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Season 27

It was a graveyard smash

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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 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)
August 31: S42 E111 (February 9, 2026)
(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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Today’s contestants:

(from left to right; Jesse Cuevas, Ricky Kreitner, Marie Braden)

Jesse was back after his third win yesterday. Today’s Jeopardy round had a magazine theme with categories like Reader’s Digest and “Bon” Appetit. I like the theme but the clues were rough on me. At the first break, Ricky and I had 200, while Jesse had 3400 and Marie had 2200. I answered often, but just not correctly! (It appears responding correctly is critical to success on the show.)

One of the tough (no, tricky) categories was Time. A sample clue: “180 minutes after noon.”* That was the 200 clue and one of the easier ones. Jesse found the Daily Double in that category. He wagered all of his 2000 on this clue: “4 dozen minutes after 3:15 p.m.”* I was looking up as I was considering it in my mind, and I think that’s why I responded with the correct minutes but the wrong hour. Jesse got it right. I did get the next one in the category right: “1800 seconds before 8:11 a.m.”* Ricky got that one, too.

I had turned things around and was sweeping Car and Driver when time ran out with two clues left in the category. Sample clue: “Marty McFly went ‘Back to the Future’ in this make of car.”* Jesse had 5600 at the end of the round, Ricky and I had 2200, and Marie had 2800.

Ricky chose to start the round in Bible Book Names, and he seemed to like the category. Marie found the Daily Double there. Ricky had 3800, Jesse had 6400, Marie had 4400, and I had 6200. I’ll give you a sample clue before the Daily Double: “12 letters: Why?! Why didn’t I buy Microsoft when it hit the market in 1986?! And wearing that Speedo?! What was I thinking?!”* Get it? So the Daily Double was: “6 letters: Learned Hand, Joseph Crater (once ‘the most missingest man in America.’)”* I don’t get the clue at all, but Marie got it right.

Ricky found the next Daily Double, in Country Clubs. This was the clue: “Members of this club formed in 1993 include Latvia, Lithuania, and Luxembourg — Sorry, Libya, you’re not invited.”* He could not come up with it, and lost 4000 of his 5400. Ouch. And at that point, there was less than a minute left in the round. Ricky ended the round with 3400, while Jesse had 12400, Marie had 14800, and I had 15800.

The Final Jeopardy category was No. 1 Hits. I like this category! This was the clue: “Topping the charts on October 20, 1962, this novelty song is the only no. 1 hit to have the ‘electrodes’ in the lyrics.”* Marie and Jesse got it right, but Jesse had not written enough of the correct response to be acceptable. He lost 10800. Marie added 10000 to her total, and is your new champion!

*3 p.m., 4:03 p.m., 7:41 a.m., DeLorean, Lamentations, Judges, European Union, Monster Mash

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