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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia (15-6, 3 points)
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Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (12-6, 3 points)
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Yogesh Raut, an educational blogger, podcast host & writer originally from Springfield, Illinois (13-10, 3 points)
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Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:
The second part of tonight’s Jeopardy! Masters episodes features the winners of our first three games—Yogesh Raut, Roger Craig, and the winner of the first half of tonight’s episode. As nobody on the “outside” has been told whether scores reset between the knockouts and the quarterfinals—which, quite frankly, is not how any operation purporting to be a sporting competition should operate—the viewers do not know what exactly there is to play for in this half of the episode. That said, I do expect to see a relatively spirited performance between our three players.
While Ken did announce at the start of this game that points do carry forward to the quarterfinals from this round, this absolutely should have been made clear to everyone in advance.
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Final Jeopardy category: Art History
Final Jeopardy! clue: “Hide & Seek” & “The Cradle” by this French artist were among the 200 or so works shown at a gallery on Blvd. Des Capucines in 1874
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: The Life & Times Of Napoeleon III; A Nora; Law, Legality & Court Stuff; Constructing The Word; Presenting Myth Greece; TV)
Yogesh picked up 50% of the clues in the round, and the Daily Double, to cruise to a big lead after 30. Meanwhile, Roger had half a dozen incorrect and was deep in the hole.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Yogesh 15 correct 0 incorrect
Isaac 5 correct 4 incorrect
Roger 4 correct 6 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Yogesh 14,900
Isaac 0
Roger -3,600
Today’s interviews:
Roger broke the one-day record on his second appearance.
Isaac had very low expectations coming into the event.
Yogesh has been pub quiz teammates with Roger in the past.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Trekking Into Africa; What Day Is It?; 20th Century Science; Hymns & Spirituals; Say It With Flowers; I’m The Literary Law)
Roger found both Daily Doubles; he got back to 0 with his correct response on DD2. Roger got DD3 incorrect as Yogesh picked up another 11 correct, never threatened for the win.
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Yogesh 26 correct 1 incorrect
Isaac 10 correct 5 incorrect
Roger 11 correct 8 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Yogesh 25,700
Isaac 4,400
Roger 2,800
Correct response: Who is Berthe Morisot?
Roger was the only player correct in Final, and that gives him a crucial match point for second. 3 to Yogesh, 1 to Roger, 0 to Isaac.
Tonight’s results:
Roger 2,800 + $2,799 = $5,599 (Who Morisot)
Isaac 4,400 – $1,201 = $3,199 (Who is Cassatt?)
Yogesh 25,700 – $10,000 = $15,700 (Who Cassatt)
Jeopardy! Masters Standings:
- Yogesh Raut, 6 points, 2 wins, 50 correct, $42,400 Coryat, $56,500 pre-Final
- Roger Craig, 4 points, 1 win, 29 correct, $12,000 Coryat, $18,000 pre-Final
- Isaac Hirsch, 3 points, 1 win, 30 correct, $19,400 Coryat, $24,400 pre-Final
- Victoria Groce, 1 point, 0 wins, 21 correct, $10,200 Coryat, $14,000 pre-Final
- Matt Amodio, 1 point, 0 wins, 18 correct, $11,600 Coryat, $10,600 pre-Final
- Adriana Harmeyer, 1 point, 0 wins, 11 correct, $6,600 Coryat, $7,400 pre-Final
- Neilesh Vinjamuri, 0 points, 0 wins, 18 correct, $9,200 Coryat, $9,200 pre-Final
- Juveria Zaheer, 0 points, 0 wins, 16 correct, $8,000 Coryat, $8,000 pre-Final
- Brad Rutter, 0 points, 0 wins, 8 correct, $6,200 Coryat, $6,200 pre-Final
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) PRESENTING MYTH GREECE $600 (clue #16)
Yogesh 6600 +6500 (Isaac -1000 Roger -4200)
2) 20th CENTURY SCIENCE $1200 (clue #6)
Roger -2000 +2000 (Yogesh 19700 Isaac 0)
3) HYMNS & SPIRITUALS $1200 (clue #21, $4800 left on board)
Roger 2800 -1600 (Yogesh 24900 Isaac 4400)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 141
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Yogesh 3 2 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 4 5 4 3*
Isaac 5 3
Roger
DJ! Round:
Yogesh 4 3 5 4 5 4 4 5 2 2
Isaac 3 4 3 2
Roger 5 3* 5 4 5 3 3*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Yogesh 3.83
Roger 4.00
Isaac 3.33
Game Stats:
Yogesh $19,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 36.84% in first on buzzer (21/57), 4/5 on rebound attempts (on 11 rebound opportunities)
Roger $3,600 Coryat, 11 correct, 8 incorrect, 26.32% in first on buzzer (15/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Isaac $4,400 Coryat, 10 correct, 5 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 6 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $27,800
Lach Trash: $15,400 (on 12 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $10,800
Player Statistics:
Yogesh Raut, career statistics:
