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Jeopardy! UK Game Recap – Thursday, April 17, 2025

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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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August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
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August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
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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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Today’s contestants:

Jack Karimi, a postgraduate student from Northwest London

Jack Karimi on Jeopardy!

Gemma Redman, a clinical performance manager from Somerset

Gemma Redman on Jeopardy!

Ben Jones, a hotel receptionist from Caerphilly (6-day total: £38,230)

Ben Jones on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:

After surviving quite a scare on yesterday afternoon’s episode, Caerphilly’s Ben Jones enters today’s game as a 6-day champion. He’s looking to pick up win number seven against Somerset’s Gemma Redman and Northwest London’s Jack Karimi. I’ll be honest: it’s reaching a point where I think Ben is such a strong player that he might even win out the rest of the season. (Which would then put production in quite a spot if the show gets a Series 3, especially after how they completely forgot about Archi Campbell. That being said, if I was ITV, I might give greenlighting a celebrity series for charity a shot, assuming Sony and CBS get their arguments settled Stateside.)

I should also note that the next episode will not be airing until Tuesday, due to tomorrow being Good Friday and Monday being Easter Monday.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! UK today? Here’s the Thursday, April 17, 2025 Jeopardy! UK by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round #1:

(Categories: Sweet Treats; TV Themes That Became Hits; Flowers; P.M. Surnames By Definition; Major Museums: Which Capital City?; Splitting Up; The Oscar Goes To…)

The Daily Double took a very long time to come out as Ben jumped out to an early lead. It was Jack who found the Daily Double, though, doing the James Holzhauer “all-in” push. Unfortunately, he was incorrect and fell back to £0. Ben led after 35 clues.

Statistics after Jeopardy Round #1:

Ben 10 correct 1 incorrect
Gemma 10 correct 0 incorrect
Jack 8 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after Jeopardy! Round #1:

Ben £725
Gemma £550
Jack £125

Today’s interviews:

Jack wrote a dissertation on consociational democracy.
Gemma collects LEGO bricks.
Ben is poor at food & drink trivia.

Jeopardy! Round #2:

(Categories: Gameshows; Capes; UEFA Euro 2024; Edinburgh Fringe Funniest Joke; Hammers; It Comes Next Alphabetically; No. 1 Song Titles Translated)

This time out the Daily Double came out much earlier; Gemma had the lead when she found it, and she extended her lead with a correct response. However, Ben charged back into the lead by running the Euro 2024 category. Ben led after 70 clues.

Statistics after Jeopardy Round #2:

Ben 26 correct 3 incorrect
Gemma 15 correct 0 incorrect
Jack 14 correct 5 incorrect

Scores after Jeopardy! Round #2:

Ben £1,650
Gemma £1,225
Jack £475

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Booker Prize; Influential Physicists; Something Old; Something New; Something Borrowed; Something Blue)

Ben found his first Daily Double of the game three clues in, wagering and gaining £1,150. Ben also picked up the first seven clues of the round. By the time DD4 came out, both challengers had yet to give a correct response. With 16 clues to go, the scores were Ben £6,500 Gemma £1,225 Jack £225. Gemma finally got in on the first clue out of the break, but Ben cruised easily to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Ben 47 correct 3 incorrect
Gemma 17 correct 0 incorrect
Jack 20 correct 6 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Ben £7,200
Gemma £1,375
Jack £1,025

Final Jeopardy correct response: What is Jägermeister?

All three players were correct in Final; Ben just wagered £200, though, as his winnings are now above £45,000!

Tonight’s results:

Jack £1,025 + £351 = £1,376 (What is Jaegermeister? (banoffee))
Gemma £1,375 + £475 = £1,850 (What is Jagermeister?)
Ben £7,200 + £200 = £7,400 (What is Jägermeister?) (7-day total: £45,630)

Ben Jones, today's UK Jeopardy! winner (for the April 17, 2025 game.)

Daily Double locations:

1) SWEET TREATS £75 (clue #27)
Jack 300 -300 (Ben 800 Gemma 375)
2) CAPES £75 (clue #3)
Gemma 775 +275 (Ben 725 Jack 125)
3) THE BOOKER PRIZE £200 (clue #3)
Ben 2150 +1150 (Gemma 1225 Jack 475)
4) SOMETHING BORROWED £150 (clue #18, £1950 left on board)
Ben 4600 +1800 (Gemma 1225 Jack 225)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 28

Game Stats:

Ben £4,600 Coryat, 47 correct, 3 incorrect, 46.53% in first on buzzer (47/101), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Gemma £1,175 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.85% in first on buzzer (15/101), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Jack £1,325 Coryat, 20 correct, 6 incorrect, 22.77% in first on buzzer (23/101), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: £7,100
Lach Trash: £2,700 (on 20 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): £700
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 5

Ben Jones, career statistics:

317 correct, 36 incorrect
13/16 on rebound attempts (on 34 rebound opportunities)
44.84% in first on buzzer (317/707)
11/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £7,800)
6/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £3,843

Gemma Redman, career statistics:

18 correct, 0 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
14.85% in first on buzzer (15/101)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: £275)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,175

Jack Karimi, career statistics:

21 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.77% in first on buzzer (23/101)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -£300)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: £1,325

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • ITV needs to seriously look at bringing Ben on as a Chaser.

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