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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This is my first entry on a quadruple-stumper since I said I was going to start writing them again (which means I’ve been able to blog about each day’s episode, except when I blogged about True Grit). This is my selection, which comes from Thursday‘s episode (category Try State Area): “Land area 43,562 square miles, about 2,000 less than a century ago.”
I chose this clue because I couldn’t figure out at first why Louisiana had less land than just a century ago. I didn’t know if it had to do with something natural or something historical, and I wasn’t sure where to look. I thought someone would surely know on the message boards, but I kinda thought that was cheating. I tried several things:
asked “Louise” on Louisiana’s official site
- e-mailed several people from the Louisiana Office of Tourism
e-mailed Bob Marshall, the author of this article on global warming and Louisiana (I thank him for his response.)
e-mailed someone at Louisiana’s Coastal Activities Office. Chuck Perrodin, who says he is a big Jeopardy! fan, responded, and I thank him. His response was so thoughtful I wished I could just copy-and-paste the whole thing. 🙂
A gentleman from the Louisiana Office of Tourism, Jeff Richard, also replied in detail. He says that Louisiana is losing land due to coastal erosion. He says the state is formed by sediment coming down the Mississippi River, so the state’s land is rather brittle. He says:
The soils would historically be replenished when the Mississippi and Atchafalaya
rivers (the latter another major south Louisiana waterway) and major south
Louisiana “bayous” (small rivers fed somewhat by the bigger ones) would flood
every spring due to the melting of snow and ice in the northern U.S. and deposit
a new layer of fresh river sediment all over south Louisiana. This changed,
however, with the Mississippi River experienced the Great Flood of 1927. It
devastated states along the river corridor and along major tributaries, killing
over 200 people and causing $400 million in damages. Hundreds of thousands of
people were left homeless in Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri and
several other states.
He says after that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built levees to prevent future floods. It’s worked, including this year, but the downside is that there are no new sediments deposits from the Mississippi River. Erosion from the Gulf of Mexico “beating” the coast is also a factor, as well as hurricanes and subsequent sea surges.
This is sad because when land disappears, history and culture do too, as does flora and fauna, which act as natural “buffers” to the sea surges. Perrodin says that some of the Mississippi River water and sediment can be diverted “in a proven manner that will not affect flooding or river navigation,” but change is slow in coming. Richard encourages you to visit www.americaswetland.com to see how you can help. He says, “Louisiana can’t fight this battle by itself.” He also recommends www.louisianatravel.com, and adds, “I assure you and your audience our coastal issues do not affect our ability to provide all kinds of fun for visitors.”
I got lucky that so many people responded so quickly, and two days before Christmas. Lesson learned? Plan ahead. And I will.