Jeopardy! Masters Recap - Friday, August 28, 2026 (Game 2)

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Game Recap & Tonight's Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here's the Friday, August 28, 2026 Jeopardy! Masters (game 2) by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: World Geography; Authors--The Card Game; Fondly Remembered; Mythic Commerce; Sitcoms; Words From Africa)

Victoria doubled up through the Daily Double to lead through 30; Yogesh got 3 in geography and sitcoms, while Victoria got 3 in commerce and words.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Victoria 12 correct 3 incorrect
Yogesh 10 correct 0 incorrect
Andrew 4 correct 2 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria 11,400
Yogesh 5,200
Andrew 1,200

Today's interviews:

Andrew prepares differently for different tournaments; listened to "oldies" and has an estimated age of 93 from Spotify.
Victoria does adult spelling bees.
Yogesh tries to mentor other trivia people as much as possible.

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: History; Were You Told There'd Be Math?; Tools & Hardware; Summer Songs; 3-Named People; Caught In 4 "A")

Potentially spooked by her loss earlier in the tournament, Victoria bet just 200 on DD2. She bet 2600 on DD3, getting that correct as well. From there, Victoria went to a massive runaway. Victoria ran 3-named people, got 4 in summer songs, and 3 in history and math.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Victoria 29 correct 3 incorrect
Yogesh 15 correct 2 incorrect
Andrew 8 correct 2 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Victoria 30,200
Yogesh 9,600
Andrew 4,800

Final Jeopardy category: Pen Names

Final Jeopardy! clue: Schardanus Rider, a pseudonym found on 17th century British almanacs, anagrams to this American pseudonym from the 18th century

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Correct response: What is Richard Saunders?

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Yogesh and Victoria were correct; 3 points to Victoria, 1 to Yogesh!

Tonight's results:

Andrew 4,800 - $4,800 = $0 (What is Richard)
Yogesh 9,600 + $1 = $9,601 (What Richard Saunders)
Victoria 30,200 + $4,367 = $34,567 (What is Richard Saunders? Hi, Nora!) (Winner)

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Jeopardy! Masters Standings:

(through 4 episodes)
1) Victoria Groce, 9 points, 3 wins, 109 correct responses, $76,800 Coryat Score, $72,600 earned before Final Jeopardy
2) Yogesh Raut, 8 points, 2 wins, 75 correct responses, $52,200 Coryat Score, $53,400 earned before Final Jeopardy
3) Paolo Pasco, 6 points, 1 win, 61 correct responses, $39,200 Coryat Score, $46,700 earned before Final Jeopardy
4) Long Nguyen, 5 points, 1 win, 54 correct responses, $36,600 Coryat Score, $41,200 earned before Final Jeopardy
5) Juveria Zaheer, 3 points, 1 win, 53 correct responses, $40,000 Coryat Score, $44,800 earned before Final Jeopardy
6) Andrew He, 1 point, 0 wins, 50 correct responses, $22,400 Coryat Score, $18,600 earned before Final Jeopardy

Chances of winning Jeopardy! Masters:

(Note: These chances currently take into account the matchups for Match Day 5.)
Victoria Groce 27.64%
Yogesh Raut 24.84%
Paolo Pasco 21.16%
Long Nguyen 15.84%
Juveria Zaheer 8.20%
Andrew He 2.32%

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Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) MYTHIC COMMERCE $600 (clue #18)
Victoria 5400 +5400 (Yogesh 3600 Andrew 400)
2) CAUGHT IN 4 "A" $1200 (clue #8)
Victoria 16200 +200 (Yogesh 5600 Andrew 1200)
3) 3-NAMED PEOPLE $1200 (clue #11, $18000 left on board)
Victoria 18400 +2600 (Yogesh 5600 Andrew 2800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 115

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Yogesh 4 5 5 4 3 5 3
Victoria 4 5 4 5 3 3 3 5 4 3*
Andrew 4

DJ! Round:
Yogesh 5 3
Victoria 4 4 4 5 3* 4 3*
Andrew 5 5

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Victoria 3.88
Yogesh 4.11
Andrew 4.67

Game Stats:

Victoria $25,000 Coryat, 29 correct, 3 incorrect, 47.37% in first on buzzer (27/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Yogesh $9,600 Coryat, 15 correct, 2 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 3 rebound opportunities)
Andrew $4,800 Coryat, 8 correct, 2 incorrect, 15.79% in first on buzzer (9/57), 0/1 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,400
Lach Trash: $9,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $5,600

Player Statistics:

Yogesh Raut, career statistics:

796 correct, 75 incorrect
62/69 on rebound attempts (on 155 rebound opportunities)
34.87% in first on buzzer (735/2108)
27/30 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $159,494)
21/37 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,659

Victoria Groce, career statistics:

785 correct, 112 incorrect
28/35 on rebound attempts (on 95 rebound opportunities)
42.99% in first on buzzer (782/1819)
40/48 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $171,505)
19/32 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,894

Andrew He, career statistics:

703 correct, 111 incorrect
46/58 on rebound attempts (on 145 rebound opportunities)
30.89% in first on buzzer (669/2166)
36/49 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $144,600)
18/38 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $14,226

Andy's Thoughts:

• Today's box score will be linked to when posted by the show.