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 tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Thursday, December 1, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: THE DECORATIVE ARTS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: In the early 1700s in Dresden, King Augustus locked up a chemist until he found how to make this product dubbed “white gold”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Asim Modi, an attorney from San Francisco, California
Kylie Carrithers, an intensive English instructor from Terre Haute, Indiana
Justin Bender, an technical engineer from Boulder, Colorado (4-day total: $62,401)
This is an interesting story.
Amusingly, Meissen’s website says:
Research aimed at cracking the secret of how porcelain was made commenced at Meißen early in the 18th century. Those involved were Johann Friedrich Böttger, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, the Freiberg Mining Counsellor Gottfried Pabst von Ohain and further mining and smelting specialists. The research was commissioned by Augustus the Strong, Elector Prince of Saxony and King of Poland.The work proved successful. The first white porcelain was produced in 1708 under the direction of Johann Friedrich Böttger. Europe’s first porcelain had been born.
That disagrees ever-so-slightly with the following paper by Queiroz & Agathopoulos from Portugal’s University of Aveiro:
Böttger was born in 1682 at Schleiz. After he started working as a pharmacist apprentice in Berlin, he devoted himself to alchemy. In 1701, he made his first demonstration in the prescence of trustworthy witnesses. He pretended to transmute two silver coins into gold. After his “success”, the Prussian king tried to lock him as a treasure, but he managed to escape to Saxony. However, his fame preceded him, and August the Strong kept him watched and confined in Albrectsburg Castle (Meissen), trying to exploit his “gold maker” skills. Later on, as no gold was forthcoming, August directed him to porcelain research.
Also, in case you weren’t aware, former NBC head Grant Tinker (who passed away this week) had quite a role in the early history of Jeopardy!
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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Justin $9,600
Asim $5,200
Kylie -$1,400
Final Results:
Kylie -$1,400
Asim $5,200 + $5,199 = $10,399 (1-day total: $10,399)
Justin $9,600 – $801 = $8,799 (What is gunpowder?)
Judging note: Asim’s mis-spelling of “porcelein” was accepted as misspellings are only penalized if they change the pronunciation of the word. Note the following from the Jeopardy website: Written responses to the Final Jeopardy! clue do not have to be spelled correctly, but they must be phonetically correct and not add or subtract any extraneous sounds or syllables. “porcelain” and “porcelein” are phonetically the same.
Scores after the opening round:
Justin $4,800
Kylie $2,600
Asim -$1,400
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) U.S. CITY NICKNAMES $1000 (13th pick)
Asim -400 +800 (Kylie 1200 Justin 800)
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2) WAR! $1200 (3rd pick)
Asim -200 +1000 (Justin 4800 Kylie 2600)
3) JOEL $1200 (8th pick)
Justin 4000 -2000 (Kylie 1000 Asim -400)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THE AGE OF WHALING $1000
DJ! round: WE’VE GOT CHEMISTRY $2000
Game Stats:
Asim $5,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 5 incorrect, 21.82% in first on buzzer
Justin $11,600 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 34.55% in first on buzzer
Kylie -$1,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 7 incorrect, 25.45% in first on buzzer
Justin Bender, final stats:
114 correct
16 incorrect
4/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,700)
2/5 in Final Jeopardy
41.09% in first on buzzer (113/275)
Average Coryat: $15,200
Asim Modi, stats to date:
15 correct
5 incorrect
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,800)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
21.82% in first on buzzer (12/55)
Average Coryat: $5,600
Asim Modi, to win:
2 games: 20.89%
3: 4.36%
4: 0.91%
5: 0.19%
6: 0.04%
Avg. streak: 1.264 games.