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 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)
August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
(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
Here’s tonight’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, March 15, 2017:
Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD AIRPORTS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: This city’s international airport is named for Antonio Carlos Jobim, who co-wrote a 1964 hit song
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Brendon Stanton, an investigator from Binghamton, New York
Elisabeth Lancaster, a stay-at-home mom from Winter Park, Florida
Grant McSheffrey, a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario (1-day total: $23,400)
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Brazilian musician Antonio Carlos Jobim, after whom Rio de Janeiro’s airport was named, was the co-writer of “The Girl from Ipanema”. Still popularly known as Galeão, it was named after Jobim in January 1999.
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Scores going into Final:
Grant $23,200
Brendon $6,900
Elisabeth $3,300
Final results:
Elisabeth $3,300 + $3,300 = $6,600
Brendon $6,900 – $299 = $6,601 (What is Brazil?)
Grant $23,200 + $6,800 = $30,000 (2-day total: $53,400)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Grant $7,200
Brendon $2,800
Elisabeth $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) WE’VE GOT COMPANY $600 (18th pick)
Grant 4200 +3000 (Brendon 2600 Elisabeth 1600)
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2) THE 1940s $1600 (5th pick)
Brendon 3600 +2500 (Grant 7600 Elisabeth 7200)
3) ART $1600 (29th pick, $2000 left on board, minute-to-go signal given)
Elisabeth 10800 -7500 (Grant 23200 Brendon 6900)
Unplayed clues:
J! round: THICK AS A BRICK $800, “B”OOK REPLACEMENTS $200 & $400
DJ! round: ART $2000
$ Left on Board: $3,400
Game Stats:
Grant $20,800 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 47.17% in first on buzzer
Brendon $6,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.53% in first on buzzer
Elisabeth $10,800 Coryat, 12 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.53% in first on buzzer
Lach Trash: $7,600
Coryat lost to incorrect responses: $5,400
Grant McSheffrey, stats to date:
40 correct
2 incorrect
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
31.19% in first on buzzer (34/109)
Average Coryat: $15,800
Grant McSheffrey, to win:
3 games: 53.88%
4: 29.03%
5: 15.64%
6: 8.43%
7: 4.54%
Avg. streak: 3.168 games.
Average Total Winnings (including possible ToC berth): $83,437
With a projected 87 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 250,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 3.2941 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.4082).
An average of 5.1016 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.7196).
An early cutoff took place 19.070% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Grant McSheffrey qualified 20.375% of the time.
Tim Kutz qualified 54.476% of the time.
Todd Giese qualified 15.675% of the time.
Rob Liguori qualified 3.196% of the time.
Fred Vaughn qualified 0.677% of the time.
Miscellany:
- $53,400 USD is worth between $71,000 and $71,100 Canadian at current exchange rates.
Errata:
In PRO TEAMS FOR THE BIRDS $400, the clue claimed that Jose Bautista’s “iconic bat flip” occurred in 2016. It, in fact, took place during Game 5 of the 2015 American League Division Series.