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Season 30

Avoiding Lincoln and passing on “Gothenburg”

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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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Yesterday Andrew Nelson won for the first time, defeating a champion who had won once. Mr. Trebek noted that there’s been a new champ every day this week. There’d only been 2 games!

Andrew

Julia Dye

Dinu Nesan

I don’t think I’ve noticed a contestant standing sideways at the lectern before. Julia does.
It’s a minor inconvenience when the segment ends on a triple-stumper, because the camera doesn’t generally show the scores again and I have to rewind. It’s happening a lot lately! I should’ve rung in on this one, in I’m Just Wild about “Arry”: “It’s a Scottish cap with straight sides.” At the first commercial break:
Andrew 400 (One right)
Dinu 3800 (7 right!)
Julia 1200 (4 right)
Julia found the Daily Double of the round in Fictional Witches.
Andrew 1200 (2 right and one wrong)
Dinu 5800 (3 right)
Julia 2600 (4 right and one wrong)
She wagered 1000, and had a “whatever” attitude about it. Here’s the clue: “In ‘The Thirteenth Sacrifice,’ witches have returned to this city & Boston cop Samantha Ryan is hunting them.” Why have Daily Doubles been no-brainers lately? Anyway she got it. Mr. Trebek gave the less-than-a-minute warning, and there were 4 clues left on the board, and 3 of them were in Playing Lincoln! “Lincoln” referred to the president, not the special Nebraska city.

there was a whole category on jeopardy tonight dedicated to people who have played abraham lincoln & daniel day Lewis was one of the answers— Noelle Jacobs (@NoelleGenevieve)January 9, 2014

We did see all the clues, and the last one was a triple-stumper! See? They did show the scores because Mr. Trebek was determining who’d select first in the next round, but I had to rewind anyway because I pressed “stop” at just the wrong moment.
Andrew 2600 (2 right)
Dinu 5800
Julia 3800 (One right)
Andrew went to Maine Stays and did well, sweeping in fact! One of the clues was the Daily Double.
Andrew 5000 (3 right)
Dinu 5800
Julia 3800
Andrew wagered 2000. I’ll stay off my soapbox about wagering it all early in the game, when you clearly like this category. Here’s the clue: “This historian went to Colby College in Waterville; she later met & married Richard Goodwin, adviser to JFK & LBJ.” This was a snap, too.
Just yesterday we had a category where each response began and ended with “m.” Today, we have a category where each response begins and ends with “g”! I’m surprised anyone knew this one (Andrew), and I wish I’d have gotten it because the Nebraska town of the same name is like an hour from me. “Swedish” should’ve tipped me off: “This Swedish shipbuilding port is known for its canals.” Andrew said it weird.
I got this triple-stumper in In the Funny Papers: “This man says his famous feline is a composite of all the cats from his childhood rolled into one feisty orange fur ball.” Poor Andrew caught neg fever and this was one incident.
Dinu found the next Daily Double, in The Original T-Paine. Mr. Trebek had given the less-than-a-minute warning. There were 2 clues on the board after this one.
Andrew 9000 (6 right and 4 wrong)
Dinu 9800 (4 right)
Julia 8200 (7 right and one wrong)
Dinu only wagered 100! This was the clue: “Paine was elected to France’s Natl. Convention in 1792 but was imprisoned in 1793 after opposing this king’s execution.” Dinu and I got it right, but mine was a guess while he looked like he knew it. We saw no more clues.
The Final Jeopardy category was 2013 Obituaries. The clue: “She was called a ‘savior,’ a ‘heartless tyrant,’ a ‘trailblazer,’ ‘intimidating’ & a ‘real toughie.'” I deserve some kind of prize for typing that correctly the first time through. Anyway I got this right even though I thought the person died before 2013. I knew it was right when Mr. Trebek said “iron lady.” Julia was right and added 1701. Andrew didn’t write any name! He lost 7401. Dinu got it right, and added 8101! He pumped his fist! I like seeing some life in the contestants for a change.
My Coryat today was 22800 (24400 without negs).
One year ago: Spoiler alert!
Two years ago: Two-a-days
Three years ago: Basque-ing in languages two consecutive days

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