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, and happy Monday, Jeopardy! fans! Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Central America) for Monday, March 7, 2022 (Season 38, Game 126):
A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country’s area
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Clay Cooper, an SAT & ACT tutor from Las Vegas, Nevada
Maureen O’Neil, an executive assistant from Rye Beach, New Hampshire
Margaret Shelton, a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (4-day total: $79,700)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: On Friday’s game, Margaret Shelton proved just how important the Daily Doubles are on Jeopardy!, parlaying a True Daily Double early in the Double Jeopardy! round into her fourth victory. Maureen O’Neil and Clay Cooper are your challengers today, and Ken Jennings hosts as Margaret tries to become a 5-time champion.
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Correct response: What are Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua?
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Lake Nicaragua and Lake Managua are two large Nicaraguan lakes, named after the country and its capital, respectively. (The two lakes are also known as Cocibolca and Xolotlán.) The two lakes are joined by the Tipitapa River. Interestingly, the lakes drain into the Atlantic (via the San Juan River), despite the Pacific being visible from island mountains in the lakes. The important historical Nicaraguan city of Granada is situated on Lake Nicaragua.
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Game Recap:
Jeopardy! Round categories: Mountains, French Cooking Terms, 3-Letter Initialisms, Presidential Rhyme Time, From Book to TV, Phrase Farming
Maureen jumped out to an early lead, buoyed by a strong performance in PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME (including an alternate response on the $600 clue that the judges accepted). It was Clay who found the Daily Double, and he picked up the “table maximum” of $1000.
Coming out of the break, Maureen continued her strong play with another six correct responses to hold a $3,400 lead after Single Jeopardy! over Margaret.
Double Jeopardy! Round categories: The Ideas of March, Y is the Second Letter, Biographies, Towers, Single-Named Celebrities, That’s Just Science, Man
Unfortunately, Clay’s swapping consonants on the last clue of the Jeopardy! round was a bit of a harbinger of things to come from him, as he struggled in the back half of the game (picking up six incorrect responses himself); missing a True Daily Double on the opening clue of the round didn’t help, either.
Meanwhile, Margaret bet for and took a slim lead with a very late correct Daily Double.
There were a lot of incorrect responses and a few times today where the judges needed a couple of extra seconds to rule, explaining why we saw five unrevealed clues today. After Double Jeopardy!, Margaret held a slim lead at $12,300 to Maureen’s $10,200, with Clay at -$2,400.
In Final—a category that Margaret audibly reacted to upon its reveal—both Margaret and Maureen missed Final, and in the largest shock I have seen in months, Margaret bet everything, leading to Maureen becoming champion, at just $2,200!
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, March 7, 2022 Jeopardy! by the numbers:
Scores going into Final:
Margaret $12,300
Maureen $10,200
Clay -$2,400
Tonight’s results:
Clay -$2,400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Maureen $10,200 – $8,000 = $2,200 (What are Guata + Mala?) (1-day total: $2,200)
Margaret $12,300 – $12,300 = $0 (What are Nicaragua & )
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Maureen $6,600
Margaret $3,200
Clay $2,600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) FROM BOOK TO TV $400 (clue #12)
Clay -400 +1000 (Margaret 600 Maureen 3000)
2) Y IS THE SECOND LETTER $1200 (clue #1)
Clay 2600 -2600 (Margaret 3200 Maureen 6600)
3) THAT’S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $1200 (clue #23, $6400 left on board)
Margaret 6800 +3500 (Maureen 10200 Clay -400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 51
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: THE IDEAS OF MARCH $400 Y IS THE SECOND LETTER $400 $800 BIOGRAPHIES $400 $800
Total Left On Board: $2,800
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 36 (0.29 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Maureen $10,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52), 2/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Clay -$400 Coryat, 13 correct, 8 incorrect, 34.62% in first on buzzer (18/52), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Margaret $10,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 23.08% in first on buzzer (12/52), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $19,800
Lach Trash: $13,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $18,200
Margaret Shelton, career statistics:
100 correct, 14 incorrect
13/13 on rebound attempts (on 30 rebound opportunities)
33.21% in first on buzzer (91/274)
4/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $12,100)
3/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,920
Maureen O’Neil, career statistics:
18 correct, 3 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
30.77% in first on buzzer (16/52)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $10,200
Clay Cooper, career statistics:
13 correct, 8 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
34.62% in first on buzzer (18/52)
1/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,600)
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$400
Maureen O’Neil, to win:
2 games: 34.429%
3: 11.854%
4: 4.081%
5: 1.405%
6: 0.484%
Avg. streak: 1.525 games.
Today’s interviews:
Clay had four perfect scores on high school standardized tests.
Maureen is part of five sets of twins in her family.
Margaret loves England.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Readers are reminded that shaming contestants for their Final Jeopardy! responses on what is essentially a forced guess is completely out-of-order. Your comments actively make gameplay worse overall, as contestants have gone on record in the past saying that they regret guessing because of the Internet mocking, and in hindsight, they would have rather guessed nothing than make a guess that people would mock them for. This behaviour needs to stop from Jeopardy! fans.
Final Jeopardy! betting suggestions:
Margaret: Standard cover bet here is $8,101.
Maureen: It’s a new week, so you don’t really know of Margaret’s propensity to not cover. You should bet between $4,201 and $5,999—it’s a four-fifths game (and this also has the benefit of covering Margaret’s past non-covering strategy as well.).
Link to the box score: March 7, 2022 Box Score
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