Katherine is today's returning champion with winnings of $10,501.

In a very interesting game, Katherine missed both of her DD opportunities for a total of $2,800 (a very significant amount given the clue values in this version). But she was still able to recover and carry the lead into FJ at $2,900 vs. $2,600 for Ryan and $2,300 for Maddy.

FJ - BOARD GAMES - At the beginning of a game of chess, there are this many pawns on the board

Surprisingly, two players missed this and only Ryan was correct, nearly doubling up to win with $5,199.

Odds and ends: "What is a hoe?" was a correct response in today's game, to which Stephen modestly said he had no further comment. Also, for whatever reason, for all three episodes of this series the FJ clue was looking for a number.

Correct FJ response: >!What is 16?!<

We are thrilled to have five-time champ Alison Betts join us for an AMA this Tuesday. We'll open the thread for questions at noon Eastern on that day. Thanks.

I'm a little curious here, whenever I watch Jeopardy, contestants gives the answer in the form of a question, but why is that? And what happens if the contestants just gives the answer without in the form of a question?

Now, I know I was a little confused and thought Ken Jennings, who talked to Victoria Groce in the Jeopardy Masters, confirmed that The Chase is officially cancelled, but Victoria corrected him and said she's still The Queen. And here's another thing! ABC announced a new game show titled Lucky 13, which is a game show that is made by the same developers, who created Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Shaq and Gina Rodriguez are set to co-host the show. And speaking of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the show is also getting a revival after being on hiatus since 2020. And it's still hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. Plus, the contestants for WWTBAM are still the same ol' celebrities, but this time, there will be a duo version. But I'm hoping WWTBAM will bring back an in person audience unlike the last time in 2020, when Covid was still ongoing. As for The Chase, I still hope there will be another season sometime later this year unless ABC changes their mind even though Brandon Blackwell has joined the Australian version of The Chase as well as being a quarterfinalist in the Jeopardy Invitational, Victoria Groce currently in first on the Jeopardy Masters leaderboard, and Sara Haines working with John Quiñones for ABC's What Would You Do.

The last time I checked, both games are blank.

EDITED: Hopefully it'll be accessible by the end of this weekend. If not, I will update this post to address my concerns.

DD1 - $600 - PRESIDENTIAL HOMES - In 1823 Andrew Jackson donated land from this home to build a house of worship called Ephesus Church

DD2 - $2,000 - STARTS WITH AN ANIMAL - Part of the limbic system, this structure in the brain is thought to play a role in spatial navigation

DD3 - $1,600 - POETS & POETRY - His "The Runaway" is not even his most famous poem with a horse in falling snow

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - What is the Hermitage? DD2 - What is hippocampus? DD3 - Who was Frost? !<

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If you're currently in the contestant pool or actively prepping (ideally already in the 25/30K+ Coryat range), please drop me a DM. We're looking for some new people.

Thanks!

Welcome to the daily r/Jeopardy Coryat performance review. It’s the eve of watching the Masters return to the big blue stage. Anyone else excited?

How did everyone do today? Were these boards to your liking? Did they trip you up more than you would like or leave you reluctant to buzz in? Let’s share how we did and talk over today‘s clues. Were they tricky? Just really difficult? Or surprisingly easy for you?

What's a Coryat score? It’s a way of measuring your performance on each day’s game and can be a tool to track progress in training. Here's a primer:

On every clue, decide whether you are "ringing in" or not.

If you ring in correctly, add the value of the clue.

If you ring in incorrectly, subtract the value of the clue.

If you don't ring in, count it as zero.

Daily Doubles = add the nominal value of the clue (the row it's in) if you get it right, zero if you guess wrong, no penalty for incorrect

Add 'em all up, that's your Coryat score!

(Final Jeopardy is not factored in at all for a Coryat score.)

You can learn more from Karl Coryat about his score tracking method at his webpage: http://www.pisspoor.com/jep.html

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Here are today's contestants:

• Henry Lindstrom, a customer experience lead originally from Altadena, California;
• Deana Krumhansl, an attorney originally from Honolulu, Hawaii; and
• Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Weckiai is a two-day champ with winnings of $28,000.

Jeopardy!

NON-CAT & DOG PETS // PRESIDENTIAL HOMES // BIG SIR // A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10 // WORLD SERIES MVPs // CALLING "HR"

DD1 - $600 - PRESIDENTIAL HOMES - In 1823 Andrew Jackson donated land from this home to build a house of worship called Ephesus Church (With $0, Weckiai lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Weckiai $200, Deana $0, Henry $3,200.

Scores entering DJ: Weckiai $1,800, Deana $2,600, Henry $4,600.

