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Season 28

Who’s the Boss?

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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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First, a little reminder: Starting Tuesday, January 3rd, GSN is going to air Jeopardy! every. Single. Day. It’s anybody’s guess what episodes will be shown. It’s on at 1 a.m. Central.
By the way, I’m still taking your questions for Stefan Goodreau.
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of watching the show at my mom and dad’s. Today, they were at my place when we watched! Today’s contestants:

Dave Leach

Tom Vanderbilt

Lisa Spardel-Krol

Lisa’s expression pretty much illustrates how her day went. Check this one out, from Jeopardy!‘s official site:

Dave, who unseated Jason Keller yesterday, looked like he was having a great time throughout, smiling or even laughing. At the first break, he had 5400, Lisa had -800, and Tom had 1400.
This was a tale of two rounds, for me and all three contestants. I did well in the Jeopardy round, sweeping Complete the Movie Quote and “A”natomy. I was pleased to see the latter, as I am an RN. I was also happy to see Museums of Germany, because I’ve been there a couple times. I went 4/5 in that category, and my dad got this last one in the round: “This city’s Bavarian National Museum was created in 1855 by Maximilian II to preserve Bavaria’s artistic treasures.” (We were just in this city this fall!) Lisa found the Daily Double in that category, after answering two in a row. She had 200, Dave had 6400, and Tom had 3800. She wagered 1000 on this clue: “A Mainz museum honoring this most famous son traces the history of printing & has a replica of his press on display.” Lisa misspoke, responding “Nuremberg.” At the end of the round, she had 200, Dave had 9200, and Tom had 3800.
There were two quadruple-stumpers in the Jeopardy round, both in Silent Letters. I got 24 right in the round, with no negs. As for Double Jeopardy…Wow. For kicks (and because I answered 6 right in the round), I kept track of how many each contestant answered. (My Coryat today was 14800. And I think I described yesterday as “disappointing.”) Here’s how it looks:
Dave: 10 right, 2 negs
Lisa: 1 right, 0 negs
Tom: 4 right, 2 negs (not counting an incorrect response on his Daily Double)
I count 10 quadruple-stumpers in the round, including this first clue, in Think of the Children!: “Victoria & Albert: Alice, Alfred, Arthur, Beatrice, Helena, Louise, Leopold, Victoria Adelaide, & this king.” No one rang in on this one, but I negged. The next one was a quaduple-stumper, too, in the same category. Who knew this, I’d like to know: “Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd: Edward, Willie, Tad, and this boy, the only one to survive to adulthood.”
Poor Tom did the right thing by wagering all of his 4200 on the Daily Double in On Deck. Dave had 9200 and Lisa had 200. Too bad Tom missed it, though. The clue: “A type of walk, or an upper deck on a passenger ship where folks can stroll.” My mom said the right response, but I still thought it was wrong, what she said, til Mr. Trebek revealed the correct response!
Dave was outright laughing when he found his Daily Double in National Parks of the World. He had…wait for it…18800 while Lisa had 1800 and Tom had 0. Dave wagered “just” 3000 on this clue: “The largest national park lies on this island; At 375,000 square miles, it occupies about 45% of the island’s area.” Dave and my dad got it right. Mr. Trebek announced that there was a minute left to go. Four clues were left covered. Dave ended with 19800, Lisa with 1800, and Tom with 400. (Hopefully he sold some of his book about traffic.) The Final Jeopardy category was Rock Icons. This was the clue: “While he’s had 12 top 10 hits on Billboard, including 7 from a 1984 album, he’s never had a no. 1 single.” My mom got this right, but no one else did. Tom lost everything. Lisa lost 10 dollars. Dave lost 716.
I said to my mom I knew what I was going to title this blog entry (a reference to the final) and she goes, “‘Mother knows all’?” Noooo…but she had a better day than the contestants!

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