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)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)
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 Novel Characters) for Wednesday, December 2, 2020 (Season 37, Game 58):
This character from an 1851 novel “was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
We may have lost Alex, but the show must go on. Alex wouldn’t want it any other way. Please, let’s remember him over the next few weeks of banked episodes, and then afford him the same respect to his successors that we afforded Alex when he replaced Art Fleming in 1984. Alex’s last episode airs Friday, January 8, 2021; Ken Jennings’ first episode as guest host airs January 11.
Today’s contestants:
Michael Liu, a college student from San Marino, California
Leslie Minot, a grant writer from Las Vegas, Nevada
T.J. Tallie, an assistant professor of African history from San Diego, California (1-day total: $18,200)
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Correct response: Who is Captain Ahab?
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Captain Ahab, the captain of the Pequod in Herman Melville’s famous novel Moby Dick, sailed out on the voyage described in the novel because the whale had bitten off Ahab’s leg on a previous voyage; Ahab was now hell-bent on revenge.
The full quote, from Chapter 41 of the book: “Ahab had purposely sailed upon the present voyage with the one only and all-engrossing object of hunting the White Whale. Had any one of his old acquaintances on shore but half dreamed of what was lurking in him then, how soon would their aghast and righteous souls have wrenched the ship from such a fiendish man! They were bent on profitable cruises, the profit to be counted down in dollars from the mint. He was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge.”
Unfortunately for Ahab, it was not a successful voyage for him; entangled in his harpoon line, Ahab fell overboard and drowned. Only Ishmael, the book’s narrator, survived the voyage, as the Pequod was destroyed by the whale.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
T.J. $14,000
Michael $12,600
Leslie $4,700
Tonight’s results:
Leslie $4,700 – $2,000 = $2,700 (Who is Mr. ||) [It appears at though Leslie was in the middle of writing an H for Mr. Hyde] (1-day total: $2,700)
Michael $12,600 – $10,000 = $2,600 (Who is Frankenstein)
T.J. $14,000 – $12,000 = $2,000 (What is the Count of Monte Cristo)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Michael $4,200
T.J. $2,800
Leslie $1,500
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) NONPROFITS $800 (clue #24)
Leslie 1000 -500 (T.J. 1800 Michael 4000)
2) ALLITERATIVE TV SHOWS $800 (clue #16)
T.J. 8800 +2500 (Leslie 4700 Michael 9000)
3) TAKING YOUR MEASURE $1200 (clue #23)
T.J. 17700 -7300 (Leslie 4700 Michael 9000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -63
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 115 (1.98 per episode average), 2 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Leslie $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Michael $12,600 Coryat, 14 correct, 2 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
T.J. $19,600 Coryat, 25 correct, 6 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $37,400
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,400
T.J. Tallie, career statistics:
42 correct, 9 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
40.35% in first on buzzer (46/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,800)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,500
Leslie Minot, career statistics:
9 correct, 4 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$500)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $5,200
Michael Liu, career statistics:
14 correct, 3 incorrect
0/1 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600
Leslie Minot, to win:
2 games: 22.396%
3: 5.016%
4: 1.123%
5: 0.252%
6: 0.056%
Avg. streak: 1.289 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
- T.J.’s propensity to bet too much in Final Jeopardy! came back to haunt him today. This is why leaders should bet no more than absolutely necessary in Final Jeopardy!
- My suggested bets today: T.J – $11,201; Michael – $3,199; Leslie – $1,900. As you can see, all three players bet too much.
If you’re here to comment on T.J.’s response on the final Daily Double, I will allow properly cited and sourced comments, provided they refer specifically to the form “Jove” and not “Jovian” and do not cite Wikipedia whatsoever. The clue read, verbatim: “The unit abbreviated MJ is used to describe the heft of extrasolar planets & other astronomical bodies–M is for mass, J is for this”
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