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Season 30

Kansas City, Sioux City, Cedar City, what a pity…

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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 with the first recap of the new week!

The good news: Jeanie found the Hometown Howdies for this week!

This week’s contestants:
Fidelito Cortes
Rohit Dewan
Rich Hansen
A.C. Hawley
Damian Henri
Elisabeth Houlik
Kathy Johnson
Kristan McMahon
Meredith Robinson
Cori Wilhelm

The bad news: I’m stuck watching this on my actual TV, so no pictures!

Meredith Robinson and Fidelito Cortes are the two challengers for Sarah Zucker, who won $1,799 on Friday. Let’s hope she adds to that today!

Voting has begun on the Battle of the Decades – 1980s! I have my favourites who I’ll be voting for, but in terms of the blog, I’ll be remaining neutral! You can check out the Battle of the Decades site to vote!

J! round categories:
ASSUME THE PREPOSITION
WHERE IS IT?
REJECTED SPORTS TEAM NAMES
OSCAR-NOMINATED WARNER BROS. CARTOONS
FRAGRANCES
THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA

Sarah did well to start off in CARTOONS, she got the first 3 clues. Fidelito got the $1,000 clue to get back into the game. We also went through WHERE IS IT? and ASSUME THE PREPOSITION.

Scores at the end of 15:
Sarah $3,600
Meredith $3,400
Fidelito $1,200

Fidelito is a former speechwriter for a Philippine president “who shall remain unnamed”.

Thankfully, the Daily Double was in the non-video FRAGRANCES category; sometimes I think the producers listen to me here at the blog! $600 had it, and the scores were:

Sarah $6,400
Meredith $3,000
Fidelito $1,600

Sarah bet $3,000. Her clue: People have been obsessed by this designer’s Obsession since 1985. I got it immediately, and so did she! $9,400 is Sarah’s new score.

The rest of the round saw Fidelito do well in the USS IOWA category to claw in some of the deficit. Scores at the end of 30:

Sarah $8,800
Fidelito $4,200
Meredith $4,000

DJ! categories:
US CITY NAME ORIGINS
PICK UP THE HOMOPHONE
INVESTING
19th CENTURY BRIT LIT
ROCKET MUSIC
HEY, LAD-“E”

BRIT LIT $2000 had the Daily Double, and it was Fidelito’s to play, just after he took the lead from Sarah on the $1600 clue! Scores were:

Fidelito $8,600
Sarah $8,400
Meredith $4,800

Fidelito bet $4,400. His clue: Amy is the real name of this Dickens title character who was born in the Marshalsea Debtor’s Prison. Fidelito gave the correct response and his score moved up to $13,000! I’m quite happy with the wagering size in this game, for sure! We have players willing to take chances!

Moving on, Meredith seemed to have some problems getting very close, but just wrong enough to be negged on clues. Fidelito seemed to be blanking after ringing in, which was enough to keep Sarah in the game!

The final Daily Double came at the bottom of US CITY NAME ORIGINS. It was Sarah’s to play, with scores of:

Fidelito $21,400
Sarah $14,000
Meredith $4,800

Sarah bet $7,000. Her clue: Once called Buffalo City, this Wild West Kansas town was named for the commander of the nearby fort. The famed 19th-century lady-of-the-evening Squirrel Tooth Alice, now of restaurant fame, was from Dodge City. Sarah went for Topeka, and her score fell to $7,000 as the end-of-round signal played.

Scores going into Final:

Fidelito $21,400
Sarah $7,000
Meredith $4,800

FJ! category: MOUNT RUSHMORE

FJ! clue: 2 of the 4 men on Mount Rushmore were born in Virginia; these 2 states were the birthplaces of the other 2 men

Meredith 4800 + 3000 = 7800
Sarah 7000 – 2601 = 4399
Fidelito 21400 – 1400 = 20000

Fidelito is champion with $20,000; he’ll be back tomorrow to defend! See you then!

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