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Season 29

…But The End Is Rough…For The Champ

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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!

Today’s challengers: Christina Rodriguez and Andy Hermann. Bill Hawkins won $17,400 as the champ yesterday. Can he make it 2 wins?

J! round categories:
RADIO, RADIO
ALL IN THE FAMILY
TERMS WITH GREEK LETTERS
HERE’S THE BEGINNING
THE MIDDLE IS “OK”
BUT THE END IS ROUGH

Bill got in on the first two questions, but went silent for the next eight! By the end of 14 clues, Andy had gotten some mojo together, and they went to an early break! The scores were:

Andy $4,400
Christina $1,200
Bill $800

Christina lined up early for a PlayStation 2! In her “young, wild days”, she said. Andy, during his days as a music journalist, once interviewed Stewart Copeland of the Police for an hour!

Bill had tough neg on ALL IN THE FAMILY $600 (1 of Ernest Hemingway’s 2 granddaughters who appeared together in the movie “Lipstick”); Bill said “Muriel”! To compound the error, ALL IN THE FAMILY $800 had the Daily Double, and Andy got to play it!

The scores were:
Andy $5,000
Bill $1,200
Christina $1,200

Andy bet $3,000. His clue: The father of “You’re So Vain” singer Carly co-founded this publishing company. His instant correct response put him at $8,000.

The “less than a minute to go” came with 7 clues to play, and 2 clues were left unrevealed (the bottom 2 of HERE’S THE BEGINNING). The scores were:

Andy $10,400
Christina $2,400
Bill $2,200

DJ! round categories:
EUROPEAN LAKES
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
AD-JECTIVES
NOT BY SHAKESPEARE
ALL SCIENCE “E”
THE SHOW WITHIN THE SHOW

Bill and Christina did well in THE SHOW WITHING THE SHOW, but Andy had enough luck in NOT BY SHAKESPEARE to get control of the Daily Double in its $1600 box! Scores were:

Andy $12,000
Bill $6,600
Christina $3,600

Another $3,000 was ventured. His clue: After III, the only King Henry with no Shakespeare title is him, the subject of a 2007 Sean Cunningham biography. Andy went one Henry too high and fell to $9,000.

No matter, because buzzsaw Andy kept hammering away and rebuilding his score! Needless to say, Andy got to play his third Daily Double of the day under WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR $1600. Scores were:

Andy $15,400
Bill $8,200
Christina $1,600

Andy bet just $2,000. His clue: 1993’s Handgun Violence Protection Act, named for him, called for a 5-day waiting period in a handgun purchase. Another instantly correct answer put him at $17,400.

This game was all Andy’s, and a stellar performance on EUROPEAN LAKES for him brought the scores going into Final at:

Andy $23,800
Bill $8,600
Christina $2,000

FJ! category: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT

FJ! clue: Donna Shalala, Alberto Gonzales & Tom Vilsack have each served as the “designated survivor” skipping this event

Christina 2000 + 1500 = 3500
Bill 8600 + 4500 = 13100
Andy 23800 + 3200 = 27000

Andy’s the new champion; he’ll be back to defend, and I’ll be back tomorrow to write about it! See you then!

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