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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (25-13, 1 point)
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James Holzhauer, the self-described “final boss” of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada (47-6, 4 points)
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Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (7-2, 6 points)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Match Day 3 concludes with a match between Victoria Groce, James Holzhauer, and Mattea Roach. Victoria (with the homophonic last name to our current regular-play champion) has dominated the buzzer and the games in piling up two victories. There have been a couple of concerns about her being 0-for-2 in Final Jeopardy—but Clue #61 doesn’t matter if your lead is insurmountable. Speaking of insurmountable, if the results in Game 1 (and thus the pairings for Friday) break the right way, Victoria could mathematically clinch a spot in the semifinals with a win in this match. Mattea is going to need to find their buzzer timing, and that will be immensely difficult against two of the strongest buzzer players ever in Victoria and James.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Cold War; Letter Perfect; Changing It Up; The Colors Of Television; Starts & Ends With R; Cheesing In Public)
A missed Daily Double two-thirds of the way through the round dropped James back to 0 points. James recovered to tie Mattea for second, but Victoria had a big lead after 30.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Victoria 10 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 6 correct 1 incorrect
James 11 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Victoria 6,000
Mattea 1,400
James 1,400
Today’s interviews:
Mattea has been trying out the Buzzy Cohen school of Jeopardy! prep.
James has been on an Upper Deck trading card.
Victoria spent a year studying Danish.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Classical Is In; They Did Bad; Star Words; On The Director’s Résumé; Places; Find The Greek Letter In…)
Victoria and James passed the 20-correct-response mark in this game and both got a True Daily Double. This one was not a runaway, as James got to within 50% of Victoria’s score going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Victoria 21 correct 2 incorrect
James 22 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 11 correct 1 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Victoria 29,600
James 17,600
Mattea 7,000
Final Jeopardy category: Famous Last Words
Final Jeopardy! clue: In 1530 he made his last confession & wished that “I had served God as diligently as I had done the King”
Correct response: Who is Cardinal Wolsey?
This Final Jeopardy was a Triple Stumper; Victoria picks up another 3 points, James 1!
Tonight’s results:
Mattea 7,000 – 7,000 = 0 (Who is Thomas More?)
James 17,600 – 6,400 = 11,200 (Who is Thomas More)
Victoria 29,600 – 5,601 = 23,999 (Who is More? Hi, Nora! <3?)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
(through May 8)
1st: Victoria Groce (9 points, 3 wins, 76 correct, 67,400 Coryat, 102,200 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Yogesh Raut (7 points, 2 wins, 68 correct, 53,000 Coryat, 74,595 Pre-FJ)
3rd: James Holzhauer (5 points, 1 win, 67 correct, 52,600 Coryat, 73,000 Pre-FJ)
4th: Matt Amodio (1 points, 0 wins, 50 correct, 29,800 Coryat, 27,200 Pre-FJ)
5th: Amy Schneider (1 points, 0 wins, 40 correct, 28,200 Coryat, 29,400 Pre-FJ)
6th: Mattea Roach (1 points, 0 wins, 32 correct, 21,000 Coryat, 20,000 Pre-FJ)
Chances for each player to win Jeopardy! Masters:
James 27.6%
Victoria 25.4%
Yogesh 22.6%
Matt 11.0%
Amy 8.9%
Mattea 4.6%
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) STARTS & ENDS WITH R 1000 (clue #19)
James 5800 -5800 (Victoria 4400 Mattea 400)
2) PLACES 800 (clue #9)
James 4200 +4200 (Victoria 11600 Mattea 2600)
3) THEY DID BAD 800 (clue #15, $14800 left on board)
Victoria 14000 +14000 (James 11200 Mattea 2600)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 4 4 5 3 3 4 4
James 3 5 2 4 5 3 2 2 2 5*
Mattea 5 5
DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 5 3 4 4 3 2*
James 5 3 4 2* 3 2 5
Mattea 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 3.71
James 3.35
Mattea 4.67
Game Stats:
Victoria 16,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 2 incorrect, 38.60% in first on buzzer (22/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
James 20,000 Coryat, 22 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Mattea 7,000 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 21.05% in first on buzzer (12/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: 43,400
Lach Trash: 5,400 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): 5,200
Player Statistics:
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
254 correct, 36 incorrect
7/8 on rebound attempts (on 24 rebound opportunities)
45.66% in first on buzzer (258/565)
11/14 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $77,100)
5/10 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,920
James Holzhauer, career statistics:
1873 correct, 96 incorrect
58/63 on rebound attempts (on 139 rebound opportunities)
50.85% in first on buzzer (1730/3402)
105/116 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $882,193)
46/60 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,577
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
921 correct, 99 incorrect
46/54 on rebound attempts (on 157 rebound opportunities)
37.80% in first on buzzer (878/2323)
38/47 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $102,000)
24/41 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,366
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Victoria 29,600 James 17,600 Mattea 7,000)
Victoria: Standard cover bet over James is 5,601. (Actual bet: 5,601)
James: If Victoria is incorrect and bets to cover, she falls to 23,999. Thus, you should bet at least 6,400. I would limit my bet in this situation to 10,599, as that forces Mattea to be correct to pass you. (Actual bet: 6,400)
Mattea: You’re probably going to be in a position where James has to be incorrect and you correct to take a match point. Thus, you might as well go all in. (Actual bet: 7,000)
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Pulled out this one, remembering Orson Welles quote in Man for All Seasons
Weirdly enough, I feel like tonight is a big confidence booster for James… I suppose we’ll just have to see!
“Moral victory”?
Though I was inordinately proud of myself for giving the correct response (of ‘regulator’) BEFORE James’ incorrect response (of ‘respirator’, I think he said) for the SCUBA-related DD he’d gone all in on. [I’ve never dived nor even personally known anyone who did.]
Well. Victoria’s definitely moving on – it would take two of Mattea, Amy, and Matt to both win all three games, and given if any two of them both win Friday, they’ll play Monday, that cannot happen.
James got the draw into the late game on Friday; that’ll be one heck of a battle. Indeed, based on the first three matchdays, it’s a likely preview of the final. So the early matchup will definitively break the tie for fourth, at least going into the weekend.
Friday’s play will also be interesting to note how players have recovered and/or adjusted overnight, between the two quarterfinal tape days.
Going to be some great Jeopardy to watch on Friday, that’s for sure. Thank you for the info Matt. It wasn’t up on the Jeopardy site when I had last checked.
Retro congrats on the win by Victoria! She’s such a strong player! I had no idea on FJ.
It APPEARS that the three who will battle for the $500,000 are James, Victoria, and, Yogesh. Obviously one of the others could possibly pass James, or, Yogesh. But would need some strong wins to do so.
Final Jeopardy. I thought “Who was Thomas A-Becket?” just from the quote in the “answer” (clue.) Wasn’t surprised that my response wasn’t correct. I wasn’t even sure if I was in the same general Era. I believed I remembered that Becket was a priest.
But that was an impression. My knowledge of British history is not something to be proud of.
At least you had the right country! What popped into my head was Thomas Aquinas and it turns out he was Italian 🫢. [I suspect I had him mixed up with your guy.]