Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, April 28, 2026

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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 Playwrights) for Tuesday, April 28, 2026 (Season 42, Game 167):

When she was 7, her family moved to the mostly white Chicago neighborhood of Woodlawn, leading to attacks & a Supreme Court case

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Chris Argento, a high school teacher originally from Bayonne, New Jersey

Alice Jiang, a student originally from Redwood City, California

Greg Shahade, a chess player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1-day total: $33,000)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

For the first time in a month and a half, we have a new champion on Jeopardy! in chess master Greg Shahade, who unseated 31-day champion Jamie Ding in runaway fashion yesterday. Today, Greg goes for win #2 against a teacher (Chris Argento) and a student (Alice Jiang).

Interestingly, the only other player to unseat a superchampion in runaway fashion (Drew Basile, defeating Adriana Harmeyer) reached the Tournament of Champions. We shall see if that is in store for Greg.

One thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of people—especially on Facebook—think it’s some sort of act on Greg’s part that he’s not 100% sure of his responses on the show. I don’t think it’s an act at all. I think that it’s the nature of Greg’s study regimen and how he’s learned so many things through flashcarding. If you consider every Jeopardy! clue to be a puzzle, it definitely feels like Greg gets to the correct solution of the puzzle, but he just isn’t quite as sure that he’s correct as others may be. Certainly, it’s not something we’re used to, but not everyone thinks about the world in exactly the same fashion, either.

Correct response: Who is Lorraine Hansberry?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Carl Augustus Hansberry, father of the famous Black American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, purchased a home in the Washington Park Subdivision in the city’s Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side. Efforts to force the Hansberrys out culminated in a 1940 Supreme Court case, Hansberry v. Lee, regarding a racially restrictive covenant barring African Americans from purchasing or leasing land in that area. In Hansberry, the Court ruled that the covenant was not enforceable; in 1948, they were ruled unconstitutional in Shelley v. Kraemer.

Hansberry’s experiences in Chicago served as the inspiration for her most famous work, the Broadway play A Raisin in the Sun.

As long as one remembers the category here—Playwrights—this should be a relatively straightforward clue, as long as one knows about Lorraine Hansberry.

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Game Recap:

Losing $6,000 on a Daily Double in the Double Jeopardy Round wasn’t enough to keep Greg Shahade out of the lead going into Final Jeopardy today—and it was important that Greg was leading, as all three players were able to successfully name Lorraine Hansberry in Final Jeopardy. Greg’s now at 2 wins and $54,601; he’ll go for win #3 and further glory tomorrow.

Scores going into Final:

Greg $12,400
Chris $10,800
Alice $6,000

Tonight’s results:

Alice $6,000 + $3,200 = $9,200 (Who is Hansberry)
Chris $10,800 + $1,601 = $12,401 (Who Hansberry?)
Greg $12,400 + $9,201 = $21,601 (Who is Hansberry) (2-day total: $54,601)

Game Stats:

Greg $14,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Chris $10,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Alice $6,000 Coryat, 10 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $31,200

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.

Greg Shahade, to win:

3 games: 69.884%
4: 48.838%
5: 34.130%
6: 23.851%
7: 16.668%
Avg. streak: 4.320 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I suspect that some fans aren’t going to be fans of Chris’s dance in his introduction. It’s been a while since I’ve weighed in on this, but I would venture that doing that put Chris in a mindset to play better, and I’ll never begrudge anything that puts a player into “game mode”.
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Greg $12,400 Chris $10,800 Alice $6,000)

Greg: Standard cover bet today is $9,201. If you think that Chris might only bet to cover Alice by $1, a bet between $2 and $398 would defend against that. (Actual bet: $9,201)

Alice: You can’t both cover all of Chris’s smallest bet range and win a Triple Stumper. If you think Chris will bet too much, bet between $1,601 and $2,799. (The $1,601 defends against the possibility that Chris might bet double the difference between his and Greg’s score.) If you think Chris will bet small, you should bet at least $3,600 (and going all in here is justifiable, because betting big requires you to be correct to win, and this would maximize winnings if that were to happen.) (Actual bet: $3,200)

Chris: Standard cover bet today over Alice is $1,201. One thing to keep in mind, though: While you certainly have lots of options here, Greg is overwhelmingly likely to make a cover bet here (to the point where I don’t think you need to worry about defending non-cover bets) and the less you bet in Final, the lower you make Alice’s chances of victory. (Actual bet: $1,601)

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