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Jeopardy! Masters Recap – Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (Game 2)

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Current Champion

Matthew Riggle, career statistics:
47 correct, 6 incorrect
1/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
41.23% in first on buzzer (47/114)
3/3 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $7,600)
1/2 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,300

To win:
3 games: 68.027%
4: 46.277%
5: 31.481%
6: 21.415%
7: 14.568%
Avg. streak: 4.128 games.
(Next game: September 14)
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Upcoming Encore Presentations

August 12: S42 E98 (January 21, 2026)
August 13: S42 E99 (January 22, 2026)
August 14: S42 E100 (January 23, 2026)
August 15-16: S41 E141 (March 24, 2025)
August 17: S42 E101 (January 26, 2026)
August 18: S42 E105 (January 30, 2026)
August 19: S42 E102 (January 27, 2026)
August 20: S42 E103 (January 28, 2026)
August 21: S42 E104 (January 29, 2026)
August 22-23: S41 E142 (March 25, 2025)
August 24: S42 E106 (February 2, 2026)
August 25: S42 E107 (February 3, 2026)
August 26: S42 E108 (February 4, 2026)
August 27: S42 E109 (February 5, 2026)
August 28: S42 E110 (February 6, 2026)
August 29-30: S41 E143 (March 26, 2025)
(Source: Bell Fibe TV program guide)

All Time Winnings

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Regular Play Only:

1. Ken Jennings $2,520,700
2. James Holzhauer $2,462,216
3. Matt Amodio $1,518,601
4. Amy Schneider $1,382,800
5. Jamie Ding $882,605
6. Cris Pannullo $748,286
7. Mattea Roach $560,983
8. Jason Zuffranieri $532,496
9. Scott Riccardi $455,000
10. David Madden $430,400
11. Julia Collins $428,100
12. Matt Jackson $411,612
13. Austin Rogers $411,000
14. Ray Lalonde $386,400
15. Harrison Whitaker $373,999
16. Adriana Harmeyer $349,600
17. Caleb Groen $346,968
18. Adam Remsen $306,415
19. Ryan Long $299,400
20. Arthur Chu $297,200

All Time Jeopardy! Winnings, Including Tournaments (and Consolation Prizes):

1. Brad Rutter $4,968,436
2. Ken Jennings $4,372,700
3. James Holzhauer $3,614,216
4. Matt Amodio $1,964,601
5. Amy Schneider $1,864,800
6. Yogesh Raut $1,098,403
7. Mattea Roach $897,983
8. Jamie Ding $885,605
9. David Madden $785,733
10. Victoria Groce $773,801
11. Cris Pannullo $754,286
12. Roger Craig $706,200
13. Larissa Kelly $671,930
14. Matt Jackson $623,612
15. Jason Zuffranieri $549,496
16. Andrew He $534,365
17. Scott Riccardi $533,000
18. Jerome Vered $499,102
19. Julia Collins $495,767
20. Austin Rogers $493,000
21. Ben Ingram $449,201
22. Paolo Pasco $448,717
23. Adriana Harmeyer $446,600
24. Buzzy Cohen $441,603
25. Juveria Zaheer $441,000

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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:

Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (26-15, 5 points)

Mattea Roach in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (48-17, 5 points)

Amy Schneider in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (9-3, 13 points)

Victoria Groce in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:

This half of the episode is the important one: while Victoria Groce has already clinched her spot in the semifinals, both Amy Schneider and Mattea Roach have decidedly not. Both tied on 5 points right now, whoever finishes this game with the higher score advances to the semifinals, with the other player eliminated from the event.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Wednesday, May 15, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: A Standing Oration; Science Fiction; Business & Pleasure; Let’s Get Cooking; Floating On A Stream Of TV; Foreign Words)

Victoria got the Daily Double and jumped into the lead; only 200 points separated Amy and Mattea through 30 clues.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Victoria 12 correct 3 incorrect
Amy 6 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 10 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria 7,000
Amy 3,800
Mattea 3,600

Today’s interviews:

Mattea went to Primavera Sound Festival in Portugal.
Amy is planning on starting a podcast.
Victoria has injured herself twice while knitting.

