Today’s Final Jeopardy – Thursday, May 1, 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 The Stage) for Thursday, May 1, 2025 (Season 41, Game 169):

Their show ended its off-Broadway run in 2025, after 34 years, 17,800 shows & 82,150 gallons of paint

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Scott Summers, a librarian from Apex, North Carolina

Julie Holt, a Latin teacher from Knoxville, Tennessee

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (2-day total: $41,815)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Ben Ganger goes for win #3 in today’s game against Knoxville’s Julie Holt and North Carolina’s Scott Summers. Ben will need to continue his strong play in order to have the best chance of returning for postseason play; as things stand right now, he’s right on the bubble for Champions Wildcard, with only a 46.67% chance of qualifying for that event.

With regard to postseason play and the top of the pyramid—Jeopardy! Masters—I am feeling slightly concerned about overall viewership last night. In my experience, there is generally a relationship between site traffic here and ratings, and I get the sense that things are definitely going to be down from last season. I also believe that very few people have pinpointed the actual reason for the drop in ratings. I believe the #1 cause of the drop in ratings for the primetime offerings this season is the fact that ABC moved the time slot from 8:00 to 9:00. It is my belief that 9:00 is simply too late of a time for the average Jeopardy! viewer to have the brainpower to feel like they can play along at home. Even my own parents save the episode until the next morning to watch. For primetime Jeopardy! to be successful, it needs to air as early in the night as possible—and 9:00 is not conducive to that. It has absolutely nothing to do with overexposure of the format—and I’m sure some on Reddit will make that case over the next week—and everything to do with the fact that it is airing too late at night for the average viewer to productively watch.

Correct response: Who are the Blue Man Group?

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 February 2025, the 30-plus year run of the Blue Man Group at New York City’s Astor Place came to an end. The famed performance art company still has shows running in Las Vegas, Boston, Berlin, and Shanghai.

I hadn’t heard the news that the New York production had ended, but I was still able to puzzle this one out from the pieces in the clue.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Thursday, May 1, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: State Song Lyrics; A Real Pain; English As A Third Language; Famous Names; Movie Easter Eggs; For Rent)

Ben didn’t quite have as dominant a start as Days 1 or 2, but he still picked up 6 correct responses and had a big lead after 15 clues after Scott got the Daily Double incorrect. Scores at the first break: Ben $5,000 Julie $0 Scott -$800.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Ben 6 correct 0 incorrect
Julie 3 correct 2 incorrect
Scott 3 correct 3 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Scott was named a Library Journal “Mover and Shaker” in 2024.
Julie often receives gnomes from her students.
Ben met his wife Alex in middle school and unsuccessfully tried to crash her 8th grade birthday party.

Julie cut into Ben’s lead by picking up seven correct in the second half of the round.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Ben 10 correct 2 incorrect
Julie 10 correct 2 incorrect
Scott 6 correct 4 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben $6,200
Julie $2,800
Scott $0

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: French History; The Riches Of The Emersonian Mind; Alliterative America; Cloud-Pourri; Joking Around; Ends With “End”)

Ben picked up $6,000 on DD2 and in spite of getting DD3 incorrect, he cruised to a runaway with 13 clues to play.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Ben 24 correct 6 incorrect
Scott 12 correct 5 incorrect
Julie 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Ben $24,600
Scott $4,000
Julie $3,200

Julie and Ben were correct in Final, with Ben picking up another five figures to take home a big win! He’ll go for #4 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Julie $3,200 + $3,200 = $6,400 (What is Blue Man Group)
Scott $4,000 – $2,401 = $1,599 (What is Little Shop of Horrors?)
Ben $24,600 + $10,000 = $34,600 (What is The Blue Man Group) (3-day total: $76,415)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) A REAL PAIN $1000 (clue #10)
Scott -400 -1000 (Ben 2600 Julie 1000)
2) FRENCH HISTORY $2000 (clue #5)
Ben 11400 +6000 (Julie 2800 Scott 1200)
3) THE RICHES OF THE EMERSONIAN MIND $1600 (clue #7, $24000 left on board)
Ben 17400 -2000 (Julie 2800 Scott -800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -59

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ben 4 5 3 4 3
Julie 3 2 4
Scott 5 5*

DJ! Round:
Ben 5 4 5* 5 4*
Julie
Scott 3 4

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Ben 4.20
Julie 3.00
Scott 4.25

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.18 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Ben $22,600 Coryat, 24 correct, 6 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Julie $3,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Scott $5,000 Coryat, 12 correct, 5 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,200
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Ben Ganger, career statistics:

87 correct, 14 incorrect
12/14 on rebound attempts (on 21 rebound opportunities)
45.03% in first on buzzer (77/171)
6/7 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $16,000)
2/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,133

Julie Holt, career statistics:

14 correct, 3 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $3,200

Scott Summers, career statistics:

12 correct, 6 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,000

Ben Ganger, to win:

4 games: 63.365%
5: 40.151%
6: 25.442%
7: 16.121%
8: 10.215%
Avg. streak: 4.730 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• With his win today, Ben took his Tournament of Champions chances from less than 2% to more than 72%.
• In the interview portion, Ken is the best I’ve ever seen at pretending to be really interested about the contestants’s nerdy stories.
• For those viewers who get squeamish at the depictions of injuries, today’s game is not going to be the most enjoyable experience.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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