500,000+ clues analyzed. Six decades of trivia. Every category, every pattern, every champion — plus a fully playable game board.
Just 100 category titles account for nearly 10% of all categories ever used. Geography dominates, word games surprise, and some categories never go away.
A mashup of the classic "Potent Potables" with 17th-century beverages.
All about early automobiles before the term "car" caught on.
Combining apiculture with 1920s slang in one delightful category.
Video clues about memorable moments caught on camera.
A famously impossible category — the writers had fun with near-rhymes.
Category where every correct response sounded obviously wrong.
Difficulty scales linearly with dollar value — each row drops roughly 7% in correct-response rate. Daily Doubles hide in the bottom three rows 92% of the time.
Based on 13,663 Daily Doubles from J-Archive. Darker = more frequent.
Top row clues are answered correctly nearly 3 out of 4 times. These are the gimmes.
Bottom row — harder than a coin flip. Correct response rate drops ~7% per row.
The hardest regular clues on the board. Only about 1 in 3 contestants ring in correctly.
Daily Doubles in the Jeopardy round are correct 53% of the time — like an $800 clue.
In Double Jeopardy, DDs drop to 46.5% — comparable to a $1200 clue.
Final Jeopardy falls between the two hardest DJ clue levels — a true test.
Questions where all three contestants got it wrong — or didn't even ring in.
What is Osmium?
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
What is Finland?
What is e (Euler's number)?
Original trivia in the classic answer-first format. Click any card to reveal the correct question. Filter by category.
From Ken Jennings' 74-game streak to James Holzhauer's single-game dominance — the numbers behind the greatest players ever.
| # | Champion | Games Won | Regular Winnings | Total Winnings | Era | Key Stat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ken Jennings | 74 | $2,520,700 | $4,372,700 | 2004 | 35.9 avg correct/game |
| 2 | Amy Schneider | 40 | $1,382,800 | $1,682,800 | 2021–22 | First trans champion to reach TOC |
| 3 | Matt Amodio | 38 | $1,518,601 | $1,618,601 | 2021 | Always phrased "What's…" |
| 4 | James Holzhauer | 32 | $2,462,216 | $3,614,216 | 2019 | $131,127 single-game record |
| 5 | David Madden | 19 | $430,400 | $430,400 | 2005 | 19-game streak post-Jennings |
| 6 | Jason Zuffranieri | 19 | $532,496 | $532,496 | 2019 | Math teacher from Albuquerque |
| 7 | Brad Rutter | 5* | — | $4,968,436 | 2000–20 | Never lost to a human |
| 8 | Mattea Roach | 23 | $560,983 | $560,983 | 2022 | Canadian tutor from Nova Scotia |
| 9 | Ryan Long | 16 | $299,400 | $299,400 | 2022 | Rideshare driver from Philadelphia |
| 10 | Jamie Ding | — | — | — | 2026 | Coryat record: $42,400 |
*Brad Rutter competed before the unlimited-wins era; total includes tournament earnings. Data from jeopardy.com and thejeopardyfan.com.
April 17, 2019. Holzhauer holds all top 10 single-game records.
April 9, 2019. His second-highest game.
April 1, 2019. Third in the all-time list — also his.
Jennings dominated through sheer knowledge breadth. Averaging 35.9 correct responses per game — a mark no one has matched — he played conservatively on wagering but simply knew more than anyone. His strategy was top-down, methodical, and relentless.
A professional sports bettor, Holzhauer revolutionized Jeopardy strategy. He hunted Daily Doubles from the bottom of the board, built huge war chests, then wagered aggressively. His average game score of $76,944 is nearly triple the previous norm.
A fully interactive Jeopardy board with 30 clues, a Daily Double, score tracking, a 30-second timer, and a Final Jeopardy round.
Long-form analysis of the strategies, patterns, and history that make Jeopardy! the greatest game show ever produced.
The ideal Jeopardy contestant isn't just smart — they're a specific kind of smart. Analysis of champion data reveals that breadth of knowledge matters far more than depth. Ken Jennings averaged 35.9 correct responses per game across 74 wins, a rate that implies near-encyclopedic recall across dozens of domains. But raw knowledge alone doesn't win games. Buzzer timing — the ability to ring in within the precise window after Alex (or Ken) finishes reading — accounts for an estimated 40% of the variance between winning and losing contestants. Champions also share a common trait: voracious reading habits. Jennings, Holzhauer, and Schneider have all cited reading as their primary mode of knowledge acquisition. The data suggests the perfect contestant reads widely, reacts quickly, and wagers boldly.
Of the 13,663 Daily Doubles logged by J-Archive, 92% appeared in the bottom three rows of the board. Row 4 alone accounts for 38% of all placements. The first and last columns are slightly less common, while the middle columns see higher concentrations. James Holzhauer exploited this pattern ruthlessly — starting each category from the bottom, he found Daily Doubles faster than any player in history, often within the first few clues of a round. His strategy turned the Daily Double from a bonus into a weapon. For aspiring contestants, the data is clear: if you want to find the Daily Double, start at the bottom of columns 2 through 5. The show's writers have maintained this placement bias consistently for over 30 seasons, and it shows no sign of changing.
When Jeopardy! debuted in 1964, categories skewed heavily toward traditional academic subjects — history, literature, and classical music dominated the board. By the 1980s revival under Alex Trebek, pop culture crept in: categories about movies, TV shows, and rock music became regulars. The 1990s brought wordplay categories like "Before & After" and "Rhyme Time" that remain fan favorites decades later. The 2000s saw a surge in technology and internet culture categories, while the 2010s brought more diverse representation in history and geography clues. Through it all, certain categories have proven immortal: "Potent Potables," "World Geography," and "American History" appear in virtually every season. The show's writers walk a careful line between rewarding deep knowledge and keeping the game accessible to a mass audience.