Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, June 23, 2025

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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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1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
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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 Collections) for Monday, June 23, 2025 (Season 41, Game 206):

In 1896 the Vassar-educated wife of this man wrote, “Thousands of dollars may be paid for a copy of Shakespeare”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

David Spelman, a marketing strategist from Livingston, New Jersey

Emily Croke, a stay-at-home mom from Denver, Colorado

Andrew Brigger, a social studies teacher from Roseville, Minnesota (1-day total: $16,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Andrew Brigger returns today as Jeopardy! champion following his win of $16,000 at the end of last week. Your two challengers to start off the week are Colorado’s Emily Croke and New Jersey’s David Spelman.

Correct response: Who is (Henry Clay) Folger?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2025 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

A man who rose to be the chairman of Standard Oil, Henry Clay Folger was also an avid Shakespeare collector; he and his wife, Emily Jordan Folger, founded the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., which contains the world’s largest collection of the printed works of the Bard.

Something interesting I did realize this morning: the Standard Oil Folger and the coffee Folger (J.A. Folger, the namesake of Folgers Coffee) are two different people. No, I don’t think that the show’s going to require a first name here—that would make a borderline difficult clue impossible, in my opinion.

I’ll be honest, though: I barely was able to get this Final Jeopardy correct, and only because I’ve happened to stumble upon the Folger Shakespeare Library online enough as a source over the years in order to realize that it was a thing. If I barely got this through my own professional work, I’m not entirely sure our players—or our viewers at home—will have much of a chance. As I said on Friday in my Pregame Thoughts section, Jeopardy! needs to dial back the difficulty of Final, otherwise it will have unintended knock-on effects on strategy: contestants will start seeing more conservative bets in Final as an option—a specific thing that Merv Griffin wanted to avoid when this version of the show returned to the airwaves in 1984. Maybe the show should have saved this Final for the later stages of its postseason?

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, June 23, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Historic U.S. Businesses; Found In The Nato Phonetic Alphabet; Read; Yellow; Blue; Salute The Flag Of Ecuador!)

Andrew found the Daily Double, but it was David who led at the break on the strength of some high-value correct responses. At the first break, your score was David $3,400 Andrew $1,800 Emily $400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

David 4 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 6 correct 2 incorrect
Emily 1 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

David has a two-and-a-half year old son that knows dinosaurs.
Emily had a birthday party where her friends made sure she was able to watch that night’s Jeopardy in 2005.
Andrew may have inspired former Second Chancer Do Park during class.

This segment saw some general struggles in the Ecuador category. David still led after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

David 8 correct 1 incorrect
Andrew 8 correct 4 incorrect
Emily 4 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

David $5,800
Andrew $2,000
Emily $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Single-Named Singers; World Cities; Around The Body; Sunrise, Sunset; Before & After; Rip Van Winkle Slept Through It)

The Daily Doubles proved crucial today; both David and Andrew lost significant chunks of their score to them, as Emily led going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Emily 11 correct 1 incorrect
David 16 correct 3 incorrect
Andrew 12 correct 5 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Emily $12,200
David $6,600
Andrew $2,000

Applause for Emily, your only player correct on a difficult Final Jeopardy today. She’s your new champion and will be back tomorrow to defend!

Tonight’s results:

Andrew $2,000 – $0 = $2,000 (Who is Smith?)
David $6,600 – $5,601 = $999 (Who is Rockefeller?)
Emily $12,200 + $1,001 = $13,201 (Who is Folger?) (1-day total: $13,201)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) HISTORIC U.S. BUSINESSES $1000 (clue #6)
Andrew 800 +1000 (Emily 0 David 0)
2) SUNRISE, SUNSET $1600 (clue #4)
David 8600 -4400 (Andrew 2000 Emily 2200)
3) BEFORE & AFTER $1600 (clue #15, $15200 left on board)
Andrew 7200 -6000 (Emily 7400 David 5800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -34

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Andrew 5 4 3 2 1 5*
Emily
David

DJ! Round:
Andrew 3 5 4*
Emily 2 3 4 2 1 3
David 4 4* 5 3 4 5

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Emily 2.50
Andrew 3.56
David 4.17

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.19 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Emily $12,200 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $8,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
David $11,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200
Lach Trash: $15,400 (on 19 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,400
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Andrew Brigger, career statistics:

29 correct, 10 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
3/4 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,200)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $7,500

Emily Croke, career statistics:

12 correct, 1 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200

David Spelman, career statistics:

16 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$4,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,000

Emily Croke, to win:

2 games: 36.504%
3: 13.325%
4: 4.864%
5: 1.776%
6: 0.648%
Avg. streak: 1.575 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I’ll be honest: I was pleasantly surprised to see the Daily Double in BEFORE & AFTER. I’d like to see it more often.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Emily $12,200 David $6,600 Andrew $2,000)

Andrew: Bet $0 and hope David bets more than his minimum. (He probably will.) (Actual bet: $0)

Emily: Standard cover bet today is $1,001. (Actual bet: $1,001)

David: If you bet exactly $4,600, you’ll pass Emily by $1 if she covers, is incorrect, and you’re correct, while also winning the tiebreaker for second if Andrew bets $0. (Actual bet: $5,601)

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