In the Knockout round of this year’s Masters tournament, all 9 players will play 2 games, eliminating the bottom 3 performers across those first round of 3 episodes. I think there’s a very fair, natural way to structure those matches, centered around the fact that the 3 TOC and 3 JIT players have already faced each other plenty this year and should not be matched up in the first round.

Therefore, each game should include 1 TOC contestant, 1 JIT contestant, and 1 returning Master/Producer Pick. To reward players’ performances in their respective tournaments, they can be seeded according to their most recent tournament finish, and avoid playing in the first round their placement counterparts from the other tournaments.

Players (numbered by tournament placing): TOC: #1 Neilesh, #2 Isaac, #3 Adriana JIT: #1 Matt, #2 Roger, #3 Juveria Masters: #1 Victoria, #2 Yogesh, #3 Brad (Producer’s Pick)

Resulting in matchups: Game 1: #1 Victoria, #2 Roger, #3 Adriana Game 2: #1 Matt, #2 Isaac, #3 Brad Game 3: #1 Neilesh, #2 Yogesh, #3 Juveria Game 4: #1 Victoria, #2 Isaac, #3 Juveria Game 5: #1 Matt, #2 Yogesh, #3 Adriana Game 6: #1 Neilesh, #2 Roger, #3 Brad

I’d be most interested in Brad’s games under this setup- seeing how he can hang with familiar faces and recent greats!

Here are today's contestants:

• Anise K. Strong-Morse, a history professor from Kalamazoo, Michigan;
• Joe Lancour, a quality and export compliance manager from Agawam, Massachusetts; and
• Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon. Mike is a two-day champ with winnings of $35,600.

Jeopardy!

TALK O' TUESDAY // BEGINNING WORDS // WATERFALLS // BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN // CHAPTER // VERSE

DD1 - $800 - CHAPTER - In this novel Chapter 10 is "The Shell and the Glasses" & 12, "Cry of the Hunters" (Joe lost $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Mike $4,200, Joe $2,000, Anise -$2,000.

Scores entering DJ: Mike $4,800, Joe $3,000, Anise -$1,000.

Double Jeopardy!

SCIENTIFIC LAW REVIEW // NOT GOING ANYWHERE // TV ROLES // THE NATIONAL ROAD // ANCIENT HISTORY // DITCH THE X

DD2 - $2,000 - DITCH THE X - Remove the X from within a statement of a basic principle & you do this, inflict a severe injury (Anise dropped $2,500 from her score of $4,200.)

DD3 - $1,200 - THE NATIONAL ROAD - The National Road was also called this for the Maryland city where construction began in 1811 heading west (Joe lost $6,000 from his total of $6,600 vs. $12,800 for Mike).

Mike kept building steadily while his opponents each missed a DD in DJ, so it was smooth sailing for him into FJ at $16,400 vs. $2,900 for Anise and $1,800 for Joe.

Final Jeopardy!

HONORS - Burt Lancaster and Joanne Woodward were among the first eight honored at a 1958 ceremony held on this street

Everyone was correct on FJ. Mike added $5,000 to win with $21,400 for a three-day total of $57,000.

Final scores: Mike $21,400, Joe $3,600, Anise $3,607.

Triple Stumpers of the day: No one knew the "of course, is her" chapter title following "Quasimodo" is "Esmeralda", or the two-word phrase that starts an MLB game, "play ball".

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Lord of the Flies"? DD2 - What is maim? (from maxim) DD3 - What is Cumberland Road? FJ - What is Hollywood Boulevard?

It's a more spread-out schedule, going from once a week (Wednesday), to twice a week (Tues/Wed) after the first three episodes (Knockout rounds). All air at 9pm ET/PT, which is one hour later than previous seasons that went on at 8pm.

Knockouts: Wednesdays, Apr 30, May 7, May 14
Quarter-Finals: May 20, 21, 27
Semi-Finals: May 28 (Wed), June 3 (Tues)
Finals: June 4 (Wed)

DD1 - $800 - CHAPTER - In this novel Chapter 10 is "The Shell and the Glasses" & 12, "Cry of the Hunters"

DD2 - $2,000 - DITCH THE X - Remove the X from within a statement of a basic principle & you do this, inflict a severe injury

DD3 - $1,200 - THE NATIONAL ROAD - The National Road was also called this for the Maryland city where construction began in 1811 heading west

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Lord of the Flies"? DD2 - What is maim? (from maxim) DD3 - What is Cumberland Road?

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HONORS

Burt Lancaster and Joanne Woodward were among the first eight honored at a 1958 ceremony held on this street

What is Hollywood Boulevard?

BORDERLINE ANSWER 1: Highland Street

WRONG ANSWER 1: Vine Street

WRONG ANSWER 2: Sunset Boulevard

Here are today's contestants:

• Taylor Mattox, an IT specialist from Columbus, Ohio;
• Erin Li, a psychiatrist from Queens, New York; and
• Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon. Mike is a one-day champ with winnings of $21,601.

