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This game’s Jeopardy! Masters contestants:
Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (25-14, 1 point)
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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California (47-16, 1 point)
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Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York (42-12, 1 point)
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Andy’s Pre-Game Thoughts:
Tonight’s opening match of Jeopardy! Masters, between Matt Amodio, Amy Schneider, and Mattea Roach, is a must-win game for all three players here. Whoever wins this is going to be very likely to advance to the semifinals. Interestingly, this identical matchup in last year’s Masters ended up being crucial for Amy’s chances; an under-wager in Final Jeopardy was one of the major reasons why she was relegated. However, it seems as though Amy’s wagering has improved recently; I would expect her to bet a similar situation properly in 2024. Mattea’s buzzer struggles have been significant in the 2024 event, but they are still tied with Matt and Amy on the overall scoreboard; a win here and much of this may be forgotten. Meanwhile, the prediction model things Matt is the favorite to win, and I think he will if the Daily Doubles go his way.
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Game Recap & Tonight’s Game Stats:
Looking to find out who won Jeopardy! Masters today? Here’s the Friday, May 10, 2024 Jeopardy! Masters (game 1) by the numbers, along with a recap:
Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: “M” & “M”s; Flowers; Like There Wouldn’t Be Shakespeare; Coming To America; Plane Talk; Trailblazing Women In Sports)
Amy found the Daily Double midway through the round and doubled up to make sure she led through 30 clues.
Statistics after the Jeopardy round:
Amy 9 correct 1 incorrect
Matt 10 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 8 correct 3 incorrect
Scores after the Jeopardy! Round:
Amy 7,400
Matt 4,800
Mattea 1,600
Today’s interviews:
Mattea drove to Philadelphia for Tyler Rhode’s wedding.
Amy would like to be a guest judge on Top Chef.
Matt fixed his air conditioner.
Double Jeopardy! Round:
(Categories: Getting Medieval On You; In This Corner…; Oh, Those Dutch!; Parents & Kids; Oscars For Makeup & Hairstyling; 12 Or More Letters)
Amy broke the game wide open with a True Daily Double early; Mattea needed one of their own to keep Amy from having a runaway going into Final!
Statistics after Double Jeopardy:
Amy 17 correct 1 incorrect
Mattea 21 correct 3 incorrect
Matt 15 correct 3 incorrect
Scores going into Final:
Amy 26,400
Mattea 18,000
Matt 8,000
Final Jeopardy category: The 20th Century
Final Jeopardy! clue: Hearing about the speech that launched this eponymous process, the head of the CIA wondered if Nikita Khrushchev had been drunk
Correct response: What is destalinization?
Everyone got Final correct; Amy gets 3 points, Mattea 1!
Tonight’s results:
Matt 8,000 + 8,000 = 16,000 (What is destalinization?)
Mattea 18,000 + 0 = 18,000 (What is destalinization?)
Amy 26,400 + 9,601 = 36,001 (What is destalinization?)
Other Miscellaneous Game Statistics:
Daily Double locations:
1) COMING TO AMERICA $400 (clue #14)
Amy 3000 +3000 (Matt 3400 Mattea 1200)
2) 12 OR MORE LETTERS $800 (clue #5)
Amy 10600 +10600 (Matt 2800 Mattea 3200)
3) OH, THOSE DUTCH! $1600 (clue #7, $24800 left on board)
Mattea 5200 +5200 (Matt 2800 Amy 21200)
Overall Daily Double Efficiency for this game: 300
Clue Selection by Row, Before Daily Doubles Found:
J! Round:
Matt 5 5 4 4 5 3
Amy 2 3 3 2*
Mattea 5 4 4 3
DJ! Round:
Matt
Amy 4 2* 5
Mattea 5 5 3 4*
Average Row of Clue Selection, Before Daily Doubles Found:
Amy 3.00
Mattea 4.13
Matt 4.33
Game Stats:
Amy $14,000 Coryat, 17 correct, 1 incorrect, 22.81% in first on buzzer (13/57), 3/3 on rebound attempts (on 7 rebound opportunities)
Mattea $14,400 Coryat, 21 correct, 3 incorrect, 40.35% in first on buzzer (23/57), 0/0 on rebound attempts (on 4 rebound opportunities)
Matt $8,000 Coryat, 15 correct, 3 incorrect, 28.07% in first on buzzer (16/57), 1/2 on rebound attempts (on 5 rebound opportunities)
Combined Coryat Score: $36,400
Lach Trash: $11,600 (on 9 Triple Stumpers)
Coryat lost to incorrect responses (less double-correct responses): $6,000
Player Statistics:
Matt Amodio, career statistics:
1595 correct, 185 incorrect
64/76 on rebound attempts (on 169 rebound opportunities)
47.66% in first on buzzer (1540/3231)
93/107 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $355,400)
38/56 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $22,488
Amy Schneider, career statistics:
1762 correct, 125 incorrect
88/106 on rebound attempts (on 248 rebound opportunities)
43.90% in first on buzzer (1622/3695)
79/94 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $256,200)
45/65 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $21,782
Mattea Roach, career statistics:
942 correct, 103 incorrect
46/54 on rebound attempts (on 161 rebound opportunities)
37.86% in first on buzzer (901/2380)
39/48 on Daily Doubles (Net Earned: $107,200)
24/42 in Final Jeopardy
Average Coryat: $16,319
Andy’s Thoughts:
- This is a very important win for Amy; it makes her much more likely to reach the semifinals.
- Today’s box score will be linked to when posted by the show.
Final Jeopardy! wagering suggestions:
(Scores: Amy $26,400 Mattea $18,000 Matt $8,000)
Matt: Your only chance of winning is if Amy overbets. Go all in. (Actual bet: $8,000)
Amy: Standard cover bet over Mattea is $9,601. (Actual bet: $9,601)
Mattea: If Amy is wrong, she falls to $16,799. Bet no more than $1,200. (Actual bet: $0)
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This was a great game, no run away winner.mGo Amy!!
I didn’t know the FJ and retro congrats to Amy on a huge win!
I believe I have heard of ‘destalinization’ once or twice before (even including what that entailed), but I had no chance to think of it because I’d always heard ‘eponymous’ before in terms of someone with a direct relation to the subject (like author/book-title, actor/sitcom, etc.) so was trying to think of something using ‘Khrushchev’. I know now that ‘eponymous’ can be further removed than that (more of a “third person” situation). The only Russian process(?) I could think of was ‘Glasnost’ but knew that related to Gorbachev rather than Khrushchev (and wasn’t eponymous anyway).
I quickly saw that Mattea had their buzzer mojo back!