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Season 42

(TJF Plus) Daily Details – Monday, July 6, 2026

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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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Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock, an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia

Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock on Jeopardy!

Owen Harrington, a union organizer & Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois

Owen Harrington on Jeopardy!

Caleb Groen, a law & policy student originally from Thousand Oaks, California (2-day total: $31,199)

Caleb Groen on Jeopardy!

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Welcome to another week of Jeopardy! play as we near the end of Season 42 (we only have three weeks left!) This week sees Caleb Groen return as a 2-day champion, facing off against Owen Harrington of Chicago and Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock of North Vancouver, British Columbia. If you recognize the name Whitlock, you’d be correct in assuming a relation—Lee Ann is married to 1996 College champion and 2025 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament alumnus Shane Whitlock.

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Final Jeopardy! Category: Building Projects

Final Jeopardy! Clue: An unofficial “race” between Japanese & Korean firms led to the construction of these, well southwest of both nations

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Correct response: What are the Petronas Towers?

More Information About Final Jeopardy!:

In order to build the Petronas Towers quickly in the 1990s, Malaysia took the particularly unusual step of commissioning two different companies to build the twin towers: one Korean (Samsung C&T) and one Japanese (Hazama Corporation). Ostensibly, this allowed construction to proceed simultaneously, but it also provided for a competition for national pride between the two companies, with the Koreans getting the right to build the skybridge between the towers for having finished slightly ahead of the Japanese. The building served as the world’s tallest building between 1998 and 2004 (when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa).

This is one of those “Today I learned” Final Jeopardy! clues; I never realized that the two towers were built in this way. For that reason, I enjoyed today’s Final Jeopardy clue.

Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 6, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Making A List; Biblical Objects; The World Of Cycling; “Mean” Words & Phrases; Clean Up; Isle 5)

While both challengers struggled early with some incorrect responses, including Owen on the Daily Double, Caleb got off to a lead with 8 correct on his own. At the interviews, the scores were Caleb $6,800 Owen $0 Lee Ann -$400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Caleb 8 correct 0 incorrect
Owen 3 correct 3 incorrect
Lee Ann 1 correct 1 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Lee Ann helps run Trivia Nationals.
Owen once caught a very large bowfin fish in Vermont.
Caleb lived in Culver City when he was three months old.

Owen played well after the break, but Caleb still led through 30. On the opening board, Caleb got 4 in Biblical objects and “Mean” words, while Owen got 3 in lists, cycling and Isle 5.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Caleb 14 correct 0 incorrect
Owen 10 correct 3 incorrect
Lee Ann 3 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Caleb $8,600
Owen $2,600
Lee Ann $0

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: History Filed Under “A”; Signs Of Life; Plays & Playwrights; Biology; Words From Arabic; Commencement Celebrities 2026)

While Owen did just enough to keep his score in the black entering Final, Caleb’s only incorrect response was on a $2,000 clue (enough to keep him from the rare $30,000 Coryat mark). He picked up $13,000 on the Daily Doubles to take an incredibly dominant runaway into Final Jeopardy.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Caleb 32 correct 1 incorrect
Owen 15 correct 6 incorrect
Lee Ann 3 correct 4 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 11 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Caleb $38,800
Owen $1,400
Lee Ann -$2,400

Even the last-minute category change wasn’t enough to put our players in the direction of the Petronas Towers, as Caleb lost $20,000 in Final; he’s still a 3-day champion though and will go for #4 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Lee Ann -$2,400 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Owen $1,400 – $2 = $1,398 (What are building projects)
Caleb $38,800 – $20,000 = $18,800 (What is… Islands?) (3-day total: $49,999)

Caleb Groen, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the July 6, 2026 game.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ISLE 5 $1000 (clue #9)
Owen 0 -1000 (Caleb 4400 Lee Ann 0)
2) BIOLOGY $1600 (clue #4)
Caleb 13000 +5000 (Owen 2600 Lee Ann 0)
3) WORDS FROM ARABIC $800 (clue #19, $7600 left on board)
Caleb 30800 +8000 (Owen 1400 Lee Ann -2400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -36

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Caleb 5 4 4 4 5 4 5
Owen 4 5*
Lee Ann

DJ! Round:
Caleb 4 4 4* 4 3 4 5 5 3 3† 3 4 3 5 2 2*
Owen 5† 5
Lee Ann 3

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Caleb 3.87
Owen 4.75
Lee Ann 3.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 11 (0.05 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Caleb $28,200 Coryat, 32 correct, 1 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Owen $2,400 Coryat, 15 correct, 6 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Lee Ann -$2,400 Coryat, 3 correct, 4 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $28,200
Lach Trash: $12,600 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $13,200
Lead Changes: 0
Times Tied: 0

Player Statistics:

Caleb Groen, career statistics:

75 correct, 8 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts (on 16 rebound opportunities)
39.77% in first on buzzer (68/171)
6/6 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $30,600)
0/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,400

Owen Harrington, career statistics:

15 correct, 7 incorrect
3/4 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $2,400

Lee Ann McGuire Whitlock, career statistics:

3 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$2,400

Caleb Groen, to win:

4 games: 76.548%
5: 58.596%
6: 44.854%
7: 34.335%
8: 26.283%
Avg. streak: 6.264 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • If the show makes a last-minute category change to Final Jeopardy, they really need to update the underlying database, as well as Clue of the Day.
  • Just to prove that we’re not all the same north of the border, I dislike the fact that the show did not add “Canada” after Lee Ann’s geographical introduction, and I don’t think the show should have made the change.
  • Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

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