James Holzhauer competes within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event. ABC
Ken Jennings is internet hosting the “Jeopardy!” Masters event. ABC
Mattea Roach wins a sport towards Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey. ABC
Andrew He, James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio compete within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event. ABC
Andrew He competes within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event. ABC
James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach and Sam Buttrey compete within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event. ABC
If followers had been dissatisfied Ken Jennings wasn’t competing within the inaugural “Jeopardy!” Masters event — which options six of the quiz present’s highest-ranked contestants — the frustration ought to largely have dissipated by now. Six video games in, and the event has confirmed to be a fast-moving, high-wagering and nail-biting affair.
And as Jennings, who's internet hosting the event, stated at the beginning of the video games Tuesday night time: “The joy is simply starting.”
Wednesday night time’s sport continued the joy with massive wagers and a really exceptional comeback.
Ken Jennings is internet hosting the “Jeopardy!” Masters event.
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Right here’s an outline of the event, together with recaps on the most recent video games and a take a look at the contestants’ present standings.
This story will likely be up to date following every episode.
Who's competing within the 2023 ‘Jeopardy!’ Masters event?
The event’s stacked lineup contains:
- 40-game champion Amy Schneider, who's No. 2 behind Jennings for many consecutive video games received in present historical past.
- 38-game winner Matt Amodio, who's No. 3 for many video games received.
- 32-game champ James Holzhauer, who's No. 4 for many video games received.
- Mattea Roach, a 23-game champ who's the youngest super-champion in “Jeopardy!” historical past.
- Sam Buttrey, who received the inaugural Professors Event in 2021.
- Andrew He, a five-game champ who beat Roach through the semifinal spherical of the 2022 Event of Champions to compete towards Schneider and Buttrey within the finals (Schneider ended up successful).
How the 2023 ‘Jeopardy!’ Masters event works
The primary seven “Jeopardy!” Masters episodes options totally different combos of the six contestants competing towards one another. Every episode contains two 30-minute video games.
Not like a daily “Jeopardy!” sport, the contestants are enjoying for factors somewhat than cash. A contestant will get three factors for successful a sport and one level for ending in second. The third-place finisher doesn't get any factors (in one other particular addition to the event, the present reveals the places of the Day by day Doubles to viewers at house at the beginning of every spherical).
On the finish of the quarterfinals, the 2 contestants with the fewest factors are eradicated from the competitors. The purpose values reset for the semifinals, which is able to play out over episodes eight and 9. Following these two episodes, the participant with the fewest factors is eradicated, and the three remaining contestants head to the finals, which is able to play out over two video games in episode 10.
The contestant with essentially the most factors after the two-game finale wins $500,000 and the Trebek Trophy. Second place will get $250,000 and third place receives $150,000.
Fourth place will likely be awarded $100,000 after the semifinals; and the fifth and sixth place finishers will obtain $75,000 and $50,000, respectively, following the quarterfinal spherical.
‘Jeopardy!’ Masters event recaps
Observe: Video games six and 7 of the event air Might 12 at 7 p.m. MDT on ABC. The event runs via Might 24.
Might 10 — Sport 5: James Holzhauer, Amy Schneider, Sam Buttrey
Holzhauer might not be the perfect on the subject of French pronunciation — he struggled to pronounce the pastry “mille feuille” and the phrase “haute delicacies” throughout Wednesday night time’s sport. However he continued to show he is without doubt one of the present’s greatest contestants along with his wide selection of data and “all-in” wagers.
In a sport that lined the whole lot from Shakespeare to classical music to breakfast cereal, Holzhauer landed on two of the three Day by day Doubles — and betted the whole lot he had each occasions. Sam Buttrey bought the opposite Day by day Double, and wagered 7,000 of his 11,200 factors on the next clue: “Maybe to kill parasites, some birds encourage indignant ants to spray this substance on their plumage.”
Buttrey got here up with the proper response — formic acid — and briefly tied with Holzhauer for the lead. However the sport’s momentum would quickly shift in Holzhauer’s favor.
