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Season 30

Bet More, Because YOLO…

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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 the first recap of the week!

This week’s contestants:
Manuel Bermudez – Modesto, CA (KXTV)
Simone Chavoor – Oakland, CA (KGO)
Julia Collins – Kenilworth, IL (WLS)
Maggie Davis – Indianapolis, IN (WTHR)
Dylan Gaillard – Omaha, NE (WOWT)
Wendy Hardenberg – New Haven, CT (WTNH)
Jeanne Kaiser – Springfield, MA (WWLP)
FeiFei Jiang – Olathe, KS (KSHB)
Steve Martinez – Fairfax, VA (WJLA)
Sami Siegelbaum – Chicago, IL (WLS)
Matt Weldy – Grand Prairie, TX (KTXA)

Today’s players:

J! round categories:
WHAT’S COOKING?
IMPRESSIVE SPORTS RECORDS
AUTHORS’ RHYME TIME
BIG STUFF
“BOARD” WALK
EMPIRE

Julia went straight into WHAT’S COOKING and went 4/5; another 3/5 in RHYME TIME and 2/5 in EMPIRE meant she had a huge lead after 15 clues! Scores at the first break:

Julia $5,600
Simone -$200
Steve -$200

Interesting, Steve’s daughter was on Jeopardy, in 2012! His daughter’s was a Kids Week show that coincided with the Board’s Summer Hiatus Challenge that year, so we gave the show a very brief writeup.

Simone has taken up boxing; apparently, it’s a good stress relief! She might need that after playing Julia!

Coming out of the break, the Daily Double was under BIG STUFF $1,000. Julia got to play it; the scores were:

Julia $6,800
Steve $1,400
Simone $800

Julia bet $2,400. Her clue: The world’s largest building by volume is this company’s 472 million-cubic-foot factory on Everett, Wash.. Her correct response put her at $9,200!

A disappointing Triple Stumper (SPORTS RECORDS $800): To match his major league pitching wins, you’d have to win 25 games a year for 20 years…& you’d still be 11 short

At the end of SPORTS RECORDS, played last, the scores were:

Julia $9,600
Steve $3,200
Simone $800

DJ! round categories:
MAUI? WOWIE!
ADJECTIVES
SUPER-HEAR-O
ALL GONE
MISTER “E” CATEGORY
THE ATLANTIC

ALL GONE $1600 was the fourth clue played. It was the Daily Double; Julia had correctly responded to the first three in the category, meaning that scores were:

Julia $12,000
Steve $3,200
Simone $800

Julia bet $3,000. Her clue: The wolf named for these islands wasn’t around for the 1982 war; it was hunted to extinction a century before. Another correct response put her at $15,000!

THE ATLANTIC $800 had the other Daily Double. This one was Simone’s! Scores:

Julia $25,400
Steve $6,800
Simone $4,000

I know what I’d do here. Simone did not take that route. She bet $2,200.

Here’s why I would have made it a True Daily Double:
1) It’s an $800 clue. Those are generally easier Daily Doubles.
2) Simone is well behind. She needs to get to half of Julia to have any hope.
3) The number of “Battle of Decades” players who speak happily of being able to say “Let’s make it a True Daily Double”, make me think that more people should take that opportunity. YOLO, as it were!

Her clue: In 1933 she wrote about what she’d look at if she had sight for 3 days: Rembrandts, Fifth Avenue, the face of her dog Helga…. Her correct response put her at $6,200.

Needless to say, Julia broke $30,000 before the final category, Maui, was even played. Going into Final, the scores were:

Julia $31,400
Steve $9,200
Simone $6,600

FJ! category: TITLE MOVIE ROLES

FJ! clue: In 1984, in the first of the films featuring this character, he only has 21 lines, for a total of 133 words

Simone 6600 – 5500 = 1100
Steve 9200 + 5800 = 15000
Julia 31400 – 8600 = 22800

I’ll be back.

Tomorrow.

With another recap.

See you then!

ToC update:
1. John Pearson (November 2013 Teacher’s Champion)
2. Jim Coury (May 2013 College Champion)
3. Terry O’Shea (February 2014 College Champion)
4. Julia Collins $337,700 (16 wins)
5. Arthur Chu $297,200 (11 wins)
6. Ben Ingram $176,534 (8 wins)
7. Drew Horwood $138,100 (8 wins)
8. Jared Hall $181,001 (6 wins)
9. Sandie Baker $140,200 (6 wins)
10. Andrew Moore $137,803 (6 wins)
11. Jerry Slowik $121,800 (5 wins)
12. Joshua Brakhage $103,205 (5 wins)
13. Rebecca Rider $101,600 (5 wins)
14. Sarah McNitt $89,398 (5 wins)
15. Rani Peffer $68,701 (5 wins)

16. Mark Japinga $112,600 (4 wins)
17. Mike Lewis $102,800 (4 wins)
18. Carlos Ross $89,774 (3 wins)
19. Adam Holquist $76,299 (3 wins)
20. Sara Garnett $75,403 (3 wins)
21. Salvo Candela $66,195 (3 wins)
22. Neal Pollack $60,798 (3 wins)
23. John Anneken $60,112 (3 wins)
24. Tim Anderson $56,001 (3 wins)
25. Stuart Anderson $51,601 (3 wins)
26. Bill Tolany $44,200 (3 wins)

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