Jeopardy Masters 2024 Semifinals
I finally got around to watching the Masters Tournament — the Final Jeopardy1 rounds, that is. As much as I hate to disappoint my readers, the primetime tournaments on top of the regular games are just too much.
However, I know that some readers wanted to comment on the Masters tournament so I decided to post the semi-final videos.
JEOPARDY! MASTERS SEMI-FINAL NO. 1
Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
💠James Holzhauer 13,000
💠Yogesh Raut 24,400
💠Victoria Groce 18,000
Final Jeopardy! Clue: NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE: In 1612 John Smith published a Powhatan word list including these 2 words familiar to us today, one worn in pairs & one wielded
JEOPARDY! MASTERS SEMI-FINAL NO. 2
Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
💠Yogesh Raut 13,200
💠Victoria Groce 27,200
💠Amy Schneider -3,000 (out of FJ!)
Final Jeopardy! Clue: ALSO SEEN AT THE CIRCUS: FDR gets credit for implementing this as a concept in the U.S. & the metaphor was used by FDR Jr. running for office in 1966
JEOPARDY! MASTERS SEMI-FINAL NO. 3
Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
💠Victoria Groce 10,800
💠James Holzhauer 21,400
💠Amy Schneider 1,200
Final Jeopardy! Clue: METALLIC ELEMENTS: As it’s rarely found in pure form, one explanation of its name is that it comes from Greek for “not alone” or “not one”
JEOPARDY! MASTERS SEMI-FINAL NO. 4
Scores going into Final Jeopardy!:
💠James Holzhauer 32,000
💠Yogesh Raut 24,800
💠Amy Schneider 8,200
Final Jeopardy! Clue: 21st CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: The last name adopted by Damon Fields, the title character of this novel, refers to his red hair
Copperhead was one of my nicknames back in the day but it wasn’t a reference to my reddish hair. It was a reference to my Irish temper.