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 20th Century Literature) for Wednesday, January 23, 2019 (Season 35, Episode 98):
The writing of this novel, the author’s first with no Canadian setting, appropriately began in 1984
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Tim Edwards, a paralegal from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, an astrophysicist from Playa Del Rey, California
Haley Zapal, a copywriter from Atlanta, Georgia (1-day total: $27,400)
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Correct response: What is The Handmaid’s Tale?
More information about Final Jeopardy:
The Handmaid’s Tale is a 1985 novel by Canadian author Margaret Atwood. It regained prominence in the 21st century as it was turned into a hit television series. It focuses on the life of Offred (“of Fred”), named as such because in the book, handmaidens are forbidden to use their birth names and must be tied to the male (master) who they serve.
Atwood has long contended that anything that took place in the novel was something that had taken place somewhere in real life.
A sequel, The Testaments, will be published in 2019.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Tim $16,000
Rachel $14,800
Haley $12,600
Tonight’s results:
Haley $12,600 + $12,600 = $25,200
Rachel $14,800 + $14,800 = $29,600 (1-day total: $29,600)
Tim $16,000 – $13,601 = $2,399 (What is Dystopia)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Rachel $6,400
Haley $4,000
Tim $3,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) BRAND MASCOTS $400 (2nd pick)
Tim 200 +1000 (Haley 0 Rachel 0)
2) WORLD HISTORY $2000 (2nd pick)
Haley 4800 +3000 (Rachel 6400 Tim 3600)
3) 1970s TV MOVIES $1600 (23rd pick)
Rachel 15600 +2000 (Tim 14000 Haley 9400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 175
Unplayed clues:
J! round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total $ Left On Board: $0
Game Stats:
Rachel $14,400 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer
Haley $11,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer, 2/3 on rebound attempts
Tim $15,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $41,400
Lach Trash: $4,600 (on 4 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Haley Zapal, final stats:
40 correct, 6 incorrect
5/6 on rebound attempts
30.97% in first on buzzer (35/113)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, stats to date:
23 correct, 3 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,000)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,400
Rachel Paterno-Mahler, to win:
2 games: 48.82%
3: 23.84%
4: 11.64%
5: 5.68%
6: 2.77%
Avg. streak: 1.954 games.
Tournament of Champions projections:
With a projected 142 regular-play games to go prior to the Tournament of Champions cutoff, after 500,000 simulations, our model shows:
An average of 4.0467 5+-time champions (standard deviation 1.6845).
An average of 7.3147 4+-time champions (standard deviation 2.0784).
An early cutoff took place 18.986% of the time (or a 5-game winner will be left out).
Rachel Paterno-Mahler qualified 6.422% of the time.
Anneke Garcia qualified 57.797% of the time.
Dave Leffler qualified 32.350% of the time.
Jonathan Dinerstein qualified 11.087% of the time.
Alex Schmidt qualified 2.858% of the time.
John Presloid qualified 0.355% of the time.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I’ll be honest: that was a heartbreaking result for me to see.
- Alex made a comment regarding Tim being good at CRIMINOLOGY after he ran it. Of course he would be good at it, he’s a paralegal!
- It’s not often that two different contestants run a category in Double Jeopardy; Rachel also ran 1970s TV MOVIES.
There’s probably going to be some discussion online about this one. On the $1600 clue in 2 OF THE 3 LETTERS ARE VOWELS, it is apparent to me that the judges, by the fact that they did not take points away from Rachel, ruled that Rachel did say “ail” on that clue and not “ill”, in spite of what the closed captioning may claim. Closed captioning is not done by the show’s judges or own post-production staff, it is a service done these days by Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting, Inc. by a person who was not in studio at the time of taping, so occasional errors can creep in that way. Moreover, the judges have the ability to isolate each contestant’s audio specifically to determine precisely what was said, and that is a luxury that the home viewer does not have. I myself am perfectly satisfied by the judges’ decision, and I have spoken with others who also definitively heard “ail”.
https://thejeopardyfan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ail.mp3
What do you hear? Listen:- On the WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE $1600 clue, there was a lengthy stoppage while the judges deliberated on “needles” vs “thorns”, and they did end up ruling against Rachel on that one.
- All 4 of the Triple Stumpers were preceded by negs, so the “effective in first on buzzer” matches the stats above.