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Season 42

(TJF Plus) Daily Details – Monday, March 30, 2026

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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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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Barbara McIntyre, a writer from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Barbara McIntyre on Jeopardy!

Fr. Paul Baker, a Catholic priest from St. Paul, Minnesota

Fr. Paul Baker on Jeopardy!

Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat & law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (11-day total: $291,820)

Jamie Ding on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

A new week of Jeopardy! has begun, and this is an important week!

First of all, happy JeoparDAY!—on this day in 1964, the first episode of Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming, premiered. In honour of the 62nd anniversary, you can take the Jeoparday Giveaway Test. One person who takes the test will win $6,200. For those who are actively trying out, the show will look at your score on both this test and any Anytime Test you have taken in the past year and consider your highest score when determining audition spaces.

Secondly, tomorrow sees the YouTube edition of Jeopardy! premiering on the show’s YouTube channel; online influencers Monét X Change, Rebecca Black, and Brennan Lee Mulligan will be competing for their chosen charities at 9:00 PM Eastern / 6:00 PM Pacific on March 31.

And, of course, we have superchampion Jamie Ding returning to the Alex Trebek Stage in search of victory #12. His challengers are Fr. Paul Baker and Barbara McIntyre. I do believe that, going forward, we will see runs like Jamie’s and Harrison Whitaker’s 14-game win streak more often—I haven’t quite compiled the exact numbers yet, but Michael Davies alluded to this a couple of years ago: Jeopardy! is getting harder. This is by design—because so much knowledge (most notably in the form of J! Archive) is available for players to study, the show doesn’t want the game to turn into a memorization competition. Obviously, knowing things will still help, but one thing that has happened is that overall attempt numbers from players has gone down. This means that the game turns into less of a game of buzzer acumen and more a game of knowledge. (The buzzer can still be important, but I believe that the modern game has fewer contested clues than even five years ago.) And when you have a harder game, players who have the knowledge base to succeed at the harder game are more likely to go on a superchampion-level winning streak. And this is what’s happened with both Jamie as well as Harrison Whitaker before him; their attempt numbers are consistently higher than their opponents, resulting in long winning streaks.

One beneficiary of these long winning streaks might well be a 2-time champion like Libby Jones; the more a player like Jamie wins, the fewer champions there will end up being in the 2026 regular season—which increases Libby’s chances significantly of qualifying for the next Tournament of Champions.

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Final Jeopardy! Category: Fictional Characters

Final Jeopardy! Clue: Literary theories say the first name of this 1847 title character is meant to evoke plainness while the last name hints at a bequest

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Correct response: Who is Jane Eyre?

More Information About Final Jeopardy!:

According to many theories, including this one from Mythosmith Publishing, the last name of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is meant to evoke all sorts of homophonic interpretations, most notably that of the “hidden heir” that she ends up being, in terms of the inheritance of £20,000 she receives from the estate of her deceased uncle John. Most terminally online millennials are probably most familiar with Jane Eyre these days through the memeified phrase “Reader, I married him”.

How do I think this Final Jeopardy is going to play? I don’t know. What I do know is that this Final appears to be quite indicative of the modern game, where you can go “yes, this is pinned, but can the players figure out where the writers are going here?”

Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, March 30, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Check My Flow; Literary Genres; Artists By Super Bowl Setlist; Chew Must Remember This; Po-Po-Rri; One Through Ten)

Anyone in LearnedLeague this past season would have an easy time on this game’s first Daily Double; unfortunately for Fr. Paul, these games are taped in advance, and he lost $1,000. After 15 clues, the scores were Jamie $3,200 Barbara $1,200 Fr. Paul $600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Jamie 6 correct 1 incorrect
Barbara 3 correct 1 incorrect
Fr. Paul 4 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Barbara is the founder of a Tuba Wives’ Club.
Fr. Paul led a school trip to the Vatican last year.
Jamie met Ken at a quiz bowl tournament 20 years ago.

Jamie picked up 8 more correct to continue to lead after 30 clues. On the opening board, Jamie went 3/5 in rivers, Super Bowl setlists, and police.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Jamie 14 correct 1 incorrect
Fr. Paul 7 correct 2 incorrect
Barbara 6 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Jamie $6,200
Fr. Paul $3,000
Barbara $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: What A Load Of B.C.; Neologisms; TV Tough Guys & Gals; Geez, Louise!; Secrets Of The Bees; All Preachers Great & Small)

Jamie (eventually) found both Daily Doubles in this round, taking a conservative route on both of them and relying on knowledge and buzzer timing to eke out a runaway game by the end of the round. On the second board, Jamie went 4/5 in neologisms and bees, and 3/5 in preachers and TV tough guys.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Jamie 31 correct 2 incorrect
Fr. Paul 13 correct 2 incorrect
Barbara 10 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 11 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Jamie $24,900
Fr. Paul $11,000
Barbara $6,000

This Final Jeopardy turned out to be a Triple Stumper, with Jamie dropping just over $2,000 on it. No worries, though—he’s now a 12-day champion and will go for win #13 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Barbara $6,000 – $5,730 = $270 (Who is Will?)
Fr. Paul $11,000 – $1,001 = $9,999 (Who is David Copperfield?)
Jamie $24,900 – $2,280 = $22,620 (Who is Kansas Testament?) (12-day total: $314,440)

Jamie Ding, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the March 30, 2026 game.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) LITERARY GENRES $1000 (clue #10)
Fr. Paul 800 -1000 (Jamie 1800 Barbara 200)
2) ALL PREACHERS GREAT & SMALL $1200 (clue #14)
Jamie 15400 +2600 (Fr. Paul 8200 Barbara 3600)
3) NEOLOGISMS $800 (clue #25, $2000 left on board)
Jamie 22800 +500 (Fr. Paul 11000 Barbara 5600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -81

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Jamie 4 3 5 4 3
Fr. Paul 3 3 5*
Barbara 2 2

DJ! Round:
Jamie 4 5 3 5 3* 2 4 2 5† 1 2† 2*
Fr. Paul 4 5 3 4 4 3 5
Barbara 3 4 3 5 2 2

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Jamie 3.35
Fr. Paul 3.90
Barbara 2.88

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.08 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Jamie $23,800 Coryat, 31 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer (31/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Fr. Paul $12,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Barbara $6,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,800
Lach Trash: $6,600 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,600
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Jamie Ding, career statistics:

365 correct, 28 incorrect
22/24 on rebound attempts (on 47 rebound opportunities)
49.12% in first on buzzer (335/682)
16/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $36,700)
8/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,133

Fr. Paul Baker, career statistics:

13 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,000

Barbara McIntyre, career statistics:

10 correct, 2 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,000

Jamie Ding, to win:

13 games: 72.349%
14: 52.344%
15: 37.870%
16: 27.399%
17: 19.823%
Avg. streak: 14.617 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • This is a reminder that firstly, failure to phrase in the form of a question is a warning offense, not a penalty, in the game’s opening round; secondly, if a contestant truly fails to phrase, the show will tell us. They have the ability to isolate contestant audio specifically in order to determine specifically what a contestant said.
  • Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Jamie $24,900 Fr. Paul $11,000 Barbara $6,000)

Jamie: Bet no more than $2,899 and enjoy your victory. (Actual bet: $2,280)

Fr. Paul: Standard cover bet in the battle for second is $1,001. (Actual bet: $1,001)

Barbara: In the battle for second, Fr. Paul’s cover bet is $1,001 and he falls to $9,999 if he’s incorrect. Thus, you should bet at least $4,000. (Actual bet: $5,730)


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