Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, May 19, 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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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 Drama) for Monday, May 19, 2025 (Season 41, Game 181):

The first time a woman played a role on the professional stage in England, it was as this wife of a soldier in a play 50-some years old

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Catherine Carnovale, a professor & creative producer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Micah Green, a chemical engineer from College Station, Texas

Mitch Loflin, a set decoration coordinator from Long Beach, California (1-day total: $8,400)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Mitch Loflin is your new Jeopardy! champion after picking up $8,400 on Friday, following a Triple Stumper in Final Jeopardy. Today, he defends for the first time against Texan Micah Green and Canadian Catherine Carnovale.

This week also sees Jeopardy! Masters move to twice a week with the beginning of the quarterfinals; the first two quarterfinal round episodes are airing on Tuesday and Wednesday this week on ABC at 9:00 PM Eastern (8:00 Central).

Now, I want to touch on something that Erin Hoard has been cited in the tabloids for saying about her game on Friday against Mitch: she’d mentioned, presumably in response to her being from Vegas, that Mitch said he wasn’t into gambling, and that she should have used that as a read into Mitch’s potential Final Jeopardy strategy. I would disagree that someone’s propensity to gamble provides as much insight as Erin thinks, and that Erin is trying to find some sort of explanation in hindsight for why she did not win on Friday. (Which is absolutely a valid reaction—contestants for years have been looking for these explanations in hindsight to explain their defeat on the show.) That being said: I would say that if Mitch had said the opposite to what he said to Erin, that it would be a sign that Mitch is more likely to play “game theory optimal”, and that not having a propensity to gamble is more of a sign that Mitch will simply bet a random number in Final Jeopardy—in which case, the best defense is a cover bet, the exact bet that Erin made on Friday. In other words, Erin played the correct way on Friday, in my opinion, for the knowledge that she had—even the knowledge that Mitch didn’t like to gamble.

Correct response: Who is Desdemona?

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.)

In Elizabethan and Jacobean England, the English stage generally would have men playing male roles and boys playing female roles. However, Restoration-era English theatre saw a marked change from past norms, most prominently that women actors were introduced onto the stage, with the first role being Desdemona from Shakespeare’s Othello. That being said, historians have not definitively been able to determine who played Desdemona in that first performance on December 8, 1660; the most likely candidates are Margaret Hughes or Anne Marshall.

Another interesting point here is that this is the first time where Jeopardy! has described the title Moor as “a soldier” and, likewise, the first time Desdemona has been described as “the wife of a soldier”.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, May 19, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: This Generation Is So Booked; Common Bonds; Canadian History; The Hollywood Scene; “S” To “P”; Americana)

Catherine’s clue selection early on very likely cost her the chance at a Daily Double in what would have been an incredibly favorable (or favourable?) category for her; she picked a pair of $200 clues, while Micah doubled up through a pick of the $800 clue in Canadian History. After 15 clues, the scores were Micah $2,400 Mitch $2,200 Catherine $2,200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Micah 3 correct 0 incorrect
Catherine 4 correct 1 incorrect
Mitch 4 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Catherine once won a set of bagpipes as a door prize.
Micah has an aunt who was a 4-day champion in 1969 with Art Fleming.
Mitch has tortoises on his shirt, as he has seven tortoises.

Micah and Catherine kept their close battle going; Micah still led by just $200 after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Micah 8 correct 2 incorrect
Catherine 8 correct 1 incorrect
Mitch 7 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Micah $4,800
Catherine $4,600
Mitch $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: All The Kings’ Menus; Potpourri; Name The 5-Letter Song; Our Chemistry Is Palpable; Country Names; Grammar Police)

This round belonged to Mitch; he picked up 14 correct responses, with the 14th coming after the break on a judge’s reversal of the Daily Double, giving him a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Mitch 21 correct 4 incorrect
Catherine 14 correct 1 incorrect
Micah 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Mitch $25,300
Catherine $11,400
Micah $6,800

Mitch put the exclamation point on this one with a correct response; he’s now a 2-day champion. He goes for #3 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Micah $6,800 – $4,601 = $2,199 (Who was Lucilla?)
Catherine $11,400 – $2,201 = $9,199 (Who is Lady Macbeth?)
Mitch $25,300 + $2,000 = $27,300 (Who is Desdemona?) (2-day total: $35,700)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) CANADIAN HISTORY $800 (clue #11)
Micah 1200 +1200 (Mitch 1200 Catherine 600)
2) ALL THE KINGS’ MENUS $1600 (clue #15)
Mitch 5600 +3500 (Micah 6400 Catherine 9000)
3) GRAMMAR POLICE $2000 (clue #22, $9600 left on board)
Mitch 13100 +5000 (Micah 6400 Catherine 9400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 201

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Mitch 3 3 5
Micah 3 4 5 4 4*
Catherine 2 1 1

DJ! Round:
Mitch 3 3 5 4* 3 4 1 2 5*
Micah 3 4 5 1 3 3 4
Catherine 2 2 2 4 2 1

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Mitch 3.42
Catherine 1.89
Micah 3.58

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.17 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Mitch $20,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Catherine $11,400 Coryat, 14 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Micah $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $38,200
Lach Trash: $9,800 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Mitch Loflin, career statistics:

40 correct, 6 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (38/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,500)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,100

Micah Green, career statistics:

13 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,200)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,400

Catherine Carnovale, career statistics:

14 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $11,400

Mitch Loflin, to win:

3 games: 59.187%
4: 35.031%
5: 20.734%
6: 12.272%
7: 7.263%
Avg. streak: 3.450 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• While Final Jeopardy’s results means this was ultimately immaterial as to the end result, I do think Catherine’s clue choices did cost her from being able to prevernt Mitch from having a runaway going into Final Jeopardy.
• Prediction: The tabloids will have a field day quoting whiny netizens after today’s score reversal.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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