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Season 28

What do a candle, Hershey Kisses, and Quikrete have in common?

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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)
(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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Andy back with the recap of Thursday’s game; after yesterday’s performance, I’m going looking forward to watching AJ again. He played quite well in yesterday’s game; his challengers today: Tracey Rhys and Laura Sikes Jambon.





J! round categories: 30 ROCK, LET’S EAT THAI, 8-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES “P”, I’M JUST SWAMPED!, NOT SO GAY PAREE, ELECTION YEAR BEFORE & AFTER

I think that 30 ROCK may have been on Laura’s dream board; she went back to it whereas AJ and Tracey just wanted to get out of it. At the end of 15, most of Laura’s score was as a result of that category. She led at $3,400, AJ had $2,400, and Tracey had $1,000.

Laura definitely seemed to be enjoying herself up there, I’m pretty sure that she high-fived AJ going into the first break!

And then…

Alex: Laura Sikes Jambon.
Laura: Hi.
Alex: French for “ham”. From Rochester. Had a pygmy goat in college. Why?
Laura: I did. Uh, for the cuteness factor.
Alex: Yeah. Well, there are a lot of other things that are cute. How ’bout a little cat?
Laura: I had a little cat, and one time my little goat–
Alex: But the goat ate it?
Laura: –ate a chunk of her fur. She didn’t enjoy that.
Alex: No.
Laura: Billy also enjoyed eating a lot of things, like a 3-wick candle, an entire bag of Hershey Kisses, and unfortunately, he met his demise by eating a bag of Quikrete.
Alex: That’s not–wait, wait a minute. Was it a 60-pound or an 80-pound bag, because…
Laura: Alex, you’re being insensitive.
Alex: You’re right. Uh… A.J., I don’t want to talk to you.

I feel as if this is the first time Alex has just outright skipped an interview.

Shortly after the interviews, it was AJ that got to the Daily Double, under NOT SO GAY PAREE $800. The scores:
Laura $3,600
AJ $2,800
Tracey $1,000

AJ bet clue value. His clue: In his 52 B.C. “commentaries”, he wrote that the Parisii burned their town rather than surrender to him. His correct response tied him for the lead.

I was very disappointed that they left ELECTION YEAR BEFORE AND AFTER until the end, because we didn’t get to finish it!

Your scores at the end of 29:
AJ $5,200
Laura $5,000
Tracey $2,400

DJ! round categories: 30s ROCK, NIXON’S ENEMIES LIST, HOW NOVEL!, DON’T MESS WITH TAXES, THE TELL-TALE HEART, “OGRAPHY”

Much like yesterday, AJ just rolled through the ROCK categories to take a commanding lead in the game early on in the DJ! round. It was AJ that got to the first Daily Double in the round, at the bottom of THE TELL-TALE HEART. The scores:
AJ $17,600
Laura $7,000
Tracey $2,400

Betting just $1,600, surprising for a student of diagnostic sonography, his clue: An irregular heartbeat may be caused by an imbalance of these ions that conduct current, such as sodium. His correct response put him to $19,200.

AJ kept on dominating the game through the midway point of the round; after getting control of the board though, Laura started at the bottom of HOW NOVEL! and found the Daily Double immediately.
The scores:
AJ $20,400
Laura $8,600
Tracey $1,200

Laura’s words: “Well, I’d like to make it a True Daily Double, Alex.”

Her clue: “If this alleged report is true, that is the last of Roy Hobbs in organized baseball”

She got it, much to her surprise! Cue the home run into the light standard — Laura now has $17,200.

I think that the shock of getting the clue right threw her for a bit, because she rang in on the $1,600 clue and was unable to pull the answer. But at least we have ourselves a game going into Final!

Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
AJ $22,400
Laura $17,600
Tracey $1,200

FJ! category: THE UNITED NATIONS

FJ! clue: Of the 6 official languages used at the U.N., this one is the last alphabetically

Tracey 1200 + 1000 = 2200
Laura 17600 + 14000 = 31600
AJ 22400 + 12801 = 35201 (2-day champ, $56,002)

Definitely one of the best games I’ve seen on Jeopardy! in quite a while; Laura should be proud of herself, she gave a very strong champion a very good fight.

My Coryat today: $27,200 (36 right, 2 wrong)

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