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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By popular request, we’ve decided to go back and fill in the gap of the missing recap of Friday, November 23rd! No pictures, though, unfortunately!
(Edited to add: Also due to the popular request, I had to blog this game off the Archive. That said — the Friday Double Jeopardy Archivist the project has had difficulties with accuracy with his entries. And I now have lots of egg on my face for trying to blog this game off the Archive. –Andy)
Amanda Lanyon-Lesage and Jake Ayres are the challengers for Paul Nelson (who’s won only $48,900 over his 5 wins).
After some close calls in Games 4 and 5, will Paul make it six?
J! Round categories: NFL; MAGAZINES; RAISE THE BRITANNIC!; COLOR ME GOOD; FRENCH EPONYMS; USING YOUR JEOP-PS
It took me until my second watching to get the “JEOP-PS” (Sarah from the Clue Crew reading out clues in the style of a GPS navigation voice); once I “got” it, it was a definite forehead-slapper!
This definitely felt like Paul’s and Jake’s game to open; Amanda was only able to get in on the buzzer three times in the opening 15 clues, one of which was a neg. The scores at the end of 15:
Paul $3,400
Jake $2,800
Amanda $400
I’m just going to post the interview transcript here verbatim, because frankly, it’s one of those classic ones. And I’d never be able to do it justice otherwise.
Alex: Amanda Lanyon-Lesage, from Madison, Wisconsin… is in a burlesque troupe.
Amanda: I am.
Alex: I want to hear about it.
Amanda: It’s called Peach Pies Caburlesque, and we sort of combine cabaret–like singing and entertainment like that–with, like, a Gypsy Rose Lee kind of tease.
Alex: Whoa, wait a minute. Does that mean you disrobe a lot?
Amanda: Yes.
Alex: Oh. Where is your next performance?
[Laughter]
Amanda: Uh…
Alex: Don’t answer! Don’t answer. Don’t answer.
In fact, when my co-blogger and I were discussing who was going to recap this game, part of me wanted to pass it off to her, just to see how she’d cover the interview above!
Back to the game, the Daily Double was found shortly after the break (clue 17), at the bottom of FRENCH EPONYMS. Jake got to play it with the following scores:
Paul $3,400
Jake $3,400
Amanda $400
Jake bet $1,500. His clue: In 1839 this Frenchman showed a way to create an image on a copper plate coated with silver; the process is named for him. His correct answer put him into the lead at $4,900!
The sports fan in me was disappointed by the following Triple Stumper (NFL $800): In 33 seasons he won 347 games coaching the Colts & then the Dolphins, an average of 10.5 wins a season
Most of the rest of the Jeopardy! round belonged to Jake; At the end of it, the scores were:
Jake $7,300
Paul $3,200
Amanda $1,800
DJ! round categories: AN “FL”; KNOWEST THOU THE OLD TESTAMENT?; COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES; DISTINCTIVE CREATURES; ALLITERATION FOR THE PEOPLE; PAUL SIMON SAYS
Paul started his hunt as soon as he gained control of the board; Jake decided to avoid such behaviour. There was a post on J! Board the other day on “what’s your rationale behind fishing for the Daily Doubles”? Best response came from Stefan: “I don’t want my opponents to get them.” Needless to say, when you’re the only one hunting, you’ll probably be the only one finding! And Paul did find the first one, under KNOWEST THOU THE OLD TESTAMENT? $2000. Scores:
Jake $8,900
Paul $5,600
Amanda $1,800
Paul bet $3,500 this time. His clue: This woman is promised “eleven hundred pieces of silver” if she can uncover the secret of a certain gentleman. His correct response put him back into the lead at $9,100.
The next 15 clues were a horse race between Jake and Paul as they built up their scores going for the final Daily Double! Eventually, Paul found this one too! It was under ALLITERATION FOR THE PEOPLE $1600. Scores here:
Paul $16,300
Jake $15,300
Amanda $1,400
A bet of only $1,000 was forthcoming on this clue. His clue this time: Missouri miscreant, bank bandit, Ford finished. No answer came out of Paul’s mouth, and he fell to a tie with Jake.
It might have helped for Paul to get a feel of the category first — maybe if he’d realized that all of the correct responses were alliterations as well, he might have pulled the correct answer on the Daily Doubles! As it stood, Paul took a pair of costly negs down the stretch, whereas Jake kept building his score! Unfortunately for Amanda, the only two times she was able to get in on the buzzer in Double Jeopardy!, they were to give incorrect responses.
Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
Jake $18,900
Paul $14,100
Amanda $600
FJ! category: BIOGRAPHIES ABOUT AUTHORS
FJ! clue: Chapters in a biography on this author include “Declaring His Genius” and “A Late Victorian Love Affair”
Amanda 600 – 600 = 0
Paul 14100 – 0 = 14100
Jake 18900 + 9301 = 28201
Paul can’t dodge another bullet, and he bows out as a 5-day champ. He’ll be back in February, though, I’m sure!