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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Triple-stumper from Saturday, 2-5 (originally 10-14-09): In World of Dance: “Bossa Nova.” (You provide the country of the dance’s origin.) The contestants guessed Spain and Cuba before Mr. Trebek revealed that “What is Brazil?” was the correct response. I love to dance myself, and I’m curious now about this dance and its origins. And just because I love it, here is a video of “Soul Bossa Nova” from Just Dance 2 for the Wii (I dare you not to get up and shake it!):
All I knew about bossa nova was the line “Blame It on the Bossa Nova,” which my mom used to sing. For fun, here is a clip of the song, which it turns out is sung by Eydie Gorme and was a top-ten hit released in 1963.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t find much about the bossa nova in my books. (I wonder if I should pick up a set of encyclopedias at Goodwill or something?) One of my good ol’ dictionaries, a very beat-up yard sale copy of The New Lexicon Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language Encyclopedic Edition, provided more information for me than I had before: “sophisticated Brazilian version of the samba, sometimes with strong jazz influence.” My bigger, usually better dictionary (Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged) does not have “bossa nova” at all. So, I’ve had to break down and utilize the Internet, which I’d rather not do for these entries.
I didn’t know that the song “The Girl from Ipanema,” which I’m only sort of familiar with, is also in the bossa nova style. It was the first internationally known bossa nova song, and possibly the best-known. I also didn’t know that Elvis Presley sang a song called “Bossa Nova Baby.” In additon, the Black Eyed Peas, who of course sung the half-time show at the Superbowl this weekend, recorded a bossa nova song in 2006 called “Mas Que Nada,” which was on a Sergio Mendes album.
I read that the bossa nova dance and music, both originated in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The term means “new trend.” Its exact origins are uncertain, but the word “bossa” (in 1950s Brazil, anyway) referred to any fad.