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Season 26

Not feelin’ the brotherly love today

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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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My score in the Jeopardy round today was roughly half that of yesterday’s Jeopardy round. I really can’t explain why I didn’t come up with any correct responses in 1984. I did know the answer to this first clue of the game in that category, but didn’t ring in in time/didn’t feel confident enough: “January 1: This Southeast Asian sultanate gains its full independence from Great Britain.”* And I’ve never heard of the answer to this clue in Top U.S Franchises: “Begun in Japan, this chain of math and reading centers ranks as the top tutoring services franchise.”* Gene Beed of Irvine, CA knew the answer. I went to the company‘s website and found that there are three such centers in Irvine. I lived in a town 40 miles from Irvine for a couple of years, and I even worked briefly as a tutor at a center that seems similar. Of course I want to know, did you guys know the answer, and if so, where are you are from?
Donna Gottlieb found all three Daily Doubles today, the first one right after giving her first correct response. She risked all of her 1000, and got it right. The Daily Double was found in Top U.S. Franchises: “This women-only circuit-training fitness center began franchising in 1985.”*
I missed this first clue read in Big “Brother” because I was writing the categories on my sheet and didn’t realize “Brother” was in quotes!: “Zeppo or Gummo.”* Live and learn. Then I guess I was rattled, and gave only four words on this clue in the same category: “5-word nickname of Philadelphia.”* There really is no excuse for missing that one!
There was no clear favorite at the end of the Jeopardy round. Donna had 4400, Gene had 6800, and 2-day champ John Krizel had 7000. Here is my Jeopardy round:

I made up for the Jeopardy round in Double Jeopardy, which was nearly three times that of yesterday’s:

Did you guys know this triple-stumper in State Lakes?: “Grand Lake of the Cherokees.”* What about this one in From the Greek?: “This bowl-shaped depression at the mouth of a volcano is from the Greek for ‘mixing vessel.'”* Again, I knew this one, but didn’t feel confident enough, which is the same as not knowing it at all!
Donna found one Daily Double one near the beginning of the Double Jeopardy round and one near the end. Here’s the first one, in Opera Characters: “A one-act opera based on an episode in ‘Great Expectations’ is called this woman’s ‘wedding night.'”* The second Daily Double of the round was in From the Greek: “The name of this learning disability is partly from the Greek for ‘word.'”* Despite answering all three Daily Doubles correct, Donna was in third place going into Final Jeopardy. She never wagered to take the lead on the Daily Doubles. She wagered 1200 on the Opera Daily Double, when anything more than 2200 would’ve given her the lead. And even though there were only two clues left in the round, she only wagered to be in second place by 200 with a correct response. (To take the lead, though, she would’ve nearly had to risk it all.) So going into Final Jeopardy, John had 17400, Gene had 16000, and Donna had 12600.
The Final Jeopardy category was Legendary Public Servants. This was the clue: “In 1929, he became a special agent with the treasury department’s prohibition bureau, Chicago division.”* I guessed the same thing as Donna and got it wrong. She lost 8000. Gene got it right and added 9201. It appears he wagered to be in the lead if Donna doubled, even though she wasn’t in third place going in! Weird. It wouldn’t have mattered, though, because John got it right and wagered enough to beat Gene if he had wagered like he should have (in my opinion) and doubled. Incidentally, why does John look so down all the time, even when he’s done well? He’s 3 for 3 on Final Jeopardy, but you’d never know it from his expression and gestures. At any rate, his score today was 32001! Impressive. Can he get a fourth win?

*Brunei, Kumon, Curves, Marx Brothers, the City of Brotherly Love, Oklahoma, crater, Miss Havisham, dyslexia, Eliot Ness

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