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 Wednesday, December 28, 2016:
Final Jeopardy! category: FICTIONAL PLACES
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This land is described as “All that lies between the lamp-post and the Great Castle of Cair Paravel on the Eastern Sea”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Justin Scace, a writer & editor from East Lyme, Connecticut
Mike Lamar, an OB/GYN from Wichita Falls, Texas
Stephanie Schlatter, a stay-at-home parent from Toledo, Ohio (2-day total: $18,802)
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The quote in Final Jeopardy! was spoken by the Faun in the great C. S. Lewis work The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.
While The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was the first book in The Chronicles of Narnia, it was not first chronologically; The Magician’s Nephew came first. This has led to a long-standing debate as to which book should be read first!
Which order do you prefer reading The Chronicles of Narnia in, publication order (starting with The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe), or Narian historical order, starting with The Magician’s Nephew? Leave a comment!
Another fun fact: My elementary school librarian, when I was in grade 3, adapted The Magician’s Nephew into a school play. I was Aslan. That librarian, Bev Matson, was such an inspiration for myself and so many others when it came to literature. I’ll expand on this point a little bit more in a post tomorrow.
Needless to say, I got tonight’s Final Jeopardy! instantly.
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Definitely publication order!
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If I had read “The Magician’s Nephew” first, I am not sure whether I would have continued beyond it. Whereas I greatly enjoyed “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”.
Magician’s Nephew did have some strong elements, such as the connected attics, the ponds, and the rings. On the other hand, some of that stuff about how the “Magician” saw the Witch in London and his main thought was that she was “a dem fine woman, sir, a dem fine woman” struck me as awkward and off-putting. I thought Lewis did much better, as a writer, when he brought the normal people to his fantasy worlds such as Narnia, rather than bringing his fantasy characters into the normal world.
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Definitely LW&W first. It’s the most interesting for kids, and therefore has the strongest chance of keeping their interest well enough to have them advance to he next. Especially in today’s kid lit world, he competition for kids’ attention is too strong to start with anything but LW&W.
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