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Season 30

A little rain must fall

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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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I feel so bad about not blogging as soon as I could, I want to apologize. That said I didn’t watch the show first to track my Coryat. I couldn’t have anyway – I’m not the least bit surprised my recording was chopped up due to severe weather warnings. (Both the kind that stop the recording and the kind where a weatherman cuts in.) Really, I saw few Double Jeopardy clues. If the game was archived at this moment I’d link to it. But I will give you what I can. And look at this picture I took on a little road trip I had. This is near Bassett, Nebraska.

Yesterday, of course, Brian Loughnane defeated Julia Collins. Is it just me or did Julia’s run not seem near as long as Arthur Chu‘s? I really really hope Brian wins again today.

I was told Peter Dyakowski plays pro football in Canada, but he was introduced that way anyway!
At the first break:
Brian 4800 (7 right and one wrong)
Sarah Fremgen 1600 (5 right)
Peter 600 (One right)
Oh sure, I had to get a triple-stumper right that includes me getting up and taking a picture. In Alaska’s Glaciers: “Wildlife flocks to the Glacier Bay inlet named for this Scottish-born naturalist, founder of the Sierra Club.”

There were 7 clues left when Mr. Trebek gave the one-minute warning.
I also got this triple-stumper in Nice “Rug”: “Lester Flatt & this banjo virtuoso performed the theme song for ‘The Beverly Hillbillies.'”
Sarah found the Daily Double of the round in Founders Day.
Brian 7600 (6 right)
Sarah 2400 (3 right and 2 wrong)
Peter -1400 (2 wrong)
She wagered 1000 on this clue: “He didn’t have the nicest things to say about Bill Gates in ‘Idea Man: A Memoir by the cofounder of Microsoft.'” She was wrong, and it was the last clue of the round.
Since I knew I lost clues in Double Jeopardy due to those weather warnings, I didn’t track who got how many right and wrong. I did manage to catch this clue in Grab Bag, a shocking triple-stumper: “Barry & Garry (Goldwater & Shandling, respectively) are alums of the University of this state.” Then I guessed right on this one in the same category, but I doubt I’d have rung in: “In 1926 artist Walter Sickert won a Carnegie Prize (yay); in 2002 Patricia Cornwell said Walt was this serial killer (boo).” Same story with this one in Sun of a Book: “In the short story ‘Nightfall,’ by this prolific sci-fi writer, a planet with 6 suns goes dark.”
At the end of the round:
Brian 13200
Sarah 11000
Peter 1200
The Final Jeopardy category was Colleges & Universities. Would you believe I don’t have the whole clue for you? This is what I was able to make out on my screen, and the rest was covered by a weather graphic. I think this is a first. “Team nicknames of the 8 Ivy League schools include 4 animals, 3 colors &….” Peter was wrong and lost nothing. Sarah was right and added 10000. Brian was wrong and lost 9000. “We have a new champion,” Mr. Trebek said!

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