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Season 31

Thud.

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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!

Yes, I know this post is slightly behind. But I’m going to still recap both Thursday and Friday!

Thursday’s contestants: Joann Taylor, Dolly Moehrle, Catherine Hardee!

J! round categories:
PLAY CLASSY, SAN DIEGO
TV SHOW PLOT POINTS
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
EAT YOUR VEGGIES
HISTORIC JOB TITLES
BURIED IN THE LEGISLATION (each correct response is made up from letters in the word LEGISLATION)

One clue early on spoke of Doyle and JM Barrie on the same cricket team — there’s a book about it, one of the books I haven’t but want to read! It’s titled “The Authors XI” and you can find it on Amazon!The Authors XI: A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon

I was impressed by how quickly Joann kept selecting clues!

The first Daily Double went our champion’s way, under VEGGIES $800! Scores:

Joann $2,400
Catherine $2,200
Dolly $1,600

Catherine bet $2,200. Her clue: Unlike the familiar small red globe variety of this root vegetable, the Daikon type is carrot-shaped & can be 18″ long. Much like myself, Catherine went for “beet” and fell to $0 as the show went to the first break!

Dolly was born on her sister’s 9th birthday! (Her sister wanted a Mickey Mouse watch. She got that for her 30th!)

Back to the game, Catherine did very well to get her score back into contention (Psst: Take that as a lesson, people afraid to bet big early. It’s easy to come back!)

At 30, the scores were:

Joann $6,000
Catherine $5,200
Dolly $2,600

DJ! round categories:
NATIONAL PATRON SAINTS
AMERICANA
“CHAR”MED, I’M SURE
TITLE MOVIE APIRS
HOLD YOUR HORSES
WE’LL GET YOU THERE

There were a couple of times where our players had trouble STAYing CLAM…

The bottom of AMERICANA had the first Daily Double of the round! Catherine played it, with scores at:

Catherine $15,200
Joann $10,000
Dolly $1,800

Catherine bet $4,000. Her clue: Since 1938 this Southern city has been deemed “the city that care forgot”. Her correct response put her at $19,200!

The bottom of HOLD YOUR HORSES had the final Daily Double and Dolly found it taking the final category in reverse order! Scores:

Catherine $22,000
Joann $14,400
Dolly $4,600

Dolly bet $3,000. Her clue: This small breed usually has 23 vertebrae instead of most horses’ 24: the Najd region has a major stud farm. Dolly went for Shetland and fell to $1,600.

Sadly, Dolly negged on the $1,600 clue, meaning she had no money to play Final! I liked her strategic thinking, though!

Scores going into Final:

Catherine $23,200
Joann $15,600
Dolly $0

FJ! category: 20th CENTURY LEADERS

FJ! clue: In May 1980 over 200 leaders from more than 120 countries attended his funeral in Belgrade

Joann 15600 – 15000 = 600
Catherine 23200 + 7601 = 30801

Um…I’m sorry, but that was about as poor as a wager as Catherine could have possibly made. Did she mess up her math?

ToC standings:
Catherine Hardee $58,801 (3 wins)
Bill Cossen $50,602 (3 wins)

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