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Season 29

The One Where Bad Betting Gets Rewarded

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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 back for another week of opinions and game recaps here at The Jeopardy! Fan!

Our defending champion is Alistair Bell of Berlin, MA

This week’s other 10 new contestants will be:

Theresa Anderson, Valrico, FL
Jeannie Blanke, Newbury Park, CA
Chrisanne Eastwood, Moorpark, CA
Joe Emison, Asheville, NC
Susan Jann, Bristol, PA
Justin Kowal, Glen Burnie, MD
Kevin Moser, Fort Wright, KY
Jen Ruth, Aurora, CO
Mike Wallace, Sunnyside, NY
Jessica Young, Charleston, WV

The challengers on this Monday are: Theresa Anderson and Susan Jann!

Once again, Alistair’s 3 day total is $56,800 – he’ll need at least one more win to put himself into the Tournament of Champions field. Will he get it?

J! round categories:
THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT
GO AHEAD…MAKE MY CAR
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
MOVIE MISSING LINKS
MATH FUN
FROM B TO SHINING B

After starting in THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT, he moved out of it into MATH FUN after realizing it was a potent potables category. He was having lots of fun in it when the Daily Double (a dreaded video) was lurking at that category’s bottom! He’d already hit the first 4 clues in that category, and the scores were:

Alistair $2,400
Theresa $200
Susan $0

(This seems like an automatic $2,400 for me here.)

However, Alistair chose to bet just $1,600. His clue: The Venn Diagram here contains 3 sets, A, B, and C. But there’s another set that includes all possible things, that’s called this

(I did that graphic myself! The set being asked for is in light blue, by the way.)

Unfortunately, Alistair said the wrong thing, and his score fell to $800.

Surprisingly, the first break came after just 12 clues (2 in SPIRIT and all of MATH and FROM B… were gone)! At the break, your scores were:

Alistair $2,600
Susan $1,200
Theresa $200

Back to the game, Susan got the bottom three clues in THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT which caused Alex to quip “You know your booze!”

Thankfully, this round seemed to move at quite a brisk pace, though a “less than a minute” signal came with 4 clues left! Susan definitely had her buzzer working well, though, the scores at the end of 30 were:

Susan $6,600
Alistair $3,600
Theresa $2,400

DJ! round categories:
NEW JERSEY
“MAIN”
MASS
GEORGE, UHH…
MRS. HIPPIE
THE OTHER 45 STATES

I liked NEW JERSEY as it was a sports category! I liked it even more when the $1200 clue contained the Daily Double! Theresa switched out of it (likely because it was sports), but Alistair saw the Daily Double when he went back into it. Scores at this point:

Susan $7,000
Alistair $5,600
Theresa $2,800

His bet: Just $1600. His clue: Nike redesigned the NFL uniforms for 2012, with the biggest revamp for this team that’s closest to Nike headquarters. My mother was complaining about their new uniforms on Sunday! Alistair got the right answer as well to move to $7,200.

I liked it even more when the $1600 clue was about the Montreal Canadiens’ throwback jerseys! $2000 though, a Triple Stumper, broke my heart (This team that once featured a dribbling dinosaur on its jersey became the NBA’s first to debut a camoflage one)

Susan and Alistair spent much of this round trading correct answers, and it was Susan who got to play the final Daily Double in GEORGE, UHH… $1600! Scores:

Alistair $14,800
Susan $14,200
Theresa $6,000

Her clue: You know, he was a 1901 VMI grad, spearheaded the big European recovery program 46 years later. Her correct response put her at $16,200.

A shocking Triple Stumper at GEORGE $2,000 considering Alistair’s line of work: (It’ll come to me…the algebra or logic named for him is central to the design of computer circuits)

Susan got the last clue played (though 2 in MRS. HIPPIE were left on the board), to bring the scores going into Final Jeopardy! at:

Susan $17,800
Alistair $15,600
Theresa $6,000

FJ! category: 19th CENTURY INVENTIONS

FJ! clue: Thoreau noted in 1854, it “resounds at every post. It is a harp with one string — the first strain from the American lyre”

Theresa 6000 – 0 = 6000
Alistair 15600 – 0 = 15600
Susan 17800 + 5000 = 22800

(Ugh. Ugly, ugly wager from Susan. I hate when stuff like that is rewarded.)

She’s the champion now, and will be back tomorrow to defend! See you then!

Remember that if you have any questions for Alistair, Jeanie’ll be doing a Q&A with him!

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