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Season 30

2 Women, 1 Neanderthal

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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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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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Andy here with another recap!

I’ve had some conversations with Jeanie this week and I think I’m safe to say that she’s having the time of her life on this brief trip she’s taking! I hope that she continues to have fun!

I’m watching this off my PVR, so no pictures today!

Emily Gadek and Priscilla Emery are the challengers today for Sarah McNitt! Will she become a superchamp?

ENTERTAINMENT BY THE NUMBERS
RETAIL THERAPY
“C” THE WORLD
OBAMA-RAMA
RHYME LINE
& THE FISH WAS THIS BIG!

“C” THE WORLD $1000, the fifth clue played, had the first Daily Double. Priscilla got to play it after the $800 clue, and the scores were:

Priscilla $800
Sarah $600
Emily $600

Priscilla just chose $800. It’s going to be one of those games… Her clue: This former district of South Central Scotland gave its name to a terrier & a breed of draught horse. Priscilla said “Cairn” and fell to $0.

At the first break, the scores were:
Emily $2,600
Sarah $2,200
Priscilla $1,600

In Emily’s interview, she claims to be 3% Neanderthal. Interesting…

“@KamTheLeo: 3 women contestants on#Jeopardy!!” Correction, 2 women and 1 Neanderthal.— Jennifer. (@JennyWHOA)January 22, 2014

Coming out of the break, all 3 players had luck on the buzzer! A lot of Emily’s gets seemed to be on the high valued clues, as well! Scores after 30:

Sarah $5,000
Emily $5,000
Priscilla $4,200

DJ! round categories:
HIGH MAINTENANCE
HISTORY
POETIC LICENSE
BELLA ITALIA
MUSICAL RAP SHEET
INCOMPLETE “PASS”

Sarah was the only one without a neg early in Double Jeopardy and thus she had a good lead by the time she found the first Daily Double, under BELLA ITALIA $1200. Scores:

Sarah $9,000
Emily $5,000
Priscilla $5,000

She bet $2,000. Her clue: Just a short drive from Milan, this lake in Lombardy is the deepest lake in Italy at 1,350 feet. Sarah added an extra U into her response and it cost her; her score fell to $7,000.

Twitter seemed to be on Jeopardy!’s side here, surprising considering how the court of public opinion has seemed to be recently on this stuff:

Lady on#Jeopardyjust mispronounced Italy’s Lake Como. It’s “Como” like@komonewsnot Cuomo.#LiveonKOMO— Elliott Smith (@soundslikepuget)January 22, 2014

Meanwhile, Priscilla decided that it would be better to start POETIC LICENSE from the top, even though there was a Daily Double remaining to play. Thankfully for me in a video category, it went unplayed. Sadly for Priscilla, Sarah got the final $1200 clue to snatch the lead. Maybe Priscilla would have been better off with that betting clue?

Scores going into Final:

Sarah $11,400
Priscilla $11,000
Emily $9,400

FJ! category: INTERNATIONAL SPORTS

FJ! clue: Twice the host country, this nation of 4 1/2 million leads the world in total Winter Olympic medals

Emily 9400 – 9000 = 400
Priscilla 11000 + 7000 = 18000
Sarah 11400 – 302 = 11098

And Sarah’s run comes to an end…I’m sure we’ll see her in a Tournament of Champions soon, though!

I’ll be back tomorrow!

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