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Season 30

O Canada!

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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! Jeanie had some flight difficulties makint it to Los Angeles; I think these travels have her going via Minneapolis and Atlanta!

This week’s contestants:
Jon Choi
Matthew Church
Betsy Foss
Tiffany Gholar
Mary Gildea
Sandy Howard
Jenna Johnson
Curtis Morales
Greg Munda
Varun Shekhar
Debbie Singer

Monday’s players:


Matthew’s from Prince George, BC!

J! Round categories:
SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES
LAWYERING UP ON TV
GORILLAS
1930s ENGINEERING FEATS
THINGS THAT ARE ROUND
TIME TO END IT “ALL”

All 3 players had luck on the buzzer over the first 15 clues; each contestant got in at least four times! Matthew found the first Daily Double, under 1930s ENGINEERING FEATS $600! Scores were:

Matthew $2,600
Betsy $2,600
Tiffany $1,400

Matthew made it a true Daily Double! His clue: This massive project was the first in North America to contain more masonry than the Great Pyramid at Giza

Scores at the first break:

Matthew $6,200
Tiffany $2,200
Betsy $1,600

Matthew is a medical student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (even though he’s originally from Prince George, British Columbia)!

Coming out of the break, Matthew picked up another 6 clues, whereas Tiffany and Betsy had their scores stay down.

Triple Stumper collection:

CODE NAMES $600: Fittingly, Fraction is the Secret Service code name for this cabinet post

END IT “ALL” $1000: To become uninteresting through familiarity

At the end of 30, the scores were:
Matthew $10,000
Betsy $3,600
Tiffany $1,800

DJ! round categories:
POETIC WOMEN
A MATTER OF “LIFE” OR “DEATH”
BITTER
LET’S ROCK!
FLORENCE
THE MACHINE

POETIC WOMEN $1200 had the first Daily Double. $800 was a Triple Stumper: Richard Lovelace’s poem “To Althea: From Prison” says, “stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars” one of these

Tiffany got to play the Daily Double, though, with the following scores:

Matthew $10,000
Betsy $3,600
Tiffany $1,400

Tiffany bet the full $2,000. Her clue: Longfellow called her the “handsomest of all the women in the land of the Dacotahs”

After this, the two women had a better time on the buzzer, and Betsy got to play the final Daily Double, under BITTER $1600! Scores were:

Matthew $12,400
Tiffany $7,000
Betsy $6,000

Betsy chose to bet $3,000. Pro tip: When Alex says “Only” after your bet, you’ve bet too small. Her clue: This bitter green ligueur is disttled from alcohol infused with wormwood. That which makes the fond grow heartier brought Betsy’s score to $9,000! It felt like a missed opportunity, though! Betsy got just one clue the rest of the game. Meanwhile, Matthew got 9 of the final 16 clues to cement a lock game!

Scores going into Final:
Matthew $24,000
Tiffany $11,400
Betsy $9,800

FJ! category: COUNTRIES FOR SHORT

FJ! clue: North Korea is the DPRK; this country is the LPDR

Betsy 9800 – 9799 = 1
Tiffany 11400 – 11300 = 100
Matthew 24000 + 0 = 24000

So we have a Canadian champion, and he’ll defend his title tomorrow! See you then!

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