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 Historic Letters) for Wednesday, October 25, 2023 (Season 40, Game 33):
A letter from him begins, “On the thirty-third day after I had left Cadiz, I reached the Indian Ocean”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Phillip Howard, a Naval officer from Santa Clarita, California
Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota
Carlos Chaidez, a civil engineer from Burbank, California
Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Today’s game is shaping up to be an interesting one—it features the bracket’s top seed, Emily Sands, who made some aggressive Daily Double bets in her initial appearances, playing against 2-time champion Phillip Howard and 1-time champion Carlos Chaidez. Phillip had very bad luck on the Daily Doubles, especially in his final game; I have a feeling that this one might come down to those three in-game betting clues!
With today being Wednesday, tonight at 8:00 PM Eastern (7:00 Central) is the fifth Celebrity Jeopardy quarterfinal; this week’s match is between Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino (also on Dancing with the Stars), Adam Rodriguez (Criminal Minds), and Peter Schrager (NFL commentator from FOX NFL Kickoff and the NFL Network.)
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Correct response: Who is Christopher Columbus?
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This was the opening of the famed letter written from Christopher Columbus to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain in 1493, describing how he had found what he believed to be India the previous autumn. (Spoiler alert: He definitely did not find India.)
Since 1493, this has led to the centuries-old misnomer of the demonym “Indian” being co-opted to refer to North American indigenous peoples, as opposed to the proper use of the demonym, being used to refer to “people from India”. (And, because the word is considered to be a slur if used to refer to Canadian First Nations populations, it’s a word that requires manual approval if used in a comment here on The Jeopardy! Fan, as some of our commenters learned last weekend. Looks like I’ll have a lot of work to do today!)
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Produce; Disney Park Songs; Water Under The Bridge; Book ‘Em, Dan-O; On The “Road” Again; Better Ask For Directions)
All three players had an excellent opening round, with Philip holding the lead after 30 clues thanks to 10 correct and 0 incorrect responses!
Statistics at the first break (15 clues):
Phillip 6 correct 0 incorrect
Emily 7 correct 1 incorrect
Carlos 2 correct 1 incorrect
Today’s interviews:
Phillip has prepared by watching the show and playing LearnedLeague.
Emily thinks it’s amazing that she gets another chance.
Carlos thought his first win was a very surreal moment.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Phillip 10 correct 0 incorrect
Emily 11 correct 3 incorrect
Carlos 8 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Phillip $6,400
Emily $4,200
Carlos $4,200
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Produce; Also On The Monopoly Board; Fill In The Blank Canvas; She Blinded Me With Science; Wasn’t That An ’80s Thing?; See “NN”)
Emily got to both Daily Doubles in this one. She bet aggressively on the first, but slightly more conservatively on the second—which meant that she didn’t quite have a runaway game by the end of the round!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Emily 25 correct 4 incorrect
Carlos 16 correct 1 incorrect
Phillip 13 correct 0 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 0 (0 today).
Scores going into Final:
Emily $25,200
Carlos $13,400
Phillip $9,200
All three players didn’t consider Columbus’s bad geography today, which meant that Final fell for a Triple Stumper! Emily had the advantage and advances to the semifinals!
Tonight’s results:
Phillip $9,200 – $800 = $8,400 (Who is Marco Polo?)
Carlos $13,400 – $13,400 = $0 (Who is Vasco Magellan?)
Emily $25,200 – $1,601 = $23,599 (Who is Marco Polo?) (Semi-Finalist)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $1000 (clue #18)
Carlos 1000 +1000 (Emily 2600 Phillip 4400)
2) SHE BLINDED ME WITH SCIENCE $1600 (clue #2)
Emily 5400 +5000 (Carlos 4200 Phillip 6400)
3) FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS $1200 (clue #6, $26400 left on board)
Emily 12000 +4000 (Carlos 4200 Phillip 6400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 226
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Carlos 1 3 4 5*
Emily 2 2 2 3 4 4 5
Phillip 1 3 1 3 4 1 2
DJ! Round:
Carlos 3
Emily 4* 5† 4 5 3*
Phillip
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Emily 3.58
Phillip 2.14
Carlos 3.20
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Emily $19,000 Coryat, 25 correct, 4 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Phillip $9,200 Coryat, 13 correct, 0 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Carlos $13,400 Coryat, 16 correct, 1 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,600
Lach Trash: $8,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,200
Lead Changes: 9
Times Tied: 3
Player Statistics:
Carlos Chaidez, career statistics:
55 correct, 12 incorrect
4/4 on rebound attempts (on 12 rebound opportunities)
34.34% in first on buzzer (57/166)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $6,000)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,200
Emily Sands, career statistics:
112 correct, 21 incorrect
5/8 on rebound attempts (on 18 rebound opportunities)
39.15% in first on buzzer (110/281)
8/10 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $22,000)
4/5 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,800
Phillip Howard, career statistics:
66 correct, 11 incorrect
4/5 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
27.68% in first on buzzer (62/224)
3/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$3,200)
2/4 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $13,250
Andy’s Thoughts:
Today’s box score: October 25, 2023 Box Score.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Emily $25,200 Carlos $13,400 Phillip $9,200)
Carlos: Bet at least $10,200, but there’s really no downside to going all in. (Actual bet: $13,400)
Emily: Cover bet over Carlos is $1,601. (Actual bet: $1,601)
Phillip: You can’t win unless Emily overbets—I’m going to suggest going all in here, because second and third place pay out identically in this, to best possibly take advantage in case she does. If coming in second does matter to you, bet less than $5,800 for the best chance of coming second. (Actual bet: $800)
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