Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, July 13, 2026

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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)
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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 Bestsellers) for Monday, July 13, 2026 (Season 42, Game 221):

2 of the bestselling books ever based on true crime are 1974’s “Helter Skelter” & this one from about 10 years before

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Mike Neighbors, a legal news editor from Los Angeles, California

Molly Rakes, a high school English teacher from Inwood, West Virginia

Caleb Groen, a law & policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California (7-day total: $201,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Alex Trebek always said that the best Jeopardy! contestants tended to be lawyers, teachers, and students. Today, our contestants are legal news editor Mike Neighbors, high school English teacher Molly Rakes, and law & policy student Caleb Groen. (Or, is it policy & law student? He was introduced as the former in his first appearance, but the latter later on.) In any case, based on these occupations alone, I hope all three players will be good at Jeopardy! As things stand right now, Caleb will need another 5 wins—at least—to be favored in the Tournament of Champions; while Caleb is a very strong player, he needs to make sure he does not have to play a quarterfinal in order to have the best chance of winning the next Tournament of Champions.

Firstly, for those who have forgotten, Season 4 of Jeopardy! Masters will be taping later this week. In case you didn’t see it over the weekend, my pre-taping preview has been posted. And, to answer the inevitable questions: James Holzhauer appears to be focusing his energies on competitive bridge, while Jamie Ding is not yet eligible for Jeopardy! Masters, as he still has a Tournament of Champions to play. That said, with Jamie paired with Ben Affleck on this year’s celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, I hope Jamie will eventually make an appearance on this side of the ABC primetime “aisle”.

One thing I’ve seen a few people comment on regarding the now-annual summer celebrity Millionaire episodes: as far as I am aware, the current version is being produced under a contractual obligation to produce episodes to maintain the rights to the show in the United States. Because the episodes are being played for charity, they reduce production costs, ensuring they are produced as inexpensively as possible.

Finally, we are nearing the end of the season, and my TV guide goes far enough in advance that the encore presentation schedule is already being posted. Due to the way the calendar lines up this summer, with Labor Day falling on September 7, we get seven weeks of encore presentations this year before Jeopardy! resumes on September 14; as expected, the encore presentations begin with the Champions Wildcard tournament, with the week of January 5–9 airing again from July 27–31. Champions Wildcard will most likely be followed by the encore presentation of the 33^rd Tournament of Champions, followed by the 3^rd Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.

Correct response: What is In Cold Blood?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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This is not the first time that Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood has appeared as the correct response to Final Jeopardy; its most recent appearance was in 2024. After hearing about a multiple homicide in. Holcolm, Kansas, Truman Capote (assisted by childhood friend Harper Lee—yes, that Harper Lee) spent years interviewing residents and taking notes—In Cold Blood was the result. The work, published in the mid-1960s, reinvented the “true crime” genre, and was described by many as a “nonfiction novel”.

Knowing how popular the work has been with the show’s writers over the years, though, this felt like a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue to me. That being said: the same fans who have spent the last four years complaining about how the writing has gotten harder will also likely spend much of today complaining about how straightforward they found today’s Final Jeopardy clue. Guess what, though: you can’t have it both ways. (To say nothing of the fact that I still firmly believe that easier and more straightforward Final Jeopardy clues are crucial in order to keep leaders betting to win the game with a correct Final Jeopardy response, instead of making bets that assume their opposition will be incorrect on the game’s 61^st clue.)

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Game Recap:

Caleb Groen had significantly more incorrect responses than usual in this game, but $4,500 on the game’s second Daily Double was enough to ensure he had a runaway entering Final Jeopardy—but Molly’s late attempts to break that runaway may have been affected by Mike getting three $400 clues late.

All three players were correct in Final Jeopardy; Caleb picked up another $1,000 and will go for win #9 tomorrow.

Scores going into Final:

Caleb $18,500
Molly $8,400
Mike $3,800

Tonight’s results:

Mike $3,800 + $27 = $3,827 (What’s In Cold Blood?)
Molly $8,400 + $0 = $8,400 (What is In Cold Blood?)
Caleb $18,500 + $1,000 = $19,500 (What is In Cold Blood?) (8-day total: $220,500)

Game Stats:

Caleb $15,200 Coryat, 26 correct, 6 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Molly $8,400 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Mike $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 5 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,000

If you are looking for more detailed statistics about today’s game of Jeopardy!, as well as the ability to leave a comment, make sure to check out the Daily Details section.

Caleb Groen, to win:

9 games: 82.454%
10: 67.987%
11: 56.058%
12: 46.222%
13: 38.112%
Avg. streak: 12.699 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

Due to today being a runaway for both first and second places, wagering suggestions will not be posted.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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