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Season 31

The Directionally Challenged Ben Ingram

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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)
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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 here with the recap of this game!

Today’s quarterfinalists: Rani Peffer, Andrew, Moore, and Arthur Chu!

J! round categories:
US CITY NICKNAMES
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
LITERARY AWARDS
CROSSWORD CLUES “M”
ABOVE
& BEYONCE

Right before the game I saw the following:

considering how@julysixteenthspoke of Andrew Moore in our panels I expect that there will be absolute fireworks today in#ToC2014— Andy Saunders (@andythequizzer)November 11, 2014

@andythequizzerActually he and AC canceled out; they went straight down the board.— Ben Ingram (@julysixteenth)November 11, 2014

I think Ben might be directionally challenged — going top to bottom so didn’t happen. It went more left-to-right! Arthur and Andrew went across the categories, going through 6, 8, 4, and 10 first!

A lot of Triple Stumpers early on — I noted this one (ABOVE $1000) early on: In the original language, these first 4 words of the anthem written in 1841 put 1 country “above all”. Andrew went for “God Save The Queen” and lost $1,000 — whereas Arthur actually rang in with no response and lost $1,000 himself!

The last clue selected before the break was LITERARY AWARDS $1000. Andrew got to play the clue with the following scores:
Andrew $2,600
Arthur $2,600
Rani $800

Andrew bet just $1,000. Alex even commented later on that Andrew went conservative!

Andrew’s clue: Though dead almost 20 years, she won a 1982 Pulitzer for her “Collected Poems”. Andrew’s correct response put his score at $3,600 and the game into the first break!

Rani was wearing her lucky earrings again! After appearing on Jeopardy!, she knocked a couple of more items off her bucket list: touring the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, and taking tap dance lessons (she won’t quit her day job, though!)

Andrew’s new house has a lot of kitchen space — his wife is a great cook!

Arthur lost 30 pounds since his appearance! He was also animated supervillain in Taiwan (the Taiwan Animators). Unfortunately, no money from it!

The first clue out of the break saw Arthur take a foul-tip neg (Beyonce $1,000: Jay Z is featured on this Beyonce song that mentions “that liquor get into me”) — he said “On” instead of “In” in the title — Andrew picked up the rebound!

Later on, Andrew got confused by a clue in ABOVE and took a neg (Arthur picked up the rebound): Rumors led Caesar to divorce his wife, who we now proverbially say “must be above” this

Scores after 30:
Arthur $4,400
Andrew $4,400
Rani $2,600

Double Jeopardy categories:
OPERA MAN
ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ CHILDREN
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS
VOWEL, CONSONANT X3
THE CASPIAN SEA
SUPERMAN TO HER LOIS LANE

Andrew found the first Daily Double under THE CASPIAN SEA $1600!

Scores:
Andrew $5,600
Arthur $5,200
Rani $4,600

Andrew bet $2,000 this time! His clue: The Caspian’s southern shoreline borders this country at the foot of the Elburz Mountains. Andrew went for Georgia and fell to 3rd place, $3,600.

Festivals 1600 was a surprising Triple Stumper — if only because of the opening line of “Smoke On The Water” — In July 2014 this resort town on Lake Geneva jazzed things up hosting its 48th annual jazz festival

The Superman category was giving our contestants difficulty as well!

Festivals 1200 (This Japanese city & onetime Winter Olympic host, also a beer name, has a festival featuring snow sculptures) was a Triple Stumper I got — because that beer has a brewery about a 10 minutes’ walk from me!

Meanwhile, Arthur was doing very well on the buzzer and jumped into a big lead! Presidents $1200 had the final Daily Double, and it because Mr. Chu’s to play!

Scores:
Arthur $15,200
Andrew $4,400
Rani $2,200

Arthur bet $3,000. His clue: In 1999 People Magazine said his “death left unbearable pain, unfulfilled promise”. Arthur’s instant correct response put him at $18,200!

Arthur, having a large lead, coasted slightly heading into the line — but he didn’t need to take to many chances!

Score going into Final:
Arthur $21,000
Andrew $5,200
Rani $3,800

FJ category: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

FJ! clue: As of 2013, this 3-letter verb common in sports, theatre & politics has the largest entry in the online OED

Rani 3800 + 3799 = 7599
Andrew 5200 – 5199 = 1
Arthur 21000 + 0 = 21000

(I said “set”. Oops.) Arthur’s the second semifinalist!

Wild Card standings:
Rebecca Rider $11,600
Rani Peffer $7,599
Andrew Moore $1
John Pearson $0

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