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
September 10: S42 E119 (February 19, 2026)
September 11: S42 E120 (February 20, 2026)
September 12-13: S41 E145 (March 28, 2025)
September 19-20: S42 E173 (May 6, 2026)
September 26-27: S42 E174 (May 7, 2026)
(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 $1,598,403
7. Victoria Groce $1,023,801
8. Mattea Roach $897,983
9. Jamie Ding $885,605
10. David Madden $785,733
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Andrew He $684,365
14. Larissa Kelly $671,930
15. Matt Jackson $623,612
16. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
17. Paolo Pasco $548,717
18. Scott Riccardi $533,000
19. Jerome Vered $499,102
20. Julia Collins $495,767
21. Austin Rogers $493,000
22. Juveria Zaheer $491,000
23. Ben Ingram $449,201
24. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
25. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
Today I got an e-mail from the publisher of Stephen Baker’s Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything. (You may recall that the book was one of the prizes in my contest that ended two weeks ago.) Attached was a “kit” to make the experience of watching those episodes complete. The kit includes badges indicating whether you support “man” or “Watson,” cut-out Trebek-like moustaches (I kid you not), “Watson”-themed Valentines, facts about “Watson,” and more. Here’s the kit. Let me know in a comment if you use it! The “Watson” episodes of Jeopardy! air February 14-16.
Today’s contestants:
Kristi Springer
A golf theme was a highlight of the Jeopardy round. Did you guys notice that there was triple-stumper both today and yesterday that was the same response? Yesterday’s clue was in TV Personality Marriages: “Anna Torv and Mark Valley played lovers on this eerie Fox show & married in real life in 2008.”* Today’s clue was in Golf: “The closely mowed ring of grass around a putting green is called an apron or this out-there name.”*
Fred found the Daily Double of the round, in Greens. He led with 6000, Roger had 2800, and Kristi had 1200. Fred wagered 1200 on this clue: “The name of this element comes from the Greek for ‘light green.'”* I might have gotten it right, but my dad, who I had the pleasure of watching with today, answered quickly. (He’s a chemistry teacher!) Fred got it wrong. At the end of the Jeopardy round, he had 4800, Roger had 4000, and Kristi had 3000.
Kristi found the first Daily Double in the Double Jeopardy round, in Poets’ Monograms. She had earned the lead with 6600, while Fred had 6000 and Roger had 2400. Kristi wagered 2000 on this clue: “He was the ‘ploughman poet’: RB.”* My dad got it right immediately, again! (I tried to get him to keep score today. I might try again tomorrow, because we’ll be able to watch the weekend episode together.) Kristi got it wrong. Noteworthy (and a hint): Mr. Trebek did not say the correct response in his usual way, with a funky accent.
Fred found the other Daily Double, in Complete the Oxymoron. He had 8800, Roger had 4000, and Kristi had 4600. Fred wagered 1800 on this clue: “These diamonds are stolen! Or, in criminal slang, that’s some hot…”* I knew this one, and so did Fred.
At the end of the round, everyone was in pretty good shape (at least score-wise): Fred had 17000, Roger had 10400, and Kristi had 8600. The final category was British Business. This was the clue: “For decades, Rolls Royce also owned this luxury brand named for its founder; now both are produced by German companies.”* My dad threw out the correct response, then changed it. I missed it, and so did Kristi and Fred. Kristi lost 5000. Roger added 7001, so with Fred’s miss it was clear he would not win today. He lost 4000. A very happy-looking Roger is your new champion! My score today was 18200. Fred‘s Coryat score was 17600, Roger’s was 10400, and Kristi’s was 10600.
*Fringe/fringe, chlorine, Robert Burns, ice, Bentley
Fred Cofone
Roger Mueller-Kim