Today’s Final Jeopardy – Monday, July 21, 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 Mythological Places) for Monday, July 21, 2025 (Season 41, Game 226):

A 17th c. English translation of the “Aeneid” rhymes “My soul remains” & “perpetual pains” with this 2-word place

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Jeff Hague, a firefighter from Carmel, Indiana

Anna Ciamporcero, a stay-at-home mom from Ridgefield, Connecticut

Scott Riccardi, an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (12-day total: $312,501)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

We enter the final week of Season 41 with a 12-time champion occupying the champion’s lectern: Scott Riccardi has picked up more than $300,000 and ended last week showing no signs of letting up. Certainly, though, Jeopardy! is a show where anything can happen—could today be the day where Anna Ciamporcero or Jeff Hague unseat the champion? It should also be noted that if Scott does happen to win out this week and get to 17 wins, the cutoff for the next Tournament of Champions very likely won’t be until December, much like the Season 41 tournament cutoff was December 6, 2024.

I should also note that there comes a time in every superchampion’s run where a small minority of the show’s viewers begin cheering against the champion and calling for a return to the days before “Sky’s The Limit” was introduced in 2003. It goes without saying that these fans are a small but vocal minority—ratings go up when a champion is on a long run, as more fans are invested and thus tune in to see how the champion is doing. In fact, traffic here at The Jeopardy! Fan—which has long been correlated with show ratings—is up significantly compared to normal.

Beginning next week, the show enters into its usual 6 weeks of encore presentations; the show will be rerunning the Tournament of Champions to begin with. It should also be noted that 46 weeks—230 episodes—is the longest season of any American game show, and that the show goes into encore presentations during this time of year because significantly fewer people watch television over the summer—vacations and outdoor times happen—and it’s more viable for the show to play the encore presentations.

Correct response: What are Elysian Plains?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

(The following write-up is original content and is copyright 2025 The Jeopardy! Fan. It may not be copied without linked attribution back to this page.)

Elysium, perhaps better known as the Elysian Fields, was translated to “Elysian Plains” in the 17^th-century translations of Virgil’s “Aeneid” in order to keep a rhyming scheme. Separated from the realm of Hades, it was initially populated with mortals related to the gods and other heroes, but it was later said that those chosen by the gods, or the most righteous of Greeks, could enter Elysium in order to live a blessed afterlife.

Honestly, I think Final Jeopardy clues that require contestants to know a specific lesser-used phrasing in order to fit a specific rhyme scheme (or otherwise) is much better suited for Masters-level play than regular play. This Final Jeopardy clue definitely should have been saved for a higher level than this, and if the show keeps on doing this, it will have a significant negative effect on betting strategy going forward, to the detriment of overall excitement.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Monday, July 21, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Shakespearean Settings; People Working Out Some Issues; Women; Vegetarian Talk; Hit The Road; Switching Sports)

Scott got off to a slow start, but he picked things up by the commercial to take the lead. After 15 clues, the scores were Scott $4,000 Jeff $2,200 Anna $400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Scott 6 correct 1 incorrect
Jeff 4 correct 1 incorrect
Anna 3 correct 2 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Jeff was just promoted to captain.
Anna had “Jeopardy” as one of her first words.
Scott fell asleep at his desk when doing biology homework in high school.

Jeff found the Daily Double, losing $2,000 to it. This meant Scott still lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Scott 10 correct 1 incorrect
Jeff 9 correct 2 incorrect
Anna 5 correct 4 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott $5,400
Jeff $2,200
Anna $400

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: A Year-O With A Zero In It; Cities In Proximity; Nonfiction; Stand-Up Specialists; Lots Of Knots; Hey “Eu”!)

Scott found both Daily Doubles (not that Anna really did much to try to find them herself) and got them both correct en route to 20 correct in the round, bringing his Coryat score for the day over $30,000 on the final clue of the round.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Scott 30 correct 2 incorrect
Anna 11 correct 4 incorrect
Jeff 12 correct 3 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 40 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Scott $35,400
Anna $4,800
Jeff $4,600

Applause for Scott, getting what I thought was a very difficult Final Jeopardy clue correct. It was a good thing, too, as he bet $15,000, picking up $50,400 today. He’ll go for win #14 tomorrow.

Tonight’s results:

Jeff $4,600 – $4,400 = $200 (What is ?)
Anna $4,800 – $1,800 = $3,000 (What is ?? Love you Dan + Pearl!)
Scott $35,400 + $15,000 = $50,400 (What is Elysian Plains?) (13-day total: $362,901)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) WOMEN $400 (clue #22)
Jeff 3400 -2000 (Scott 5000 Anna 200)
2) A YEAR-O WITH A ZERO IN IT $1200 (clue #2)
Scott 5800 +4000 (Anna 400 Jeff 2200)
3) NONFICTION $1600 (clue #9, $25200 left on board)
Scott 13800 +4000 (Anna 2000 Jeff 3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 39

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Scott 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 3 4 5 2
Anna 4 3 5 2
Jeff 5 4 3 2 5 4 2*

DJ! Round:
Scott 3* 3 4 3 4*
Anna 1 1 3
Jeff 5

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Scott 3.63
Anna 2.71
Jeff 3.75

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 40 (0.18 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Scott $30,200 Coryat, 30 correct, 2 incorrect, 50.88% in first on buzzer (29/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Anna $4,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 4 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Jeff $6,600 Coryat, 12 correct, 3 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $41,600
Lach Trash: $5,200 (on 6 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,200
Lead Changes: 2
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Scott Riccardi, career statistics:

347 correct, 26 incorrect
19/19 on rebound attempts (on 55 rebound opportunities)
42.91% in first on buzzer (318/741)
17/23 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $43,000)
10/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,662

Anna Ciamporcero, career statistics:

11 correct, 5 incorrect
2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $4,800

Jeff Hague, career statistics:

12 correct, 4 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57)
0/1 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: -$2,000)
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600

Scott Riccardi, to win:

14 games: 74.480%
15: 55.473%
16: 41.316%
17: 30.772%
18: 22.919%
Avg. streak: 15.918 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• As per the rules of the show, when a response is already a question (i.e. “Why did the chicken cross the road?”), it does not need to be doubly phrased.
• Today’s runaway game means that no wagering suggestions will be posted.
• Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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