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Season 31

Sports Jeopardy debuts

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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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I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that the first Sports Jeopardy episode is available on Crackle. I watched about an hour after it came out. Thoughts? My one is: I should’ve taken notes. But I didn’t expect to write much on this here! I do want to point out this Twitter conversation and I encourage you to chime in, here or there!

@MikeSmarge@vamosdavidhttp://t.co/TpAWxRqlyTScore all three contestants and yourself via this method.— MrMichael (@mrmichael21)September 24, 2014

Yesterday on the regular version, Catherine Hardee won for the first time.

Irv Murray

Catherine

Laura Dziorny

This episode is blessedly free of video clues, that I’d have to post anyway.
We’d only seen one clue, which Irv answered, when he found the Daily Double in 2 Presidents, Same Last Name. He had 200, and risked 1000 on this clue: “They were separated by only one other president.” He got it right. At the first break:
Catherine 2600 (4 right)
Laura 4800 (7 right)
Irv 1600 (2 right and one wrong)
At the end of the round:
Catherine 7400 (9 right)
Laura 6000 (3 right)
Irv 4400 (3 right and one wrong)
I think I’d have gotten this anyway in Play Bill, but I just read today about this guy in Arthur Ashe’s book Days of Grace: “If Barack Obama wanted a ringer on his basketball team, he’d choose this former Knick who also played in the Senate.” Irv soon found the Daily Double in the category.
Catherine 15800 (6 right)
Laura 8000 (4 right and one wrong)
Irv 6400 (3 right and one wrong)
Irv wagered 3000 on this clue: “This former education secretary & drug czar often speaks out for traditional values.” I’d have known this one even if one of his books wasn’t handed out at the National History Bowl my first year there. Irv got this too! Good; I don’t want Catherine to run away with this! She found the next Daily Double though in American Literature.
Catherine 17000 (One right)
Laura 8800 (One right)
Irv 9800 (One right)
Catherine wagered 3000 too on this clue: “In 1830 he had 5 tales & sketches published in the Salem Gazette.” She and I knew this one.
Somehow this was a triple-stumper, in Art Rockers: “His paintings include ‘John’s Room’ & ‘Yellow Linda with Piano.'” Even if it wasn’t at 400!
Oh goody, it’s not a runaway at the end of the round:
Catherine 17600 (2 right and 2 wrong)
Laura 9600 (One right)
Irv 9800 (One right and one wrong)
The Final Jeopardy category is Alliteration. Is that a first? This is the clue: “This metaphor used by Shakespeare & Coleridge to denote an ending is based on a legend that never really happens in nature.” Laura missed it and lost 7000. Irv didn’t write anything and lost 9000. 🙁 Catherine didn’t write anything either, and lost just 2001. So we’ll see her tomorrow.

One year ago: The Daily Fail
Two years ago: It Takes Two, Baby
Three years ago: The Premiere…It’s Here!
Four years ago: Interview with Ryan Chaffee, Part Two

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