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Season 30

Knock, Knock. Who’s There? Art.

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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 as Arthur Chu goes for Win #12! No pictures today for Andy!

I’ve spoken before of how my parents have been rooting against Arthur. They don’t like the Forrest Bounce too much! My mother came up with the following while watching:

Knock knock!
Who’s there?
Art.
Art who?
Artchu fed up with this guy already?

Today’s contestants: Diana Peloquin and Julie Hornick challenging Arthur Chu, who has won $297,200 over 11 games!

Will one of the ladies play giant killer?

J! round categories:
INSPIRED CHARACTERS
RHYME TREBEK, TREBEK!
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN “THREE”S
CEO COMPENSATION
TOO BAD
SO SAD

Diana seemed to match Arthur in both buzzer timing and Daily Double hunting skills early on! The first Daily Double was found under INSPIRED CHARACTERS $400, and it was Diana’s! Scores:

Diana $1,400
Arthur $800
Julie $0

Diana went for $1,400. Her clue: “This character is Charles Dickens’ most autobiographical; his initials are the reverse of the author’s”. Her correct response put her at $2,800!

A rare mistake from Arthur in “THREE”s $1000 in that he forgot the category! This Kurt Weill musical drama was produced in German as “Die Dreigroschenoper” in 1928. Arthur answered it with a Two!

At the first break, the scores sat at:
Diana $5,400
Arthur $3,200
Julie $2,600

Diana was a synchronized swimmer in college! She also stated my favourite fun fact about synchro: the gelatin’d hair! I can cheer for her!

Arthur went for the “There’s no money at stake” route when refusing to answer Trebek’s question about the most visited site in Washington DC (the Vietnam memorial)

Coming out of the break, Arthur and Julie had the best luck on the buzzer in the back half of the round, and we had a very competitive game on our hands! Scores:

Diana $6,200
Julie $5,400
Arthur $4,800

DJ! round categories:
MEDICAL PROBLEMS
ITALIAN ADJECTIVES
PHILOSOPHY
ON THE “M”AP
NATIVE AMERICANS
NEW ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

MEDICAL PROBLEMS $2000 was Arthur’s first selection. Silly Arthur. He should have gone to $1600! (Even Watson knew that $1600 was the better spot to select.) It was Diana who selected MEDICAL PROBLEMS $1600, and it was Diana who got to play the Daily Double! Scores:

Julie $9,400
Diana $7,800
Arthur $4,800

Diana bet $3,500. Her clue: The H. Pylori bacterium cases this type of ulcer, from the Greek for “digestive”. Diana said “peptide”, then corrected to the correct response, which was ruled correct by the judges! She now has $11,300.

PHILOSOPHY $1600 had the final Daily Double; this one was Arthur’s! Scores:

Diana $11,300
Arthur $7,600
Julie $5,400

Arthur spoke “True Daily Double.” Clue: Antisthenes began this -ism with the view that self-interest is the primary motive of human behavior. Arthur said “What is egoism”. Arthur’s score fell to $0.

Over the rest of the round, Arthur did his best to bring his score back up and at least give him a shot in Final! Scores going into Final:

Diana $12,100
Julie $7,800
Arthur $6,400

FJ! category: BRITISH ROYALTY

FJ! clue: He was the last male monarch who had not previously been Prince of Wales

Arthur 6400 – 6400 = 0
Julie 7800 – 5100 = 2700
Diana 12100 + 3600 = 15700

And we have a new champion! I’ll have Diana’s title defense tomorrow! Here are a couple of tweets on the way out:

Having terrorized mankind sufficiently, Cthulchu slinks back into the ocean.@arthur_affect— Robert Woolley (@RandomlyBob)March 13, 2014

Watching@arthur_affectJeopardy run end shows you how insane Ken Jennings’ 74-game streak was. Will never be matched.— Jeff Hoard (@JeffHoard921)March 12, 2014

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