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Season 30

The Days Of Whine And Roses

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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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Andy here once again! (No pictures again today, though.)

Elisabeth Houlik and Rich Hansen are the challengers for Fidelito Cortes, who won $20,000 yesterday!

Remember to go to the Battle of the Decades site to vote for your favourite of the contenders from the 80s for that 15th spot!

J! round categories:
SOME 4-LETTER WORDS
MAPPING THE NFL
ANDREW JACKSON
DAYS
OF SWINE
“ROSE”S

Early mistake from Fidelito – thinking that Detroit was Green Bay in the MAPPING THE NFL category. Elisabeth got to play the Daily Double, at the bottom of that category. The scores were:

Rich $1000
Elisabeth $800
Fidelito -$200

Elisabeth bet $800. Her clue: The team that ended up here (Nashville, Tennessee) in the 1990s originated here under this name.. Elizabeth just said the team name and was given credit! Her score is $1600.

Elisabeth then proceeded to do well in ANDREW JACKSON; the scores at the end of 15 were:

Elisabeth $3,400
Rich $2,400
Fidelito $600

Alex gave Fidelito a hard time for calling association football “football” – Fidelito is a Real Madrid fan!

Coming out of the break, all 3 players had good luck on the buzzer; Fidelito had some good gets to claw in to Elisabeth’s lead! SWINE $800 was a key clue: Because of their similarity to ours, these pig parts have been used for decades to replace those in the human heart. Fidelito picked up the rebound after both of his opponents negged to take the lead!

Scores at the end of 30:
Fidelito $5,200
Elisabeth $4,000
Rich $2,400

DJ! round categories:
2013 BOOKS
FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS
CASTLING
ARIAS
NAME THE TV ROLE
GOLDEN WORDS (Each response contains the letters Au)

I had trouble accepting that Fidelito said what the judges said he did on NAME THE TV ROLE $800 (Seinfeld: Julia Louis-Dreyfus) – the judges said Fidelito said “Helaine” instead of “Elaine”. I’m not so sure; that felt wrong to me on the judges, especially if it was Fidelito’s accent. I think it threw Rich as well because Rich, on the rebound, said her last name, “Benes”.

GOLDEN WORDS $2000 had the Daily Double, and it was Fidelito’s to play. Scores were:

Fidelito $7,200
Rich $5,600
Elisabeth $3,600

Fidelito bet $3,800. His clue: It once referred to a mock scepter carried by a court jester; now it refers to a small, showy ornament of little value. His correct response put him at $11,000.

The other Daily Double came 3 clues later at ARIAS $1200. Scores:

Fidelito $12,200
Rich $5,600
Elisabeth $3,600

Another $3,800 bet from Fidelito. His clue: This Mozart title man has already seduced Elvira & pursues her maid in “Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra”, “O Come To The Window”. Another correct response from Fidelito puts him at $16,000. Getting the final two clues to to run the category put him at $19,600.

Meanwhile, our two challengers worked to try to unlock the game, but weren’t having much luck. Scores going into Final:

Fidelito $24,000
Rich $6,400
Elisabeth $4,000

FJ! category: THE ACADEMY AWARDS

FJ! clue: With 3 each, “On The Waterfront” is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations

Elisabeth 4000 – 2500 = 1500
Rich 6400 + 2755 = 9155
Fidelito 24000 + 1000 = 25000

Fidelito is now a 2-day champion, $45,000! Will he make the ToC list tomorrow? Find out!

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