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Season 28

Blythe’s Gambit?

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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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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 back for the second game of this week; Kimberley Stephenson and Dan Burke are the challengers for 1-day champion Blythe Rodgers today.





Kimberley’s going to be answering questions from Jeanie in case anyone’s got any!

J! round categories: CHEMICAL ELEMENTS, THINK FAST!, HISTOR”E”, SMART WORDS, ROUGH REVIEWS ON ROTTEN TOMATOES, A DOLLAR IS WORTH ABOUT…

Blythe and Kimberley kept CHEMICAL ELEMENTS to themselves, but it was Dan that found the Daily Double at the bottom of the second category in play, HISTOR”E”. Scores:

Blythe $2,000
Kimberley $1,800
Dan $1,200

It was early, so Dan went for the True Daily Double: His clue: In the 980s he managed to make Greenland sound pleasant enough to get fellow Icelanders to join him there. Sadly, Dan picked the son, so Dan fell back to $0. He rebuilt his score a good bit during SMART WORDS, though. At the end of 15:

Blythe $3,200
Kimberley $2,200
Dan $1,400

It was a pretty good, although reasonably uneventful, second half of the round. We got through all 30, though, and the scores were as follows:

Kimberley $4,200
Blythe $3,800
Dan $2,200

DJ! round categories: COUNTRY MUSIC DUET PARTNERS, AT THE “CORE”, CONSTITUTION SIGNERS BY STATE, HOMOPHONES, ARTHUR, CANTERBURY TALES TELLERS

I started to wonder a little bit when CANTERBURY TALES TELLERS $400 fell as a Triple Stumper: Prior to telling his tale, the Man of Law mentions this author by name & some of his works. Needless to saw, Dan got out of that category very quickly.

Dan and Kimberly went back and forth trading the lead through the middle of the round, but Dan surged ahead and Blythe managed to tie herself with Kimberley when she found the first Daily Double under CONSTITUTION SIGNERS BY STATE $1600. Scores:

Dan $12,200
Kimberley $8,200
Blythe $8,200

I’m thinking that I’d probably bet $5,000 here. Blythe, just like yesterday, bet $3,000. Her clue: William Paterson. Her correct response brought her to $11,200.

After finishing out CONSTITUTION, Blythe went hunting in Canterbury Tales, going to $1200 but missed, ceding control over to Dan, who found the Daily Double in the $1600 slot. Scores at this point:

Dan $13,400
Blythe $11,200
Kimberley $8,200

Dan bet $2000. His clue: The teller of the first tale, he’s participated in several battles of the Great Crusades. Dan’s incorrect response dropped him to $11,400.

Blythe and Dan traded the lead over the last four clues, leading to the following scores going into Final Jeopardy:

Blythe $14,800
Dan $13,400
Kimberley $8,200

FJ! category: FIRST NAMES

FJ! clue: A wife of King David & 2 of our early First Ladies shared this name derived from Hebrew from “My Father’s Joy”

Kimberley 8200 + 8200 = 16400
Dan 13400 + 13398 = 26798
Blythe 14800 + 5200 = 20000

You could hear Blythe’s reaction when Dan’s bet was revealed. Though “betting small” was certainly an option here, considering the Wagering Calculator at the J! Archive suggests $5,199 maximum for Dan, I don’t think you can pin a small bet on a challenger like that (unless they’ve somehow indicated that they might make that bet). And thus Dan is our new champion and Blythe is headed home.

I got Final immediately; Jeanie’ll have tomorrow’s blog. I’ll be back next week!

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