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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Here’s the Pop Culture Jeopardy Final Jeopardy (in the category Television) for Wednesday, February 5, 2025 (Season 1, Game 29):
Inspired by a joke in a 2004 movie, it debuted on August 8, 2017 with programming that included darts & disc golf
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:
Personality Hires, Emily, Zach, and Miranda
On The Bubble, Jacoby, Paul, and Nick
The Stage Names, Ryan, Rocky, and Kemie
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Quarterfinal #2 today is contested between The Stage Names (Episode 5), On The Bubble (Episode 7), and Personality Hires (Episode 3). Personality Hires were dominant in the knockout round, and considering their own Jeopardy! experience, it would not surprise me if that domination continues in this round.
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Correct response: What is ESPN8 The Ocho?
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Now a full-time FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channel in Canada and the U.S., The Ocho was originally a joke in the 2004 movie Dodgeball. When ESPN debuted it as a way to fill programming time during the summer on ESPNU in 2017, it proved to be very popular with viewers.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Here’s the recap for Season 1, Episode 29:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Cartoon Reboots; Say The Sound; Celebrity Booze; Clear “I”s; Full Arts; Can’t Lose)
On The Bubble picked up a True Daily Double and a swept Triple Play in the opening segment. At the interviews, the scores were Bubble 6,600 Personality 6,200 Stage Names 2,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
On The Bubble 7 correct 0 incorrect
Personality Hires 7 correct 0 incorrect
The Stage Names 3 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Personality Hires thinks the best part of competing was the friendship, even though Zach went on one 6/10 date with someone who was a fan of his on the show.
On The Bubble thinks the missed Daily Double in the knockout round was able to focus them.
The Stage Names are Colin Jost’s favorite love triangle.
The Personality Hires picked up 8 correct responses after the break to re-take the lead.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Personality Hires 15 correct 1 incorrect
On The Bubble 8 correct 0 incorrect
The Stage Names 9 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Personality Hires 8,200
On The Bubble 7,200
The Stage Names 4,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Small-Screen Insults; Poetry In Music; Mind Your Manors; Unalived In Film; A Real Funny Guy; It’s A Bar Or Bat Mitzvah!)
Personality Hires started out by picking up 6,000 on a second swept Triple Play. After getting DD2 incorrect, the search began for DD3, with The Stage Names and On The Bubble making a number of clue selection errors. (Seriously, not going to be in the category of the first one, nor is it likely to be at the 400 level). As it turned out, Personality Hires found DD3 and got it correct to lead going into Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Personality Hires 29 correct 3 incorrect
On The Bubble 17 correct 0 incorrect
The Stage Names 17 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Personality Hires 23,000
On The Bubble 18,800
The Stage Names 15,800
Every team got Final Jeopardy correct; this makes the Personality Hires semifinalists!
Tonight’s results:
The Stage Names 15,800 + 15,795 = 31,595 (What is ESPN 8 “The Ocho”?)
On The Bubble 18,800 + 18,798 = 37,598 (What is ESPN 8 The Ocho?)
Personality Hires 23,000 + 14,601 = 37,601 (What is ESPN 8: The Ocho?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) SAY THE SOUND 800 (clue #7)
On The Bubble 1400 +1400 (The Stage Names 800 Personality Hires 2400)
2) UNALIVED IN FILM 1600 (clue #5)
Personality Hires 17000 -4000 (The Stage Names 5800 On The Bubble 7200)
3) A REAL FUNNY GUY 800 (clue #24, 2800 left on board)
Personality Hires 15400 +5600 (The Stage Names 15800 On The Bubble 18000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 113
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
The Stage Names 4 4
On The Bubble 5 4*
Personality Hires 3 3 4
DJ! Round:
The Stage Names 5 3 4 4 2 4 5 3† 2 1
On The Bubble 4 3 5 2† 5 5† 2
Personality Hires 3 4* 3 3 4 5 2*
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Personality Hires 3.40
On The Bubble 3.89
The Stage Names 3.42
Game Stats:
Personality Hires 22,200 Coryat, 29 correct, 3 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 0 rebound opportunities)
On The Bubble 18,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
The Stage Names 15,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 56,200
Lach Trash: 0 (on 0 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
The Stage Names, career statistics:
47 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
39.47% in first on buzzer (45/114)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 18,000
On The Bubble, career statistics:
41 correct, 4 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (34/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 3,200)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 16,000
Personality Hires, career statistics:
63 correct, 7 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
51.75% in first on buzzer (59/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 7,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 24,300
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Obviously the Triple Play has something to do with this, but the Combined Coryat of 56,200 is a record.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Personality Hires 23,000 On The Bubble 18,800 The Stage Names 15,800)
The Stage Names: With where the scores are, you should bet between 7,201 (just in case Personality Hires bet 0, as rare as that would be) and 7,400 (staying ahead in case of a Triple Stumper). (Actual bet: 15,795)
On The Bubble: You can’t both cover Stage Names and win a Triple Stumper. Bet at least 12,801—but you might as well go all in to force Personality Hires to get the math right. (Actual bet: 18,798)
Personality Hires: Standard cover bet is 14,601. (Actual bet: 14,601)
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