Today’s Final Jeopardy – Friday, April 25, 2025

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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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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category 1990s Bestsellers) for Friday, April 25, 2025 (Season 41, Game 165):

In this 1995 book, Pilgrim is taken to Tom, whose job it is to utter secrets “softly into pricked and troubled ears”

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jenn Gardner, a nonprofit arts administrator from Houston, Texas

Simon Liebling, a resident physician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Liam Starnes, an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (5-day total: $103,002)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

We have a new 5-time champion in UChicago undergrad Liam Starnes, who has been impressing viewers with his knowledge and making many of them feeling very old at the same time. As the show doesn’t release contestant ages, there’s no way for us to definitively determine who the most recent 5-time champion was that was younger than Liam is during their respective runs; I have a couple of possibilities that I can think of, but again, I don’t think it’s a stat really worth tracking, nor do I think the show should facilitate the tracking of this specific stat.

That being said, be prepared for lots of rage online this evening: a number of markets, most prominently New York and Philadelphia, will be pre-empting tonight’s game because of ABC’s coverage of the NFL Draft. Check your local listings. 99% of the time, I can generally see why episodes of Jeopardy! get pre-empted, but this is one case where I absolutely do not comprehend why NFL Draft coverage—moreover, this isn’t even the first round of the draft—needs to occupy space on network television on a Friday evening. Anyone who actually cares about this can watch it on ESPN, where the coverage is also airing. In my opinion, ABC deserves all of the negative reception that will come its way this evening for this programming decision.

Correct response: What is The Horse Whisperer?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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Later adapted into a 1998 movie starring Robert Redford and Scarlett Johansson, The Horse Whisperer was Nicholas Evans’s 1995 bestselling debut novel. Pilgrim is Grace Maclean’s horse; Tom Booker is the title “horse whisperer” who helps re-train Pilgrim after a riding accident nearly kills both Grace and Pilgrim; meanwhile, Grace’s mother Annie has an affair with Tom.

I’ll be honest: I think this would have been an excellent Final Jeopardy clue in the year 2000, when the book and movie would have been more in the public consciousness. Transplanting this clue to the year 2025, though, makes this significantly more difficult, in my opinion. (I also don’t think this is what others meant when they begged for Jeopardy!‘s writing to return to that era.) Looking further into J! Archive, it’s also been a missed Daily Double twice in the last decade—but I apparently found the subject matter so unremarkable that I’d forgotten about both of those instances. This definitely feels like a subject where the writer’s room has a better memory for it than North America at large, especially because its 2022 appearance as a Daily Double was in the second row of the board.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Friday, April 25, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Explorers; Occupational Song Titles; Absolute Power; Homophones; Now You’Re Cooking; The Impatient 19Th Century Reader)

Liam got off to a hot start, picking up 10 correct and the Daily Double to hold a huge lead after 15 clues. At the interviews, the scores were Liam $9,000 Simon $1,600 Jenn $0.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Liam 10 correct 0 incorrect
Simon 2 correct 0 incorrect
Jenn 2 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jenn worked for one week dissecting freeze-dried fireflies.
Simon had to exit Denali, pursued by a bear.
Liam once scored $259,000 in a game of Wii Jeopardy.

All three players gave at least four correct responses in this segment; Liam continued to lead.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Liam 14 correct 0 incorrect
Simon 6 correct 0 incorrect
Jenn 7 correct 4 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Liam $11,000
Simon $3,200
Jenn $800

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: The Wizard Of Oz; Ruby Slippers; We’Re Not In Kansas Anymore; & Your Little Dog Too; If I Only Had A Brain; There’S No Place Like “Home”)

This one was decided by a couple of mistakes by the challengers: Jenn responded “anenome” instead of “anemone”, while Simon bet just $1,000 on a $3,600 Daily Double when significantly behind Liam’s score. Had Simon gone all in on DD# like he should have in that position, or had Jenn responded with the correct pronunciation, Liam would not have had a runaway going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Liam 21 correct 1 incorrect
Jenn 17 correct 7 incorrect
Simon 11 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 30 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Liam $20,600
Jenn $8,800
Simon $7,800

Nobody got this Final Jeopardy correct; Liam is now a 6-day champion! He’ll go for #7 on Monday.

Tonight’s results:

Simon $7,800 – $1,001 = $6,799 (What is The Poisonwood Bible?)
Jenn $8,800 – $6,900 = $1,900 (What is the da vinci code)
Liam $20,600 – $18 = $20,582 (What is A Clockwork Orange) (6-day total: $123,584)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) ABSOLUTE POWER $800 (clue #8)
Liam 3000 +3000 (Simon 1000 Jenn 400)
2) WE’RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $2000 (clue #12)
Liam 12600 +6000 (Simon 2000 Jenn 400)
3) IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN $2000 (clue #14, $17600 left on board)
Simon 3600 +1000 (Liam 18600 Jenn 400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 175

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Liam 5 5 3 4 3 4*
Simon 4
Jenn 4

DJ! Round:
Liam 4 3 4 3 4 3 5* 4
Simon 3 4 5*
Jenn 1 1 2

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Liam 3.86
Simon 4.00
Jenn 2.00

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 30 (0.18 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Liam $14,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Simon $8,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Jenn $8,800 Coryat, 17 correct, 7 incorrect, 42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $32,000
Lach Trash: $12,000 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,000
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 1

Player Statistics:

Liam Starnes, career statistics:

122 correct, 18 incorrect
7/9 on rebound attempts (on 27 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (114/342)
9/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $34,590)
3/6 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,867

Simon Liebling, career statistics:

11 correct, 2 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57)
1/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $1,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800

Jenn Gardner, career statistics:

17 correct, 8 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
42.11% in first on buzzer (24/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $8,800

Liam Starnes, to win:

7 games: 61.872%
8: 38.281%
9: 23.685%
10: 14.655%
11: 9.067%
Avg. streak: 7.623 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Due to today’s game being a runaway, no wagering suggestions will be posted.
• Your reminder that no response is more incorrect than a blank screen in Final Jeopardy. I knew my own response at home to this Final had a 99% chance of being incorrect, but it’s still better to put something down.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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