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Season 30

Baby Jessica

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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 here with another recap from the Battle of the Decades! No pictures, though.

Today’s contestants: Leslie Shannon, Tom Nosek, and Richard Cordray!

J! round categories:
WE LOVE PLANET EARTH
IN THE CITY’S NEWSPAPER
SAINTS PRESERVE US
“F”IVE-LETTER WORDS
2 FIRST NAMES
LIKE HENRY JAMES?

Lots of Xs on my scorecard in tracking the first part of this game; there were 5 negs combined amongst the three players. Scores after the first break:

Leslie $2,800
Richard $400
Tom $200

Leslie Shannon says she owes her entire career to Jeopardy!; a Wall Street Journal reporter ran a feature on her and it led to 15 job interviews!

Tom has a theory, “run and find out”, from Rikki-Tikki-Tavi in the Jungle Book.

Richard, when running for office, used a bumper sticker that Alex recalled as a favourite… “The answer is Richard Cordray”

Richard seemed to enjoy taking the Forrest Bounce in the hunt for that Daily Double. It was Leslie who found it, though, under HENRY JAMES $400. Scores:

Richard $5,200
Leslie $3,200
Tom $400

Leslie bet $2,000. Her clue: I like the symbolism in this novel, such as the shattering of the title object. Leslie’s instant correct response put her at $5,200!

By the end of the round, the scores sat at:

Richard $5,400
Leslie $5,400
Tom $400

DJ! round categories:
19th CENTURY OPERA
BACK IN THE USSR
STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL
’80s BABIES
CINEMA OF MY YOUTH
I’M HEADING TO…

There were more negs to go around in this round, and it kept one player from being able to pull away from the pack! By the end of OPERA, Tom had the lead, in fact!

The Daily Double hunting also stopped in this round!

There also seemed to be many jump cuts in the tape for Alex to explain various rulings in this episode.

Leslie found the first Daily Double under I’M HEADING TO… $1600. Scores:

Leslie $7,400
Tom $4,800
Richard -$200

Leslie bet $3,000. Her clue: I’m heading to the banks of this African river that flows between Zimbabwe & Zambia on its way to the Indian Ocean. Leslie went for Limpopo and fell to $4,400.

CINEMA OF MY YOUTH $2000 had the final Daily Double and this one was Tom’s! Scores:

Tom $6,400
Leslie $5,600
Richard $600

Tom bet $400. His clue: Leopoldine Konstantin tells Claude Rains, “We are protected by the enormity of your stupidity” in this Hitchcock film. Tom had no answer and fell to $6,000.

Leslie negged twice with “Baby Jessica” in ’80S BABIES, leading to the following tweet:

Leslie, stop trying to make "Baby Jessica" happen, it's not going to happen…#Jeopardy— Kiersten Walters (@Kiers10W)February 6, 2014

Overall, this was a very difficult game! I lost track of all of the negs! Richard got the final $2,000 clue to give him a fighting chance in Final. Scores going into Final:

Tom $6,000
Leslie $3,600
Richard $2,600

And back to the Interwebs:

These champions are certainly doing horrible for a battle of the decades show.#jeopardy— Kevin Thang (@Skip2MyJays)February 6, 2014

FJ! category: THE PERIODIC TABLE

FJ! clue: Of the element symbols that don’t match the element’s English name, this element’s symbol is alphabetically first

Richard 2600 + 2600 = 5200
Leslie 3600 – 3600 = 0
Tom 6000 + 1201 = 7201

Tom Nosek is the next player into the tournament; 3 more players tomorrow!

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