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Season 27

Not quite a pokerface

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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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As promised, here’s a recap of tonight’s Jeopardy! Like this morning, I took pictures of tonight’s contestants and have tried to upload them, but am unable to. Arrggh!
Speaking of “Arrggh,” did you guys notice that both rounds had clues left over again? Boo! Tonight’s contestants were two-time champ Jody Allen, Kimberly Jantz, and Leigh-Anne Marcellin. The Jeopardy round featured a poker theme.Did you guys know these triple-stumpers in the round? In I Have 5 Kings: “In 1926 W. L. Mackenzie King was prime minister of this country twice (he gave it up in June but had it back by September.”* What about this one in The Ace of Hearts?: “During WWI, Lt. Henry goes AWOL and excapes to Switzerland to be with his love Catherine in this Hemingway novel.”*
When Jody found the Daily Double of the Jeopardy round, he had 2400, Leigh-Anne had 3400, and Kimberly had 1800. He wagered everything (and missed) on this clue in The Ace of Hearts: “This Shakespearean tragedy, one of his last, is based on Plutarch’s ‘Lives.'”* By the end of the round, Jody was right back in the hunt with 3000, while Leigh-Anne had 3200 and Kimberly had 2600.
Jody found both Daily Doubles in the Double Jeopardy round, the first one just 4 clues or so in. He was in the lead, and wagered 1000 on this clue in Architecture, read by Jimmy of the Clue Crew: “In a cruciform church, the central part is called the nave; it ends in a recessed area that is usually vaulted, called this.”* He got it right. When he found the next Daily Double in It’s Official, he was leading by 200. He wagered 3000 on this clue: “Give me 60 seconds, lass, and I’ll tell you this name of the official juice of NASCAR.”*
At the end of the Double Jeopardy round, Jody had 11000, Leigh-Anne had 6000, and Kimberly had 14200. The Final Jeopardy category was Political Nonfiction. This was the clue: “This book begins, ‘June 17, 1972. Nine o’clock Saturday morning.'”* All three contestants got it right. Jody wagered 10999. Mr. Trebek had indicated at the top of the show that Jody’s last two games had been runaways, and he had wagered conservatively in the finals. Not today! Mr. Trebek also indicated that Kimberly looked unhappy when the answer to the clue had been revealed. If so, it was an act, because she got it right and wagered enough, 8000, to make her the champion. Then the sad face became a full-blown smile!

*Canada, A Farewell to Arms, Anthony and Cleopatra, apse, Minute Maid, All the President’s Men

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