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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First, I hate to bring this up again, but I fear the “comments” function is still not working properly. I’m trying something else, so, again, if you’ve commented and it has not appeared on the blog, feel free to try again. It might work this time, and of course I hope it does!
Now for today’s episode: J.R. Lind, the newspaper reporter from Tennessee, was back to defend as champion. I like him, but I have to admit I was pulling for Becky Henderson today, because she lives in the Midwest! Joshua Weiss of Chicago was the other contestant today. He found the Daily Double in the Jeopardy round in Literary Dedications. He was in the lead with 2600, to one-day champ J.R.’s 1600 and Becky’s -1000. Since Joshua is a Ph.D. candidate in English Literature, I was hoping he would let it ride here, but it’s easy for me to say while I’m watching from home! He did not get the first two clues in the category right. He may have known the first one but didn’t ring in first, and no one got this second one: “e.e. cummings ‘dedicated’ his book ‘No Thanks’ to the publishers who rejected it & to this woman who paid to print it.”* Joshua wagered 600 on his Daily Double (and women wager conservatively?): “Herman Melville dedicated ‘Moby Dick’ to this fellow author and mentor.”* I remembered this one from American Lit class in high school. Joshua, naturally, got it right.
At the beginning of the Double Jeopardy round, Joshua had a big lead with 9800, while J.R. had 2400, and Becky had 800 after getting herself out of the hole on this final clue in the Jeopardy round, in You Make My “Heart” Sing: “This Springsteen song begins, ‘Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack.'”* Joshua continued to command in Double Jeopardy. He picked up 2000 on this Daily Double clue in Double “C,” giving him twice of J.R.’s total, who was his nearest opponent: “From the name of an ancient Roman festival, it now refers to any riotous or drunken festivity.”* By the end of Double Jeopardy, though, J.R. had made sort of a comeback, and at 15200, he was only 3000 behind Joshua at 18200. Becky had 2800.
The Final Jeopardy category was Meteorology, a category I don’t think I’ve seen before, at least not in Final Jeopardy. This was the clue: “Low- and high-pressure systems and tropical moisture set the stage for a 1991 Nor’easter nicknamed these two words.”* All I could think of was El Nino, but I knew that was wrong. Becky got it wrong, too, but didn’t lose anything. J.R. got it right and added 9200 to his score, which was like a bonus because Joshua couldn’t come up with anything and wagered 12201. J.R., then, became a two-day champion with 52000+! Impressive. Tomorrow I’m expecting to watch the show with Jeopar-daddy and my mom. Yippee!
Did you guys get these two triple-stumpers?: In The Country Where You’d Find: “The longest bridge over water in the world.”* I got this one right, but I was actually thinking of a different location than the one Mr. Trebek said the clue was referring to. What about this one in Movie Number, Please: “Sandra Bullock as a journalist who ends up in rehab.”*
By the way, this has nothing to do with Jeopardy!, but I can’t resist: In my last entry, I told you about a couple of mistakes I’d seen by closed captioners in the past. I was watching the French Open this morning, and I’m glad I noticed this one: Wozniacki, a female tennis player, was transcribed as “Woodsbackky.” Wow.
*his mother, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Hungry Heart,” bacchanal, “perfect storm,” the U.S. (I was thinking of the Everglades, but the bridge is actually over Lake Pontchartrain), 28 Days