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Season 29

Negs over easy

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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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First, make sure you check out this week’s Experts Show. It features not one. Not two. But three Jeopardy! champs: Ryan Chaffee, Stefan Goodreau and Boomie Aglietti. Leave your comments here, if you want.
My Coryat from the weekend episode is 18800 (23400 without negs). It originally aired 12-1-11. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like I kept track of my score the first time.
Mr. Trebek said “That’s neat” about how Rachel Gordon won yesterday, and added she “took it to the guys.” (I hope “the guys” weren’t in the audience!) Will Rachel prove today she really belongs?

Kathy Nitschke

Rachel Gordon

Jonathan Van Balen

I had a feeling today might be a rough one when Jeopardy! tweeted two categories: Technology and SNL Cast Members on Film. I was surprised by the correct response to the Technology clue. I didn’t know the answer, but everyone else I saw gave the same incorrect response! As for SNL Cast Members of Film, I thought I knew this one but didn’t pull the trigger: “Horrible Bosses,” and I couldn’t come up with the last name on: “Cabin Boy.”
To think my biggest concern after the first clue was whether Kathy would keep saying “May I have…” when she selected. There’d be much bigger problems, though.
At the first break, all 3 contestants had gotten 4 right. Kathy had also gotten 2 wrong and had 1200. Jonathan had gotten one wrong and had 2000, and Rachel had 1800.
“The scores are low today,” Mr. Trebek said when Rachel found the Daily Double in Technology. She had 2000 after getting one right since the break. Jonathan had gotten one wrong and had 1000, and Kathy still had 1200. Rachel wagered everything (bravo) on this clue, read by Kelly: “To hide a warship’s engine noises, Prairie Masker technology on the ship creates waves of bubbles, an effective tactic for outwitting the passive type of this detection device.” I was thinking we were still in Double Double Letters, and Rachel answered too quickly for me to snap out of that. She got it right.
I think we had 8 clues left when Mr. Trebek gave the less-than-a-minute warning, and I’m glad we saw them all – The Burgers was fun. I only didn’t know this one: “The Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster.” Good for Jonathan for knowing this one. There’s one where I live, but I’ve never been to one in any city. I clammed on this one though: “A crave case of sliders.” The correct response was coming out of my mouth, but I changed my mind because I wasn’t sure. This was the last clue of the round. Rachel had gotten 6 right and one wrong since her Daily Double, and had 8600. Jonathan had gotten 4 right and had 3600, and Kathy had gotten 2 right and had 2000.
It took me a while but I got this triple-stumper in Words in States: “Me, myself & I in Eugene.” And I got this triple-stumper in World “P”s: “This South American country is landlocked but loaded with hydropowerful rivers.” Rachel guessed “Peru” and Jonathan guessed “Bolivia”! Then on this next clue in the same category: “Its area is roughly 65 million square miles,” Rachel guessed “Peru” again, Jonathan guessed “the Philippines” and Kathy guessed “Pakistan.” (I didn’t get this one either but I didn’t have a guess.) Mr. Trebek said “65 million miles. We’re talkin’ about humongous!” The next clue was the Daily Double, and Jonathan got it. Rachel had gotten 2 right and 2 wrong and had 9000. Jonathan had gotten 6 right and 3 wrong, and had 5600. Kathy had gotten one right and the one wrong and had 2800. Jonathan wagered 2400 on this clue in the same category: “World Book says this ‘is a small country…that has worldwide importance as a transportation center.'” Jonathan got it right.
Did anyone else say “Pinsky” on this next clue in World “P”s?: “Maybe Dr. Drew’s family came from this city in Belarus where the Pina & Pripet rivers meet.”
Jonathan found the next Daily Double too, in 1880s America. He’d gotten 2 right and one wrong since his last Daily Double and had 8800. Kathy had gotten one wrong and had 1200. Rachel still had 9000. Jonathan wagered 1200 on this clue: “This school that trained black students to become teachers opened on July 4, 1881 in Alabama.” Jonathan got it right.
I got this triple-stumper in 1880s America: “‘The ball struck him just behind the ear’ isn’t from the sports page but from this man telling how he shot Jesse James.”
Mr. Trebek had to give the less-than-a-minute warning again, and I think we had 7 clues left. We had 3 clues left covered. At the end of the round, Jonathan had after getting 2 right and 3 wrong since his second Daily Double. Kathy had gotten 2 right and one wrong and had 400. Rachel still had 9000!
The Final Jeopardy category was Sporting Events. Mercifully, it was an easy clue for these contestants: “An old name for this Olympic sporting event is the quinquertium.” Kathy wrote “pentathalon,” and it was accepted. She added 398. Jonathan was right and added 5001 . Rachel was wrong and lost 5401. Jonathan will be back tomorrow. I’m actually kinda looking forward to seeing how he’ll do. And at least he doesn’t push his sleeves compulsively.
My Coryat today was 21400 (24200 without negs).

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