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 Poets) for Wednesday, February 13, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 113):
He gave his pets names like Wiscus, Pettipaws, George Pushdragon & Jellylorum, the last of which he used in a poem
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Seth Birnbaum, a marketing manager from Seattle, Washington
Susie Highley, an education consultant from McCordsville, Indiana
Eric R. Backes, an attorney & government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas (2-day total: $76,901)
Eric will find his way onto the ToC Tracker with a win today!
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Correct response: Who is T.S. Eliot?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
Jellylorum will be the key word in this clue for most of the people who get this clue correct, as Jellylorum was one of the main characters of the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical Cats, based on T. S. Eliot’s book Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, a collection of whimsical poems about felines.
Another one of the cats in the book is named Mungojerrie, which inspired the name of the band Mungo Jerry (who had a hit in 1970 with “In The Summertime”.)
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Eric $24,300
Seth $17,000
Susie $8,600
Tonight’s results:
Susie $8,600 – $6,000 = $2,600 (Who was Seuss?)
Seth $17,000 – $16,999 = $1 (Who is Seuss)
Eric $24,300 – $10,000 = $14,300 (3-day total: $91,201) (Who is Nash?)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Eric $8,300
Susie $3,000
Seth $2,200
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) GLASSWARE $600 (15th pick)
Eric 5200 -2300 (Seth 1000 Susie 200)
2) ROLLING A “7” $1600 (9th pick)
Seth 5400 +3000 (Eric 7100 Susie 3400)
3) OPERA CHARACTERS $1600 (27th pick, $4,000 left on board)
Seth 11200 +5000 (Eric 21100 Susie 8600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 56
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Eric $26,600 Coryat, 30 correct, 2 incorrect, 54.39% in first on buzzer
Seth $12,200 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer
Susie $8,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $47,400
Lach Trash: $3,600 (on 3 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,000
Eric R. Backes, stats to date:
87 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts
49.41% in first on buzzer (84/170)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,600
Eric R. Backes, to win:
4 games: 83.00%
5: 68.89%
6: 57.18%
7: 47.46%
8: 39.40%
Avg. streak: 7.883 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 127 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.1305 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6118).
An average of 7.1436 4+-time champions (standard deviation 1.9516).
An early cutoff took place 7.434% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Eric Backes qualified 81.657% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 75.633% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 52.865% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 26.256% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 7.538% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 1.443% of the time.
Jackie Fuchs qualified 0.095% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Players routinely underbet Daily Doubles and overbet Final Jeopardy. Today was no different.
Seth’s friend who was the fellow co-founder of the Seattle Pizza Society: Krishna Veeraraghavan.
- That game was much too close for comfort for a $26,600 Coryat. Going to the $400 clue in OPERA CHARACTERS with a Daily Double still unseen almost sunk Eric.
- Effective in first on buzzer stats: Eric 56.36% (31/55), Seth 29.09% (16/55), Susie 14.55% (8/55).
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