Double Jeopardy!

STARTS WITH AN ANIMAL // ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA // WORLD GEOGRAPHY // POETS & POETRY // WHEN I DIE // DELETE MY HISTORY

DD2 - $2,000 - STARTS WITH AN ANIMAL - Part of the limbic system, this structure in the brain is thought to play a role in spatial navigation (Henry added $3,000 to improve to $11,200.)

DD3 - $1,600 - POETS & POETRY - His "The Runaway" is not even his most famous poem with a horse in falling snow (From third place with $1,600, Weckiai lost $1,000.)

Weckiai just never got rolling, while Deana scored on the last two clues of DJ to edge out Henry for first place into FJ with $9,400 vs. $8,800 for Henry and $3,600 for Weckiai.

Final Jeopardy!

1990s NO. 1 SONGS - This title character of the top song from 1996 can’t stand her boyfriend Vitorino & spurns him to be with his 2 friends

Only Weckiai was correct on FJ, doubling to win with $7,200 for a three-day total of $35,200. Note that Henry chose to go with a big bet from a close second place, rather than going small to lock out Weckiai and hoping for Deana to miss.

Final scores: Weckiai $7,200, Deana $1,999, Henry $1,000.

Sports stumbles: The players mostly avoided the baseball category and missed three out of five, including all-time hit king from the 70s Reds, Pete Rose. The writers seem to think that "solid bet" is a major hint, but for a lot of younger people, that situation is probably in the "that's before my time" file.

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - What is the Hermitage? DD2 - What is hippocampus? DD3 - Who was Frost? FJ - What is "Macarena"?!<

1990s NUMBER 1 SONGS

This title character of the top song from 1996 can’t stand her boyfriend Vitorino & spurns him to be with his 2 friends

!Who was Macarena?!<

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For the benefit of future contestants, I want to remind everyone that Jeopardy is news and there are online journalists mining this subreddit looking for controversy. I suppose this happens routinely? I just didn't know about it before!

I'm glad I was relatively careful what I wrote online about Ken's ruling against me (when I belatedly added an S to "forest" in a clue about a Blake poem). It wouldn't have changed the outcome of the game, and it's bizarre to see Ken criticized as being harsh, and other out-of-context condemnations. He wasn't harsh at all. I never doubted that someone on the staff checked the tape and determined that his call was correct.

Journalists have a living to make. Controversy generates clicks, and apparently people do click on Jeopardy stories, or there wouldn't be journalists assigned to the "Jeopardy beat" to exaggerate minor incidents into scandals. It's just weird, that's all.

DD1 - $1,000 - DIARIES & JOURNALS - On July 4, 1862 he made an entry in his diary saying he went "to Godstow with the 3 Liddells; we had tea on the bank there"

DD2 - $1,600 - THE GREATS OF HISTORY - A 3rd century B.C. leader of this Punic city, Hanno the Great opposed costly wars & even negotiated peace with Rome

DD3 - $800 - WORD ORIGINS - A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince"

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - Who was Carroll? DD2 - What is Carthage? DD3 - What is tycoon? !<

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COUNTRIES WITH SPACE PROGRAMS

It launched its first satellite, Asterix, in 1965

!What is France?!<

WRONG ANSWER 1: >!Canada!<

WRONG ANSWER 2: >!Switzerland!<

WRONG ANSWER 3: >!Belgium!<

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I haven't watched Jeopardy regularly since the end of 2021. I checked the J Archives and almost all the players this season are champions from previous seasons. I'm sure there's a backlog of new contestants waiting for their shot at Jeopardy, so why the push for contestants who've already played?

Here are today's contestants:

• Sarah Hardy, a pediatrician from Hot Springs, Arkansas;
• Angelus Kocoshis, an attorney & flower farmer from Muncie, Indiana; and
• Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico. Weckiai is a one-day champ with winnings of $9,999.

Jeopardy!

A VIEW OF THE CITY // CELEBRITY SIBLINGS // DIARIES & JOURNALS // STOCK SYMBOLS // YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART // 1950s TALK

DD1 - $1,000 - DIARIES & JOURNALS - On July 4, 1862 he made an entry in his diary saying he went "to Godstow with the 3 Liddells; we had tea on the bank there" (Angelus lost $2,400 on a true DD.)

Scores at first break: Weckiai $4,600, Angelus $1,800, Sarah $2,800.

Scores entering DJ: Weckiai $6,600, Angelus $4,200, Sarah $3,800.

Double Jeopardy!

