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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (48-18, 0 points)
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Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (10-4, 0 points)
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Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (12-7, 3 points)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
As I mentioned in my Game 1 preview tonight, the byes are predetermined; James will sit out this one, as Amy, Yogesh, and Victoria do battle. Amy will need to have a strong performance in this game in order to give herself a good chance of making the finals.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Friday, May 17, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: I’ll Be Bach; Podcasts; Triple Letter Fun; Furniture; Our Vast Past; Periodicals)
Victoria got to the Daily Double again; in this one, her score was into five figures after 30. Meanwhile, Amy struggled on both the buzzer and some incorrect responses; she was in a distant third.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Victoria 12 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 10 correct 1 incorrect
Amy 4 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Victoria 11,200
Yogesh 4,000
Amy -200
Today’s interviews:
Amy is now on a 20-day Queen Bee streak in the New York Times Spelling Bee.
Victoria has a retirement dream about getting a houseboat and doing literary translation.
Yogesh has been teammates with Victoria against a quiz bowl AI.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Bridges; Flavor Profile?; One-Word Movie Titles; Say It “In” Latin; The Tortured Poets Department; Eternal Sunshine)
Yogesh got to DD2 and tied the game; however, Victoria wrested the lead back thanks to DD3; from there, she cruised to a runaway, as Amy took some necessary guesses on the way to the finish and ended in the red.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Victoria 22 correct 3 incorrect
Yogesh 18 correct 4 incorrect
Amy 8 correct 6 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Victoria 27,200
Yogesh 13,200
Amy -3,000
Final Jeopardy category: Also Seen At The Circus
Final Jeopardy! clue: FDR gets credit for implementing this as a concept in the U.S. & the metaphor was used by FDR Jr. running for office in 1966
Correct response: What is a safety net?
Final was a Double Stumper between Victoria and Yogesh; 3 points to Victoria, 1 point to Yogesh.
Tonight’s results:
Amy -3,000 (By rule, did not participate in Final Jeopardy)
Yogesh 13,200 – $13,199 = $1 (What big tent)
Victoria 27,200 – $0 = $27,200 (What is…? Hi, Nora! <3)
Jeopardy! Masters Semi-Final Standings:
(through May 17)
1st: Yogesh Raut (4 points, 1 win, 38 correct, 25,400 Coryat, 37,600 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Victoria Groce (3 points, 1 win, 41 correct, 32,000 Coryat, 45,200 Pre-FJ)
3rd: James Holzhauer (1 points, 0 wins, 19 correct, 13,000 Coryat, 13,000 Pre-FJ)
4th: Amy Schneider (0 points, 0 wins, 8 correct, -3,000 Coryat, -3,000 Pre-FJ)
Chances of winning:
Yogesh: 24.9% to win, 98.0% to make the finals
Victoria: 29.7% to win, 88.3% to make the finals
James: 36.3% to win, 79.7% to make the finals
Amy: 9.1% to win, 33.9% to make the finals
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) I’LL BE BACH $600 (clue #16)
Victoria 5000 +5000 (Yogesh 2400 Amy -200)
2) ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $1600 (clue #6)
Yogesh 7600 +7600 (Victoria 15200 Amy -1400)
3) SAY IT “IN” LATIN $1200 (clue #16, $12400 left on board)
Victoria 18000 +6000 (Yogesh 11600 Amy -3800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 233
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5
Victoria 4 3 2 3 4 3*
Amy 5 3
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 5 4* 3 5 4 4 4 5
Victoria 3 4 3 2 3 3*
Amy 2
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 3.08
Yogesh 4.47
Amy 3.33
Game Stats:
Victoria $18,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 3 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 8 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $7,200 Coryat, 18 correct, 4 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Amy -$3,000 Coryat, 8 correct, 6 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $22,200
Lach Trash: $15,400 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $16,400
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
451 correct, 40 incorrect
33/37 on rebound attempts (on 73 rebound opportunities)
36.79% in first on buzzer (419/1139)
14/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $104,395)
11/20 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,150
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
369 correct, 51 incorrect
12/14 on rebound attempts (on 46 rebound opportunities)
43.29% in first on buzzer (368/850)
20/23 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $124,305)
7/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,067
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1798 correct, 136 incorrect
90/109 on rebound attempts (on 261 rebound opportunities)
43.02% in first on buzzer (1663/3866)
80/95 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $257,800)
45/67 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,024
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I don’t know if it’s me being Canadian or too left-leaning or whatnot, but I thought this Final Jeopardy clue would have played easier than 0-for-2.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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I have to say, I never expected to see a minus next to a Master’s Coryat score.
What a tough break for Amy. At least she has a couple more chances to bounce back on Monday.
Some food for thought —
Might they reverse the order of Monday’s byes from what we think; that is, have Victoria sit out the first game, and Yogesh not play in the second?
Looking at the possible outcomes, I’m showing that the only one of the thirty-six in which Yogesh does not advance would be if Monday’s games go James-Amy-Yogesh and Amy-Victoria-James, leaving all four players on four points and one win. In this case, fewest correct responses would determine the player eliminated.
The breakdown I have is, that of the 36 scenarios, the eliminated player is —
Amy: 18
James: 13 (three of which he loses by having no wins and three second places)
Victoria: 3
Fewer correct responses, Victoria and Amy: 1
Fewest correct responses, all four players: 1
Regardless of who has the bye in the first game: if James wins it and Amy finishes third, Amy is eliminated before the last semifinal.
I feel horrible for Amy right now… 🥺
Amy, I hope you can take a deep breath and bounce back! I never expected her to finish in the red. She now joins Matt Amodio on the list of Masters that didn’t make Final in one of their games.
I came up with the correct response in a few seconds and also thought that it would be a double get, not that it could matter.
I was thinking donkey for this FJ. WAY wrong!
My FJ guess: “Big shoes to fill.” I must have a clown obsession.
I think that the producers thought they were doing Amy a favor by giving her the first bye and allowing her to avoid the defending champion James the first night. It made no difference, since Victoria and Yogesh are of equal caliber to James. Amy will need some luck to survive.
Your second paragraph is based on a wholly incorrect premise.
The pairings for the semifinals were based solely on quarterfinal placing and set in advance with no regard to who would be in those spots.
Game 1: 1st-2nd-3rd
Game 2: 1st-2nd-4th
Game 3: 1st-3rd-4th
Game 4: 2nd-3rd-4th
Gregory, “big shoes to fill” makes lots of sense for being used by FDR Jr. running for office in 1966, but not for a “concept” IMPLEMENTED by his father (rather than just SAID). When the category is ‘Also Seen At The Circus’, thinking of clowns is very reasonable.
I’d said ‘tentpole’, with no specific “implemented by FDR” in mind, just thinking it could apply to the main concept of several that were implemented.
Andy, with regard to your saying “I don’t know if it’s me being Canadian or too left-leaning or whatnot, but I thought this Final Jeopardy clue would have played easier than 0-for-2.”, I think “safety net” has just become too generic (and circuses in great decline) since FDR’s time AND that in at least the last decade Social Security, disability insurance, unemployment insurance, Medicare and Medicaid, AFDC and other food aid are more often referred to as “entitlements”. Mostly I just think that FDR had SO MANY things implemented by him and circuses just have SO MANY things to see — the ‘Big Top’, the Ringmaster, the tentpole, the liontamer, clowns, clowncars, the rings, juggling, tightropes and trapezes themselves, that it is just very difficult to zone in on the common item in 30 seconds.
You usually have at least a half-dozen people on here commenting that they got FJ! correct, but today there was only one.