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Season 28

This error is your error, this error is my error…

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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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And so it begins, the second week of the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament (and the first week of shows back at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington!)

Your first group of semifinalists:

Eliza Scruton

Ben Greenho

Catherine Briley

Your J! round categories: THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME, BOOKS, THEME PARK FUN, ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING, BAD KISSERS, “HOLD” EVERYTHING

After some time flipping back and forth between BOOKS and BAD KISSERS, Catherine found the game’s first Daily Double in the former category in the $800 slot. Her and Eliza were tied at $1200 with Ben not on the board. Cathrerine, showing undue formality, stated: “Mr. Trebek, I think I’d like to make this a true Daily Double.” The clue: This H.G. Wells story says the title figure has “goggling spectacles and (a) ghastly bandaged face”. Her correct response doubled her score to $2,400.

Catherine seemed to have most of the buzzer mojo early on; at the opening break (though curiously after only 13 clues), your scores sat at Catherine $3,600 Ben $1,800 Eliza $1,800.

Things I did not know that I learned in tonight’s interviews: that Michelle Obama grows arugula.

A costly neg for Catherine in the THEME PARK FUN category (at 600): The Smokey Mountain River Rampage is featured at this theme park named for country singer Parton; the miss and subsequent rebound by Eliza let Eliza back into the game.

Your scores at the end of the J! round: Catherine $6,800 Eliza $5,200 Ben $3,000.

DJ! round categories: THEATER, B.C.-ING YOU, POP CULTURE, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE, “V”OCABULARY

Ben went straight to Theater to open the Double Jeopardy! round and went 4/4 before finding the Daily Double at the bottom of the category. He’d just taken the lead at $7,000 and got much too conservative for my liking on his bet (at just $1,000). Even Alex noticed, saying “you were doing so well in theatre” The clue: “This long-running musical is based on a 1911 horror novel by Gaston Leroux”. Ben realized immediately that he knew it, and a huge opportunity was wasted.

More deep thoughts from Andy: would “Stonehenge” be a good name for a rock & roll group?

Ben found the game’s final Daily Double at the bottom of B.C.-ING YOU. He had $12,400 to Catherine’s $15,200 and Eliza’s $5,600. He grimaced, and bet only $2,400. The clue: A popular TV & movie subject, this gladiator led a slave revolt that ended with his death in battle in 71 B.C.; his correct response left him $400 short of the lead. If this were the NFL, I’d be certain to read about Ben’s conservative strategies in TMQ on Tuesday morning, likely with Gregg Easterbrook stating that he was writing “game over” in his notebook.

Errata: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1200 clue read:

Canada has a sort of equivalent song to “This Land Is Your Land”; its chorus begins, “From” this British Columbia island.

Here are the lines in question:

This land is your land / This land is my land / From Bonavista To Vancouver Island, / From the Arctic Circle, / To the Great Lake waters, / this land was made for you and me.

Not sure what the writers were smoking today, but Bonavista is a lovely town in Newfoundland. I have friends from there. But there’s no line that says “from Vancouver Island” in that song. Sorry.

Considering that your scores were as follows going into Final Jeopardy!:

Catherine $18,000

Ben $17,600

Eliza $6,400

Ben: If you’re reading this, you really should protest if you haven’t already, as the $1200 clue you negged on has no correct answer.

FJ! category: ON THE PERIODIC TABLE

Clue: Of the 5 elements with 4-letter names, it’s the only one that is not a solid at room temperature

Eliza 6400 + 6400 = 12800

Ben 17600 + 7600 = 25200

Catherine 18000 + 17601 = 35601

Your first finalist is Catherine Briley!

I’d say Ben has a pretty good case for a protest here, though. Let’s see if we see him on a future tournament at some point!

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