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:
Drew Goins, a journalist from Washington, D.C.
Karen Farrell, a professional lecturer of international affairs from Chesapeake, Virginia
Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our third semifinal for this year’s Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament is between Long Nguyen, Karen Farrell, and Drew Goins. After an impressive quarterfinal performance, Long does come in as the favorite to make the final, but both Karen and Drew put up reasonably good performances in the quarterfinal and can absolutely take victory if things break the right way for them.
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Final Jeopardy! Category: Writers
Final Jeopardy! Clue: The winner of 3 Pulitzer Prizes in 2 different categories, he called his home in Connecticut “the house the bridge built”
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Correct response: Who is Thornton Wilder?
More Information About Final Jeopardy!:
Thornton Wilder’s three Pulitzer Prizes came for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth; the royalties from The Bridge of San Luis Rey in the 1920s paid for the house on Deepwood Drive in Hamden, Connecticut, built for Wilder’s parents in 1929. The author lived there with his sister later in life.
If you remember who wrote The Bridge of San Luis Rey, this should be a relatively straightforward Final. If you get taken on the wrong bridge, though (remembering that Pierre Boulle, author of The Bridge over the River Kwai, was French), you might be in trouble.
Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, February 17, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Landlocked In; Words With A Silent Letter; I’m Cleaning Out The Garage; Green Stuff; All Sorts Of Entertainment; Poem Add A Letter)
All three of our players had a good opening segment; Karen got the Daily Double, Drew ran a category, and Long picked up three high-value correct responses to sit second. At the interviews, the scores were Drew $3,000 Long $2,600 Karen $2,400.
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Drew 6 correct 1 incorrect
Long 3 correct 0 incorrect
Karen 4 correct 0 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Drew now writes for “The Atlantic”.
Karen would watch Jeopardy! with her mother, who passed unexpectedly last fall.
Long lost $500 on a Raiders Super Bowl futures bet after his last appearance.
Long picked up 7 after the break to take the lead after 30 clues. On the opening board, Drew ran words with a silent letter, while Long went 3/5 in stuff in a garage and Karen went 3/5 in “Poem Add A Letter”.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Long 10 correct 1 incorrect
Drew 10 correct 1 incorrect
Karen 6 correct 0 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Long $5,600
Drew $4,600
Karen $3,600
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Comeback; Maps & Globes; Opera; Britspeak; Celebrity Collectives; Are You Knot Entertained?)
Long had an opportunity to run away with this one when he found the Daily Doubles incredibly early and on back-to-back clues. Unfortunately, an incorrect response on the second kept things close. Drew rebounded to tie for the lead, but a last turning point came when he failed to phrase his response in the form of a question as Long led entering Final Jeopardy. On the second board, Long went 3/5 in comebacks.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Long 20 correct 4 incorrect
Drew 18 correct 3 incorrect
Karen 12 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 8 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Long $15,800
Drew $12,200
Karen $10,000
In spite of an interesting Final Jeopardy wager from the lead, Long was the only player correct in Final Jeopardy—and that makes him our third finalist! He’ll take on Andrew He and Roger Craig in our “first-to-two-win” final starting tomorrow.
Tonight’s results:
Karen $10,000 – $0 = $10,000 (Who is ?)
Drew $12,200 – $12,197 = $3 (Who is Agee? :))
Long $15,800 + $5,001 = $20,801 (Who is Wilder?) (Finalist)
Chances of winning tournament:
Andrew He: 36.495%
Roger Craig: 35.218%
Long Nguyen: 28.287%
Chances of 2 games: 33.736%
Chances of 3 games: 44.520%
Chances of 4 games: 21.744%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) POEM ADD A LETTER $600 (clue #2)
Karen 800 +1000 (Long 0 Drew 0)
2) MAPS & GLOBES $1600 (clue #2)
Long 7200 +7200 (Karen 3600 Drew 4600)
3) OPERA $1200 (clue #3, $31600 left on board)
Long 14400 -5000 (Karen 3600 Drew 4600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 165
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Long 4
Karen 3*
Drew
DJ! Round:
Long 4* 3*
Karen 4
Drew
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Long 3.67
Karen 3.50
Drew 0.00
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 8 (0.07 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Long $15,200 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Karen $9,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Drew $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,000
Lach Trash: $10,200 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Lead Changes: 6
Times Tied: 4
Player Statistics:
Long Nguyen, career statistics:
146 correct, 23 incorrect
9/12 on rebound attempts (on 27 rebound opportunities)
34.84% in first on buzzer (139/399)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,200)
6/7 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,686
Karen Farrell, career statistics:
273 correct, 33 incorrect
20/25 on rebound attempts (on 64 rebound opportunities)
35.73% in first on buzzer (253/708)
9/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,900)
10/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,400
Drew Goins, career statistics:
256 correct, 38 incorrect
10/13 on rebound attempts (on 48 rebound opportunities)
37.13% in first on buzzer (254/684)
11/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $23,600)
5/12 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,117
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I haven’t specifically asked Long about this wager; the best I can surmise from looking at the numbers was “match Drew’s highest wager if Drew bets to stay ahead of me if I cover”.
- Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Long $15,800 Drew $12,200 Karen $10,000)
Long: Standard cover bet is $8,601. If you want to consider not covering, though—Drew’s best low range caps out at $2,199, as that defends against a $0 bet from Karen in third. A bet between $2 and $1,399 would defend against that, but Drew also has reason to go all in if he decides to cover Karen as well. (Actual bet: $5,001)
Karen: Your best chance of victory is if you play for a Triple Stumper and hope for a cover bet from Long and a big bet from Drew. Bet between $0 and $2,800. (Actual bet: $0)
Drew: You can’t both cover Karen and win a Triple Stumper. If you think Karen will make a low bet, a bet between $601 and $2,199 defends best against that. If you do want to cover, any bet that’s at least $7,801 works—but an all-in bet does force a cover wager out of Long. (Actual bet: $12,197)
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