Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, July 2, 2026

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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

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3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
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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

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1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
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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 Northern Europe) for Thursday, July 2, 2026 (Season 42, Game 214):

This country is said to have more islands than any other in the world; there are 30,000 just in the archipelago named for its capital

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Andy Briseño, a novelist & associate professor from Natchitoches, Louisiana

Caleb Groen, a law & policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California

Richard Nguyen, a research attorney from Placentia, California (2-day total: $36,801)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Considering his pair of victories and his status of “giant killer” (a term certainly preferred by Alex Trebek), Richard Nguyen certainly has to be on the shortlist of people coming back for Champions Wildcard next winter. Before then, though, he has a chance to guarantee that postseason spot with a win today if he defeats Caleb Groen and Andy Briseño.

Correct response: What is Sweden?

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I’m going to be frank, here: this is an absolutely terrible Final Jeopardy clue that appears to have been written in such a way that is technically pinned and correct in order to avoid contestants officially challenging the clue, but today’s Final Jeopardy clue should never have left the writers’ room. Different countries have different standards for measuring the number of islands it has. Sure, the writers have really shoehorned this in there, by giving us a category of “Northern Europe” and “is said to”, but geographic superlatives that are reliant on how one chooses to measure or count an item had no place in reasonably-written trivia competitions in the 2010s, and even moreso in the 2020s. This goes for coastline measurements, this goes for river sizing, and this goes for island counting. How are we to be sure that Sweden has more islands than Canada (especially Arctic Canada) or even the United States? (Alaska only counts named islands—who knows how many islands Alaska has if you use a more lenient counting method!)

In any case, Sweden is a lovely country who have treated many of my friends well over the years, and I hold no ill will towards them over this Final Jeopardy. Its Stockholm Archipelago, one of many Baltic Sea archipelagos, contains a number of both inhabited and uninhabited islands.

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Game Recap:

Our three players combined for only four Triple Stumpers and $12,000 on the two Daily Doubles in Double Jeopardy, as everyone was north of $12,000 entering Final Jeopardy.

Final Jeopardy saw no player guess the correct country (quelle surprise!), and Richard, having to defend against Andy in third, ended up betting enough to make Caleb the new champion! Caleb will be back tomorrow to defend.

Scores going into Final:

Caleb $23,800
Richard $17,200
Andy $12,200

Tonight’s results:

Andy $12,200 – $5,001 = $7,199 (What is Copenhagen)
Richard $17,200 – $7,201 = $9,999 (What is Norway)
Caleb $23,800 – $10,601 = $13,199 (What is… Denmark?) (1-day total: $13,199)

Game Stats:

Caleb $17,400 Coryat, 26 correct, 3 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Richard $14,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 14.04% in first on buzzer (8/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Andy $12,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 3 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $43,800

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:

2 games: 71.921%
3: 51.726%
4: 37.202%
5: 26.756%
6: 19.243%
Avg. streak: 3.561 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• The fact that often occurs in the opening round notwithstanding, where it’s a warning offense and not a penalty, oftentimes contestants do phrase properly, but that phrasing is cut in editing because it might cross over with Ken calling on a contestant.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Caleb $23,800 Richard $17,200 Andy $12,200)

Richard: Unfortunately, you can’t both cover Andy and win a Double Stumper with Caleb (known as Stratton’s Dilemma). Even more unfortunately, Andy needs to be correct to pass Caleb, giving him occasion to go all in…which means you need to bet at least $7,201 to cover that. (Actual bet: $7,201)

Caleb: Standard cover bet over Richard is $10,601. (Actual bet: $10,601)

Andy: If Caleb makes a cover bet, you have to be correct to pass him. Thus, you should go all in to force Richard to have to make a cover bet himself. (Actual bet: $5,001)

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