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Season 29

A Double Dose Of Shock And Virality

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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 a double-shot of shock and virality from the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament! 2 games in one!

First up, the Jeopardy! round that had everybody talking and tweeting on Wednesday night!

Your first semifinalists were William Crouch, Irene Vazquez, and Barrett Block!

J! round categories:
HEY, I JUST MET YOU
THIS IS CRAZY
BUT HERE’S MY NUMBER
SO CALL ME
MAY “B”
YEAH, WE WENT THERE

It was the eighth-grade Irene who had the best of it on the Carly Rae Jepsen board, having $9,200 to Willliam’s $4,400 and Barrett’s $3,800.

DJ! saw much more normal categories of:

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY, FEDERAL RESERVE!
VOCABULARY
ART & ARTISTS
I SAW THAT ON TV
SLICES OF ORANGE
ANATOM”E”

This round was all Barrett, including a True Daily Double for $5000 on the 10th clue (ANATOM”E” $2000: This other name for the auditory tube honors an Italian anatomist), meaning we had scores going into Final Jeopardy! of:

Barrett $26,400
Irene $14,000
William $8,000

FJ! category: FAMOUS ASIANS

FJ! clue: When this diplomat met the singer Psy in 2012, he said, “until 2 days ago…I was the most famous Korean in the world

William 8000 – 8000 = 0
Irene 14000 – 13900 = 100
Barrett 26400 + 1601 = 28001

So, Barrett’s the first finalist. Who will he play?

Kelton Ellis vs. Joe Vertnik vs. Tori Amos is the second semifinal!

J! round categories:
PIZZA-PALOOZA
RELIGIONS
MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES
ACADEMIC ANAGRAMS
YOUR FRIENDS, THE POLICE
“A” “P” HISTORY

Joe was even with Kelton and Tori until he found a lot of mojo in both ANAGRAMS and MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CITIES! The scores at the end of 30 were:

Joe $7,200
Kelton $3,400
Tori $2,800

DJ! round categories:

ENGLISH LITERATURE
THE VOICE
SKIP IT
BIOLOGY
COUNTRY FACTS
CROSSWORD CLUES “E”

Tori did an excellent job trying to hunt down the Daily Doubles in this round! I was quite impressed with this part of her game! She was starting at $1200 and downwards. Of course the first one she found was at the $800 level! She tried to pull herself back into the game with a True Daily Double on the following ENGLISH LITERATURE clue: In this futuristic but not Orwellian novel, Mustapha Mond was called “the resident controller for Western Europe”. Unfortunately, she gave the wrong book and she had to rebuild from $0. To add insult to injury, the second one was at $800 as well. Poor Tori.

By the time Final Jeopardy! rolled around, Kelton didn’t quite have a lock game!

Scores going into FJ!:

Kelton $16,400
Joe $12,000
Tori $1,600

FJ! category: CAPITAL CITIES

And then, as Ken Jennings put it on Twitter so eloquently this evening: “Oh no, a tragic development in the Hunger Games”…

I’m going to suggest the following wagers here:

Kelton: All you have to do is bet $7,601 and you’ve got a trip to the Finals if you’re right.
Joe: You’re done for if Kelton’s right, here, so look at things if he gets it wrong. If he does, he should fall to $8,799. Thus, the most you should possibly consider betting is $3,200 (falling to $8,800 if you’re wrong).
Tori: Really, there isn’t too much you can do. However, because you just never know what might happen, hold back something. Please? I personally like $2, but $200 works as well.

FJ! clue: It’s criss-crossed by dozens of “peace walls” that separate its Catholic and Protestant neighborhoods

Tori 1600 – 1600 = 0 (Sigh.)
Joe 12000 – 12000 = 0 (Ugh.)
Kelton 16400 – 16400 = 0 (Good heavens.)

What this means is that the highest-scoring non-winner gets the third spot in the finals (Meaning, Irene, at $100, is suddenly still alive!)

Of course, this is just one more reason why contestants really should look at wagering strategy before going onto the program!

Jeanie’s got the suddenly-even-more exciting third semifinal tomorrow! I’ll be back this weekend with a couple of Q&As!

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