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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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Paolo Pasco, a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California
Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee
Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
My pregame thoughts today will do its best to give my thoughts as to the “what” and “why” for today’s game. So that the show can start the Tournament of Champions final on Monday, it has decided to schedule the post-quarterfinals exhibition game between the 3 seeded players—Scott Riccardi, Laura Faddah, and Paolo Pasco—for today. This game would have been taped prior to the 3 games that aired Tuesday through Thursday in order to give all 21 players in the tournament the same time on the buzzer. There are no stakes whatsoever in this game. (Whether I think it’s actually necessary is another story; I certainly used to think so, but the Unified Prediction Model data has changed my mind on this.)
That said: why was this game scheduled for today and not Tuesday? I think we can look to the vagaries of the calendar here, as the answer would have been obvious in past years, but not obvious in 2026. In past years, the PGA Tour’s Farmers Insurance Open—played this weekend in San Diego—has been played on Wednesday through Saturday, with third-round coverage airing on Friday on CBS and causing widespread preemptions on that network. However, with this being the “weird” year in the calendar where Labor Day is on September 7 and the TV schedules have to find an extra week to “catch up”, the NFL’s conference championship games aired a week earlier than the Farmers Insurance Open, the golf from Torrey Pines didn’t need to be played Wednesday through Saturday, instead being played in a normal Thursday to Sunday fashion—leading to there not being any pre-emptions to worry about. Unfortunately, the show appears to have been skittish about not wanting an important game pre-empted, so we have the situation we have here.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: Mammals
Final Jeopardy! Clue: Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, may have been the last place on Earth where this 2-word prehistoric mammal lived
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Correct response: What is the woolly mammoth?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
The famed elephant-like woolly mammoth once roamed the lands now in northern Asia and North Americ before populations began declining around 10,000 years ago. The last populations—as judged by fossil dating—were on St. Paul Island in Alaska until about 5,600 years ago and on Wrangel Island north of Siberia until about 4,000 years ago.
To me, this is the sort of relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue that these exhibition games have been known for.
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, January 30, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Politics Rhyme Time; Sports; “Q_Ed”; I’m Talkin’ Here!; Facts; Face Cards)
Paolo got off to the best start with 8 correct; at the break, the scores were Paolo $6,200 Scott $1,400 Laura $800.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Paolo 8 correct 0 incorrect
Scott 3 correct 1 incorrect
Laura 1 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Paolo heard from one of his teachers who gave him a hard time about a missed Daily Double.
Laura held a “Dipmas” watch party.
Scott said he watched Citizen Kane, but still hasn’t.
Paolo found the Daily Double, doubling up through it and taking a big lead into the second break. On the first board, Paolo went 4/5 in “Q_ED” and quotes, while Scott went 3/5 in “face” cards (responses with jack/queen/king in them).
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Paolo 13 correct 0 incorrect
Scott 9 correct 1 incorrect
Laura 4 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Paolo $15,600
Scott $3,200
Laura $2,400
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: International Colleges & Universities; The Films Of Alfred Hitchcock; Medicine; The 2012 Time 100; How Are You Feeling?; Nothing A Little Opera Can’t Cure!)
Paolo found DD2 and got $5,000 from it; while Laura found DD3, she went conservative. Paolo finished Double Jeopardy without any incorrect responses as he had a strong runaway entering Final Jeopardy.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Paolo 22 correct 0 incorrect
Laura 10 correct 1 incorrect
Scott 15 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Paolo $29,000
Laura $8,800
Scott $5,200
Everyone was correct in Final as Paolo takes victory today.
Tonight’s results:
Scott $5,200 + $0 = $5,200 (What is the Woolly Mammoth?)
Laura $8,800 + $1,601 = $10,401 (What is a wooly mammoth?)
Paolo $29,000 + $1,118 = $30,118 (What is the woolly mammoth?) (Winner)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) I’M TALKIN’ HERE! $400 (clue #19)
Paolo 7600 +7600 (Scott 1400 Laura 1200)
2) HOW ARE YOU FEELING? $1200 (clue #6)
Paolo 18400 +5000 (Scott 2800 Laura 4400)
3) INTERNATIONAL COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $2000 (clue #16, $10800 left on board)
Laura 6000 +2000 (Scott 3200 Paolo 26600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 161
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Scott 3 4 5 5
Laura 3 4 4 2
Paolo 3 5 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 2 2*
DJ! Round:
Scott 4 5 5 4 5 5
Laura 3 3 5*
Paolo 4 3* 4 3 3 3 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Paolo 3.44
Laura 3.43
Scott 4.50
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Paolo $18,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 0 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Laura $8,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Scott $5,200 Coryat, 15 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,000
Lach Trash: $15,200 (on 13 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 0
Player Statistics:
Scott Riccardi, career statistics:
502 correct, 39 incorrect
28/30 on rebound attempts (on 76 rebound opportunities)
42.38% in first on buzzer (459/1083)
26/33 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $83,200)
13/19 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,884
Laura Faddah, career statistics:
166 correct, 35 incorrect
14/14 on rebound attempts (on 47 rebound opportunities)
26.87% in first on buzzer (165/614)
7/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,400)
4/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,236
Paolo Pasco, career statistics:
247 correct, 15 incorrect
13/13 on rebound attempts (on 39 rebound opportunities)
39.12% in first on buzzer (223/570)
14/16 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $46,000)
7/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,880
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The Unified Prediction Model has Scott’s and Paolo’s chances of ToC victory at about equal at this point.
- No wagering suggestions will be posted due to today’s runaway game.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
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