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Season 30

Going Up The Hard Way

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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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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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Andy here with a recap of Sandie Baker going for Win #7!

Today’s contestants:


It’s always great to see a Canadian on the show!

J! round categories:
REJECTED SUPERVILLAIN NAMES
THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM
SAUCES
1-CONSONANT WORDS
MADDEN COVER MEN
HISTORIC DAYS

Sandie and Kristin both did very well over the first three categories (Supervillain, Madden, and Sauces). Alex expressed some rather sexist surprise at the performance over Madden, though!

The first Daily Double went Sandy’s way under SAUCES $600! The scores were:

Kristin $3,600
Sandie $2,200
Frederique $800

Sandie bet just $1,200. Her clue: One story says the French came up with this sauce to imitate a buttery one brought with a visiting Dutch king. Her correct response put her at $3,400! I really think that Sandie missed a spot for a True Daily Double, though! There would have been plenty of opportunity to catch up…

At the end of 15, the scores were:
Sandie $4,400
Kristin $3,600
Frederique $800

Frederique, on her trip to Macchu Picchu, walked the Inca Trail for four days! It was apparently the hard way, and she cursed a lot on the trek — in both English and French!

Over the back half of the round, it was more of Sandie and Kristin. I think Sandie got “one consonant” mixed up with “one syllable”; she negged with “flute” on an “oboe” question!

Kristin ended up getting a neg refunded on HISTORIC DAYS $1000 (Jan. 24, 1948 out west); “the gold rush” was specific enough!

Scores after 30:
Sandie $8,600
Kristin $6,800
Frederique $1,200

DJ! categories:
A BEASTLY CATEGORY
COMPOSERS
CELEBRITY EPITAPHS
WIND
LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS
THAT’S THE “WAY”

COMPOSERS $1600 had the first Daily Double! Sandie’s to play, scores were:

Sandie $9,800
Kristin $8,000
Frederique $1,200

Sandie bet $2,000. Her clue: In 1727 this German composer became a naturalized British subject under George I. Her correct response put her at $11,800!

I would have put big money on A BEASTLY CATEGORY having the other Daily Double. It was a video category to boot! I’m glad it didn’t, though! It came up under WIND $2000. Frederique got to play it, with scores sitting at the following:

Sandie $13,400
Kristin $11,200
Frederique $6,800

Frederique bet only $2,200. Her clue: A common scale of wind velocities was devised in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort of this military group. Frederique went for the army and fell to $4,600.

The last clue in A BEASTLY CATEGORY went unplayed! Scores going into Final:

Sandie $15,400
Kristin $13,200
Frederique $6,200

FJ! category: 19TH CENTURY PRESIDENTS

FJ! clue: Good looks weren’t enough as he became the only full-term president rejected in a bid for his party’s 2nd term nomination

Frederique 6200 – 0 = 6200
Kristin 13200 – 13199 = 1
Sandie 15400 – 11100 = 4300

So Frederique ends Sandie’s win streak! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend! Jeanie, armed with lots of fun stories from her trip, will have the recap! See you then!

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