551 correct, 47 incorrect
41/46 on rebound attempts (on 95 rebound opportunities)
35.60% in first on buzzer (507/1424)
19/20 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $135,494)
14/25 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,776
Isaac Hirsch, career statistics:
451 correct, 84 incorrect
24/30 on rebound attempts (on 71 rebound opportunities)
42.33% in first on buzzer (458/1082)
19/28 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $13,200)
12/19 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $17,084
Roger Craig, career statistics:
546 correct, 107 incorrect
26/33 on rebound attempts (on 79 rebound opportunities)
42.65% in first on buzzer (560/1313)
34/38 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $162,400)
13/22 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,352
Andy’s Thoughts:
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Yogesh 25,700 Isaac 4,400 Roger 2,800)
Yogesh: No need to make a bet here. (Actual bet: 10,000)
Isaac: Cover bet over Roger is 1,201. (Actual bet: 1,201)
Roger: You have to be correct to pass Isaac; might as well go all in. (Actual bet: 2,799)
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this absolutely should have been made clear to everyone in advance
Please tell the class what difference would it have made.
No sports league in existence waits to announce its conditions of play to the fans until after the competition has started.
Michael Davies has said numerous times that he wants Jeopardy! to be seen as a sport.
Shrouding the format in secrecy to the fans—the people you actually want to tune in and watch—is antithetical to being a sport.
As far as the withheld details of the format do not cause fans to be confused by the behavior of the players (and it did not for the first 3 games), I do not consider this an issue.
Not knowing the details of the format has greatly hampered my enjoyment of this event.
I was stunned when I heard Ken’s announcement. I think it’s a great idea, but it should have clearly been stated on Jeopardy’s website/rules page for this event. I agree with you 100% Andy.
I also agree with Andy, but probably not with Jeff — i.e., it depends on EXACTLY when (or EVER) the points reset, which I am still not clear on. But am I correct in assuming that the points being discussed are the ones awarded each time a player comes in first or second, not the “points” (that in daily play are dollars) that they accumulate through regular play and wagering?
BTW, personally I don’t even like the idea of Jeopardy! being considered a sport (nor Poker for that matter). Is Scrabble a sport? Is Wordle a sport? But, anyway, if one wants interested observers for a game, the rules need to be known in advance to them, too, not just to the players. But Michael Davies insisting Jeopardy! is a sport and him making up the rules AND him not announcing the rules to the viewing audience in advance is just stupid. My guess is that it was not a calculated decision, they just forgot to announce it and won’t own up to that. [And perhaps the tight editing to get ALL the clues played added to the omission.]
From what I understand of the rules, the 3 contestants with 1 point will face each other and the 3 contestants with no points will face each other on the next episode. The 3 original winners (they played in last night’s second game) will advance to the next round. The 2 contestants with no points who fail to win the second game will be eliminated (third place finisher will have 0 cumulative points and second place finisher will have 1 cumulative point). And the contestant who finishes 3rd in the game between the 1-point contestants will also be eliminated (also having one cumulative point).
Is that correct? If so, I would expect Victoria and Matt to advance. As well as Neilesh. But have to wait until they play the games as they say (even though in this case they have already played the games (I think)–we just don’t know the results).
Those are the contestants for Game 5 and 6 as verified by Jeopardy.
This entire tournament has been completely played. Matter in fact, the last shows for this season are being taped in about 10 minutes.
I surprised myself by getting way more of the Hymns & Spirituals category than the players did. The only one I missed was the low-value ‘Rock of Ages’ and I had trouble hearing enough of it (which I am very familiar with) to identify it. I wonder if it was edited a bit too tightly and the players could actually hear more than I could. Maybe not, though, as I believe I remember correctly that it was a triple stumper.
I do not have a particularly high percentage on getting FJ!s correct, but usually I have some idea that’s “in the neighborhood” or I know exactly who the clue is about [like remembering a lot of other things about them that is not in the clue] but cannot think of their name. Or at least when the correct response is revealed it is someone or some thing that I HAVE heard of (and maybe even know other things about but just didn’t know about the particular facts in the clue). However, I am certain that I have NEVER heard of Berthe Morisot, nor “Hide & Seek”, nor “The Cradle”, nor Blvd. Des Capucines.