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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (0 points)
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Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (3 points)
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Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (3 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The “nightcap” in tonight’s episode features a battle between the two newcomers—Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut—and Amy Schneider. I’m expecting this to be a Victoria-Yogesh battle; I think Amy will be lucky to leave this with a single point.
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Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Monday, May 6, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Excessive Celebration; Oh, That’s Gonna Be A Flag; A Strawberry Festival; Renaissance Masters; Holmes, Sherlock Holmes; Lesser-Known Ancient Romans?)
Another big round from Victoria—and another Daily Double—gives her a big lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Victoria 15 correct 1 incorrect
Yogesh 8 correct 1 incorrect
Amy 5 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Victoria 12,400
Yogesh 5,000
Amy 600
Today’s interviews:
Amy is running dry of interview material.
Yogesh wishes he could have given a joke answer in the ToC.
Victoria has a daughter who is a freshman in college; students there can not have an emotional support lobster.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Women In History; Video Games; You’Re In The Red; World Cities; We Out Here Tryna Mine; Overlaps)
While Amy got to the second Daily Double; Victoria went big on the third—and cruised to a runaway. All three players were over 10,000, despite Victoria being over 40,000.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Victoria 29 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 16 correct 2 incorrect
Amy 13 correct 2 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Victoria 41,000
Yogesh 11,800
Amy 10,200
Final Jeopardy category: 20th Century Writers
Final Jeopardy! clue: Becoming a British subject in 1927, he described himself as a classicist in literature, royalist in politics & Anglo-Catholic in religion
Correct response: Who is T.S. Eliot?
Amy and Yogesh got Final correct; Victoria picks up 3 points, Yogesh 1!
Tonight’s results:
Amy 10,200 + 1,601 = 11,801 (Who is T.S. Eliot?)
Yogesh 11,800 + 8,601 = 20,401 (Who Eliot)
Victoria 41,000 – 9,000 = 32,000 (Who is Tolkein? Hi, Nora! <3)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
(through May 6)
1st: Victoria Groce (6 points, 2 wins, 55 correct, 51,000 Coryat, 72,600 Pre-FJ)
2nd: James Holzhauer (4 points, 1 win, 45 correct, 32,600 Coryat, 55,400 Pre-FJ)
3rd: Yogesh Raut (4 points, 1 win, 42 correct, 30,800 Coryat, 38,195 Pre-FJ)
4th: Matt Amodio (1 points, 0 wins, 35 correct, 23,400 Coryat, 20,000 Pre-FJ)
5th: Mattea Roach (1 points, 0 wins, 21 correct, 14,000 Coryat, 13,000 Pre-FJ)
6th: Amy Schneider (0 points, 0 wins, 26 correct, 16,000 Coryat, 17,200 Pre-FJ)
Chances of winning:
James Holzhauer 25.4%
Victoria Groce 24.9%
Yogesh Raut 22.4%
Matt Amodio 14.0%
Amy Schneider 8.0%
Mattea Roach 5.4%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) RENAISSANCE MASTERS $800 (clue #11)
Victoria 4400 +4400 (Yogesh 3600 Amy -800)
2) WORLD CITIES $800 (clue #1)
Amy 600 +2000 (Victoria 12400 Yogesh 5000)
3) WE OUT HERE TRYNA MINE $800 (clue #19, $8000 left on board)
Victoria 23600 +13000 (Yogesh 10200 Amy 8200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 255
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 4 5 3 4 3 2 4*
Yogesh 5 4 5 5
Amy
DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 3 2 4 5 5 3 2*
Yogesh 5 5 4 5 4
Amy 2* 3† 4† 2 3 5†
† – selection in same category as Daily Double
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 3.53
Yogesh 4.67
Amy 3.17
Game Stats:
Victoria $25,200 Coryat, 29 correct, 2 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $11,800 Coryat, 16 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 3/4 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Amy $9,000 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $46,000
Lach Trash: $1,200 (on 2 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,800
Player Statistics:
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
233 correct, 33 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 23 rebound opportunities)
46.46% in first on buzzer (236/508)
10/13 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $63,100)
5/9 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,200
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
335 correct, 25 incorrect
25/28 on rebound attempts (on 49 rebound opportunities)
38.52% in first on buzzer (307/797)
10/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $67,995)
9/14 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,586
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1730 correct, 124 incorrect
84/102 on rebound attempts (on 236 rebound opportunities)
44.60% in first on buzzer (1597/3581)
77/92 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $242,600)
43/63 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,057
Andy’s Thoughts:
- I was okay with Amy’s first two times going back to World Cities—it’s advanced strategy when that far behind to try to build up your score first. I didn’t like the third one, though.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
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If both are playing at full strength, the James/Victoria duel on Wednesday has the potential to be the greatest duel in the history of the show. I envy whoever has to be put up against that!
As they say “anything can happen”
Through four games, it appears the Chasers, James, and, Victoria are going to be dominating the leaderboard, the race is for third place.
As for this games Final Jeopardy, I know of TS Elliot, but not those details of his life.
This was the type of material I’d expect the best of the best to be dealing with.
Let’s not disrespect Yogesh and the others in this tournament. I’m honestly shocked such a post got approved
With all due respect, I don’t think Bill’s statement was at all disrespectful here, though I might contend that Yogesh should be in the conversation.
I used the modifier “appear, ” meaning as things looked after James’ domination in game 3, and, Victoria’s through her two games. But, Andy’s point should be well taken. Yogesh, like James, has a 1st and, a second, though I don’t recall his win as being as dominating as James’ or Victoria’s. Yogesh didn’t win the T of C by luck, he obviously must have broad knowledge, and, good game skills. Presumably, one of Wednesday’s games will be between the top three, and, we’ll see how the Chaserd fair against each other, and, Yogesh.
I certainly rule anyone out just yet. Even Amy can turn this all around with 4 wins. Yogesh and Victoria scare me with their buzzing speed and have all the tools to dethrone James as well as who and when daily doubles are found
The two “Chasers”, James and Victoria squaring off, should be epic. (Regarding Victoria’s daughter, that one dormitory rule must be the “lobster clause.”)
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I have to at least wonder if Victoria was sandbagging on that final.
Mattea gets the draw into the second half of Episode 3 against Victoria and James.
Still no favors for Amy, having to take on Yogesh & Matt int he first half.
Didn’t get that FJ right either. 🤣
Despite Eliot being on St Louis’ walk of fame less than two miles from my home, I missed this one. https://stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductee/t-s-eliot/
I miss St. Louis and the gal I used to go and see there.