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Season 29

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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 the recap of the September 28th game! I realized when looking at the site that the 28th is a six-month anniversary of something here at the blog!

Brendan DuBois and Stephanie Kelleher are your two challengers tonight for Erica Mines, a 1-day champion with $18,000 in winnings. She was quite impressive yesterday. Will she make it two wins?

J! round categories: NORTH DAKOTA, 2-WORD RESPONSES, RUSSIAN FIRST NAME’S THE SAME, BEAUTY & MAKEUP, “B”4, AFTRA

The first 15 clues seemed to be mostly Erica’s; I really feel as if she has the buzzer timing down quite nicely! Brendan seemed to do well on the tougher clues, though, our scores at the first break were:

Stephanie $400
Brendan $2,200
Erica $3,200

I have a feeling that Alex went “off-the-card” on Stephanie’s interview; he only mentioned in passing that Stephanie’s getting married tomorrow, if only to focus on couch-surfing! In any case, congratulations to Stephanie!

It was Brendan who got to the Daily Double reasonably late in the J! round, at the bottom of NORTH DAKOTA. Scores:

Erica $5,800
Brendan $4,000
Stephanie $1,800

Brendan bet $1,500. His clue: This largest city of North Dakota was named for a pioneer in the shipment of goods by express. Brendan was able to reason it out and his score went to $5,500.

Stephanie got some mojo together in RUSSIAN FIRST NAME’S THE SAME, so at the end of 30 we had scores of:
Erica $5,800
Brendan $4,500
Stephanie $3,800

DJ! round categories: FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS, BAND NAME ORIGINS, GARDENS, NONFICTION, BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD, LAST “DANCE”

I’m not at all embarrased I got the $2,000 Lach Trash in BAND NAME ORIGINS: This “Like A G6 pop-rap outfit wanted its name to reflect the members’ Asian backgrounds; but I am shocked I was able to run FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS, including $2,000 more in Lach Trash here: Jacques-Louis David went stoic: “The Oath of the ____”

The first of the two Daily Doubles was found late by Brendan, at BRITISH KINGS NAMED EDWARD $1600. Scores:

Stephanie $11,400
Brendan $11,300
Erica $8,600

Brendan bet only $1,200 and saw the following: King Edward IV, a participant in the Wars of the Roses, was the son of Richard, duke of this side in the wars. I thought it was great to put the 50/50 as the Daily Double — and Alex played it out for all he could. He said that Brendan had a choice of two, and picked the right one! Brendan’s score went to $12,500.

Not sure why he went to finish the category (as opposed to trying to take out the final Daily Double), but that’s where he went next. That said, he nearly got caught out by mis-phrasing a couple of times…

It was Erica who got to the game’s final Daily Double on the penultimate clue (NONFICTION $1,600). The “minute to go signal had been given a few clues earlier, and your scores were:

Brendan $14,500
Stephanie $11,400
Erica $10,600

What do you do here if you’re Erica? I personally like a bet of exactly $4,400 here. When you’re in a situation such as this one, you should look for a bet that improves your situation on both a correct and incorrect answer. Obviously, the lead is yours if you’re correct. If you’re incorrect, a score of $6,200 gives you a wagering situation in Final where a tie is within the realm of possibilities!

However, Erica didn’t think that way. She shook her head and bet just $600 (If I’m Brendan, this overjoys me. If I’m Gregg Easterbook, I’m writing “game over” in my notebook.)

Her clue: It’s John Krakauer’s epic personal account of disaster on Mount Everest in 1996. Unable to come up with anything, her score fell to $10,000 as the end-of-round signal sounded.

Scores going into FJ!:
Brendan $14,500
Stephanie $11,400
Erica $10,000

FJ! category: TOYS & GAMES

FJ! clue: When Milton Bradley released this home game in 1966, competitors accused it of selling “sex in a box”

Erica 10000 + 10000 = 20000
Stephanie 11400 + 5199 = 16599
Brendan 14500 + 8500 = 23000

Brendan’s today’s champion and will be back on Monday!

Stuck in Stratton’s Dilemma, Stephanie decided to bet small. Unfortunately, it cost her $1,000 in this case.

This Final is a clue I would consider easy enough to put in Round 1 of one of my quizzes. In fact, I did use this exact fact in a question on the 12th of September! Needless to say, I got this Final right away. I also saw one or two people on Twitter bragging that they got this Final.

See you next week!

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