Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, May 6, 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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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)
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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 Word Origins) for Tuesday, May 6, 2025 (Season 41, Game 172):

Fittingly, this adjective describing a hit-you-in-the-gut kind of feeling goes back to a Latin word for internal organs

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Keegan Olson, a consultant from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sarah Gillis, a mortgage loan processor from Asbury Park, New Jersey

Ben Ganger, a data analyst from Goshen, Indiana (5-day total: $105,915)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

We have a new 5-day champion in Ben Ganger, who has averaged over 26 correct responses per game thus far during his run. Today, he faces off against New Jersey’s Sarah Gillis and Canadian Keegan Olson.

I’ve definitely noticed something comparing Ben’s run with that of Liam Starnes: Liam “moved the needle” a lot more than Ben has in terms of fan interest. Younger contestants who do well tend to do this, especially because I believe that it reminds the average viewer of their grandchildren, while older contestants just don’t generate the same overall fan interest. This is certainly one reason why Teen Tournaments and College tournaments have proven successful over the years for the show and why the Seniors Tournament last ran in 1995. (And to those who say there’s only one way to find out? When you already have strong prior data, which is confirmed in a roundabout way by how fans react currently to different players, there’s very little incentive to run an experiment again to see if anything has actually changed.)

One further thing I’ve realized—and hopefully I don’t jinx it by saying this—we have now had 41 consecutive regular-play games where we’ve seen every clue; that’s nearly two full months of “Team 61” being very happy.

Correct response: What is visceral?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Coming from the word viscera, the plural of viscus, meaning an internal organ of the body (generally one’s heart, liver, or intestine), the word visceral is an excellent word to add to one’s vocabulary. It’s even one I have used on this site itself, making reference to the completely out-of-pocket fan reaction to Ryan Bilger in the 2021 Tournament of Champions. (I think Ryan is probably one of the more underrated players in recent J! history, and maybe one who deserves a shot in a Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.)

I like this as a good regular-play word origins clue. We’ll see how it plays, though—in my experience, word origins clues often play more difficult.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, May 6, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: My Cup Runneth Over; Oscar Hosts; Metaphors Be With You; Howdy, Neighbor!; Just Moved In?; We’Re The Carp Family)

Sarah doubled her score with the Daily Double, but an incorrect response just before the break gave Keegan the lead after 15 clues. At the break, your scores were Keegan $2,800 Sarah $2,400 Ben $2,200.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Keegan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 5 correct 1 incorrect
Ben 4 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Keegan was attacked by a swan in Switzerland.
Sarah is a huge soccer fan and is a Gotham FC season ticket holder.
Ben is a huge IndyCar fan.

Keegan picked up another five correct to continue to lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Keegan 9 correct 1 incorrect
Sarah 8 correct 2 incorrect
Ben 9 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Keegan $4,600
Sarah $3,400
Ben $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Cold War Times; It’s A Fact; Rhyming Song Titles; Novels & Novelists; Starts & Ends With “D”; Flags)

It was the best of times (11 correct) and the worst of times (two missed Daily Doubles, including a True Daily Double on clue 12) for Keegan in this round. Meanwhile, Ben had 3 high-value incorrect responses which led to Sarah being in a runaway position going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Sarah 13 correct 4 incorrect
Ben 16 correct 5 incorrect
Keegan 20 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Sarah $7,400
Ben $3,600
Keegan $2,800

Keegan and Ben were correct in Final, but Sarah’s runaway means she’s the new champ! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Keegan $2,800 + $2,800 = $5,600 (What is…visceral)
Ben $3,600 + $2,001 = $5,601 (What is visceral Love you mom + dad)
Sarah $7,400 – $100 = $7,300 (What is ? Thanks Hel) (1-day total: $7,300)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) HOWDY, NEIGHBOR! $800 (clue #10)
Sarah 1400 +1400 (Ben 1800 Keegan 1200)
2) FLAGS $1600 (clue #2)
Keegan 6600 -4000 (Ben 2800 Sarah 3400)
3) COLD WAR TIMES $1200 (clue #12, $19600 left on board)
Keegan 10200 -10200 (Ben 3600 Sarah 6600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -61

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Ben 4 5 5 5 4
Sarah 2 1 4*
Keegan 3 1

DJ! Round:
Ben 5 5
Sarah 4 2
Keegan 4* 3† 2† 1† 5 3 4 3*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Sarah 2.60
Ben 4.71
Keegan 2.90

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:

Sarah $6,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Ben $3,600 Coryat, 16 correct, 5 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Keegan $17,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 4 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,400
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $15,600
Lead Changes: 8
Times Tied: 3

Player Statistics:

Ben Ganger, career statistics:

151 correct, 29 incorrect
15/18 on rebound attempts (on 36 rebound opportunities)
42.40% in first on buzzer (145/342)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $23,200)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,333

Sarah Gillis, career statistics:

13 correct, 5 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,400)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,800

Keegan Olson, career statistics:

21 correct, 4 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57)
0/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$14,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,000

Sarah Gillis, to win:

2 games: 17.921%
3: 3.212%
4: 0.576%
5: 0.103%
6: 0.018%
Avg. streak: 1.218 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Regarding DD2: The rules of the show only permit a contestant one opportunity to be more specific. If a response is still insufficiently specific at that point (and Kalashnikov makes more than just AK-47s), it is ruled incorrect. Thus, as per the rules of the show, Keegan’s response on that Daily Double was ruled insufficiently specific. Editorially, the ruling was correct within the context of the show’s rules, and I think the rule is fine as it is, as multiple prompts feels like it could turn the show into a farce.
• I disagree with Ken’s assertion that DD3 was difficult for a Canadian: this Canadian had no problem with it. That being said, I would much rather see players lose because they went too aggressive on a Daily Double than players lose because they went too conservative on a Daily Double. Aggressive Daily Double bets make for more dramatic television and a better show overall.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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