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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Brad Rutter, an actor & producer from Los Angeles, California (21-6, 0 points)
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Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada (7-5, 0 points)
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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania (8-4, 0 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
Our second game this week sees the three third-place finishes from the opening set of Knockout Round matches in Neilesh Vinjamuri, Juveria Zaheer, and Brad Rutter. This is a must-win game, with the winner advancing to the quarterfinals and the other two players going home. The Unified Prediction Model gives Brad a 37% chance of winning, Juveria a 32% chance, and Neilesh a 31% chance. Brad hasn’t had a good game since the 2019 All-Star Games final—he will absolutely need to channel the Brad of old in order to make it through this game. Part of me is expecting to see one of the more dramatic games in the history of the show, considering the stakes—but we shall see.
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Final Jeopardy! clue: After he died in 1990 at age 90, his ashes were scattered at Tanglewood, where he taught for 25 years & where his music was performed
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 14, 2025 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Rivers; Weathering Some Book Titles; Drop A Letter; Shop Talk; Hey There, Speedy!; Aaron Sorkin, Writer)
Juveria doubled up through the Daily Double on clue 8; Brad had a big lead after 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Brad 15 correct 0 incorrect
Juveria 9 correct 2 incorrect
Neilesh 3 correct 2 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Brad 9,000
Juveria 4,400
Neilesh 1,600
Today’s interviews:
Brad has had a 25-year contestant career and still regrets the first Daily Double from GOAT.
Juveria has lots of study buddies, including the Pop Culture Jeopardy winners.
Neilesh thinks he’s an apprentice right now.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Historical Artifacts; Starts With 2 Vowels; The National Park System; African Food; Pop Culture; Biologist Bio)
Juveria found both Daily Doubles to jump into a big lead. She only bet $4,000, though, on DD3, which meant it wasn’t a runaway going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Juveria 23 correct 2 incorrect
Brad 21 correct 1 incorrect
Neilesh 7 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Juveria 26,800
Brad 15,800
Neilesh 4,000
Correct response: Who is Aaron Copland?
Nobody got this Final Jeopardy correct…which means Juveria Zaheer is our sixth quarterfinalist!
Tonight’s results:
Neilesh 4,000 – $4,000 = $0 (Who is Bernstein Thanks for this awesome experience)
Brad 15,800 – $11,001 = $4,799 (Who is Fiedler Ives)
Juveria 26,800 – $6,000 = $20,800 (Who is Fiedler?) (45844-day total: $20,800)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
- Yogesh Raut, 6 points, 2 wins, 50 correct, $42,400 Coryat, $56,500 pre-Final
- Victoria Groce, 4 point, 1 win, 48 correct, $29,400 Coryat, $41,200 pre-Final
- Roger Craig, 4 points, 1 win, 29 correct, $12,000 Coryat, $18,000 pre-Final
- Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 39 correct, $24,400 Coryat, $34,800 pre-Final
- Isaac Hirsch, 3 points, 1 win, 30 correct, $19,400 Coryat, $24,400 pre-Final
- Matt Amodio, 2 point, 0 wins, 33 correct, $24,600 Coryat, $23,600 pre-Final
7. Brad Rutter, 1 point, 0 wins, 29 correct, $22,000 Coryat, $22,000 pre-Final - Adriana Harmeyer, 1 point, 0 wins, 23 correct, $12,800 Coryat, $14,200 pre-Final
- Neilesh Vinjamuri, 0 points, 0 wins, 25 correct, $13,200 Coryat, $13,200 pre-Final
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) RIVERS $800 (clue #8)
Juveria 2000 +2000 (Neilesh 0 Brad 3200)
2) BIOLOGIST BIO $1200 (clue #5)
Juveria 7600 +7600 (Neilesh 1600 Brad 11000)
3) STARTS WITH 2 VOWELS $1200 (clue #10, $20800 left on board)
Juveria 17200 +4000 (Neilesh 1600 Brad 11000)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 223
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Neilesh 2
Juveria 4 3 4*
Brad 5 5 4 3
DJ! Round:
Neilesh 5
Juveria 4 3* 3 5 2 4 3*
Brad 5 4
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Juveria 3.50
Brad 4.33
Neilesh 3.50
Game Stats:
Juveria $16,400 Coryat, 23 correct, 2 incorrect, 33.33% in first on buzzer (19/57), 2/3 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Brad $15,800 Coryat, 21 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 2/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Neilesh $4,000 Coryat, 7 correct, 3 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,200
Lach Trash: $14,400 (on 10 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $3,400
Player Statistics:
Neilesh Vinjamuri, career statistics:
265 correct, 36 incorrect
16/19 on rebound attempts (on 62 rebound opportunities)
34.28% in first on buzzer (254/741)
12/15 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $35,500)
6/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,600
Juveria Zaheer, career statistics:
335 correct, 59 incorrect
18/22 on rebound attempts (on 58 rebound opportunities)
39.18% in first on buzzer (335/855)
17/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $100,800)
8/15 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,827
Brad Rutter, career statistics:
830 correct, 103 incorrect
49/53 on rebound attempts (on 146 rebound opportunities)
35.45% in first on buzzer (787/2220)
45/58 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $56,300)
20/36 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,010
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Brad Rutter is still very much an elite Jeopardy! player. However, I do think it’s important to note just how strong the current crop of top players are—and the Unified Prediction Model has borne that out.
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Was happy to see Brad play well last night. Reminded me of his glory years. Hopefully that erases (at least a little) some of the sting of his non-performance in the GOAT tournament with Ken and James. Juveria played a great game. Getting all 3 DDs was the difference.
Interesting to see Brad has $56,300 on DDs over his Jeopardy career. 45 of 58 correct. Game has really changed. Also see that on recent Game Show Network airing some of Ken’s original streak games. So common to see players starting at the top of each category and working their way down. Game play has really stepped up to new levels in the last couple of years.
Victoria played well last night in her game. Seems like it will be Victoria and Yogesh battling it out again this year. Other strong contestants remaining though too. Matt seems like he is a half step behind but he is in tough company. Looking forward to the remainder of the tournament.
I know the format had to change when they expanded the field to 9, but I liked it when every player got to play everyone else at least once.
I was an orchestra geek in high school (the stereotypical Asian American kid that played violin), so the FJ was a pretty easy get for me. Plus, I’ve frequented Tanglewood quite a bit over the years.
I was unable to provide a guess for this FJ! but had it been a multiple choice with Copeland, Bernstein, and Fiedler, I would have picked Copeland.
I thought Bernstein, When it was revealed that he wasn’t the correct response, I thought Gerswin, CopelaND WASN’T EVEB ON MY RAdaR.