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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York (47-18, 5 points)
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Yogesh Raut, an educational blogger, podcast host & writer originally from Springfield, Illinois (14-11, 7 points)
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Victoria Groce, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (14-6, 7 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
“Match Day 5” opens with a match between Victoria Groce, Yogesh Raut, and Matt Amodio. After her win yesterday, Victoria has once again become the odds-on favorite to repeat as Masters champion, and the Unified Prediction Model has both Victoria and Yogesh almost guaranteed to advance to the semifinals at this point. UPM also has Victoria as the favorite to take victory in this match—Victoria is 38.1% to win, Yogesh 32.1%, and Matt 29.8%. Matt certainly would like to show that he is on the same level as both Victoria and Yogesh by putting in a strong performance, but it seems at this point that he is competing with Juveria, Roger, and Isaac for two spots in the semifinals.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 21, 2025 Jeopardy! Masters (game 1) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: European Cities; Good Evening, Sports Fans!; Music, Classically; Words For Triskaidekaphiles; A New Car; Here Are Your Keys)
Yogesh doubled up through the Daily Double on clue #7. While Victoria had more correct responses, Yogesh led because he did better at the bottom of the board.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Yogesh 9 correct 0 incorrect
Victoria 13 correct 2 incorrect
Matt 3 correct 1 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Yogesh 8,400
Victoria 5,400
Matt 200
Today’s interviews:
Matt recently had an encounter with Wendell Pierce (a big Jeopardy! fan).
Yogesh attempted to play the piano in college as part of a 24-hour marathon.
Victoria has a dispute about the rules of Scrabble with her husband.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Way Back In 1825; Entertaining Folks; World Lit; Languages; Health & Medicine; Speak “Ez”)
Victoria and Matt found the Daily Doubles; Victoria took a big lead doubling up through DD2; Matt fell back to 0 with an incorrect response on DD3. Victoria had a big lead, but not a runaway, going into Final.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Victoria 25 correct 2 incorrect
Yogesh 20 correct 0 incorrect
Matt 9 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Victoria 32,000
Yogesh 20,800
Matt 1,200
Correct response: What is Brentry?
This was a Triple Stumper; 3 points to Victoria, 1 point to Yogesh.
Tonight’s results:
Matt 1,200 – $0 = $1,200 (What Canexit)
Yogesh 20,800 – $11,201 = $9,599 (What)
Victoria 32,000 – $9,601 = $22,399 (What is Eurexit?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) WORDS FOR TRISKAIDEKAPHILES $600 (clue #7)
Yogesh 2400 +2400 (Victoria 200 Matt -600)
2) HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200 (clue #10)
Victoria 11800 +11800 (Yogesh 14000 Matt 2200)
3) LANGUAGES $1600 (clue #16, $12400 left on board)
Matt 4200 -4200 (Victoria 26800 Yogesh 14800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 100
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Victoria 5 4
Yogesh 3 4 3 5 3*
Matt
DJ! Round:
Victoria 2 5 4 3* 4 5 2
Yogesh 5 5 4 3 3
Matt 3 4 3 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Victoria 3.78
Yogesh 3.80
Matt 3.50
Game Stats:
Victoria $21,400 Coryat, 25 correct, 2 incorrect, 43.86% in first on buzzer (25/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $19,000 Coryat, 20 correct, 0 incorrect, 31.58% in first on buzzer (18/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Matt $5,400 Coryat, 9 correct, 3 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $45,800
Lach Trash: $3,800 (on 5 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $4,400
Player Statistics:
Victoria Groce, career statistics:
533 correct, 71 incorrect
15/19 on rebound attempts (on 61 rebound opportunities)
42.43% in first on buzzer (530/1249)
28/33 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $168,905)
12/22 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,609
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
588 correct, 52 incorrect
43/48 on rebound attempts (on 101 rebound opportunities)
35.31% in first on buzzer (543/1538)
21/22 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $139,694)
15/27 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,452
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1771 correct, 213 incorrect
76/91 on rebound attempts (on 215 rebound opportunities)
44.96% in first on buzzer (1709/3801)
100/117 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $395,200)
46/66 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $20,976
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Victoria $32,000 Yogesh $20,800 Matt $1,200)
Victoria: Cover bet is $9,601. (Actual bet: $9,601)
Yogesh: Anything betweek $1,600 and $18,399 works here. (Actual bet: $11,201)
Matt: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: $0)
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Said “Brenter” instead of “Brentry”. FML.
My guess was the same as Victoria’s.