Yogesh Raut of Vancouver, Washington, experienced an unexpected loss on the “Jeopardy Masters” episode aired on Monday evening, May 13, 2024. Raut, who had been having a successful run, faced his downfall in the episode.
Raut, a cognitive and behavioral scientist, held the robust second position on the “Jeopardy Masters” leaderboard. This made many viewers expect his win over Amy Schneider and Mattea Roach in the tenth game of the three-week-long tournament. However, the results were not as expected.
While Raut’s performance was noteworthy, Schneider and Roach gave him tough competition. At the commencement of “Double Jeopardy,” Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California, maintained her lead, followed by Raut and then Roach, a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Raut briefly took over the lead during “Double Jeopardy,” but Roach’s triumph in the “Daily Double” twice helped them surpass him. When they entered “Final Jeopardy,” Roach was leading with 20,400 points, followed closely by Raut with 17,200, and Schneider with 9,800.
The “Final Jeopardy” category announced by host Ken Jennings was “Anagrams.” The tough clue given was, “One is a procedure foundational to computer science; the other was made in large part obsolete by computers.”
This clue turned out to be one of the toughest “Final Jeopardy” questions of the tournament. Schneider wagered 7,401 points, ending with 2,399. Raut placed all his points at stake and ended up with zero. Roach, who seemed unsure, also failed to answer correctly. The answer, as revealed by Jennings, was “algorithm and logarithm.”
Roach wagered 14,001 points, decreasing their total to 6,399. However, this amount was enough to secure their first win of the season.
In the ninth game, Victoria Groce, a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, competed against James Holzhauer, the self-proclaimed “Final Boss” of “Jeopardy!” from Las Vegas, and Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York.
Groce, who started the game at the top of the “Jeopardy Masters” leaderboard, retained her position with another victory. Upon entering “Final Jeopardy,” Groce had an impressive 46,000 points, while Holzhauer had 19,600, and Amodio had 2,200.
The “Final Jeopardy” category was “Around the World.” The clue was, “Almost twice the size of Texas but with the population of Lubbock, this part of Australia rejected statehood in a 1998 referendum.”
All contestants correctly answered with “Northern Territory of Australia.” Amodio wagered nothing, maintaining his 2,200 points. Holzhauer bet 11,914 points, raising his total to 31,514. Groce added 4,000 points, bringing her final score to an astounding 50,000—the highest in the 2024 tournament.
As of now, Groce tops the “Jeopardy Masters” leaderboard, followed by Raut, Holzhauer, Schneider, Roach, and Amodio.
“Jeopardy Masters” continues this week with Games 11 and 12.
