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Season 30

The Jeopardy! Fan’s got Chemistry

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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 could expand on that, but I won’t.
In case you missed it, here’s the article from ozy.com for which I was interviewed. Yesterday, I slammed the link in after I’d published the post because I’d heard about it a few minutes too late.
And speaking of yesterday’s post, it may be my favorite ever, so indulge me and check it out if you haven’t. And please spread it around, too.
And oh yeah, today’s the second anniversary of the date my Jeopardy! episode aired. (How apropos that Adverbs was a category today.) Props to this friend of the blog for remembering:

@vamosdavidAre you going to be on? That'd be kinda cool, it being March 28 and all.— Ben Ingram (@julysixteenth)March 28, 2014

He’s referring to NPR’s “All Things Considered.” I was told that the ozy.com article was going to be discussed, but I wasn’t able to listen. Did anyone? I want the deets.
Mr. Trebek said at the top of today’s episode that we’ll see the “Tournament of the Decades” next week. So at the end of this post you’ll know the secret I’ve been keeping: the person I got to see play in person when I was at the studio in December! And don’t forget I was there for those Battle of the Decades week episodes you’ll see next week, taped in January. Come back cuz I got a lot to say.

Douglas Beeler

Julia Levine

Amy Nienaber

Julia found the Daily Double of the Jeopardy round, in The Declaration of Independence.

Amy 3200 (6 right)

Douglas 200 (One right)

Julia 3600 (6 right)

Julia wagered 1000 on this clue: “Type of rights with which men are ‘endowed by their creator’; in the drafting, it changed from ‘in’ to ‘un.'” This was easy to me, but Julia missed it. This was the last clue before the end of the round.

It sounds like Julia’s wanted to be on the show as long as I have. I had been thinking it looked like she didn’t want to be there! I hope she finds us. I’d like to get her take on the episode and the day.

And what was that weird noise from the audience during Amy’s interview? Mr. Trebek said there are “strange political types out here.” Amy said she’s been to every capitol building, so I guess that means she’s been to Lincoln.

I got this triple-stumper in Handing Some T-N-T: “To sully or tarnish.”

At the end of the round:

Amy 7000 (6 right)

Douglas 1000 (2 right)

Julia 6200 (6 right)

Good for Amy for going to We’ve Got Chemistry and sticking with it – It was probably my favorite category of the round. Though Conservative Reading List is definitely in the running. Amy found a Daily Double in the former.

Amy 9400 (2 right)

Douglas 1000

Julia 8600 (4 right)

Amy wagered 4000 on this clue: “Unlike tap water, when you place tonic water near a black light, you’ll find that it glows, due to the fluorescent properties of this alkaloid, used in the treatment of malaria.” Enough commas for you? Amy got it right.

Amy was Blowing My Mind later when she found the other Daily Double in the category with that name.

Amy 23400 (8 right and one wrong)

Douglas 4600 (3 right)

Julia 9400 (4 right and 2 wrong)

Amy wagered 1600 on this clue, much to the amusement of Mr. Trebek: “This character’s name came from blowing flies off his nose when his arms were stiff after a honey hunt.” She got it right.

I don’t know why Julia rang in late on the last clue – she wouldn’t have had enough to catch Amy anyway.

Amy 28200

Douglas 4600

Julia 9800

The Final Jeopardy category was Oscar Nominations. This was the clue: “Prior to ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ the last film to get Oscar noms. in all 4 acting categories was this film partly set in Russia.” Douglas didn’t know the answer and he lost everything. Sort of like what Catie did in my episode! And Julia only wagered 10 (which she lost)! Amy was right, and naughty naughty, she wrote a personal message. She adds 1800 to her score, and we’ll see her a week from Monday.

I didn’t track my Coryat today – I’m blogging later than I wanted to, and I want you to have this.

And just like last night, it’s Rafa time.

One year ago: There’s got to be a year after

Two years ago: A Dream Deferred

Three years
ago: Four gets (yet a loss)

Four years ago: No March Madness upset here

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