Jeopardy!

NAMELESS IN SHAKESPEARE // GANG "WAY" // EAR, EAR // MOVIE TITLE FILL IN THE BLANK // FINE // DANDY

DD1 - $1,000 - NAMELESS IN SHAKESPEARE - All 5 words of it, it's the most famous line spoken by the soothsayer in "Julius Caesar" (MIke added $1,000.)

Scores at first break: Mike $4,400, Erin $1,400, Taylor $2,800.

Scores entering DJ: Mike $8,000, Erin $3,600, Taylor $1,800.

Double Jeopardy!

MALICE IN WONDERLAND // MEDIEVAL HISTORIES // SCRABBLE SCORES // HABITATS FOR HUMANITY // ON THE "M"AP // HER MOM'S A SINGER

DD2 - $2,000 - ON THE "M"AP - Southwest of Sri Lanka is this archipelago of some 1,200 islands, of which 200 are inhabited (Erin added $3,000 to her score of $6,000 vs. $8,000 for Mike.)

DD3 - $1,200 - MEDIEVAL HISTORIES - The "Chronicon Regum Legionensium" is the "Chronicle of" them--Spanish rulers, not a 21st century rock band (From a distant third, Taylor lost $3,000 on a true DD.)

Erin took a short lead on DD2 but Mike quickly regained it and showed the way into FJ at $22,000 vs. $15,000 for Erin and $3,600 for Taylor.

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE - His 1821 novel was inspired by stories told to him by John Jay of Jay’s experiences with spies during the revolution

Everyone was incorrect on FJ. Erin was close enough to the lead that she could have won with a tiny bet, but instead she went all-in, so Mike held on, dropping $8,001 to win with $13,999 for a two-day total of $35,600.

Final scores: Mike $13,999, Erin $0, Taylor $600.

Overvalued clues dept.: $2,000 for the "Sweet Dreams Are Made of This" duo (Eurythmics), a "1929 notorious man from the Midwest" (Al Capone) and a nine-letter end-of-the-alphabet wine (zinfandel).

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Beware the Ides of March"? DD2 - What are Maldives? DD3 - Who were Kings of León? FJ - Who was James Fenimore Cooper?

I haven’t seen a new IJ podcast episode uploaded since March 10th, 2025. Am I missing something? Thanks!

DD1 - $1,000 - NAMELESS IN SHAKESPEARE - All 5 words of it, it's the most famous line spoken by the soothsayer in "Julius Caesar"

DD2 - $2,000 - ON THE "M"AP - Southwest of Sri Lanka is this archipelago of some 1,200 islands, of which 200 are inhabited

DD3 - $1,200 - MEDIEVAL HISTORIES - The "Chronicon Regum Legionensium" is the "Chronicle of" them--Spanish rulers, not a 21st century rock band

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is "Beware the Ides of March"? DD2 - What are Maldives? DD3 - Who were Kings of León?

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AMERICAN LITERATURE

His 1821 novel was inspired by stories told to him by John Jay of Jay’s experiences with spies during the revolution

Who was James Fenimore Cooper?

WRONG ANSWER 1: Washington Irving

WRONG ANSWER 2: Edgar Allan Poe

WRONG ANSWER 3: Nathaniel Hawthorne

I know Johnny says it every day (“From the Alex Trebek Stage at Sony Pictures Studios…”), but hearing Ken say it almost every day at the beginning of the game feels so special, don’t you think? 💙

A lot of people here are probably familiar with the excellent j-play Chrome extension to play through games on j-archive. I generally prefer to use Firefox, so I ported the extension to Firefox.

Here's the listing for the extension. Hope this is helpful to someone!

Andy Saunders at the JeopardyFan was saying how one of the contestants "sandbagged" attempts and that's why he doesn't use it in his prediction models. I'm curious how good of a stat it is in your opinion. Personally I think it's relatively good, and it can generally determine how well one knows the material and how consistent their knowledge base is. Would be interested to hear your opinions

This feels familiar… u/drewlgoins

Would like to know what everyone’s story or fun fact would be. Happy Friday!

Sorry if this has been asked before. But are you allowed to form the question in any way , even if its purposely assinine (ie Where is Shakespeare? to the answer of He wrote Hamlet)

Here are today's contestants:

• Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon;
• Guy Branum, a writer and comedian from West Hollywood, California; and
• Bryce Wargin, a post market surveillance coordinator from Kansas City, Missouri. Bryce is a four-day champ with winnings of $70,199.

Jeopardy!

AVIATION HISTORY // MOVIE & TV ROLES // POTPOURRI // 2-WORD U.S. CITIES // ANNUAL EVENTS // THIS MEANS "WAR"

DD1 - $600 - ANNUAL EVENTS - In 2024 this 3-week competition began in Florence & for the first time in its history, ended in Nice, due to the Olympics (Guy doubled to $4,800.)

