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
August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 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
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I’m excited about this one: a Q & A with Vamsi Adusumilli! He played on the first and second days of this new season.
Q: You were introduced as being from Columbia, MO. Are you a Mizzou fan? Why did you move to Los Angeles?
A: I am a Mizzou fan. I grew up in Columbia. But I left Missouri for college (Stanford), then wandered my way down to L.A. afterwards. I love L.A. and don’t see myself leaving anytime soon, but I had to give my hometown a shout-out!
Q: I am a Husker fan, but it’s okay because Nebraska’s no longer in the same conference as Mizzou! 😉
A: I’ve been to plenty of those Mizzou-Nebraska games, we were on the bad side of that rivalry for a very long time!
Q: You’re a regular at O’Brien’s pub quiz. How long have you been going? How did you find out about it? Were any of your pub friends in the audience that day?
A: I’ve been going to O’Brien’s for almost two years. I found out about it quite randomly. It’s near one of my friend’s houses, and we decided to drop by one day. It was by far the toughest quiz I’ve ever been to, but the mix-it-up style of forming teams (instead of just showing up with 6 people with redundant knowledge) means you have a fighting chance every time. I stuck it out and I’m glad I did. I had 3 or 4 regulars from O’Brien’s among my 15 guests at Jeopardy! (you’re allowed 6, but Indians are really bad at keeping their populations low – I did have some help from J! legend Jerome Vered!)
Q: Can I ask who all was in the audience from O’Brien’s the day you taped? And you had 15 people there?! Wow!
A: Let’s see, my audience was Jerome Vered, Mark May, and Brian Fodera from O’Brien’s, my sister, mom, niece, and aunt, another 8 friends that fit into the miscellaneous category of [close friends from LA or Stanford and some of their significant others]. Couple of people came down from SF, and my family was already here visiting, so it worked out quite well…
Q: Did you go to O’Brien’s the week your episodes aired?
A: I did, to a hero’s entrance 🙂
Q: I’ve been wondering: How does the winning team split up the prize ($75 bar credit) if the teams are different each week? Are you there every week? Do you ever host?
A: You just split it on the spot, just take a chunk out of (or entirely cover) that night’s tab, then the winning team makes sure they tip well. I’m a regular there, pretty much every week unless I’m out of town. I do host regularly. There’s about 12-15 hosts on a 3 month cycle. My next date is October 31, so between Halloween-related questions and election questions I should have some good material.
Q: What day did your episodes tape? Did you stay for the rest of the day’s episodes?
A: I taped on July 24. I didn’t stick around afterwards, though a few of my friends did. Everyone on the show is ridiculously smart (or good at trivia, which I realize isn’t exactly the same thing), so it’s tough to win a single game, but we also all have our egos, and mine was bruised. I had sat through the five games when I was a local alternate in February (end of last season), so I was Jeopardy’d out, for the moment at least.
Q: I was lost in Your Best Texas Hold ‘Em Call. Do you play?
A: I wish I had gotten to the Texas Hold ‘Em category sooner! I do play, or at least I used to, so that category was a cinch for me.
Q: Do you wish you’d gotten a Daily Double? Did you study wagering? How many times did you try out for the show?
A: I only tried out the one time, at my aunt’s badgering. I reviewed wagering techniques with Jerome, but never really had to use it much. Really, I never (even in the first game) had my timing down, which was unfortunate. I was constantly locking myself out by buzzing too quickly. The main difference was that in the first game I managed to capitalize by getting the high value questions that neither other contestant did.
Q: I’d love to listen to Jerome talk about wagering! I got to meet him this year at the unofficial Jeopardy! reunion in Washington, D.C.
I found out that you are part of the Learned League. How long have you been in it, and how did you get involved?
A:
Jerome is super helpful, and quite a character! He’s the one who introduced me to Learned League, I started about a year ago (just finished my third season). I’ve since brought a few of my friends into it, it is a lot of fun.
Q: I never would’ve gotten Final Jeopardy right on either of your episodes, actually.
A: In retrospect I think I could have gotten the Final Jeopardy question right on the second day, but I spent the first twenty seconds trying to come up with a funny answer that fit, then the last 10 seconds hastily scribbling something down. About 10 seconds after that I realized I should have written: “Martin. Aston Martin.”
Q: Is there anything else you’d like to say?
A: I wanted to shoot myself when I missed the math question. I was a math minor! My 9-year-old niece is still giving me grief for that one. Just a massive brain fart.
All in all it was a great experience, really fortunate to have had it! Everyone on the show was wonderful.
Thank you, Vamsi!