Today’s Final Jeopardy – Wednesday, June 18, 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)
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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 Famous American Homes) for Wednesday, June 18, 2025 (Season 41, Game 203):

The name of this residence completed in 1895 combines part of the owner’s Dutch name with an English word for an open expanse

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Sunny Hwang, a textbook editor from Brooklyn, New York

Jacob Hale, a nonprofit finance director from Anchorage, Alaska

Dan Hopkins, a teacher from Hanover, New Hampshire (1-day total: $10,799)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Dan Hopkins continues your carousel of Jeopardy! champions, as the average length of a champion’s run on the show is definitely coming back closer to the long-term historical average of 2. (In my own Tournament of Champions predictions, I have used that long-term historical average, despite more recent years featuring slightly longer runs on average).

Today’s challengers for Dan are Jacob Hale and Sunny Hwang, with Jacob being a relatively rare representative on the show from Alaska—he’s only the second player in the 2020s from the state to appear on this show, after Tim Kelly last season.

Correct response: What is Biltmore?

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.)

Biltmore is the famous Vanderbilt estate, located in Asheville, North Carolina. It gets its name as a combination of part of the name Vanderbilt with the word “moor”—the Anglo-Saxon word for an open area.

In a bit of personally local flair, the estate gives its name to a hat company in Guelph, Ontario (one of my previous residences)—the Biltmore estate gave its name to New York City’s Biltmore Hotel, which in turn was the inspiration for the name of Guelph’s Biltmore Hat Company. For those with knowledge of junior hockey history, that company was why Guelph’s New York Rangers junior affiliate in the 1950s was known as the Biltmores.

It’ll be interesting to see how well this Final Jeopardy clue plays.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, June 18, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Action Phrases; Clothes Time; “Yo”!; Rev Up For NASCAR; A River Runs To It; Getting Inventive With Phineas & Ferb)

This opening segment definitely came up Jacob, who seemed happy to see a NASCAR category. He got 4 correct responses in that category, Dan missed the Daily Double, and the scores after 15 clues were Jacob $4,400 Dan $1,700 Sunny $600.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Jacob 6 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 4 correct 1 incorrect
Sunny 1 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Sunny was trained as a dinosaur paleontologist.
Jacob worked internationally for 10 years before settling down in Alaska.
Dan was deported from the UK for volunteering without a work visa.

Jacob finished running the NASCAR category after the break; Dan picked up 6 correct, but Jacob still led after 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Jacob 10 correct 0 incorrect
Dan 10 correct 2 incorrect
Sunny 5 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Jacob $5,400
Dan $4,700
Sunny $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: It Was The 1970s; Infrastructure; Early Bloomers; Crossword Clues “F”; Tiger By The Tale; Pop Culture On The Auction Block)

Dan found both Daily Doubles in this round as well, losing a combined $6,000 on them. However, he did pick up 10 correct elsewhere in the round to hold a $900 lead going into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Dan 20 correct 5 incorrect
Jacob 16 correct 1 incorrect
Sunny 9 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 1 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Dan $9,900
Jacob $9,000
Sunny $6,200

This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper, which means it came down to the wagering as Sunny’s overbet makes Jacob your new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Sunny $6,200 – $4,000 = $2,200 (What is ?)
Jacob $9,000 – $4,200 = $4,800 (What is Broadmoor) (1-day total: $4,800)
Dan $9,900 – $8,101 = $1,799 (What is Prairie ____ ?)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ACTION PHRASES $1000 (clue #12)
Dan 2200 -1500 (Jacob 3200 Sunny 600)
2) TIGER BY THE TALE $1600 (clue #10)
Dan 10700 -3000 (Jacob 5000 Sunny 3000)
3) IT WAS THE 1970s $800 (clue #15, $14400 left on board)
Dan 12100 -3000 (Jacob 6200 Sunny 3000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -121

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Dan 5 4 3 4 4 4 5*
Jacob 3 5 4 3
Sunny 3

DJ! Round:
Dan 5 4 3 4 3 5 4* 3 4 5 2*
Jacob 4 2
Sunny 3 3

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Jacob 3.50
Sunny 3.00
Dan 3.94

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.20 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Jacob $9,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Sunny $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Dan $17,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 5 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,600
Lach Trash: $13,400 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $8,000
Lead Changes: 5
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Dan Hopkins, career statistics:

41 correct, 9 incorrect
2/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
35.96% in first on buzzer (41/114)
2/5 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,500)
0/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,800

Jacob Hale, career statistics:

16 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $9,000

Sunny Hwang, career statistics:

9 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,200

Jacob Hale, to win:

2 games: 37.891%
3: 14.357%
4: 5.440%
5: 2.061%
6: 0.781%
Avg. streak: 1.610 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• I actually appreciated that the NASCAR category required actual knowledge of NASCAR and didn’t have other pathways in.

• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Dan $9,900 Jacob $9,000 Sunny $6,200)

Dan: Standard cover bet over Jacob is $8,101. (Actual bet: $8,101)

Jacob: Standard cover bet over Sunny is $3,401. (Actual bet: $4,200)

Sunny: If Dan and Jacob make cover bets, you need to stay at $5,600 or above for the best chance of victory. Bet no more than $600. (Actual bet: $4,000)

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