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Down In The Valley; Prehistoric Creatures; Potpourri; The “RH” Factor; A Total Banger; Killer Riffs)

Mattea missed DD2, bringing them back to 0; they only got 2,800 the rest of the way—giving Amy a runaway for second. Victoria, who bet 5 points on DD3, had a runaway of her own going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Victoria 27 correct 4 incorrect
Amy 11 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 13 correct 2 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Victoria 21,005
Amy 7,800
Mattea 2,800

Final Jeopardy category: Short Stories

Final Jeopardy! clue: “Down–steadily down it crept… downward with its lateral velocity. To the right–to the left” is in this 1842 tale

Correct response: What is “The Pit and the Pendulum”?

All three players were incorrect—and everyone bet zero! Victoria and Amy are your semifinalists. Mattea leaves with $75,000.

Tonight’s results:

Mattea 2,800 – $0 = $2,800 (What an anticlimactic end to the quarters! Congrats Amy)
Amy 7,800 – $0 = $7,800 (What is the Gold Bug?)
Victoria 21,005 – $0 = $21,005 (What is the Tell-Tale Heart?)

Today's Jeopardy! Masters scores (for the May 15, 2024 second game.)
Mattea Roach finished in 5th place in Season 2 of Jeopardy! Masters and won $75,000.

Jeopardy! Masters Standings:

(through May 15)
1st: Victoria Groce (16 points, 5 wins, 150 correct, 132,200 Coryat, 190,005 Pre-FJ)
2nd: Yogesh Raut (10 points, 3 wins, 120 correct, 94,200 Coryat, 120,395 Pre-FJ)
3rd: James Holzhauer (9 points, 2 wins, 127 correct, 87,800 Coryat, 127,000 Pre-FJ)
4th: Amy Schneider (6 points, 1 win, 86 correct, 59,000 Coryat, 73,400 Pre-FJ)
5th: Mattea Roach (5 points, 1 win, 81 correct, 53,200 Coryat, 61,200 Pre-FJ)
6th: Matt Amodio (2 points, 0 wins, 89 correct, 50,200 Coryat, 49,800 Pre-FJ)

Chances of winning / making the finals:

James Holzhauer: 39.1% to win, 84% to make the finals
Victoria Groce: 27.4% to win, 79.8% to make the finals
Amy Schneider: 17.6% to win, 69.7% to make the finals
Yogesh Raut: 15.9% to win, 66.6% to make the finals

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) SCIENCE FICTION $800 (clue #8)
Victoria 1400 +1400 (Amy 1800 Mattea 600)
2) DOWN IN THE VALLEY $1200 (clue #1)
Mattea 3600 -3600 (Victoria 7000 Amy 3800)
3) PREHISTORIC CREATURES $2000 (clue #9, $23600 left on board)
Victoria 11400 +5 (Amy 4200 Mattea 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 0

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Victoria 4 5 4 5 4*
Amy 3 3
Mattea 5

DJ! Round:
Victoria 4 3 2 5*
Amy 2 3 4
Mattea 3* 5

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Victoria 4.00
Amy 3.00
Mattea 4.33

Game Stats:

Victoria $22,400 Coryat, 27 correct, 4 incorrect, 49.12% in first on buzzer (28/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Amy $7,800 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Mattea $6,400 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 24.56% in first on buzzer (14/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,600
Lach Trash: $11,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,400

Player Statistics:

Victoria Groce, career statistics:

328 correct, 44 incorrect
10/11 on rebound attempts (on 34 rebound opportunities)
44.70% in first on buzzer (329/736)
16/19 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $106,705)
7/13 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $19,538

Amy Schneider, career statistics:

1790 correct, 130 incorrect
89/107 on rebound attempts (on 256 rebound opportunities)
43.34% in first on buzzer (1651/3809)
80/95 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $257,800)
45/67 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,382

Mattea Roach, career statistics:

970 correct, 107 incorrect
48/56 on rebound attempts (on 170 rebound opportunities)
37.13% in first on buzzer (926/2494)
41/51 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $115,000)
25/44 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $15,982

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • I would be remiss if I did not point out that this is only the third known instance of all three players betting zero in Final Jeopardy.
  • Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.

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