Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Friday, May 29, 2026

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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)
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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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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Fictional Places) for Friday, May 29, 2026 (Season 1, Game 15):

Inspired by Silent Hill, this TV place first seen in 2016 was theorized by Bill Nye as a spot where multiverses intersect

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

The Steamed Hams, Andrew & Adam

Quizter Act 2, Romina & Valeria

Only Howards In the Building, Shane & Nick

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Our final game of the opening weeks of Pop Culture Jeopardy! this season features Only Howards In The Building taking on Quizter Act 2 and The Steamed Hams.

At this point, the cut line amongst 0-game winners is 19 correct responses; it could still move to 20 if a nonwinning team today reaches that threshhold.

Correct response: What is The Upside Down?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2026 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

The Upside Down is the interdimensional alternate realm famously found in Netflix’s Stranger Things that was formed when Eleven made contact with a demogorgon.

This feels like a very good Pop Culture Jeopardy final with a nice tie-in to the streaming partner of Netflix.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 15:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Various DC Universes; Describing The Music Video; Stuff That Went Viral; Word In Common: Gamers Edition; In The Club; We All Fam)

Only Howards In The Building reached five figures thanks to picking up 4,000 from the Daily Double; they led big after 30. On the opening board, they got 3 in stuff that went viral and 4 in the DC Universe.

Today’s interviews:

The Steamed Hams have many Simpsons tattoos.
Quizter Act 2 once made a lengthy road trip from New Jersey for a Publix sub.
Only Howards In the Building have seen Pearl Jam 25 times between them. (Nick 25 Shane 0).

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Only Howards In the Building 13 correct 0 incorrect
Quizter Act 2 9 correct 1 incorrect
The Steamed Hams 4 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Only Howards In the Building 10,800
Quizter Act 2 4,800
The Steamed Hams 1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: You Know What Pop Culture Jeopardy! Neeeds?; “Say” My Name; Queries As Song Titles; Rodents Of Usual Size; Breaking News About Kids’ TV; I Voted…)

A miss on DD2 from the Howards and a late charge from Quizter Act meant that this wasn’t a runaway entering Final; Howards ran Queries As Song Titles and were 4/5 in “Say” My Name, while Quizter Act got 4 in Kids TV.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Only Howards In the Building 28 correct 2 incorrect
Quizter Act 2 17 correct 2 incorrect
The Steamed Hams 7 correct 3 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Only Howards In the Building 22,400
Quizter Act 2 15,200
The Steamed Hams 5,200

The Steamed Hams and Howards were both correct in Final as the Howards pick up win #3. The semifinals start Monday!

Tonight’s results:

The Steamed Hams 5,200 + 5,200 = 10,400 (What is the upside down?)
Quizter Act 2 15,200 – 7,201 = 7,999 (What is The point of co)
Only Howards In the Building 22,400 + 8,001 = 30,401 (What is the Upside Down?) (Winner)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) THE VARIOUS DC UNIVERSES 400 (clue #20)
Only Howards In the Building 5200 +4000 (Quizter Act 2 3000 The Steamed Hams 1200)
2) RODENTS OF USUAL SIZE 1600 (clue #13)
Only Howards In the Building 20000 -4000 (Quizter Act 2 8400 The Steamed Hams 3200)
3) I VOTED… 1600 (clue #20, 9600 left on board)
Only Howards In the Building 20800 +2000 (Quizter Act 2 8400 The Steamed Hams 5200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 67

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Only Howards In the Building 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 5 2 2*
Quizter Act 2 2 4 4 5 1
The Steamed Hams 3 5 5

DJ! Round:
Only Howards In the Building 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 4* 5† 3 2 2 5 4*
Quizter Act 2 3 2 1
The Steamed Hams 2 3 2†

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Only Howards In the Building 3.50
The Steamed Hams 3.33
Quizter Act 2 2.75

Game Stats:

Only Howards In the Building 22,400 Coryat, 28 correct, 2 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
The Steamed Hams 5,200 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Quizter Act 2 15,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 42,800
Lach Trash: 5,400 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Only Howards In the Building, career statistics:

95 correct, 3 incorrect
5/5 on rebound attempts (on 15 rebound opportunities)
49.71% in first on buzzer (85/171)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 7,000)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 26,267

Quizter Act 2, career statistics:

17 correct, 3 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 15,200

The Steamed Hams, career statistics:

8 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 5,200

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The Howards aren’t betting 0. Quizter Act 2 should have bet no more than 799 in Final. Betting what they did defends against a possiblity that never actually happens in modern Jeopardy and significantly harmed their chances of advancing to the semifinals.

Current Overall Standings:

Winning Teams:

1. One Baddie After Another: 5 wins, 144,700 points
2. AMC B-Listers: 3 wins, 99,100 points
3. Only Howards In The Building: 3 wins, 89,401 points
4. Oakland Spirit Tunnel: 2 wins, 62,801 points
5. Snake Juice, No Pulp: 1 win, 24,001 points
6. Quality Tigers: 1 win, 18,400 points

Non-Winning Teams:

7. The Oneders, 20 correct responses (16,700 pre-Final)
8. Ert & Bernie, 20 correct responses (13,000)
9. Presto Strange-O, 19 correct responses (13,400)
10. Quizzie McGuire, 19 correct respones (8,200)
11. Losers, In Other Words, 18 correct responses (15,000)
12. The Head & The Heart, 18 correct responses (5,000)
13. Quizter Act 2, 17 correct responses (15,200)
14. Special Trivia Unit (Dun Dun), 16 correct responses (13,400)
15. No Meesestakes, 16 correct responses (9,800)
16. Jeopardazed And Confused, 15 correct responses (12,600)

17. Bam!, 15 correct responses (7,000)

18. Victor Quizbanyamas, 13 correct responses (9,000)
19. Trivial Texans, 13 correct responses (5,200)
20. Trivial Resolutions, 13 correct responses (2,200)
21. Double-O Doubtfire, 11 correct responses (12,000)
22. The Problem Solvers, 11 correct responses (7,000)
23. The 27 Club (Not That One), 11 correct responses (6,800)
24. The Big Ducks, 11 correct responses (4,600)
25. Two Of Your French Girls, 10 correct responses (7,600)

26. LGBTQuties, 10 correct responses (1,200)

27. Katschke If You Can, 9 correct responses (5,700)
28. Whiskey Business, 9 correct responses (4,800)
29. The Steamed Hams, 8 correct responses (5,200)
30. Less Culturistas, 8 correct responses (4,400)
31. Powered By Double A, 7 correct response (-1,400)
32. Cheaper By The Cousin, 6 correct responses (2,600)

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