Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – April 4 & 5, 2026

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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 Geography) for April 4-5, 2026 (Season 41, Game 71):

Jebel Musa in Morocco & Mount Hacho near Ceuta are candidates for the southern half of this pair

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Matt Grossman, a law student from New York, New York

Henry Barbaro, a college student from Evanston, Illinois

Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas (2-day total: $29,100)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

While Jamie Ding continues to rack up significant money on weekdays, our weekend encore presentation this week continues looking at December 2024; this game saw Ashley Chan take on Henry Barbaro and Matt Grossman.

As I mentioned back when this game originally aired, I was not happy at all with how the show chose to open today’s game, talking about how Ashley made “an unconventional wager” in the previous game on Friday. I said it then and I’ll say it again: one of the significant advantages of not making a cover bet is that the surprise factor effectively resets itself at the start of each tape day. In my opinion, if the show wants there to be more suspense as to what the leader might do in Final Jeopardy—and I think it’s a very good idea for there to be that suspense—it should not tip off to new challengers that the leader is doing this, because it takes away that major advantage.

Correct response: What are the Pillars of Hercules?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2026 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Known since ancient times, the Pillars of Hercules is the traditional name of the two sides of the Strait of Gibraltar connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. Its north half is the Rock of Gibraltar, but there is no single prominence in North Africa that can definitively be used as the southern half. The two most likely candidates—Jebel Musa in Morocco and Mount Hacho near Ceuta—were both mentioned in the clue.

As someone strong in geography, this was a very straightforward clue for me; however, geography is not everyone’s strong suit, which led to the eventual on-set struggles with this clue back in December 2024.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the April 4-5, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Note: If you’d like to see the full statistics from this game, check out the original recap, from December 16, 2024.

Game Recap:

Ashley’s propensity to not make a cover bet in Final Jeopardy proved to be immaterial in this game, as she picked up two dozen correct responses, which was enough to insulate her from both a missed True Daily Double of her own early on, as well as Matt doubling up himself midway through the Double Jeopardy Round.

None of our three players got the Final Jeopardy clue correct today, with Ashley choosing to stand pat in Final Jeopardy to pick up win #3. Next week sees her go for victory #4 against Jordan Carr Peterson and Jasmine Zhou.

Scores going into Final:

Ashley $17,400
Matt $7,200
Henry $2,000

Tonight’s results:

Henry $2,000 – $2,000 = $0 (What is I had fun)
Matt $7,200 – $2,000 = $5,200 (What are Straits of Gibraltar)
Ashley $17,400 – $0 = $17,400 (What are Everest + K2?) (3-day total: $46,500)

Game Stats:

Ashley $19,400 Coryat, 24 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt $6,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Henry $2,000 Coryat, 9 correct, 2 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,800

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