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Season 28

She’s a rebel

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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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This is Jeanie bringing you today’s entry. I hope a daily picture and the different font will help you realize who’s speaking every day! Isn’t Andy doing a good job? It’s so nice to have him here!

Today’s contestants:

Megan Davenport

Sean Hansen

Judy Nichols

Like the nail polish blogger, Megan’s eye contact was poor as Johnny Gilbert described her. She had a long introduction, and didn’t look at the camera til her name was said.
I did like how Megan dove for the clues of higher value when time was running out in each round. In the Jeopardy round, there were 6 clues left when Mr. Trebek gave the “less than a minute warning,” and 2 clues stayed covered. In the Double Jeopardy round, there were 7 clues left when Mr. Trebek gave the “less than a minute” warning, and another 2 clues left covered.

I love one-day champ Sean’s deep voice, height, and swagger (as evidenced by his picture today). He had a big lead by the first break with 6000, while Judy had 600 and Megan had 800.
I almost fell for the same trap Sean did (“disaster”) on this clue in A State of…: “This, like the one Gov. Schwarzenegger declared in Santa Barbara County on July 3, 2008 due to wildfires.” Sean got the next clue, but then the poor guy looked pained when Judy rang in first on this clue after just talking about his daughter of the same name: “This, the condition of being in God’s favor or one of the elect.” Sean got the next one, then Judy the last one in the category.
I didn’t love Without My Partner, as it was way too easy to neg and than too easy for someone else to pick it up without working for it. I went 2/5 there. Words Within Words reminded me of Monday’s Anagrammed Europe. I should’ve swept but didn’t, just missing this one in that category: “Broderick’s credit rating was atrocious; he was always ‘in the’ this.” Even if you don’t find the word hidden, what else could it be?
I got this triple-stumper in Geology, though Megan’s “lava” should’ve been accepted: “Chromite, from which we get chromium, is formed when this cools & solidifies underground.”
Everyone did very well today in the first two rounds. Sean had 15600 at the end of Double Jeopardy, while Judy had 12800 and Megan had 13600. The Final Jeopardy category was Shakespeare’s Plays, which threatened to ruin my Final sweep this week. And it did. Otherwise I like the clue a lot. I’d have gotten it eventually, as I’m sure most of us would have. Here it is: “The only 2 plays whose titles repeat a word, excluding articles & prepositions, are ‘Measure for Measure’ & this.” Judy got it right and added 12500. Megan got it too and added 10000, which is a shame: Since Sean missed it she’d have won if she’d wagered more. Sean lost 11601.

That rebel Megan left a personal message despite contestant coordinators’ admonishment not to do that. (Had to look up the noun for “admonish” to make sure! :-)) And Mr. Trebek praised her for it! Anyway we will not see her tomorrow, but we will see Cat Still, who I referred to earlier this week. Looking forward to that one.

My Coryat today was 20800. Here’s the daily link to the message board thread.

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