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Jeopardy! Masters Recap – Monday, May 6, 2024 (Game 1)

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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)
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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:

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York (0 points)

Matt Amodio in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1 points)

Mattea Roach in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

James Holzhauer, the self-described “final boss” of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada (1 points)

James Holzhauer in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Andy’s Pregame Thoughts:

Tonight’s opening match is between James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, and Matt Amodio, in a rematch of last year’s final. I’m anticipating this to be a good bounce-back game for James.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Monday, May 6, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 1) by the numbers, along with a recap:

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: 18th Century Names; Days Of Guns N’ Roses; Weight Of The Whirled; The State I’m In; Same First & Last Letter; Mastering Italian Cooking)

It was Matt who got out to the best start, picking up $5,000 on a Daily Double and holding the lead through 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Matt 12 correct 0 incorrect
James 12 correct 0 incorrect
Mattea 3 correct 0 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt 12,000
James 6,800
Mattea 1,200

Today’s interviews:

Matt went to Cleveland for the eclipse.
Mattea got into a Talking Heads afterparty in Toronto.
James went to the Super Bowl with Paul Bailey.

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Death Of A Writer; Movie Series Characters; Too Much; Hobbies & Pastimes; World Religion; The Response’s GPA)

I think Matt poked the bear; James doubled up twice on Daily Doubles to hold a massive lead going into Final.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

James 23 correct 0 incorrect
Matt 20 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 9 correct 1 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

James 45,200
Matt 19,200
Mattea 5,600

Final Jeopardy category: 20th Century Leaders

Final Jeopardy! clue: 1 of the “Big Four” at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference & a former journalist, he’d supported the Impressionists & Alfred Dreyfus

Correct response: Who is Georges Clemenceau?

Everyone was correct; 3 points for James, 1 for Matt!

Tonight’s results:

Mattea 5,600 + 158 = 5,758 (Who is Clemenceau?) (0 points, 1 total)
Matt 19,200 + 0 = 19,200 (Who Clemenceau) (1 point, 1 total)
James 45,200 + 908 = 46,108 (Who is Clemenceau) (3 points, 4 total)

Today's Jeopardy! Masters scores (for the May 6, 2024 first game.)

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) 18th CENTURY NAMES 400 (clue #11)
Matt 5000 +5000 (James 2600 Mattea 0)
2) DEATH OF A WRITER 1200 (clue #2)
James 8400 +8400 (Mattea 1200 Matt 12000)
3) THE RESPONSE’S GPA 1600 (clue #16, 14400 left on board)
James 20000 +20000 (Mattea 3200 Matt 18800)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
James 5 4 3 4
Mattea
Matt 5 4 5 3 5 5 2*

DJ! Round:
James 3* 3 3 2 4*
Mattea 4 2
Matt 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 2 3

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

James 3.44
Matt 3.88
Mattea 3.00

Game Stats:

James 19,600 Coryat, 23 correct, 0 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt 14,600 Coryat, 20 correct, 1 incorrect, 35.09% in first on buzzer (20/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Mattea 5,600 Coryat, 9 correct, 1 incorrect, 17.54% in first on buzzer (10/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: $39,800
Lach Trash: $11,800 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $2,400

Player Statistics:

James Holzhauer, career statistics:

1851 correct, 94 incorrect
57/62 on rebound attempts (on 136 rebound opportunities)
51.12% in first on buzzer (1710/3345)
104/114 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $883,793)
46/59 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $25,671

Mattea Roach, career statistics:

910 correct, 97 incorrect
46/54 on rebound attempts (on 155 rebound opportunities)
38.22% in first on buzzer (866/2266)
38/47 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $102,000)
24/40 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,600

Matt Amodio, career statistics:

1564 correct, 178 incorrect
63/73 on rebound attempts (on 162 rebound opportunities)
48.41% in first on buzzer (1509/3117)
91/105 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $352,200)
36/54 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,044


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