{"id":2326096,"date":"2026-03-13T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2326096"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:00:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:00:42","slug":"march-12-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/march-12-2026-winner-final-scores-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"March 12, 2026 \u2014 Winner, final scores &#038; highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on March 12 featuring James Denison, Luke Henson and Lydia Cawley. The game included 12 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<h2>Who played and who won<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Winner: Luke Henson<\/strong>\u2014<strong>$16,798<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>2nd: James Denison\u2014$8,401<\/li>\n<li>3rd: Lydia Cawley\u2014$1,173<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Game snapshot<\/h2>\n<p>Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>James Denison: Start $14,400\u2014Wager $-5,999\u2014<strong>$8,401<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Luke Henson: Start $8,400\u2014Wager $8,398\u2014<strong>$16,798<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lydia Cawley: Start $1,200\u2014Wager $-27\u2014<strong>$1,173<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What&#8217;s next on &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Season 42 continues on Friday with Luke Henson returning as champion to face two new challengers. Tune in to the next episode to see if the winner will extend the streak or go home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch it here:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/best-streaming-deals-bundles-free-trials\/83951337007\/?utm_source=usat&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=spike\" target=\"_blank\">Stream your favorite shows, the biggest blockbusters and more.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Top 5 all-time &#8216;Jeopardy!&#8217; winners<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Ken Jennings<\/strong>\u2014<strong>74\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,520,700<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Amy Schneider<\/strong>\u2014<strong>40\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,382,800<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Matt Amodio<\/strong>\u2014<strong>38\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$1,518,601<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>James Holzhauer<\/strong>\u2014<strong>32\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$2,462,216<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mattea Roach<\/strong>\u2014<strong>23\u00a0<\/strong>wins\u2014<strong>$560,983<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer:<\/strong> <em>This &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; recap was generated automatically using information from &#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; through a partnership with USA TODAY. You can send feedback to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gannett-nxuao.formstack.com\/forms\/website_appfeedback_automation\" target=\"_blank\">this form<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-03-13 06:11:21.5876743 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-03-13 06:11:21.5876743 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usatoday.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Jeopardy!&#8221; aired on March 12 featuring James Denison, Luke Henson and Lydia Cawley. The game included 12 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy! Who played and who won Winner: Luke Henson\u2014$16,798 2nd: James Denison\u2014$8,401 3rd: Lydia Cawley\u2014$1,173 Game snapshot Starting Final Jeopardy! scores &amp; wagers: James Denison: Start $14,400\u2014Wager $-5,999\u2014$8,401 Luke Henson: Start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2326099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[111443,39915,22220,390504,390507,194083,21751,239390,43013,48378,367459,6297,21741,240269,240272,390509,370985,270959,42645,25031,370984,390505,390508,61678,24215,25850,332681,354659,343401,306826,21739,298114,356395,21738,239343,239347,32987,23759,29945,390506,147314,24431,346506,52779,137882,21913,364017,239471,239344],"class_list":["post-2326096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-not","tag-affiliate","tag-arts","tag-automated","tag-automated-content","tag-autopilot","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrities-u0026-entertainment-news","tag-content","tag-do","tag-do-not-syndicate","tag-eamotion","tag-entertainment","tag-exclude","tag-exclude-from-home-front","tag-exclude-from-native","tag-exclude-smart-fronts","tag-exclude-social-autopilot","tag-from","tag-front","tag-fronts","tag-gpi-978","tag-gpi-978-automated-jeopardy-recaps","tag-guides","tag-home","tag-hulu","tag-jennings","tag-jeopardy","tag-ken","tag-ken-jennings","tag-local","tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","tag-native","tag-news","tag-overall","tag-overall-positive","tag-peacock","tag-positive","tag-programs","tag-recaps","tag-reference","tag-shows","tag-smart","tag-social","tag-syndicate","tag-tv","tag-tv-guides-u0026-reference","tag-tv-shows-u0026-programs","tag-u0026"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/March-12-2026-\u2014-Winner-final-scores-highlights.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2326100,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326096\/revisions\/2326100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2326099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}