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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Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy (in the category State Capitals) for the second game of the final in the 2017 Tournament of Champions, on Friday, November 17, 2017 (Season 34, Episode 50):
A state capital since 1805, its name begins with the last 4 letters of the state’s name
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Remember, this is a 2-game total-point affair, today’s scores get added to yesterday’s to determine the champion! The winner receives $250,000; second place $100,000, and third place $50,000.
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Today’s contestants:
Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York (Yesterday’s total: $6,500)
Alan Lin, a software engineer from Riverside, California (Yesterday’s total: $8,800)
Buzzy Cohen, a music executive from Los Angeles, California (Yesterday’s total: $0)
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Keith Williams over at The Final Wager, a couple of years ago, called STATE CAPITALS the worst Final Jeopardy category. And like the first paragraph of that article, this was a wordplay clue that has little to do with geography. Of course, this specific fact wasn’t touched on in Keith’s State Capital wordplay article (which probably explains why the writers went with it), but another fact about Montpelier is that it’s the least populous state capital (with just 7,855 people, as per the 2010 census.)
I guess the “1805” clue was good in that it could at least orient you in the right part of the country as a starting point, but it feels like so many STATE CAPITALS clues are really, really difficult to come up with the correct response to in 30 seconds.
(In case you’re also wondering, Keith does give some fun wordplay facts about some of the other state capitals)
And, of course, now that the tournament’s over, we go back to regular play on Monday. Kara Chandler returns as champion, if you haven’t yet, you really should check out the interview she did with #JeopardyLivePanel – she really is a hoot!
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Buzzy $25,600
Austin $10,200
Alan $1,600
Tonight’s results:
Alan $1,600 – $1,200 = $400 + $8,800 = $9,200 (What is) 2nd place, $100,000
Austin $10,200 – $10,000 = $200 + $6,500 = $6,700 (What is Indianapolis?) 3rd place, $50,000
Buzzy $25,600 – $1,301 = $24,299 (What is Love You!) 1st place, $250,000
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Austin $6,200
Alan $5,600
Buzzy $2,800
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) MUSICAL GROUP NAMES DEFINED $1000 (7th pick)
Austin 1600 +1600 (Alan 600 Buzzy 400)
2) THE BODY HUMAN $1600 (10th pick)
Buzzy 10800 +10800 (Austin 9000 Alan 4800)
3) EPONYMS $2000 (19th pick)
Alan 10400 -10400 (Buzzy 23200 Austin 9000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Unplayed clues:
J! round: MONSTER MASH $200
DJ! Round: WORLD THEATER $400, 5 EXES $400, 4 O’S $400
*Total $ Left On Board: $1,400
Game Stats:
Buzzy $16,400 Coryat, 18 correct, 0 incorrect, 28.30% in first on buzzer
Alan $12,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 4 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer
Austin $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 30.19% in first on buzzer
Combined Coryat Score: $38,000
Lach Trash: $8,400 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,200
Buzzy Cohen, stats to date:
279 correct, 48 incorrect
35.14% in first on buzzer (273/777)
16/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $35,400)
8/14 in Final Jeopardy!
Average Coryat: $13,800
Alan Lin, stats to date:
225 correct, 25 incorrect
34.80% in first on buzzer (214/615)
10/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $8,805)
7/11 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,873
Austin Rogers, stats to date:
401 correct, 54 incorrect
39.71% in first on buzzer (378/952)
24/31 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $105,700)
14/17 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,435
Miscellaneous:
- Buzzy is the first player to score $0 in the first day of a Tournament of Champions final and come back to win the tournament.
- This is the first Tournament of Champions final in which the three players went 0 for 6 combined in Final Jeopardy over the course of the final.
- Thanks to Mark Barrett for providing me with a full chart of this game.
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