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Season 31

How Do You Fail At Properly Phrasing?

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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 last recap of the week!

Today’s players: Evan Perkins, Verna Kale, and John Schultz!

J! round categories:
CLASSICAL MUSIC…ON BANJO!
GOOD MOUSE KEEPING
GREEK LETTERS TODAY
COACHING IN THE NFL
THE “URT” LOCKER
THIS ONE’S FOR THE LADIES

It looked like Verna had a great deal of difficulty ringing in over the first fifteen clues; she didn’t even get in once!

Scored at the first break:
John $3,200
Evan $1,800
Verna $0

Evan’s family went to the 1980 Summer Olympics — in spite of the boycott — and brought back a whole bunch of Soviet memorabilia! This includes a Soviet Life magazine which talks about how safe Chernobyl is!

John wears a pink shirt every Friday! Yes, he was wearing one today!

In case you were wondering — yes, the CLASSICAL MUSIC…ON BANJO category did have the William Tell Overture. Evan did very well in that category!

GOOD MOUSE KEEPING $400 had the Daily Double; Evan played it on clue #26, just after the minute-to-go signal! Scores:

John $5,200
Evan $3,400
Verna $2,400

Evan bet a full $3,400! His clue: From the Latin for “little mouse”, these body parts are so named as their movements under the skin resemble mice. Evan went for “arteries” and fell to $0.

Two clues went unplayed; scores after the J! round:
John $5,200
Verna $3,400
Evan -$400

DJ! round categories:
FAMOUS FIRST WORDS
PUNCTUATION
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETARY
MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER
YUKON
DO IT

I quite enjoyed the YUKON category!

DO IT was a category that should be answered “How do you?”. Of course, the contestants failed with that conceit.

I went 5/5 in MOVIE TITLE ADD A LETTER: $2000 was “1997: A janitor at M.I.T. solves the problem of a woven fabric used for trousers”

FAMOUS FIRST WORDS $1200 had the first Daily Double! John played it, with scores at:

John $13,200
Verna $11,400
Evan $2,400

John bet $5,800. His clue: In 1933 the first of these addresses began “I want to talk for a few minutes with the people of the U.S. about banking”. His correct response put him at $19,000!

ARLINGTON $1600 had the final Daily Double; Evan got onto a bit of a roll before he got to play it! Scores:

John $21,000
Verna $13,400
Evan $5,200

Evan went $5,000. His clue: This man who argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court is buried in Section 5. Evan went for Oliver Wendell Holmes and fell to $200.

Scores after the DJ! round:
John $19,800
Verna $13,400
Evan $200

FJ! category: FAMOUS AMERICANS

FJ! clue: In 1982, 72 years after his death, he became the first person inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians

Evan 200 – 199 = 1
Verna 13400 + 13400 = 26800
John 19800 + 10200 = 30000 (2 day champ, $57,600)

John will be back to defend on Monday!

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