Pop Culture Jeopardy Recap – Wednesday, May 27, 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.
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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 Sequels) for Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (Season 2, Game 13):

Of all the Best Picture Oscar winners, it has the most sequels–8, with the latest coming out 47 years after the original

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Pop Culture Jeopardy! contestants:

Only Howards In The Building, Shane & Nick

Whiskey Business, Joe & Kyra

AMC B-Listers, Jack & Henry (3 wins)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

As we near the end of the “regular season” of Pop Culture Jeopardy, we’ve reached a point where every team that wins a game is guaranteed to advance to the semifinals. The AMC B-Listers probably realized this as well, explaining why they chose to go for the excitement of “going all in from a runaway in Final Jeopardy” in yesterday’s game. Today, they face off against Whiskey Business and Only Howards In The Building (a team featuring Shane Whitlock, one of the top trivia players in North America and Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament alumnus). Good luck to Whiskey Business in this matchup!

Correct response: What is Rocky?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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The 1976 Best Picture Oscar winner Rocky has now spawned eight sequels: 1979’s Rocky II, 1982’s Rocky III, 1985’s Rocky IV, 1990’s Rocky V, 2006’s Rocky Balboa, 2015’s Creed, 2018’s Creed II, and 2023’s Creed III, with the last three focusing on Adonis Creed, the son of Rocky’s former rival Apollo Creed.

This felt like a straightforward Final Jeopardy clue to me, as long as one remembers that Rocky was the 1976 Best Picture winner.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Here’s the recap for Season 2, Episode 13:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: TikTok; Dancing With The Stars; Pop Culture Crossword Clues; Horror Villains’ Dating Profiles; Rom-Com Meet Cutes; “Love”, Actually)

A very well played opening round saw the Howards pick up 16 correct, including 4 in Dancing and 3 in TikTok, horror villains, and rom-com meeet cutes. AMC went 4/5 in the crossword clues category to only be 1,000 points behind through 30.

Today’s interviews:

Only Howards In The Building are big fans of “Only Murders in the Building”.
Whiskey Business met as colleagues.
AMC B-Listers are big fans of pumpkin, thanks to Henry’s home town.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Only Howards In The Building 16 correct 1 incorrect
AMC B-Listers 10 correct 0 incorrect
Whiskey Business 3 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Only Howards In The Building 8,200
AMC B-Listers 7,200
Whiskey Business 1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Tick Tock; Pizza Guy With A Special Delivery; Doctors Who; My Country; I Am Not A Lawyer But…; Latin, Yes Latin!)

The impressive play continued from Only Howards; by the end of Double Jeopardy, they reached 34 correct responses, including a correct response on DD3. Whiskey Business did have a small chance early in the round, but a country music Daily Double knocked them out of contention. In this round, Only Howards got 4 in pizza guys and Doctors Who, in addition to 3 in both Not a Lawyer… and Latin.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Only Howards In The Building 34 correct 1 incorrect
AMC B-Listers 13 correct 1 incorrect
Whiskey Business 8 correct 2 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Only Howards In The Building 30,600
AMC B-Listers 10,000
Whiskey Business 4,800

A season-high 35th correct response was on the cards for Only Howards, as the put the finishing touch on this one. They’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Whiskey Business 4,800 + 800 = 5,600 (What is Rocky?)
AMC B-Listers 10,000 – 10,000 = 0 (What is ?)
Only Howards In The Building 30,600 + 0 = 30,600 (What is Rocky?) (Quarter-Finalist)

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. Oakland Spirit Tunnel: 2 wins, 62,801 points
4. Only Howards In The Building: 1 win, 30,600 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. Special Trivia Unit (Dun Dun), 16 correct responses (13,400)
14. No Meesestakes, 16 correct responses (9,800)
15. Jeopardazed And Confused, 15 correct responses (12,600)
16. Victor Quizbanyamas, 13 correct responses (9,000)
17. Trivial Texans, 13 correct responses (5,200)
18. Trivial Resolutions, 13 correct responses (2,200)
19. Double-O Doubtfire, 11 correct responses (12,000)
20. The Problem Solvers, 11 correct responses (7,000)
21. The 27 Club (Not That One), 11 correct responses (6,800)
22. The Big Ducks, 11 correct responses (4,600)
23. Two Of Your French Girls, 10 correct responses (7,600)
24. Katschke If You Can, 9 correct responses (5,700)
25. Whiskey Business, 9 correct responses (4,800)
26. Less Culturistas, 8 correct responses (4,400)
27. Powered By Double A, 7 correct response (-1,400)
28. Cheaper By The Cousin, 6 correct responses (2,600)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) HORROR VILLAINS’ DATING PROFILES 400 (clue #11)
Only Howards In The Building 800 +1000 (AMC B-Listers 5200 Whiskey Business 800)
2) MY COUNTRY 1200 (clue #4)
Whiskey Business 2400 -2400 (AMC B-Listers 7200 Only Howards In The Building 11800)
3) LATIN, YES LATIN! 2000 (clue #18, 9200 left on board)
Only Howards In The Building 19000 +4000 (AMC B-Listers 9200 Whiskey Business 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 21

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
AMC B-Listers 3 5 5 4 3 2 3 4
Whiskey Business 3
Only Howards In The Building 4 2*

DJ! Round:
AMC B-Listers 4 3
Whiskey Business 4 3* 3 2 3 4 3 5† 5
Only Howards In The Building 5 3 5 2 4 4 5*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Only Howards In The Building 3.78
Whiskey Business 3.50
AMC B-Listers 3.60

Game Stats:

Only Howards In The Building 28,000 Coryat, 34 correct, 1 incorrect, 56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Whiskey Business 7,200 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
AMC B-Listers 10,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 45,200
Lach Trash: 5,000 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Lead Changes: 4
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

AMC B-Listers, career statistics:

96 correct, 7 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 13 rebound opportunities)
39.47% in first on buzzer (90/228)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 19,700

Whiskey Business, career statistics:

9 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -2,400)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 7,200

Only Howards In The Building, career statistics:

35 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
56.14% in first on buzzer (32/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: 5,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: 28,000

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