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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Regular play is back, and the last two-three months before the next Tournament of Champions begins!
This week’s contestants:
Jake Ayres, San Diego, CA
Joshua Bartlett, Albany, NY
Mona Hatfield, Eufaula, OK
Morgan Kruse, Irvine, CA
Amanda Lanyon-LeSage, Madison, WI
Dan Sims, Little Rock, AR
And defending champ: Paul Nelson, Iowa City, IA
The challengers for Paul today: Dan Sims and Morgan Kruse! Once again, Paul’s a 3-time champ with total $45,400!
Will he make it 4 today?
J! round categories: GENERAL PRACTICE; 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS; POETRY TERMS; ANAGRAMS; IT’S A TRAP!; CELEBRITIES’ FAVORITE MOVIES
The MOVIES category didn’t drag as much as I thought a video category might, but there were lots of wrong answers so far – I’ll be surprised if we get through 30! The scores at the first break (after 13 clues):
Paul $800
Morgan $0
Dan $0
I came back up to put this comment in about Dan’s interview, but I’m betting Alex deliberately chose to bring up Dan’s story about having his hair cut while asleep as a college prank!
Also, normally these contestant marriage proposal stories are blase, but I found Morgan’s to be quite sweet! Her now-husband commissioned a proposal crossword puzzle in the style of a New York Times crossword! Meanwhile, “Word Play” aired on Game TV last night in Canada.
With two full categories left, Paul started a quick hunting trip. I say “quick” because it took him one shot. The Daily Double was under POETRY TERMS $800, and the scores were:
Paul $3,000
Dan $1,000
Morgan $0
His bet: $1,500. His clue: A haiku traditionally deals with this; a senryu takes an ironic look at human this. His correct response put him to $4,500.
The end-of-round signal came before we got to play any of the ANAGRAMS clues — I guess we’ll get to see it again soon! At the end of the J! round, we had scores of:
Paul $5,300
Dan $400
Morgan $0
DJ! round categories: GENERAL PRACTICE; PLANETARY MATTERS?; ODD WORDS; “THE” TV SHOW; THAT IS THE QUESTION; BALTIMORE
The BALTIMORE category is in honour of a new affiliate there. So, once again, where’s the HAMILTON, ONTARIO category, eh?
The ODD WORDS $800 clue (Something resembling this proud bird’s tail in color, design, or iridescence is said to be pavonine) annoyed me; I missed the bingo PAVONINE once in a Scrabble tournament!
As soon as he took got control, Paul decided to restart his Daily Double hunt. Morgan had absolutely none of it. I find the “stop the hunt” behaviour bothersome in terms of strategy; it’s almost as if you’re saying “I really don’t mind if you guys beat me”! And that’s when I stop cheering for you.
Shortly after a pair of expensive wrong answers took Paul out of the lead, Dan found the Daily Double under GENERAL PRACTICE $1200. The scores:
Dan $4,800
Paul $4,100
Morgan $4,000
Dan bet $1,500. His clue: Though unpopular with the President for his cautiousness, this Union general was once known as “Young Napoleon”. His correct response put him at $6,300.
Lots of negs and Triple Stumpers kept the pace slow here, and Paul found the Final Daily Double while being tenacious in his hunt! The minute-to-go signal had sounded, and the scores were:
Paul $6,500
Dan $5,500
Morgan $4,000
Personally? I like taking the shot here as opposed to an unknown final. Players tend to do better on a random Daily Double than a random Final Jeopardy. I’d probably bet $5,000 here, with the though that even if I’m wrong, I fall to $1,500 – which would make for an interesting betting situation in Final Jeopardy!
However, Paul bet $2,000 — a poor bet by all accounts. His clue: A tonsorialist is one who does this. The best guess he could come up with was incorrect, and he fell to $4,500.
Compounding the error: His next selection was PLANETARY MATTERS $400. Ugh. Morgan got the clue.
I never thought I’d be longing to blog a Teacher’s Tournament game. But tonight’s game made me do that.
Scores going into Final:
Dan $5,500
Paul $4,500
Morgan $4,400
FJ! category: OPERA
FJ! clue: In 1900 the first La Scala performance of this opera was conducted by the man whose last name began with the opera’s title
Morgan 4400 – 1101 = 3299
Paul 4500 – 1000 = 3500
Dan 5500 – 4500 = 1000
Somehow, after the ugliest game in recent memory, Paul emerges from the carnage to be a 4-day champion.
Tournament of Champions update:
1. Monica Thieu $100,000 (College Champion)
2. Patrick Quinn $100,000 (Feb. 2012 Teacher’s Champion)
3. Colby Burnett $100,000 (Nov. 2012 Teacher’s Champion)
4. Jason Keller $213,900 (9 wins)
5. Keith Whitener $147,597 (7 wins)
6. Stephanie Jass $147,570 (7 wins)
7. Joel Pool $116,800 (6 wins)
8. Dave Leach $98,054 (6 wins)
9. David Menchaca $115,503 (5 wins)
10. David Gard $84,700 (4 wins)
11. Dan McShane $62,001 (4 wins)
12. Paul Nelson $48,900 (4 wins)
13. Patrick Morrison $80,701 (3 wins)
14. Francis Lansangan $78,401 (3 wins)
15. Matt Samberg $61,402 (3 wins)
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16. Andy Baggarly $60,402 (3 wins)
17. Stephanie Fontaine $54,500 (3 wins)
18. Joey Falco $53,999 (3 wins)
19. Erin Zweiner $53,399 (3 wins)
20. Beau Henson $51,203 (3 wins)
21. Margaret Swanson $48,000 (3 wins)
22. Claudia Gray $45,202 (3 wins)
23. Dan Adkison $37,400 (3 wins)
24. Jacob Silverman $35,998 (3 wins)
25. Jessamine Price $26,803 (3 wins)
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone south of the border, and because I don’t have a holiday, I’ll be back tomorrow to blog again! See you then!