Today’s Final Jeopardy – Tuesday, September 30, 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.
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All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
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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

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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 Destinations) for Tuesday, September 30, 2025 (Season 42, Game 17):

In 2020 the Pripyat Ferris wheel earned a cameo mention in a N.Y. Times travel essay called “Why Would Anyone Want To Visit” this place

(correct response beneath the contestants)

Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:

Curtis Bogetti, a Ph.D. candidate from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Hannah Gómez, a book editor from Tucson, Arizona

Zach Knecht, a law clerk originally from Spring Hill, Florida (1-day total: $13,401)

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Zach Knecht was the only player to be correct on a relatively difficult Final Jeopardy clue yesterday and has become your new Jeopardy! champion. Today, he faces off against Hannah Gómez of Tucson, Arizona and Curtis Bogetti of Kamloops, British Columbia.

Being that today is a Tuesday, I am hoping that we’ll see some postseason format updates from Michael Davies and Sarah Foss on the show’s Substack today; it would be nice for the fans to be able to track “who’s in” and “who’s out”.

Correct response: What is Chernobyl?

More information about Final Jeopardy:

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“Maybe they’re looking for a glimpse of the apocalypse,” wrote Mark O’Connell in 2020 in a travel article in the New York Times magazine detailing his trip into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, a 30-kilometer zone surrounding the remains of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, published quite ironically in late March of 2020, less than two weeks after the start of the worldwide pandemic shutdown.

The city of Pripyat, built to house plant workers, was entirely within the zone and was evacuated in 1986 after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. The city’s fairground was set to open on May 1 of that year, less than two weeks after the disaster, but never opened. Its Ferris wheel sits unused.

I would say that being able to associate Pripyat with Chernobyl should be relatively straightforward; the only trip-up might be for a contestant who isn’t specific enough and responds with Ukraine instead (Though it could probably be reasoned out that if the show wanted the country, it would have specified “country” in the clue.)

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: U.S. Geography; Nursery Rhyme Dramatis Personae; Buzzed Words; Dog Breed Anagrams; “P” Is For Pop Song; Sandwiches With Gordon Ramsay)

Zach found the Daily Double immediately; he used that momentum to jump out to an early lead. After 15 clues, the scores were Zach $4,400 Curtis $1,600 Hannah $1,400.

Statistics at the first break (15 clues):

Zach 7 correct 0 incorrect
Curtis 4 correct 1 incorrect
Hannah 2 correct 0 incorrect

Today’s interviews:

Curtis was part of a punk rock Roy Orbison cover band.
Hannah has over a dozen fitness certifications.
Zach encountered an Uncle Sam cosplay at a Madrid nightclub.

Curtis battled back to briefly tie the game, but Zach held the lead after 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy! Round:

Zach 13 correct 1 incorrect
Curtis 9 correct 1 incorrect
Hannah 4 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Zach $6,200
Curtis $5,400
Hannah $1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: World History; Space Stuff; Olden Lit; The Righteous Gemstones; Pope Culture Jeopardy!; “Be” Real)

Curtis turned this game on its ear by doubling up through DD2; a protracted search then began for DD3. Curtis—the only player without a clue selection error in the round—found it, picking up $3,000 from the bottom-row clue. While it wasn’t enough to cement a runaway, Curtis did have a big lead going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Curtis 20 correct 1 incorrect
Zach 21 correct 3 incorrect
Hannah 10 correct 1 incorrect
Total number of unplayed clues this season: 3 (0 today).

Scores going into Final:

Curtis $26,600
Zach $15,000
Hannah $6,800

Zach and Curtis were both correct in Final Jeopardy; that makes Curtis your new champion! He’ll be back tomorrow to defend.

Tonight’s results:

Hannah $6,800 – $6,800 = $0 (What is Egypt)
Zach $15,000 + $15,000 = $30,000 (What Chernobyl)
Curtis $26,600 + $3,401 = $30,001 (What is Chernobyl?) (1-day total: $30,001)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800 (clue #1)
Zach 0 +1000 (Hannah 0 Curtis 0)
2) OLDEN LIT $1600 (clue #7)
Curtis 8600 +8600 (Zach 9800 Hannah 1600)
3) THE RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES $2000 (clue #24, $4800 left on board)
Curtis 22800 +3000 (Zach 13000 Hannah 4800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 213

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Zach 4*
Hannah
Curtis

DJ! Round:
Zach 3 4 5 3 4 3 3† 2 2
Hannah 2 2 1 1† 2†
Curtis 4 4* 5 3 4 5 2 4 5 5*

† – selection in same category as Daily Double

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Curtis 4.10
Zach 3.30
Hannah 1.60

Unplayed clues:

J! Round: None!
DJ! Round: None!
Total Left On Board: $0
Number of clues left unrevealed this season: 3 (0.18 per episode average), 0 Daily Doubles

Game Stats:

Curtis $18,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Zach $14,800 Coryat, 21 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Hannah $6,800 Coryat, 10 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $40,200
Lach Trash: $10,000 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,800
Lead Changes: 1
Times Tied: 2

Player Statistics:

Zach Knecht, career statistics:

39 correct, 8 incorrect
1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
35.09% in first on buzzer (40/114)
2/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $600)
2/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $12,600

Hannah Gómez, career statistics:

10 correct, 2 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57)
0/0 on Daily Doubles
0/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $6,800

Curtis Bogetti, career statistics:

21 correct, 1 incorrect
0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57)
2/2 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $11,600)
1/1 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,600

Curtis Bogetti, to win:

2 games: 67.254%
3: 45.231%
4: 30.420%
5: 20.458%
6: 13.759%
Avg. streak: 3.054 games.

Andy’s Thoughts:

• Today’s J!6 clues can be found at the monthly archive.

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Curtis $26,600 Zach $15,000 Hannah $6,800)

Zach: Bet at least $8,200 to have a chance of victory. Because that’s the difference between you and Hannah’s score, you might consider betting exactly $8,200 here. (Actual bet: $15,000)

Hannah: Because Zach has to bet at least $8,200 to have a chance of victory, bet $0 and take second if he’s incorrect (and bets any more than that number.) (Actual bet: $6,800)

Curtis: Standard cover bet is $3,401. (Actual bet: $3,401)

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