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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Triple-stumper from Tuesday, 2-1: In Science: “It’s the largest number in the Fibonacci sequence that’s also a day in a month.”
I think I knew this at one point, but I couldn’t remember what the sequence was, and I wanted to! It turns out to be quite simple: You simply start with 1, and add the two numbers just prior in the sequence to get the next number. Okay, so 1. 1+0=1. 1+1=2. 2+1=3. 3+2=5. 5+3=8. 8+5=13. And 13+8=21. The next number in the sequence, 13+21=33, cannot be a day in a month. So 21 is the correct question.
According to An Incomplete Education by Judy Jones and William Wilson, Fibonacci came up with the sequence when he was trying to determine “how many pairs of rabbits can be produced from a single pair of rabbits, if every month every pair begets a new pair, which from the second month on is itself productive, assuming that none of the rabbits die…and each pair consists of a male and a female.”
I remembered that there was some other significance to the sequence, and Jones and Wilson go on to explain that the sequence is found repeatedly in nature as well as art and architecture. I did already remember my favorite example, the pineapple, as well as the “Golden Rectangle.” Here we go:
The pineapple: This animation, from a website created by Jill Britton, shows it best:
There are three different lines of “bumps” going different directions that pass through the same bump (in the center), and each line contains a number from the Fibonacci sequence (5, 8, and 13). That ratio is consistent among pineapples.
Now for the golden rectangle: First, the golden section is a line divided into two parts where the larger part is to the smaller part what the whole part is to the larger part. That ratio is 1 : 1.618, the ratio between any two adjacent numbers in the Fibonacci sequence after three. The golden rectangle has the same relationship with its length and width. (That is, if you were to take the two parts from a golden section, each part would make the length and width.) The facade of the Parthenon is a golden rectangle. So is the human body, in multiple places. An example: The distance from a person’s bellybutton to their feet is 1 unit, and their whole height is then the 1.618 in the ratio.
(I hope this has not been too confusing!)