Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, October 14, 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.
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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 Bestselling Authors) for Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (Season 42, Game 27):

At age 26 in 1917, she passed the assistant’s exam for London’s Society of Apothecaries

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Chris McGinn, an editor from Indian Land, South Carolina

Evan Argyle, a data scientist from Salt Lake City, Utah

Allegra Hill, a foreign affairs professional from Washington, D.C. (1-day total: $23,601)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Allegra Hill is your new Jeopardy! champion after picking up $23,601 in yesterday’s holiday matchup. Today, she faces off against challengers Chris McGinn and Evan Argyle (who, as you’d expect, is pictured in an argyle sweater in his contestant photograph).

Correct response: Who is Agatha Christie?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Agatha Christie, one of the world’s most famous detective and crime fiction writers, passed the Assistant’s Examination for the Society of Apothecaries in 1917; this exam would be equivalent to one for a pharmacy technician in North America. Studying for this examination would give the author the knowledge of poisons, many of which would later come up in her works. She would also serve in hospital dispensaries during both World War I and World War II.

To me, this seems like a relatively straightforward Final Jeopardy clue, one that I also believe is necessary for the overall health of wagering strategy. We’ve seen a couple of instances recently of leaders betting on their opponents to get Final Jeopardy incorrect, and straightforward Final Jeopardy clues such as this one does wonders in keeping leaders betting aggressively during Final Jeopardy.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Creepy Things In Goosebumps Titles; World History; 3-Letter Musical Groups; Transportation; Occupational Verbs; Dessert)

Both challengers got off to a strong start; after 15 clues, your scores sat at Evan $3,400 Chris $3,200 Allegra -$1,400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Evan 7 correct 2 incorrect
Chris 5 correct 1 incorrect
Allegra 1 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Chris received a cochlear implant last July.
Evan is the fourth of seven children; he competed with his family growing up when watching.
Allegra played in the same high school and college orchestra with her younger brother.

Allegra got herself out of the hole and back into the positive, while Chris and Evan continued their close battle. Chris led at commercial break #2.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Chris 7 correct 2 incorrect
Evan 14 correct 2 incorrect
Allegra 7 correct 3 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Chris $6,200
Evan $6,000
Allegra $800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Their First Film Together; The “End”; Spa Treatments; Geometry; Circum-France; A Cute Angel)

Evan found DD2 early in the round, adding to his score; Allegra found DD3 in a distant third two-thirds of the way through the round; she said immediately after the clue that she should have wagered more. (And I agree.) Evan led going into Final—but everyone was in contention.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Evan 25 correct 4 incorrect
Chris 15 correct 4 incorrect
Allegra 13 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 3 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Evan $17,400
Chris $11,000
Allegra $8,600

Allegra and Chris were correct in Final, but Evan was not—and that makes Chris your new champion! She’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Allegra $8,600 + $4,100 = $12,700 (Who is Agatha Christie! (Hi Emily))
Chris $11,000 + $11,000 = $22,000 (Who is Christie?) (1-day total: $22,000)
Evan $17,400 – $4,601 = $12,799 (Who is Beatrix Potter)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) TRANSPORTATION $800 (clue #16)
Chris 3200 +2200 (Allegra -1400 Evan 3400)
2) CIRCUM-FRANCE $1200 (clue #5)
Evan 6800 +3000 (Allegra 1600 Chris 4600)
3) THEIR FIRST FILM TOGETHER $1600 (clue #21, $6800 left on board)
Allegra 5200 +3000 (Evan 14600 Chris 9800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 171

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Allegra 5 3
Evan 4 5 3 1 4 5 4 5 5
Chris 4 3 2 3 4*

DJ! Round:
Allegra 2 3 2 1 4*
Evan 4 5 3* 2† 5 2 4 4 3
Chris 3 4 3 4 5 5 5

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Chris 3.75
Evan 3.78
Allegra 2.86

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.11 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Chris $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 4 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Evan $15,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 4 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Allegra $7,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,400
Lach Trash: $9,600 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $12,000
Lead Changes: 3
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Allegra Hill, career statistics:

32 correct, 6 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 10 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (32/114)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,800)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,700

Evan Argyle, career statistics:

25 correct, 5 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $3,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600

Chris McGinn, career statistics:

16 correct, 4 incorrect
3/3 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $2,200)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,600

Chris McGinn, to win:

2 games: 43.097%
3: 18.574%
4: 8.005%
5: 3.450%
6: 1.487%
Avg. streak: 1.757 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I suspect she’ll chime in in the comments, but I assume that Allegra’s Final Jeopardy bet was a math error at some juncture in her calculations. (It’s definitely possible to do that under the pressure of the lights.)
• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Evan $17,400 Chris $11,000 Allegra $8,600)

Allegra: Bet at least $4,200 to pass Evan if he’s incorrect in Final—but because that falls below Chris if she covers, you do have lots of room to bet more if you’d like. (Actual bet: $4,100)

Evan: Standard cover bet is $4,601. (Actual bet: $4,601)

Chris: Bet at least $6,201 to cover Allegra. (Actual bet: $11,000)

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