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Season 35

Today’s Final Jeopardy – December 5, 2018

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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)
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August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
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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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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category Names In American History) for Wednesday, December 5, 2018 (Season 35, Episode 63):

In 1999 the U.S. Government was ordered to pay his family $16 million for less than 30 seconds of film

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s contestants:

Brian Panulla, a software engineer from Portland, Oregon

Brian Panulla on Jeopardy!

Amy David, a professor of management from Lafayette, Indiana

Amy David on Jeopardy!

Dave Leffler, a retired police officer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (2-day total: $53,601)

Dave Leffler on Jeopardy!

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Correct response: Who is (Abraham) Zapruder?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

Abraham Zapruder was making a home movie of the Presidential motorcade as it passed through Dealey Plaza on November 22, 1963, and unexpectedly captured what is believed to be the best-known footage of the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Shortly after the assassination, Life Magazine outbid CBS for the rights to the film, but the rights were sold back to the Zapruder estate in 1975 amidst a royalties dispute (Zapruded died in 1970). After a 1992 law that required all records of the Kennedy assassination be transferred to the National Archives, the government was ordered to pay his heirs $16 million.

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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!

Scores going into Final:
Dave $21,500
Brian $13,800
Amy $2,600

Tonight’s results:
Amy $2,600 – $0 = $2,600 (Who is Katze Ball?)
Brian $13,800 + $7,701 = $21,501
Dave $21,500 + $6,101 = $27,601 (3-day total: $81,202)

Dave Leffler, today's Jeopardy! winner (for the December 5, 2018 game.)

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brian $7,600
Dave $5,900
Amy $3,000

Opening break taken after: 15 clues

Daily Double locations:
1) DANCER $400 (10th pick)
Dave -200† +500 (Brian 2400 Amy 600)
2) 3-LETTER BIZ $800 (2nd pick)
Dave 6300 +3200 (Brian 7600 Amy 3000)
3) FERRY TALES $1600 (22nd pick)
Brian 13600 -7000 (Dave 19500 Amy 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 49

Dave would eventually receive 2,000 refunded to him for a response originally ruled incorrect on COMET $1000. Daily Double Efficiency has been calculated with Dave’s score at -200 and not 1800.

Unplayed clues:
J! round: RUDOLPH $200
DJ! Round: None
Total $ Left On Board: $200

Game Stats:
Dave $19,000 Coryat, 24 correct, 1 incorrect, 41.07% in first on buzzer
Brian $20,800 Coryat, 22 correct, 2 incorrect, 35.71% in first on buzzer, 3/3 on rebound attempts
Amy $2,600 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 16.07% in first on buzzer, 1/1 on rebound attempts
Combined Coryat Score: $42,400
Lach Trash: $7,000 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,400

Dave Leffler, stats to date:
68 correct, 6 incorrect
6/6 on rebound attempts
37.35% in first on buzzer (62/166)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $4,700)
3/3 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,200

Dave Leffler, to win:
4 games: 65.04%
5: 42.30%
6: 27.51%
7: 17.89%
8: 11.63%
Avg. streak: 4.860 games.


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