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Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – June 6 & 7, 2026
Warning: This page contains spoilers for the June 6-7, 2026, game ofJeopardy!— please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game thatoriginally aired on December 27, 2024.
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 Fictional Characters) for June 6-7, 2026 (Season 41, Game 80):
In his very first appearance by name, this character comes downstairs “bump-bump-bump on the back of his head”
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Herb Jeong, a retired pension administrator from San Francisco, California
Megan Riddell, a human resources data analyst from Linthicum, Maryland
Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (6-day total: $79,400)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
When this game originally aired in December 2024, whoever won got to wait for a couple of months before their next game got to air. In weekend encore presentation season, though, next weekend’s game will immediately follow this weekend’s game in the regular play chronology. In this weekend’s matchup, Laura Faddah goes for win #7 against Megan Riddell and Herb Jeong.
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Correct response: Who is Winnie-the-Pooh? (Edward Bear)
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“Here is Edward Bear, coming down the stairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far as he knows, the only way of coming downstairs, but sometimes he feels that there really is another way, if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it. And then he feels that perhaps there isn’t. Anyhow, here he is at the bottom, and ready to be introduced to you. Winnie-the-Pooh.” So goes the opening paragraph of A. A. Milne’s much-beloved Winnie The Pooh.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the June 6-7, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
Things went quite well for Laura Faddah, at least comparatively against her two opponents in this one. She picked up 4 correct in minor league baseball team geography, cruising to a runaway despite a Daily Double miss of her own. (As it was, Megan and Herb both missed Daily Doubles themselves.)
In Final Jeopardy, Megan was the only player correct, but being in a double-runaway third place, she was unable to take advantage. (Though had she gotten her Daily Double correct, she would have been just inside of 50% of Laura’s score entering Final). As it was, Laura Faddah picked up win #7 and a two-month wait in original airing time before game #8.
Scores going into Final:
Laura $10,000
Herb $3,200
Megan $1,400
Tonight’s results:
Megan $1,400 + $52 = $1,452 (Who is Winnie the Pooh?)
Herb $3,200 – $0 = $3,200 (Who is Winnie T The Velveteen Rabbit?)
Laura $10,000 – $2,000 = $8,000 (Who is ?) (7-day total: $87,400)
Game Stats:
Laura $11,800 Coryat, 18 correct, 5 incorrect, 37.04% in first on buzzer (20/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Herb $5,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.67% in first on buzzer (9/54), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Megan $3,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 4 incorrect, 22.22% in first on buzzer (12/54), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $20,400
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