LITERARY NORTH CAROLINA // THE GREATS OF HISTORY // PHYSICS / FAST &/OR FURIOUS // THE GIRL IN THE SONG // WORD ORIGINS

DD2 - $1,600 - THE GREATS OF HISTORY - A 3rd century B.C. leader of this Punic city, Hanno the Great opposed costly wars & even negotiated peace with Rome (Angelus doubled to $6,800.)

DD3 - $800 - WORD ORIGINS - A wealthy & powerful businessman, it was borrowed from the Japanese who in turn borrowed it from the Chinese words for "great prince" (Angelus lost $5,000 from his total of $8,400.)

Angelus found all three DDs and missed two of them, so Weckaia, who has yet to uncover a DD in her two games, led into FJ at $15,000 vs. $9,000 for Sarah and $4,600 for Angelus.

Final Jeopardy!

COUNTRIES WITH SPACE PROGRAMS - It launched its first satellite, Asterix, in 1965

Everyone was correct on this very obvious FJ clue. Weckaia added $3,001 to win with $18,001 for a two-day total of $28,000.

Final scores: Weckiai $18,001, Angelus $4,600, Sarah $17,999.

What I learned on Jeopardy! today: that apparently it is possible to grow up in America and not have heard "Born To Run" hundreds of times whether you wanted to or not.

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - Who was Carroll? DD2 - What is Carthage? DD3 - What is tycoon? FJ - What is France?!<

I've always been curious how the prompt contestants to pull out the funny little anecdotes they give after the first ad break; they're the perfect balance of interesting and mundane. Is there paperwork they fill out? Does someone just have a conversation with them? Are there standard questions they ask?

Additionally, I'm hosting a topic specific Jeopardy at a gaming tournament in a week, and I'm trying to keep it as true to form as possible, including contestant introductions. Any help is much appreciated!

Welcome to the daily r/Jeopardy Coryat performance review. It’s the eve of watching the Masters return to the big blue stage. Anyone else excited?

How did everyone do today? Were these boards to your liking? Did they trip you up more than you would like or leave you reluctant to buzz in? Let’s share how we did and talk over today‘s clues. Were they tricky? Just really difficult? Or surprisingly easy for you?

What's a Coryat score? It’s a way of measuring your performance on each day’s game and can be a tool to track progress in training. Here's a primer:

On every clue, decide whether you are "ringing in" or not.

If you ring in correctly, add the value of the clue.

If you ring in incorrectly, subtract the value of the clue.

If you don't ring in, count it as zero.

Daily Doubles = add the nominal value of the clue (the row it's in) if you get it right, zero if you guess wrong, no penalty for incorrect

Add 'em all up, that's your Coryat score!

(Final Jeopardy is not factored in at all for a Coryat score.)

You can learn more from Karl Coryat about his score tracking method at his webpage: http://www.pisspoor.com/jep.html

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We need more guest presented clues- especially on primetime shows. They liven up the show for me, even if some people find that they slow down the game,

New research explores why some octogenarians have exceptional memories.

For a little over a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call “super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and up, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.

Most research on aging and memory focuses on the other side of the equation — people who develop dementia in their later years. But, “if we’re constantly talking about what’s going wrong in aging, it’s not capturing the full spectrum of what’s happening in the older adult population.”

Sam Buttrey might be a good example of a super-ager (but I don't mean to presume about his age). He was able to play competitively at the ToC level and he even played a pretty good game against Victoria Groce and Matt Jackson a few weeks ago.

I had my recorder on for jeopardy and assumed that it would only be masters playing tonight but I can’t find masters anywhere, how do I watch it?

Welcome to the daily r/Jeopardy Coryat performance review. It’s the eve of watching the Masters return to the big blue stage. Anyone else excited?

How did everyone do today? Were these boards to your liking? Did they trip you up more than you would like or leave you reluctant to buzz in? Let’s share how we did and talk over today‘s clues. Were they tricky? Just really difficult? Or surprisingly easy for you?

What's a Coryat score? It’s a way of measuring your performance on each day’s game and can be a tool to track progress in training. Here's a primer:

On every clue, decide whether you are "ringing in" or not.

If you ring in correctly, add the value of the clue.

If you ring in incorrectly, subtract the value of the clue.

If you don't ring in, count it as zero.

Daily Doubles = add the nominal value of the clue (the row it's in) if you get it right, zero if you guess wrong, no penalty for incorrect

Add 'em all up, that's your Coryat score!

(Final Jeopardy is not factored in at all for a Coryat score.)

You can learn more from Karl Coryat about his score tracking method at his webpage: http://www.pisspoor.com/jep.html

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Game one:

• Victoria Groce, a writer & television personality from Pittsburgh, PA;
• Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, NY; and
• Mattea Roach, a writer & podcast host from Toronto, Ontario.

