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Weekend Jeopardy! Recap – August 1 & 2, 2026
Warning: This page contains spoilers for the August 1-2, 2026, game ofJeopardy!— please do not scroll down if you wish to avoid being spoiled. Please note that today’s game is an encore presentation of the game thatoriginally aired on March 20, 2025.
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 U.S. Cities) for August 1-2, 2026 (Season 41, Game 139):
Named for a 1775 battle, this city contains the graves of John Breckinridge & Henry Clay
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s Jeopardy! contestants:
Cameron Berry, a data analyst & college administrator from Brighton, Massachusetts
Hillary Hess, an export policy analyst from Arlington, Virginia
Alex DeFrank, an inventory specialist from Brooklyn, New York (4-day total: $102,400)
Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
This weekend’s encore presentation features Alex DeFrank going for victory #5 against Hillary Hess and Cameron Berry.
My post talking holistically about ESPN Jeopardy! will be coming at some point soon; I don’t want to back myself into a corner when it comes to timing, though.
(Content continues below)
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Correct response: What is Lexington, Kentucky?
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Less than two months after the Battle of Lexington in 1775, a group of frontiersmen named a site in what was then Kentucky County, Virginia, after the battle. Today, it is the second-most populous city in the state of Kentucky. Two of its most famous 19th century political sons were Vice President John C. Breckinridge and famed Senator, Speaker, and Secretary of State Henry Clay; their resting place today is Lexington Cemetery.
Interestingly, the Lexington, Kentucky market suffered extra March Madness preemptions around the time when this episode originally aired back in March 2025.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! today? Here’s the August 1-2, 2026 Jeopardy! by the numbers, along with a recap:
Game Recap:
Cameron Berry took the lead on clue #6 of this one and never looked back, picking up 27 correct responses en route to a runaway victory. That being said, this game wasn’t without its bad luck for Alex—he had 11 clue selections in Double Jeopardy and was unable to find a Daily Double, as Cameron picked top-row clues five times.
Had Alex found the Daily Doubles, this game’s result may have been significantly different, as Alex was the only player who was able to name Lexington in Final Jeopardy; however, Cameron took victory as the result of his runaway. Next week’s encore presentation features Cameron facing off against Steve Luck and Josh Weikert—and if I’m reading the calendar properly, that should be just enough epiosdes to bring us all the way back around exactly to where we started last September; Josh’s final game with Bryce Wargin was featured on September 13 & 14 of 2025.
Scores going into Final:
Cameron $28,600
Hillary $7,500
Alex $4,000
Tonight’s results:
Alex $4,000 + $4,000 = $8,000 (What is Lexington?)
Hillary $7,500 – $7,500 = $0 (What)
Cameron $28,600 – $4,000 = $24,600 (What is Charleston?) (1-day total: $24,600)
Game Stats:
Cameron $23,800 Coryat, 27 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 5/5 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Alex $4,000 Coryat, 16 correct, 8 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Hillary $6,200 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 12.28% in first on buzzer (7/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 9 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $34,000
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