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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Good morning! Andy here with the October 30 recap!
Jeanie has been putting one year/two years/three years ago links, but I’m not quite sure how she’s doing that, so I’m not going to. I’m sure I’ll get a message from her within minutes of this post going up, though!
Neil Shah and Jennifer Spirko are the challengers for Sean Kram, who won $28,401 yesterday!
In his opening, Alex mentioned something about a trip to the Galapagos. I’m confused, as I saw no further mention of it in the show!
J! round categories:
A PASSAGE TO INDIANA
GARDENING
SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACHES
HOMONYMS
LET’S TWIST AGAIN
LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER
Sean did well in SUPER BOWL-WINNING COACHES, until he got tripped up by $800 (Chicago Bears). We also went through HOMONYMS, and parts of GARDENING and INDIANA before the first break. Clue #15 was A PASSAGE TO INDIANA $600 and it had the Daily Double! It was Sean’s to play, and the scores were:
Jennifer $3,200
Sean $1,400
Neal $1,000
Sean bet $1,400. Clue: A log stockade made by a certain “mad” Revolutionary War general in 1794 gave this city its name. Sean said “Evansville” and zeroed out his score going into the first break. He gets a chance to regroup, though!
Neal Shah is a competitive pool player — he does have his own two-piece cue, he’s named it Veronica! Meanwhile…Jennifer’s spelling bee trophy reads SPEILING BEE! Oops!
Meanwhile, Jennifer continued to ring in quickly after the break, and did well at the bottom of LET’S TWIST AGAIN and GARDENING! Neal’s get on the $1,000 clue in Indiana broke the tie for second, leading to scores at the end of 30 of:
Jennifer $7,800
Neal $3,800
Sean $2,800
DJ! round categories:
SUE GRAFTON TEACHES THE ALPHABET
A “MAD” CATEGORY
THE LAW
THEIR BIBLICAL MAMAS
CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD
NEW YORK TIMES MOVIE REVIEWS
Jennifer did well to extend her lead at the start of the round, but an untimely neg or two kept pushing her score back to the chasing pack!
Remembering that Neal was introduced as an attorney, THE LAW $1600 had the first Daily Double. It was Neal’s to play as well! Scores:
Jennifer $13,800
Neal $11,000
Sean $7,200
Neal wagered just $3,000. His clue: It’s on you to give me this word preceding “probandi” in a legal phrase meaning “burden of proof”. All Neal could come up with is “preponderance” and his score fell to $8,000. That awkward moment when the expert misses the question in his field…
Meanwhile, our contestants made no effort whatsoever to find the final Daily Double. Neal stumbled upon it under CULTURE $800. Let’s see if he can forget about his past miss and play this like he’s supposed to. Considering he only bet $3,000 in a bet on his own field, I can’t see this being played right.
Scores:
Jennifer $13,800
Neal $10,000
Sean $7,200
Neal bet just $2,000. His clue: Drawing from the name of our motion picture capital, it’s the name for India’s movie industry. He did give the correct response this time, but only went to $12,000.
Meanwhile, Neal was forced to guess on the $2,000 clue — which he missed — dropping his score.
Scores going into Final:
Jennifer $13,400
Neal $10,000
Sean $7,600
FJ! category: INTERNET FIRSTS
FJ! clue: A broken laser pointer for $14.83 in 1995 holds this distinction
Sean 7600 + 7590 = 15190
Neal 10000 + 10000 = 20000
Jennifer 13400 + 6601 = 20001
It means Jennifer Spirko is our new champion. Neal’s miss on the first Daily Double didn’t cost him the game. His underbet on the $800 second one did.
$800 clues are easy. $800 Daily Doubles are not tougher. You need to take advantage of those opportunities and go huge on those easy questions. Not nearly enough contestants do. As Bob Harris wrote in “…Trebekistan”: “Next question”. Move on from your misses. They’re in the past and you can’t do anything about them. You need to play the next question as best you can. Neal didn’t do that today — and that’s why Jennifer’s the champ.