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Season 28

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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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Today’s contestants:

Katie Proctor

Joe Koster

Megan Benitz

Before 2-day champ Katie found the Daily Double early in the Jeopardy round, there had been just one clue I didn’t know, in You’ll Need Some Backup: “& the Revolution.” Megan got that one, which gave her 400 as Katie wagered for the Daily Double. Katie, who defeated Joon Pahk earlier in the week, wagered all of her 1400 on this clue in At 33: “On May 29, 1953, he literally found himself on top of the world, along with his guide.” Katie and I got it right.
Before the first break, there were two more clues that Megan knew and I didn’t. In At 33: “And to think he was 33 when he published his first book, ‘And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street.'” And in Shop Talk: “The home store of this gourmet cookware retailer uses the pineapple logo seen here, long a symbol of hospitality.”

At the first break, Katie had 3800, Megan had 2200, and Joe had 1800. At the end of the round, Megan and Katie were tied with 5000, while Joe had 4400.

Megan found the first Daily Double of the Double Jeopardy round, in “V” is for…. With 6600, Megan was giving Katie, at 6200, a run for her money . Joe was in the mix, too, with 4800. I kind of hoped Megan would wager big, but she wagered 1600 on this clue: “[V is for t]his South American ruminant that’s related to the guanaco.” Megan got it at the last second.

Joe found the last Daily Double, in Architecture. I was doing poorly in the round. I had 10 clams, 2 negs, and 7 correct up to that point. I clammed on four The Sherlock Holmes Files clues, and wound up clamming on every Architecture clue. I negged on two The No-Fly List clues, and clammed on another two. I guessed “auk” on this clue in that category: “The name of this large extinct flightless bird of New Zealand may come from a Polynesian word for ‘fowl,'” only to have “auk” be the correct response to this next clue: “The ‘great’ species of this arctic seabird, now extinct, was flightless; living species like the razorbill can fly.”

Anyway, Joe had 6400 when he found the Daily Double. Katie had 11400 and Megan had 9400. Joe wagered 5000 on this clue: “Cupolas are small domes, but can be pointy instead of dome-shaped when found on these mosque towers.”

There was less than a minute to go with one category left, probably thanks to the lengthy but fun clues in The Greatest in Sports with Mike and Mike. At the end of the round, Megan led with 12600, Katie was nipping at her heels with 12200. Joe led them both with 18200. The Final Jeopardy category was The Western Hemisphere. This was the clue: “This nation lost its direct access to the Pacific around 1880, but retains a navy that now patrols its rivers and a large lake.” I didn’t really have a prayer on this one. I felt better when Katie and Megan missed it, too, losing 10000 and 6000, respectively. Joe, though, got it right, and added 7001 to his score. The new champ!

My Coryat today was a disappointing 13000. Joe‘s was 14000, Katie’s was 11600, and Megan’s was 12600.

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