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Season 30

Math is hard

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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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My Coryat from last weekend’s rerun, which originally aired 7-11-13: 28000 (31600 without negs). The first time I played, my Coryat was 22200 (26000 without negs).
So this is Day 3 of the Teacher Tournament.

Eli Barrieau

Karen Cafaro

James Brown

This game felt like it kicked my butt but my score, 18000, was the same as Monday’s, and I had fewer negs. (Today I had 20600 without negs). I did have a rough day today long before the show ever started, though. I didn’t get any of the clues in The Right Tool, and I didn’t get anything right until this 8th one in Yes, November!: “On Nov. 23, 2013, National this day, organizers hope to bring more than 4,000 kids out of foster care.” Despite the title of this post, I went 3/5 in Talkin’ Math. I never thought math was a weakness of mine, and I’m surprised to see it’s my worst category in Learned League. In fact it looks like I haven’t gotten one right yet. I negged on this one today, even though the correct response came to mind: “Students usually take this, the study of angles & their functions, after geometry & algebra.” I don’t know about you but at my high school, pre-calculus came after geometry. (Algebra’s first.)
At the first break:
Eli 5200 (8 right)
James 2000 (4 right)
Karen 1400 (2 right)
Karen found the Daily Double of the round in U.S. Landmarks.
Eli 6000 (One right)
James 1800 (One right and one wrong)
Karen 3800 (Four right)
She wagered 1000 on this easy clue: “This landmark’s Skycity restaurant has been serving its Lunar Orbiter ice cream sundae since the 1962 World’s Fair.” She got it right. At the end of the round:
Eli 5800 (One right and one wrong)
James 4200 (3 right)
Karen 4600 (One wrong)
I thought these three clues at the bottom of TV Shows by Nerd were way easier than the two above it (correct responses The Big Bang Theory and Happy Days):

  • “White-collar worker Dwight Schrute”
  • “Next-door neighbor Steve Urkel”
  • “Bayside High School student Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers”

I got this triple-stumper in The Year 1713, but it was a guess: “The Tuscarora War in N.C. was decided, leading to the Tuscarora heading north & the Five Nations becoming this.” James moved to An Eponymous Category after that. He found the first Daily Double there.

Eli 7800 (2 right)

James 7800 (5 right)

Karen 6600 (One right)

James wagered 2400 on this clue: “The name of these breeches is derived from a pseudonym used by Washington Irving for one of his works.” I said “knickers” and am counting it. James said “headless horseman”! ?

I said “Brown” for this one in Journalists and am counting it, even though I was thinking of someone other than “Tina”: “The former editor of Vanity Fair, she served as editor-in-chief of both Newsweek & The Daily Beast.”

James found the next Daily Double too, in “A” in Geography.

Eli 12200 (4 right)

James 9400 (3 right and one wrong)

Karen 9800 (4 right and one wrong)

James wagered 2400 on this clue: “Great Britain has several rivers named this, from the Celtic for ‘river.'” James answered immediately but was wrong. Ouch. Lucky for him though, Eli negged on the next clue for 1600. On the second-to-last clue though, Eli got a 1600 clue that Karen and James both negged on.

Karen took a while to select clues after getting a correct response, but we saw every clue in the first two rounds.
Eli 12200 (One right and one wrong)
James 6600 (One right and one wrong)
Karen 9000 (One right and one wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category was Mythology. This was the clue: “Rich with electrum, the Turkish river Pactolus is where this legendary man was said to have washed off his curse.” The correct response crossed my mind but I wound up saying what James did. I guess I associate this guy more with the Bible than with mythology. I doubt it’s in the Bible but I think I learned about this in religion class. I remember seeing the illustrations that went with the story. Karen got it wrong too, but Eli got it right. James lost everything! (What about the wild card!?) Karen lost 3000. Eli added 2200, and we’ll see him next week.
So Rico’s score is higher than that of today’s losers. I’m glad. I’d like him to play next week. By the way, I did a lot of asking around for Q & As this tournament (though I didn’t get to everyone), and Rico’s the only one who responded. Phew!

Wild card standings:
Anne Baxter (Monday winner)
Patrick Dillon (Tuesday winner)
Eli Barrieau (Wednesday winner)
Mary Beth Hammerstrom $20,000
Katie Moriarty $16,400
Rico Vazquez $11,400
Karen Cafaro $6,000
Kati Sorenson $399
James Brown 0

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