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Jeopardy! Masters Recap – Wednesday, May 1, 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:

Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (0 points)

Victoria Groce in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

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 (0 points)

Mattea Roach in Jeopardy! Masters Season 2

Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:

The second season of Jeopardy! Masters kicks off tonight with Mattea Roach, Matt Amodio, and Victoria Groce.

Running this matchup through the prediction model:

To win:
Victoria Groce 38.578%
Matt Amodio 37.169%
Mattea Roach 24.253%

To finish second:
Mattea Roach 38.479%
Matt Amodio 31.832%
Victoria Groce 29.689%

All three of these players will be looking to get their tournament momentum started well and take full advantage of the situation where James is in the night’s other matchup.

As a reminder: the winner of this game receives 3 standings points in the tournament, while second place receives 1 standings point.

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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:

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

Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: There Once Was This Man From…; Internet Slang; Holidays & Observances; American Fiction; 4-Letter TV; You’Re Repeating Yourself)

As if on cue, Mattea started the tournament by picking the Daily Double. Unfortunately, an incorrect response put them at -$1,000 off the bat. Victoria picked up the most number of high-value responses to lead after 30.

Statistics after the Jeopardy round:

Victoria 9 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 8 correct 1 incorrect
Matt 8 correct 1 incorrect

Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria 5,000
Mattea 3,400
Matt 3,200

Today’s interviews:

Victoria won the Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament.
Matt has been trying to stay sharp over the past year.
Mattea doesn’t know how they played so well in last year’s final.

Double Jeopardy! Round:

(Categories: Really Tough Capitals; Classic Movies; Dreamt Of In Your Philosophy; Inventors & Inventions; Not Your Everyday Words; Aaron Burr & Friends)

Victoria went on a tear early in Double Jeopardy, which forced Matt into an all-in Daily Double bet. Victoria then picked up 7,000 on the last one and romped to a runaway.

Statistics after Double Jeopardy:

Victoria 26 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 11 correct 1 incorrect
Matt 13 correct 2 incorrect

Scores going into Final:

Victoria 31,600
Mattea 7,400
Matt 800

Final Jeopardy category: Latin Science Terms

Final Jeopardy! clue: In 1694 the latest in bio-knowledge was Tournefort’s “Elements of Botany” listing 698 of these, like ambrosia & chrysanthemeum

Only Matt got Final correct; Victoria gets 3 points, Mattea 1!

Correct response: What is genus?

Tonight’s results:

Matt 800 + $0 = $800 (What genus)
Mattea 7,400 – $311 = $7,089 (What are flora?) (1 point)
Victoria 31,600 – $1,733 = $29,867 (What are species? Hi, Nora! <3) (3 points)

Today's Jeopardy! Masters scores for May 1, 2024 (game 1).

Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:

Daily Double locations:

1) HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000 (clue #1)
Mattea 0 -1000 (Matt 0 Victoria 0)
2) INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800 (clue #14)
Matt 8000 -8000 (Mattea 6200 Victoria 16600)
3) AARON BURR & FRIENDS $1200 (clue #18, $10000 left on board)
Victoria 20200 +7000 (Mattea 6200 Matt 0)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: -165

Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:

J! Round:
Mattea 5*
Matt
Victoria

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

Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:

Victoria 3.80
Mattea 4.00
Matt 3.33

Game Stats:

Victoria 25,800 Coryat, 26 correct, 1 incorrect, 45.61% in first on buzzer (26/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Mattea 8,400 Coryat, 11 correct, 1 incorrect, 19.30% in first on buzzer (11/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 2 rebound opportunities)
Matt 8,800 Coryat, 13 correct, 2 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 1/1 on rebound attempts (on 1 rebound opportunity)
Combined Coryat Score: 43,000
Lach Trash: 8,000 (on 8 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): 3,000

Player Statistics:

Mattea Roach, career statistics:

900 correct, 96 incorrect
46/54 on rebound attempts (on 154 rebound opportunities)
38.75% in first on buzzer (856/2209)
38/47 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $102,000)
23/39 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,882

Matt Amodio, career statistics:

1543 correct, 177 incorrect
63/73 on rebound attempts (on 161 rebound opportunities)
48.66% in first on buzzer (1489/3060)
90/104 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $347,200)
35/53 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $23,200

Victoria Groce, career statistics:

204 correct, 30 incorrect
6/7 on rebound attempts (on 20 rebound opportunities)
46.12% in first on buzzer (208/451)
8/11 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $45,700)
5/8 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $18,450

Andy’s Thoughts:

  • Check out Masters Breakdown, where I discuss my thoughts surrounding tonight’s episode in greater detail.

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

Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:

(Scores: Victoria 31,600 Mattea 7,400 Matt 800)

Mattea: Bet no more than 5,799. (Actual bet: 311)

Matt: Bet whatever you like. (Actual bet: 0)

Victoria: Bet no more than 16,799. (Actual bet: 1,733)


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