Overview

• Riccardi’s 16-game run on Jeopardy! ended on July 25 when he missed a Final Jeopardy clue, leaving him with $455,000 in total winnings.
• Some viewers speculated that he had intentionally lost, a claim he now rejects as baseless.
• In a detailed Reddit post, Riccardi said he misread the clue’s timeline and overemphasized the movie studios component, which led him to answer “Howard Hughes.”
• The disputed Final Jeopardy clue in the “20th Century names” category described a 1935 media mogul who owned multiple magazines, radio stations, two movie companies and $56 million in real estate.
• Riccardi has congratulated opponent Jonathan Hugendubler on the win and is preparing to compete in the upcoming Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.