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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Good morning, happy Friday, and I hope that everyone has had a great week. Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Newspaper Talk) for Friday, March 18, 2022 (Season 38, Game 135):
Meaning an important part of a story, this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Michael Qin, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia
Debra Burgess, an adjunct assistant professor of history from Cincinnati, Ohio
Finn Corrigan, a student from Vista, California (1-day total: $19,601)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: Finn Corrigan, who was one of the alternates for the recent Jeopardy! National College Championship tournament on ABC primetime, was the champion in yesterday’s game, picking up $19,601 on St. Patrick’s Day. Today, he takes on Cincinnati’s Debra Burgess and Atlanta’s Michael Qin.
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Correct response: What is lede?
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Merriam-Webster has an excellent article regarding this distinctive and unique spelling.
While even this article does bring up the fact that it has been spelled “lead”, the homograph of the elemental substance used in typesetting, I would be very surprised if the show’s judges accepted that spelling tonight. (I would also like to note that I’m writing this paragraph before having seen the episode.) This is a very clear exception to the (Final) “Jeopardy! is not a spelling test” rule, as this is a very clear case of the clue (or category) requiring correct spelling, as an incorrect spelling would not satisfy the “distinctive spelling” part of the clue—which, quite frankly, is the entire point of posing this to the contestants in the first place.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: Arthropodcast, Global Organizations, Analyzing the Seuss Character, The 5 W’s in Other Languages, Easy Peasy, Lemon Squeezy
Four Triple Stumpers and five incorrect responses were scattered amongst our three players over the opening 15 clues, but Michael picked up a True Daily Double to put a little bit of space between himself and the players in the leftmost two lecterns before the two interviews.
Coming out of the break, the interviews seemed to settle down our players—there was only one incorrect response and one Triple Stumper after the break, and the scores went upwards. Michael held a slim $400 lead over Finn after Single Jeopardy.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: Tools of the Trade, U.S. Geography, Biblical Passages, Women of Country Music, South American History, Middle E
Michael found the first Daily Double early, but dropped half his score to give Finn the lead. Finn then found the second Daily Double and extended his lead. Michael recovered well, and nearly re-took the lead, but an inability to come up with “loupe” on the final clue of Double Jeopardy! meant that Finn still held a small lead over Debra going into Final. Finn had $10,800 to Debra’s $10,000 and Michael’s $8,600.
Final Jeopardy! today was a triple-get, and Finn bet enough to become a 2-day champion! He’ll come back Monday.
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, March 18, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Finn $10,800
Debra $10,000
Michael $8,600
Tonight’s results:
Michael $8,600 + $2,201 = $10,801 (What is the lede?)
Debra $10,000 + $4,500 = $14,500 (What is lede?)
Finn $10,800 + $9,201 = $20,001 (What is lede) (2-day total: $39,602)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Michael $4,400
Finn $4,000
Debra $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) ANALYZING THE SEUSS CHARACTER $800 (clue #15)
Michael 1000 +1000 (Finn -200 Debra 600)
2) U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200 (clue #5)
Michael 6000 -3000 (Finn 5200 Debra 3200)
3) SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY $1200 (clue #8, $27600 left on board)
Finn 6400 +2000 (Debra 3200 Michael 4600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 81
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 48 (0.36 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Finn $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Debra $10,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Michael $11,400 Coryat, 19 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,400
Lach Trash: $10,800 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $11,800
Finn Corrigan, career statistics:
36 correct, 10 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
33.63% in first on buzzer (38/113)
1/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Debra Burgess, career statistics:
16 correct, 3 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,000
Michael Qin, career statistics:
20 correct, 4 incorrect
0/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400
Finn Corrigan, to win:
3 games: 33.050%
4: 10.923%
5: 3.610%
6: 1.193%
7: 0.394%
Avg. streak: 2.494 games.
Today’s interviews:
Michael drove to high school in a golf cart.
Debra is a huge fan of limericks and wrote a two-stanza limerick for Ken.
Finn majors in history and minors in geography at UCLA and wants to become a park ranger.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- The most recent instance of a champion’s first two wins having the same score going into Final Jeopardy: Annie Marggraf, with $15,600 on March 8-9, 2017.
- While Debra’s Final Jeopardy! bet did safely cover Michael’s suggested maximum below by $100, it could still be seen as unnecessarily risky, considering a lot of trailers do throw caution to the wind and bet everything. (To say nothing of the fact that Michael’s smaller bit defeated the intended purpose of Debra’s slightly smaller bet herself.)
- Link to the box score: March 18, 2022 Box Score
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
Finn: Today’s standard cover bet is $9,201.
Debra: You can safely cover Michael without losing to Finn on a Double Stumper; thus, you should do so. Bet $7,201.
Michael: Under no circumstances should you fall below $2,800. Just to be safe, cap your bet at $5,799. Also, a $4,401 minimum is probably a good idea (twice the difference between you and Finn.)
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