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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York (42-14, 1 points)
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James Holzhauer, the self-described “final boss” of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada (47-9, 6 points)
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Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (11-6, 10 points)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
The opening game of tonight’s Masters episode, between Yogesh Raut, James Holzhauer, and Matt Amodio, is for all intents and purposes a dead rubber; James would pretty much have to be completely silent the entire game to have any chance of not advancing, while Yogesh has clinched and Matt is locked into sixth place. That being said: all three of these players are competitors and I am expecting just as much competition as I’ve seen the previous five episodes from these three.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 1) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: “North”, “South”, “East”, “West”; A Word From The Biblical Woman; Technology; Let’S Apartment-Sit For Anna; Pop Culture Creations; 4 Different Vowels)
Matt got to the Daily Double and missed it; meanwhile, James put up 13 correct responses to bring his lead in the tiebreaker to 44 over Amy.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
James 13 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 6 correct 0 incorrect
Matt 6 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
James 4,800
Yogesh 4,200
Matt 1,400
Today’s interviews:
Matt went to the same high school as Matt Patrick.
James does a lot of work with Project 150 in Las Vegas.
Yogesh was very impressed with the winners of University Challenge.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Movie Memes: Who Said It; Out In The World; Music In Books; Is This Thing Awning?; In Conceivable; Historical Crises)
Matt had a good start of the round, getting DD2, but James had a good end to it, getting DD3; James led going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
James 20 correct 3 incorrect
Matt 16 correct 3 incorrect
Yogesh 12 correct 0 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
James 16,400
Matt 12,400
Yogesh 10,200
Final Jeopardy category: Military People
Final Jeopardy! clue: In April 2020 Chief Master Sergeant Roger Towberman became the first enlisted member of this
Correct response: What is the Space Force?
James and Matt got Final correct; 3 points for James, 1 for Matt. Matt exits with $50,000.
Tonight’s results:
Yogesh 10,200 – $10,200 = $0 (What Officers Club?)
Matt 12,400 + $12,400 = $24,800 (What Space force)
James 16,400 + $8,615 = $25,015 (What is Space Force)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) A WORD FROM THE BIBLICAL WOMAN $600 (clue #10)
Matt 1600 -1600 (Yogesh 1800 James -200)
2) OUT IN THE WORLD $800 (clue #4)
Matt 4600 +4600 (Yogesh 4200 James 4800)
3) IN CONCEIVABLE $800 (clue #18, $10000 left on board)
James 6800 +6800 (Yogesh 7800 Matt 9600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 5 4 5 5 4
James 5 3
Matt 5 4 3*
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 5 4
James 4 2 5 2*
Matt 4 3 5 2* 3 4 2 5 3 3 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
James 3.50
Matt 3.57
Yogesh 4.63
Game Stats:
James $10,400 Coryat, 20 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt $10,200 Coryat, 16 correct, 3 incorrect, 29.82% in first on buzzer (17/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $10,200 Coryat, 12 correct, 0 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $30,800
Lach Trash: $15,600 (on 11 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $7,600
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
413 correct, 33 incorrect
31/34 on rebound attempts (on 62 rebound opportunities)
37.17% in first on buzzer (381/1025)
12/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $88,595)
10/18 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,756
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1933 correct, 105 incorrect
61/67 on rebound attempts (on 147 rebound opportunities)
50.07% in first on buzzer (1789/3573)
108/119 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $904,193)
48/63 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $24,917
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1618 correct, 191 incorrect
65/78 on rebound attempts (on 176 rebound opportunities)
46.73% in first on buzzer (1563/3345)
94/109 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $358,400)
40/58 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,936
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This might be a moral victory for Matt, but he was the only player to go 6-for-6 in Final Jeopardy in this tournament.
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Kudos to Matt for fighting until the very, very end.
And hey, he’s the only Master this entire tournament to be 100% in Final Jeopardy 🙂
Nice stat, thanks for pointing that out.
I was surprised James bet anything other than 4001 on FJ, given the situation. That would’ve let Matt go out with a win, which is what I was rooting for.
I don’t blame anyone for their bets last night, because this was a very bizarre situation.
Yes, James could bet 4,001 points just to cover Yogesh, but that would lead to him falling to 12,399 on a miss – exactly 1 point behind Matt if he chose to bet nothing. And Matt has very good reason to do so, given that he and Yogesh have created a weird Faith Love-esque scenario; Yogesh needs to stay above 8,000 to have any shot at winning on a Triple Stumper (assuming James makes the minimum cover bet), but that means his maximum wager is 2,199, which brings Yogesh to 12,399 on a right answer – once again, 1 point behind Matt if he chose to bet nothing.
My best understanding is that James wagered to cover Matt’s doubled score, Matt wagered for the possibility of James reading the situation as you suggested and betting 4,001, and Yogesh wagered for the possibility of Matt reading the situation as I suggested and betting nothing. Unorthodox, absolutely. But I cannot and will not fault any of the three players for betting what they did.
Appreciate your comment. Would he have gotten algorithm / logarithm (with his background)?
Possible? Maybe. But given how Yogesh, Amy, and Mattea – who all excel at wordplay clues IIRC – combined for all of two half-guesses, I don’t think it’s probable.
This was a FJ that I found to be pretty easy, especially for a tournament of this caliber and also because I got right and if I get it right, it must be easy. 😉
Jeff! Congrats on the correct FJ!! Your long streak of incorrect is now in the past where it belongs!!!
Thank you so very much Rick! 🙂
Glad that Matt had a good final game in the tourney. I am sure that it was a surprise to many how good Victoria and Yogesh were in the tournament.
I was way off in trying to come up with the correct response to this Final Jeopardy.For some strange reason, I said “what are the Joint Chiefs of Staff?” The newest military wasn’t even a thought. I know of it, but that is about it.
I thought “IF there was a new military branch, that is likely what this was referencing AND there IS a new military branch, Space Force (and Trump created it, so 2020 fit)” so that was what I guessed.