One of many extra dramatic moments of the sport got here when Holzhauer had 19,000 factors and opted to wager all of it on a clue about classical music (the reply was Sibelius).
Doubling his rating, Holzhauer secured his lead and entered the ultimate spherical of the sport with a whopping 44,800 factors. He couldn't be caught — Buttrey, who was in second, had 20,600 factors.
Not like his earlier sport, the place he used the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical to take a jab at Jennings, Holzhauer tried to reply the Ultimate Jeopardy clue this time round. However solely Schneider was in a position to provide you with the proper response to the next clue: “In 303, to have a good time 20 years of his reign, the emperor Diocletian visited this metropolis for the primary time.”
Schneider got here up with the reply Jennings was in search of: “Rome.” However Buttrey, who didn’t wager something, was nonetheless in a position to preserve his second place end behind Holzhauer.
Might 10 — Sport 6: Matt Amodio, Andrew He, Mattea Roach
Going into the second spherical of Sport 6, Mattea Roach was within the gap with -400 factors. Her opponents, Matt Amodio and Andrew He, every had 6,400 and 4,400 factors, respectively.
Which makes what Roach pulled off within the second spherical actually exceptional — Jennings even referred to as it one of the spectacular comebacks he’d ever seen.
By the point she landed on a Day by day Double clue in a class concerning the periodic desk, Roach had managed to build up 4,400 factors. Though she stated she wasn’t snug with it, she figured she wanted to wager all of these factors if she actually wished an excellent shot at claiming a victory. So she wagered all of her factors on the next clue: “This radioactive ingredient is known as for Nobel-winning American chemist Glenn.”
Roach got here up with the proper response — seaborgium — and introduced her whole to eight,800.
She later landed on the opposite Day by day Double of the spherical. Within the lead this time, with 11,200 factors, she opted to wager 7,000 on a clue concerning the Pan-American Freeway.
With these two Day by day Doubles beneath her belt, Roach entered the sport’s remaining spherical in first place with 19,800 factors. He trailed shut behind with 15,200 and Amodio had 9,600.
All of it got here all the way down to the Ultimate Jeopardy clue within the class “Historic Properties”: “This residence is a part of an property that features Ballochbuie Forest, a remnant of the traditional Caledonian pine forest.”
All three contestants got here up with the proper response: Balmoral Fort.
With a wager of 10,601 factors, Roach was in a position to safe her win with 30,401 factors. He completed in second with 20,700 factors.
Might 9 — Sport 3: Mattea Roach, Amy Schneider, Sam Buttrey
The third sport of the event — that includes Roach, Schneider and Buttrey — ended up being one of many tightest matches but. All three contestants confirmed off their information of classes starting from TV to Twenties science and made daring wagers alongside the best way. Every contestant landed on one of many three Day by day Doubles, wagered all of their factors on the clue and answered appropriately, resulting in a reasonably even match throughout the board.
Going into the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, Buttrey was within the lead with 17,600 factors. Roach adopted shut behind with 16,400 and Schneider had 11,200.
All of it got here all the way down to the Ultimate Jeopardy clue, beneath the class “Twenty first-century authors”: “As soon as a journalist himself, he started his first novel along with his hero being fined 150,000 Kronor for aggravated libel.”
Each Roach and Schneider got here up with the proper response: Stieg Larsson.
Roach, who wagered 6,001 factors, ended up pulling out the win with 22,401 factors.
This marked her first win of the event, placing her on the board with three factors. Schneider, who completed in second with 17,700 factors, claimed one level for her win.
Mattea Roach wins a sport towards Amy Schneider and Sam Buttrey.
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Might 9 — Sport 4: Andrew He, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio
Sport 4, that includes He, Holzhauer and Amodio, was additionally a sport of daring wagering. In a sport that included classes about espresso, Ethiopia and literature, the competitors was largely between Holzhauer and Amodio, who entered the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical tied for first with a whopping 28,400 factors.
