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Season 32

Quick Recap & Today’s Final Jeopardy – May 5, 2016

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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.
(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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Today’s contestants:

Terrie Trebilcock, a high school history & economics teacher from Glen Rock, PA

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Tenaya Snider, a 10th grade English teacher from Tucson, AZ

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Peter Buchholz, a 6th grade U.S. History and Language Arts teacher from Minneapolis, MN

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Scores going into Final Jeopardy:
Peter $17,000
Terrie $7,800
Tenaya $5,600

Final Jeopardy! category: 19TH CENTURY AMERICANS

Final Jeopardy! clue: In 1855 he wrote, “The public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived”

Who is P. T. Barnum? (Tenaya had no response; Terrie went for Mark Twain)


Tenaya 5600 – 5000 = 600 Terrie 7800 – 6500 = 1300 Peter 17000 + 0 = 17000

Semifinalists & Wild Card Standings:
Monday: Chris Tempro
Tuesday: Jason Sterlacci
Wednesday: Jill Gilbert
Thursday: Peter Buchholz
Friday:

1. Lauren Gilmore $11,000 ($9,200)
2. Nicole Throckmorton $5,000 ($10,000)

3. Terrie Trebilcock $1,300 ($7,800)
4. Tenaya Snyder $600 ($5,600)

5. Dianne Lee $100 ($2,600)
6. Hannah Krug $1 ($6,200)
7. Greg Greenzweig $0 ($6,400, $1,600)
8. Ian Miller $0 ($6,400, $0)
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From “Life of P. T. Barnum”, page 171:


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  • I don’t know what’s going on with this Teachers’ tournament with the betting ideas. This is even more weirder than the last Teachers’ tournament. Low wins like that is so mediocre especially if they’re going to try to get a spot for the next Tournament of Champions. $100, $600, $1,300?! What in the world are they doing?

    • Andy Saunders | May 5, 2016 at 6:10 pm | Reply

      Well, I can tell you where it comes from:

      A bunch of players whose score is at about 60-65% of their personal wild card threshold followed by a miss on Final Jeopardy.

      Sometimes that happens. No need to start making snap judgements about the contestants over it.

      • Matt | May 5, 2016 at 8:34 pm | Reply

        We’re looking to see who would be fittable for a covenant spot for the ToC. At this point, there are other champions in the tournament waiting to go hunting out for blood, if not, another win. Compared to the last Teachers’ tournament, this one is gonna really be a hard one to sort out.

        • Andy Saunders | May 5, 2016 at 11:27 pm | Reply

          I know who I consider to be a “favourite” to win at this point. The layoff between QF and SF may be tough though.

    • Confused Fan | May 5, 2016 at 7:39 pm | Reply

      Wait…I thought only the winner of the tournament went to TOC?

  • These details may possess little interest to the general reader. They however serve to show (though it may be revealing some of the “tricks of the trade”) how such matters are frequently managed in theatres and other places of amusement. The people are repeatedly wrought to excitement and take sides most enthusiastically in trials of skill, when, if the truth were known, the whole affair is a piece of management between the prominent parties. The entertainment of the time may be an offset to the “humbug” of the transaction, and it may be doubted whether managers of theatres will be losers by these revelations of mine, for the public appears disposed to be amused even when they are conscious of being deceived.


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