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Season 31

Being A Dumas

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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 the final recap of the week! Remember to catch our 24th Live Panel next Monday at 6:30 PM Eastern!

Today we have Cate Hollenbeck, Jim Read, and Karen Ash, who won $23,600 yesterday!

J! round categories:
PABLO PICASSO SAID
“D” BRIEFING
HODGEPODGE
CANNES PALME D’OR WINNERS
BOOKS ABOUT PRESIDENTS
PIZZA, BEER & BALLGAMES

BOOKS $800 had the Daily Double; Karen found it early! Scores:
Karen $1,200
Jim $1,200
Cate $0

Karen bet $1,200. Her clue: Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the JFK administration is called this many “days”. Karen said 500 and fell to $0.

CANNES PALME D’OR $400’s clue was 1989: “____, ____, and Videotape”. And here I thought propositions would be off-limits for this show & website!

At the first break, the scores were:
Jim $2,000
Cate $1,800
Karen $1,000

Cate wanted to walk down the aisle to the Law & Order: SVU theme. Karen makes her own ice cream — she likes chocolate!

Back to the game, I quite enjoyed the PIZZA, BEER & BALLGAMES category, from Gino’s East in Chicago. Granted, it meant we missed a couple of the Picasso clues, but look at my Art numbers in LearnedLeague. I can live without a couple of art questions!

Scores after the J! round:
Cate $5,200
Karen $4,800
Jim $4,600

DJ! round categories:
DON’T BE A DUMAS
TV CHARACTER NICKNAMES
CROSSING THE EQUATOR
1977
GUILTY
“Y.D.” DO IT?

Jim, being the only contestant who looks like he remembers 1977, went straight there!

After getting the $400 clue in GUILTY, Cate dropped to $2,000, where the Daily Double sat waiting for her! Scores:

Karen $14,800
Cate $11,200
Jim $4,600

Cate bet $2,500. Her clue: His 1982 “not guilty by reason of insanity” verdict led some states to pass laws that allowed “guilty but mentally ill”. Cate was unable to take a guess, and her score fell to $8,700.

DON’T BE A DUMAS was about French authors not named Dumas — Cate did try $1,600 looking for a Daily Double, but shockingly, it was not there! Instead, it was at $2,000! Jim got to play it, with scores at:

Karen $16,000
Cate $11,000
Jim $8,600

Jim bet $3,000 and faced a binary screw on this question: In 1717 it was Bastille Day for this 1-named author who’d do 11 months for satirical verses against the government. His correct response put him at $11,600 and elicited being called “Stimpy” by others in the house.

Speaking of the binary screw, remember to watch Colby on King Of The Nerds, tonight at 9:00 on TBS.

Scores going into Final:
Karen $16,000
Jim $12,800
Cate $11,900

FJ! category: INVENTORS

FJ! clue: In 1702 Thomas Savery wrote of one of his designs, “Such an engine will do the work or labour of ten or twelve” these

(Aside from Andy: This was a terribly written Final. It would have been much clearer had the clue read “…Savery wrote of one of his own designs…” I realize that the contestants are given “Who” or “what” on-set, but we aren’t at home.)

Cate 11900 – 5501 = 6399
Jim 12800 – 12795 = 5
Karen 16000 + 10000 = 26000

Karen will be back to defend in a couple of weeks! Alex announced that the Teacher’s Tournament was beginning on Monday!

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