Game two:

• Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California;
• Yogesh Raut, a cognitive & behavioral scientist from Vancouver, WA; and
• James Holzhauer, self-described "final boss" of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, NV.

DD1 - $1,000 - IN THE BLACK - In 1974 this physicist proposed a theory on how black holes die--a type of radiation now named for him

DD2 - $1,200 - KISS & TELL - The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father's dagger

DD3 - $800 - -OLOGIES - Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - Who was Hawking? DD2 - What is "Madama Butterfly"? DD3 - What is metrology? !<

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The clue:

"A single dot in Braille represents this letter"

While the letter A is the only alphabetic letter represented by a single dot, a single dot in standard grade 2 UEB Braille can represent many other things, depending on the dot position within the cell.

For example, a single dot in the dot 6 position represents a capital letter indicator. Placed in the dot 2 position represents a comma at the end of a sequence, or the contraction "ea" when placed within a sequence.

So while not technically wrong, I think the more accurate clue would've been:

"A single dot placed in the dot 1 position represents this letter in Braille"

I normally score pretty low on Jeopardy, but as someone who's a fluent Braille reader, I saw this as my moment to shine!

Here are today's contestants:

• Nils Cousin, an attorney from Washington, D.C.;
• Weckiai Rannila, an engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico; and
• Amy Hummel, an ER doctor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Amy is a five-day champ with winnings of $100,994.

Jeopardy!

16th CENTURY STUFF // IN THE BLACK // CITY PARKS // "ALL" THE WAY // YACHTS // BATMAN'S ALTER EGOS

DD1 - $1,000 - IN THE BLACK - In 1974 this physicist proposed a theory on how black holes die--a type of radiation now named for him (Nils doubled to $4,800.)

Scores at first break: Amy $2,600, Weckiai $5,400, Nils $200.

Scores entering DJ: Amy $3,000, Weckiai $5,400, Nils $6,000.

Double Jeopardy!

BRITSPEAK // KISS & TELL // COMPLIMENTS TO THE WRITER // -OLOGIES // REPETITION // REDONE-DANCY

DD2 - $1,200 - KISS & TELL - The title character of this Puccini opera kisses her son goodbye before taking her own life with her father's dagger (Amy lost $4,000 from her total of $7,400.)

DD3 - $800 - -OLOGIES - Remove 2 letters from the study of weather to get this, the study of weights & measures (Amy dropped $4,200 on a true DD.)

Amy found both DDs in DJ midway in the round and missed them both, falling to $0, so it was Weckiai leading into FJ with $11,400 vs. $6,400 for Nils and $3,600 for Amy.

Final Jeopardy!

EXECUTIVE ORDERS - On Nov. 15, 1961 JFK suspended the 8-hour workday at this agency, saying its work needed to proceed "with all possible speed"

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Weckiai dropped $1,401 to win with $9,999.

Final scores: Amy $1, Weckiai $9,999, Nils $2,400.

That's before their time: No one knew the "repetitive" band who had the 1984 hit with "It's My Life" is Talk Talk, or "Kiss on My List" performers Daryl Hall and John Oates.

Correct Qs: >!DD1 - Who was Hawking? DD2 - What is "Madama Butterfly"? DD3 - What is metrology? FJ - What is NASA?!<

I logged onto Instagram today (May 1) at 7:30 AM Eastern time, and at the very top of my feed was a post from the Jeopardy IG account.

I've added a description of the post in a spoiler block, so those reading this won't be subject to the same fate as me.

!The post was a picture of Amy Hummel, with the text "Welcome to the Tournament of Champions". !<

It basically told me who won the Tuesday (April 30) game, less than 12 hours after it aired in my market, before I got a chance to see it. I was watching an NHL playoff game when the episode aired, so I DVR'd it, planning to watch it sometime today.

Until this morning, the Jeopardy social media pages have NEVER spoiled an outcome of a regular (non-tournament) game. I AM f**king LIVID. The show SPOILED a game outcome for me and there is no way to undo this action. Don't they know that people DVR the show and watch it on their own time? Plus, Jeopardy is still one of those holdouts where you can't stream the episode the next day on a service like Hulu. If you don't watch live or legally record a specific calendar date's episode off your local affiliate, you're boned when it comes to watching it.

And this is not the first time this calendar year Jeopardy has spoiled a game outcome for me. They were posting the winners of Celebrity Jeopardy games the very next day, right as it became available to stream on Hulu.

How do I file a formal complaint about episodes being spoiled for me? And is there any way I can get the show's social media accounts to NOT do this again? And how can I protect myself from not being spoiled a game outcome in the future?