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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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 19th Century Authors) for Thursday, December 13, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 69):
In the preface to a book of his stories, he thanks a herpetologist of Upper India & an elephant named Bahadur Shah
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Mary Kate Moriarty, a dentist from Dumfries, Virginia
Faris Alikhan, a speechwriter from Atlanta, Georgia
Elana Schor, a journalist from Washington, DC (1-day total: $23,601)
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Correct response: Who is Rudyard Kipling?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
This preface came in 1894 for Rudyard Kipling’s famous work “The Jungle Book”.
According to the Kipling Society, “Kipling’s ‘Preface’ to the Jungle Book is written in the style of prefaces to serious books, in which the authors thank various specialists for their help. The tone is admirable but those acknowledged turn out to be animals. The joke would hardly be appreciated by young children but would amuse adults”.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Faris $17,200
Elana $10,800
Mary Kate -$400
Tonight’s results:
Mary Kate -$400
Elana $10,800 + $10,800 = $21,600
Faris $17,200 + $5,500 = $22,700 (1-day total: $22,700)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Elana $4,000
Faris $3,200
Mary Kate $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GET IT STRAIT $800 (9th pick)
Faris 3200 -3200 (Elana 600 Mary Kate -600)
2) 1940s AMERICA $2000 (15th pick)
Faris 9200 +2000 (Elana 10400 Mary Kate 2400)
3) JACK THE RIPPER SUSPECTS $1600 (25th pick)
Mary Kate 800 -800 (Faris 17600 Elana 9600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -118
Unplayed clues:
J! round: SHAKESPEAREAN OPERA BY ARIA $1000
DJ! Round: THE FRENCH I TOOK $1600 & $2000
Total $ Left On Board: $4,600
Game Stats:
Faris $20,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer, 3/4 on rebound attempts
Elana $10,800 Coryat, 19 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.19% in first on buzzer, 3/3 on rebound attempts
Mary Kate $400 Coryat, 8 correct, 7 incorrect, 24.07% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $31,600
Lach Trash: $6,400 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,400
Elana Schor, final stats:
37 correct, 5 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts
33.33% in first on buzzer (37/111)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,100
Faris Alikhan, stats to date:
23 correct, 2 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts
33.33% in first on buzzer (18/54)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Eared: -$1,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,400
Faris Alikhan, to win:
2 games: 56.18%
3: 31.57%
4: 17.74%
5: 9.96%
6: 5.60%
Avg. streak: 2.282 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 171 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.8075 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.8349).
An average of 8.6896 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.2728).
An early cutoff took place 33.995% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Faris Alikhan qualified 10.138% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 37.607% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 14.974% of the time.
Mary Ann Borer qualified 3.432% of the time.
Kyle Becker qualified 0.069% of the time.
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