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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 final recap of the week!

One new feature we’ll be bringing here at The Jeopardy! Fan; I’ll be combing Twitter for tweets about the show; any ones I really like will end up on the blog!

Today’s contestants:


Alex summed up yesterday’s show well: Jerry “gave us a tutorial”. I concur!

J! round categories:
OLYMPIC CITY ATTRACTIONS
COLORFUL MOVIES
FUN WITH ACRONYMS
WHAT’S MY AIRLINE?
WORLD HISTORY
YOUR NAME IS PERFECT

Kathy managed to keep Jerry from running COLORFUL MOVIES by getting the $1,000 clue. Needless to say, he dominated the first 15 clues of the show!

Kathy made the same mistake I did on WHAT’S MY AIRLINE $1000 (You’ll see a 3-leaf clover on the web page of this European carrier); I said “Ryanair” as well!

Scores at the first break:
Jerry $2,800 (7 correct)
Kathy $800 (2 correct, 1 incorrect)
Avram $600 (2 correct)

Now that Kathy’s made the show, she promised her fiance that she would get a tattoo of Alex — mustache included!

Coming out of the break, Jerry got some applause for running WORLD HISTORY in amongst a run of 6 consecutive clues! However, it was Avram who played the first Daily Double, in OLYMPIC CITY ATTRACTIONS $800! Scores:

Jerry $7,000
Avram $1,600
Kathy $1,200

Avram bet $1,600. Clue: The Museu Picasso His correct response put him at $3,200!

By the end of the round, the scores were:
Jerry $7,600 (15 correct)
Avram $3,600 (6 correct, 1 incorrect)
Kathy $2,000 (4 correct, 1 incorrect)

DJ! round categories:
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA
POP CULTURE
PUPPIES & PETUNIAS
SHAKESPEAREAN RELATIVES
“-UP”
& ATOM

The following tweet sums up PUPPIES & PETUNIAS well:

Puppies and petunias as a category on#Jeopardy= so much cuteness— Annabelle (@__annabelleee)December 28, 2013

Avram got off to the best start in the round, getting the first 3 clues! However, Jerry got the 4th clue, and the 5th was LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1600. If you’ve spent any time watching, you know the Daily Double loves to sit there, and there it was! Scores:

Jerry $8,800
Avram $5,200
Kathy $2,000

Jerry went conservative and bet just $1,200. His clue: With 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken native language on the continent. Jerry’s correct response put him at $10,000!

Jerry immediately went over to “-UP” and picked up both $6,000 and more adulation from the audience. The applause was more important for sure, though!

The final Daily Double remained hidden for quite awhile. It finally appeared on the 29th clue of the round, under SHAKESPEAREAN RELATIVES $1600! The $2,000 clue was still to play.

Scores:
Jerry $22,400
Avram $11,600
Kathy $3,600

If I’m Jerry, I’m betting $4,900 here. He bet just $2,600 though. His clue: Bianca’s sister. A correct response put him at $25,000.

Shockingly, for the second game in a row, a locked-out challenger with a chance to break the lock offered no guess whatsoever on the final clue (Brother of King Edward IV). If only I could get so lucky!

Scores going into Final:
Jerry $25,000 (14 correct)
Avram $11,600 (9 correct)
Kathy $3,600 (2 correct)

FJ! category: 18TH CENTURY AMERICA

FJ! clue: There were just 13 of these, the title of an historic document; one offered admission to Canada

Kathy 3600 – 3000 = 600
Avram 11600 + 3000 = 14600
Jerry 25000 + 1799 = 26799

On Jerry:

Got a feeling Jerry is going to be on Jeopardy for a while. Guy is a beast— akschaaf (@akschaaf)December 28, 2013

Will he be on awhile? We’ll be back Monday where Jerry will see if he can make our ToC list! See you then!

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