct 4 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

One Baddie After Another 35,600
Presto Strange-O 12,400
Quality Tigers 1,200

Both Presto Strange-O and One Baddie After Another were correct in Final, with a sixth win and a spot in the finals for Jonathan and McShane.

Tonight’s results:

Quality Tigers 1,200 – 1,199 = 1 (What is… Thx 4 the mmrs)
Presto Strange-O 12,400 + 922 = 13,322 (What is Army of Darkness)
One Baddie After Another 35,600 + 5,600 = 41,200 (What is Army of Darkness?) (Finalist)

One Baddie After Another, today's Pop Culture Jeopardy! winners (from the June 1, 2026 game.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) CELEBS LOVE THEIR PETS 1000 (clue #2)
One Baddie After Another 800 +1000 (Quality Tigers 0 Presto Strange-O 0)
2) FAMOUS PEOPLE’S UNDERWEAR 1600 (clue #15)
One Baddie After Another 21600 +5600 (Quality Tigers -400 Presto Strange-O 8800)
3) MOVIE MATH 1200 (clue #20, 6000 left on board)
One Baddie After Another 28000 +4000 (Quality Tigers -400 Presto Strange-O 11600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 140

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
One Baddie After Another 4 5*
Quality Tigers
Presto Strange-O

DJ! Round:
One Baddie After Another 5 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 4* 5† 3*
Quality Tigers 3 4 5
Presto Strange-O 3 4 3 2 2 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

One Baddie After Another 4.31
Presto Strange-O 2.67
Quality Tigers 4.00

Game Stats:

One Baddie After Another 28,800 Coryat, 33 correct, 0 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Presto Strange-O 12,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Quality Tigers 1,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 4 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 42,400
Lach Trash: 7,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

One Baddie After Another, career statistics:

178 correct, 12 incorrect
9/12 on rebound attempts (on 19 rebound opportunities)
46.78% in first on buzzer (160/342)
10/12 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 34,700)
5/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 24,967

Quality Tigers, career statistics:

37 correct, 9 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
22.22% in first on buzzer (38/171)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -3,000)
1/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 9,133

Presto Strange-O, career statistics:

33 correct, 2 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
25.44% in first on buzzer (29/114)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 12,900


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