Amodio landed on — and appropriately answered — two of the sport’s three Day by day Doubles. His option to wager all of his factors on every clue stored him within the operating with Holzhauer, who dominated in his sport the earlier night time and couldn't be caught. Holzhauer additionally bought his flip to wager all of his factors on a Day by day Double.
Andrew He, James Holzhauer and Matt Amodio compete within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event.
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The Ultimate Jeopardy clue fell beneath the class “Western hemisphere historical past”: “In 1915, the assassination of President Sam introduced Uncle Sam to this nation, starting a 19-year army occupation.”
Not one of the contestants got here up with the proper response: Haiti. Holzhauer wagered and misplaced all of his 28,400 factors along with his guess of Nicaragua. Amodio — who additionally guessed Nicaragua — solely wagered 1,000 factors and bought the win with 27,400 factors, placing him on the board with three factors.
He, who had 9,600 factors going into the ultimate spherical, didn’t wager something and bought one level for ending in second.
Might 8 — Sport 1: Andrew He, Amy Schneider, Matt Amodio
He dominated the opening sport of the event, partly, because of a big wager on a clue within the class “10-letter phrases”: “Widespread in French, this diacritical mark will get its identify from the Latin for ‘bend round.’”
He got here up with the reply Jennings was in search of: “circumflex.”
Going into the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, He had a powerful lead with 27,800 factors — Schneider had 14,200 and Amodio had 8,200.
Andrew He competes within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event.
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The ultimate class was “Poetry”: “A colossal head of Ramses II delivered to the British museum impressed this 1818 poem.”
All three contestants got here up with the proper response: “Ozymandias.”
He, who made a conservative wager of 601 factors, turned the primary winner within the event with 28,401 factors. Schneider went daring and wagered 14,000, bringing her whole to twenty-eight,200.
This put He on the board with three factors, and Schneider with one.
Might 8 — Sport 2: James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach, Sam Buttrey
Holzhauer final competed on “Jeopardy!” in 2020, for the Best of All Time event. In his return to the present, the contestant introduced again his signature wry humor and astonishingly massive wagers.
Holzhauer’s character got here via earlier than the sport even began along with his alternative of introduction: “A self-described sport present villain from Las Vegas, Nevada.” Following the primary business break, when it was time for the contestants to briefly chat with the host, Jennings recalled how he had performed towards Holzhauer within the Best of All Time event (Jennings received).
“I don’t suppose this occurred,” Holzhauer quipped. “I believe you’re imagining it.”
“You’re blocking it out,” Jennings responded. “That’s fantastic.”
James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach and Sam Buttrey compete within the “Jeopardy!” Masters event.
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However Holzhauer didn’t simply come to banter with Jennings. He dominated in his first sport of the event, touchdown on all three of the sport’s Day by day Doubles. His most spectacular second got here within the second spherical, when he landed on two Day by day Doubles back-to-back and wagered all of his factors each occasions — bringing his whole from 8,000 to 32,000 in a matter of seconds.
Going into the Ultimate Jeopardy spherical, Holzhauer had a exceptional 40,800 factors and couldn't be caught — Buttrey, in second place, had 12,200.
The Ultimate Jeopardy clue fell beneath the class “USA”: “Opened in 1909 and fewer well-known than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn and Chinatown.”
Having already solidified his win, Holzhauer used the second to take one other jab at Jennings, writing “Cease ducking a rematch, Ken” as his reply.
Buttrey got here up with the proper response — the Manhattan Bridge — and bought on the board with one level for his second-place end.
‘Jeopardy!’ Masters event tracker
On the finish of Wednesday night time, the “Jeopardy!” Masters standings are as follows:
- James Holzhauer — 6 factors.
- Mattea Roach — 6 factors.
- Andrew He — 5 factors.
- Matt Amodio — 3 factors.
- Sam Buttrey — 2 factors.
- Amy Schneider — 2 factors.