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 Winter Olympic Sports) for Thursday, October 7, 2021 (Season 38, Game 19):
The official Olympic website says this event “has its roots in survival skills” practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Maddie Williams, a Ph.D candidate originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Tyler Seiple, a voice and speech teacher originally from Columbus, Ohio
Matt Amodio, a Ph.D student from New Haven, Connecticut (36-day total: $1,417,401)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts: The prediction model has reached a point where, based on Matt’s previous performance, that he is somewhere between 93 and 96% to win, depending on the day of the week. We’re at the point where it would definitely take at least one, if not more, unlucky breaks for Matt to lose. But, that variability is baked into the Jeopardy! format (that’s one of the reasons why the format has survived with only minor tweaks since the 1960s.) One thing I think is for certain, though: when the loss does happen, it will be very difficult to avoid spoilers.
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Correct response: What is biathlon?
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Biathlon is a winter sport that is a combination of cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; it originated in Norway, where hunters often shot rifles while on skis. A competition known as Forvarsrennet was organized by the Norwegian military in 1912 and is seen today as the first modern biathlon competition. An event known as “military patrol”, a form that also included ski mountaineering, appeared at the 1924 Winter Olympics; the modern cross country skiing-rifle shooting biathlon first appeared at the 1960 Winter Olympics. Missing shots in the shooting part of the race incurs a penalty—depending on the event, either via a time add-on penalty or having to ski laps of a “penalty loop”.
Interestingly, biathlon and the Summer Olympics’ modern pentathlon had the same governing body—the Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne et Biathlon (UIPMB) until the 1990s, when the International Biathlon Union (IBU) was created
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Tonight’s results are below!
Scores going into Final:
Matt $41,400
Tyler $6,600
Maddie -$1,000
Tonight’s results:
Maddie -$1,000 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Tyler $6,600 – $6,600 = $0 (What is biathalon?)
Matt $41,400 + $9,000 = $50,400 (What is biathlon?) (37-day total: $1,467,801)
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Matt $10,200
Tyler $3,800
Maddie -$600
Opening break taken after: 15 clues
Daily Double locations:
1) COMPOUND WORDS $1000 (clue #4)
Matt 1000 +1000 (Tyler 0 Maddie -1000)
2) SAY IT IN LATIN $800 (clue #18)
Matt 29000 +5000 (Tyler 6200 Maddie -1800)
3) WE DID START THE FIRE $800 (clue #21, $6000 left on board)
Matt 35200 +3000 (Tyler 6200 Maddie -1000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 126
Unplayed clues:
J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 0 (0.00 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles
Game Stats:
Matt $35,000 Coryat, 37 correct, 4 incorrect, 66.67% in first on buzzer (38/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Maddie -$1,000 Coryat, 6 correct, 4 incorrect, 10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57), 2/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Tyler $6,600 Coryat, 10 correct, 0 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,600
Lach Trash: $6,800 (on 7 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,600
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1241 correct, 116 incorrect
54/62 on rebound attempts (on 122 rebound opportunities)
56.04% in first on buzzer (1174/2095)
73/83 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $294,200)
28/37 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $28,108
Tyler Seiple, career statistics:
10 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,600
Maddie Williams, career statistics:
6 correct, 4 incorrect
2/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
10.53% in first on buzzer (6/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/0 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: -$1,000
Matt Amodio, to win:
38 games: 93.597%
39: 87.897%
40: 82.871%
41: 79.177%
42: 74.823%
Avg. streak: 53.393 games.
Andy’s Thoughts:
I disagree with the judges’ decision to neg “biathalon”; in many vocalizations, going from an “th” to an “l” gives a vocalized “schwa” sound; Tyler was simply transcribing that. It comes as no surprise to me that Mike Richards, who likely would have had a chance to correct this in his second-to-last game as executive producer, fails to realize that. He never quite grasped other pronunciations (like Barrygate) as Executive Producer and I’m glad tomorrow is his final show.
- $50,400 is tied for the 52nd-best one-day total of all time on the show.
- $35,000 is tied for the 23rd-best Coryat score of all time on the show.
- Today was the first game since Matt’s 27th game on September 23 where he did not run a category.
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