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Season 31

Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin?

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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 another recap!

Today, our players: Shannon Gillard, Jeremy Johnson, and Dava-Leigh Brush! Jeremy did what Alex called a “smooth move” looking into the camera!

Dava-Leigh seems surprised at having won $11,501!

J! round categories:
WHAT’S ON CABLE?
BIOGRAPHY
“T.V.” LAND
SPIKE
ANIMAL PLANET
BRAVO

Dava-Leigh liked “T.V.” LAND and found the Daily Double there under the $800 slot! Scores:

Dava-Leigh $600
Shannon $400
Jeremy $0

Dava-Leigh bet $1,000. Her clue: This part of speech requires an object. She gave a correct response, moving to $1,600. She seemed relieved to get it, admitting she once taught English!

At the first break, the scores were:
Dava-Leigh $3,400
Shannon $2,600
Jeremy $0

Jeremy had a few negs keeping his score down! It almost seemed as though he thought questions were harder than they were!

Shannon took part in a large scavenger hunt last year. Jeremy works at the same bakery he worked at when he was 18 (though he spent 9.5 intervening years in the Marines).

I don’t know what disappointed me more about this Triple Stumper (ANIMAL PLANET $800: The Banff Springs Snail: this country) — the fact that nobody got it, or the fact that there were two guesses of “Wales” and “Australia”! Sigh.

Scores after the J! round:
Dava-Leigh $5,400
Shannon $5,000
Jeremy $2,400

(One clue went unplayed.)

DJ! round categories:
AMERICAN HISTORY
“I” LOVE SCIENCE
DRAWING A CROWD
RELIGION
1950s BESTSELLERS
PREFIXES & ROOTS

Jeremy did quite well in Science to jump into the lead! However — surprise, surprise! — AMERICAN HISTORY $1600 had a Daily Double!

Shannon played it, with scores at:
Jeremy $8,000
Shannon $6,200
Dava-Leigh $5,800

Shannon bet $3,000. Her clue: This 1820 agreement said there would be no slavery in the bulk of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30′. Her correct response put her at $9,200!

DRAWING A CROWD $800 had the final Daily Double! Dava-Leigh played it with scores as follows, after the minute-to-go signal:

Dava-Leigh $17,800
Shannon $8,000
Jeremy $5,600

(Me: I’d bet $700 here, then go to the $1200 clue if there’s time.)

Dava-Leigh bet $2,200! A bit rich for my tastes in this position! Her clue: Attendance was still down some 20%, but 800,000 revelers jammed the streets of this U.S. city in February 2007. She gave a correct response, putting her score at $20,000!

Scores going into Final:
Dava-Leigh $20,000
Shannon $9,200
Jeremy $5,600

FJ! category: 1980s MOVIES:

FJ! clue: At his term’s end, Ronald Reagan took an office in an L.A. high-rise, still a mess from the filming of this 1988 thriller

Jeremy 5600 + 5000 = 10600
Shannon 9200 – 9200 = 0
Dava-Leigh 20000 + 0 = 20000

So the writing isn’t on the wall, and Dava-Leigh is now a 3-time champ! Will she win 4? Tune in tomorrow and find out!

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