Game Recap – Friday, January 24, 2025 (Tournament of Champions Exhibition Game)

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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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Attention: This is the game recap page for the 2025 Touranment of Champions Exhibition Game airing on TuneIn at 7:00 PM Eastern on Jeopardy! Radio. If you are looking for the page for Game 2 of the Champions Wildcard final, you can find that here.

Here’s this game’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Mythology):

On an early book of Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator’s maps, an image of this Titan holding the world was used

Your Tournament of Champions Exhbition Game contestants:

Drew Basile, a graduate student from Birmingham, Michigan

Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California

Adriana Harmeyer, an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana

Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:

The prediction model here has Isaac as a slight favorite to take victory, but being that everyone is playing to get used to Jeopardy! again, I would certainly take any predictions here with a very large amount of salt.

Correct response: Who is Atlas?

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won the Tournament of Champions exhbition game? Here’s the game by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Sounds Like An Actor’s Name; They Drive On The Left Side Of The Road; Newspaper Terms; “Ime” On It; The Vice Presidency: America Decides; Give Me Some Backup)

After Adriana missed the Daily Double, Isaac picked up 8 correct to lead after 15 clues. After 15 clues, the scores were Isaac $3,600 Adriana $2,400 Drew $1,600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Isaac 8 correct 1 incorrect
Adriana 4 correct 1 incorrect
Drew 2 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Drew got a lot of heat in his first appearance for thinking Michigan State was the Trojans.
Isaac regrets losing on a wagering error and had to relearn subtraction on paper.
Adriana bought a new pair of more comfortable shoes before returning.

Isaac picked up another 8 correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Isaac 16 correct 2 incorrect
Adriana 7 correct 1 incorrect
Drew 5 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac $8,200
Adriana $3,200
Drew $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Conversational Esperanto; Bird “E”s; Authors & Their Characters; Sports Movies; Anagrammed Bible People; Let’s Talk About Six, Baby)

Drew successfully converted a pair of True Daily Double to hop from third to first going into Final. Isaac sat second and Adriana third.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Drew 13 correct 1 incorrect
Isaac 26 correct 4 incorrect
Adriana 15 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Drew $19,200
Isaac $15,000
Adriana $10,800

All three players got this Final correct; Drew went all in in Final and took victory.

Tonight’s results:

Adriana $10,800 + $10,000 = $20,800 (Who is Atlas?)
Isaac $15,000 + $6,600 = $21,600 (Who is Atlas?)
Drew $19,200 + $19,200 = $38,400 (Who is Atlas?) (Winner)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) SOUNDS LIKE AN ACTOR’S NAME $600 (clue #2)
Adriana 400 -1000 (Isaac 0 Drew 0)
2) AUTHORS & THEIR CHARACTERS $1600 (clue #1)
Drew 3000 +3000 (Adriana 3200 Isaac 8200)
3) BIRD “E”s $1200 (clue #13, $16000 left on board)
Drew 8400 +8400 (Adriana 7600 Isaac 8600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Adriana 2 3*
Isaac
Drew

DJ! Round:
Adriana 3 4 5 3 4 4 5
Isaac 3 4
Drew 4* 3 5† 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Drew 3.75
Isaac 3.50
Adriana 3.67

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
#DIV/0!

Game Stats:

Drew $10,600 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Isaac $15,000 Coryat, 26 correct, 4 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Adriana $11,800 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,400
Lach Trash: $7,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $9,200
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Adriana Harmeyer, career statistics:

376 correct, 43 incorrect
21/24 on rebound attempts (on 63 rebound opportunities)
37.23% in first on buzzer (360/967)
12/18 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $18,000)
14/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,094

Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:

299 correct, 51 incorrect
16/21 on rebound attempts (on 45 rebound opportunities)
47.60% in first on buzzer (298/626)
14/20 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $9,800)
8/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,909

Drew Basile, career statistics:

198 correct, 41 incorrect
10/15 on rebound attempts (on 45 rebound opportunities)
38.72% in first on buzzer (199/514)
11/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $37,400)
4/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,111

Andy’s Thoughts:

• It’s almost as if the show completely forgot everything from last year’s audio games. This game was almost completely impossible to follow. When you are audio only, contestants need to be required to say the full category and clue value. Quotation marks need to be explicitly given. And we need score updates at the Daily Doubles and at each break. This should be non-negotiable and it is a complete travesty that this episode did not have that. This is unacceptable for Jeopardy fans and the show needs to do better.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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