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:
Deirdre Basile, a stay-at-home mom from Ridgefield, CT
Steve DiGiulio, a senior account executive from Washington Township, NJ
Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, UT (11-day total: $376,158)
J! round categories: PLAINS; THE 76th ACADEMY AWARDS; MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN; FLEX YOUR “AB”S; I HAVE SPOKANE; JEOPARDY! OF FORTUNE
Jeopardy! Of Fortune was an interesting category: The clues were revealed quickly, like a Wheel of Fortune tossup, but when revealed, ended up like the $1000 clue: ONCE HUSBAND OF IVANA AND MARLA (Who is Donald Trump?)
On to the actual game: Jeopardy! takes its opening break after 15 clues almost like clockwork (at least it does now). When it doesn’t, I consider it to be noteworthy. You’ll start seeing this more often as we go through, but the break today came after 13 clues. I can tell you why, as well: Ken got 12 of the first 13 clues. The scores were Ken $6,800-Steve $0-Deirdre $-200.
Things picked up a little bit for our challengers after the break, at least in the respect that Ken gave a small opening, negging four times. That was Ken’s worst round in that department thus far during his run.
Ken ended up running MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN, going 4/5 in THE 76th ACADEMY AWARDS and I HAVE SPOKANE, and 3/5 in JEOPARDY OF FORTUNE.
Scores after 30:
Ken $10,400
Deirdre $3,600
Steve $600
DJ! round categories: SCIENCE POTPOURRI; SINGERS; MIND IF I LEAD?; A “LITTLE” LIT; HOW ABOUT HOWARD; ADVERBS
On a recent #JeopardyLivePanel, Chris Denault said that it’s really hard to play against someone whose score keeps going up. That was Ken in this round. 19 correct, 0 incorrect. He went 5/5 in SCIENCE POTPOURRI, and 4/5 in SINGERS and A “LITTLE” LIT. The $2000 clues: 5 Ken gets and a Triple Stumper.
Deirdre had a brief opening when she got to play a Daily Double, but elected to bet only $3,000 of her $6,000. Not sure if she’d given up on victory, but that’s certainly not the best way to beat Ken!
Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Ken $37,000
Deirdre $9,000
Steve $5,800
Final Jeopardy! category: COMMUNICATIONS
Final Jeopardy! clue: In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters
Who are Romeo and Juliet?
Steve 5800 – 5800 = 0 (Who are Romeo and Hamlet?) Deirdre 9000 + 3000 = 12000 Ken 37000 – 3000 = 34000 (Who are Othello and Hamlet?) (12-day total: $410,158)
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Ken’s interview today: Another classic.
Alex: Ken Jennings is our champion, 11-day champion. However, as nice as he appears on our program, he and a friend of his have a habit that some people would consider annoying. It has to do with going to the movies and behavior at the theater. What?
Ken: We definitely have a dark side in movie theaters. We have this game that we play, where we, uh, every time someone on the screen speaks the name of the movie, we applaud real loud. And you know, that doesn’t come out much if the movie is like Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. But people get pretty annoyed if you’re in like Hamlet, or Seabiscuit, or Elf.
Alex: Remind me never to go to the movies with you. However, I can ask you to pick up your signaling device and make a selection, as we continue in this first round.
Ken’s stats through 12 games:
426 correct (39 today)
29 incorrect (5 today, including Final)
21 unforced errors (incorrect response after a buzz-in)
19/23 on Daily Doubles (82.61%)
8/12 in Final Jeopardy (66.67%)
57.75% in first on buzzer (395/684)
Average Coryat Score: $29,466
5 correct responses in a category: 16 times
4 correct responses in a category: 34 times
3 correct responses in a category: 39 times
3+ correct responses in: 61.81% of all categories seen
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