Scores at first break: Bryce $1,400, Guy $2,400, Mike $5,000.

Scores entering DJ: Bryce $3,400, Guy $6,800, Mike $5,800.

Double Jeopardy!

SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY // LITERATURE // VAN'S THE MAN // ALBUMS // SKILL SET // YOUR VERB FORM IS MOST IRREGULAR

DD2 - $1,200 - LITERATURE - "A Simple Habana Melody" by Oscar Hijuelos focuses on the rumba, but this other 5-letter dance is in the title of his best-known novel (On the first clue of DJ, Bryce lost $3,400 on a true DD.)

DD3 - $1,600 - SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY - A flanking "bullhorn" military technique helped give this leader dominance of his Zulu empire (Bryce added $2,000 to his score of $800.)

Mike didn't find any DDs, but he didn't need to as he was able to carry the lead into FJ at $15,000 vs. $10,400 for Guy and $5,600 for Bryce.

Final Jeopardy!

THE NOBEL PRIZES - Only one man and one woman have won Nobel prizes in two different categories, with this category in common

Mike and Guy were correct on FJ, with Mike adding $6,601 to win with $21,601.

Final scores: Bryce $1, Guy $15,001, Mike $21,601.

Triple Stumper of the day: No one knew the "Wiley" guy who became the first aviator to fly solo around the world in 1933, Wiley Post.

Overvalued clue dept.: $1,000 in the first round for knowing the two-word U.S. city in Clark County settled by Mormans that's a major tourist destination, Las Vegas.

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Tour de France? DD2 - What is mambo? DD3 - Who was Shaka Zulu? FJ - What is chemistry?

I was catching up on last night’s episode of Top Chef, and was surprised to see Mattea Roach and Amy Schneider as guest judges for the quick fire challenge! The episode is on Peacock, or wherever you catch your Bravo shows. (If you have any. 😂)

From the FJ being Munchkins. Im not super familiar with the wizard of Oz so I don’t know what distinction could be made if any.

College basketball's culmination gives us another set of CBS preemptions, albeit a much reduced one — only 14 markets. Pregame coverage begins at 8:00 PM EDT, tip-off 50 minutes later.

No station plans to not air Monday's episode at all. But in eight of the fourteen affected locales (all five in Montana, Albuquerque, El Paso, and Boise — that is, the places where the show airs normally at 6:00 MT), Jeopardy! has been moved to 9:00 MT, immediately after the scheduled end of the basketball coverage. This makes those markets very susceptible to a join-in-progress if the hoops or the trophy presentation runs long. These are denoted by a white exclamation point on a red background next to the rescheduled time in the table.

DD1 - $600 - ANNUAL EVENTS - In 2024 this 3-week competition began in Florence & for the first time in its history, ended in Nice, due to the Olympics

DD2 - $1,200 - LITERATURE - "A Simple Habana Melody" by Oscar Hijuelos focuses on the rumba, but this other 5-letter dance is in the title of his best-known novel

DD3 - $1,600 - SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY - A flanking "bullhorn" military technique helped give this leader dominance of his Zulu empire

Correct Qs: DD1 - What is Tour de France? DD2 - What is mambo? DD3 - Who was Shaka Zulu?

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Hey Jeopardy fam! A bit late, but I had to share the emotional rollercoaster that was watching my brother—Mike Budzinski (March 28, 2025)—compete on Jeopardy!

Mike has always loved Jeopardy and dreamed of competing on the show, so when he got the call to head to LA, we knew we had to be there to cheer him on—even if it meant flying in from Thailand, where we live. The energy was electric, and everyone was so kind. Shoutout to his cohort—Josh, you were a beast on the buzzer, and to your wife Barbara, I hope you got that bathrobe! Neeha, it was so lovely meeting you and your parents, and Melanie, it was such a joy catching up after the taping and unpacking the wild experience together - i genuinely thought you had that game!! Geraldine, Revell, John, and the rest of the green room crew - I’d love to see many of you get a second shot!

Fast forward to Mike's air date—and that’s when things took a turn. Back in Thailand, we had planned the ultimate Jeopardy watch party… but just hours before, a 7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand. We had to evacuate our 21st-floor apartment, rescue our cats mid-crisis, and have been displaced ever since.

Thankfully, my family, cats, and loved ones are all safe—many others weren’t so lucky. But that night, sitting in the dark, streaming Jeopardy! on my phone post-evacuation, I watched my brother live out his dream. And that moment—that was the silver lining. Mike, I’m so proud of you. You crushed it. We love you and miss you.

P.S. Huge shoutout to Sony Pictures Studios—we had an absolute hoot going on your tour and experiencing it all up close. What a surreal and special day.

THE NOBEL PRIZES

Only one man and one woman have won Nobel prizes in two different categories, with this category in common

What is chemistry?

WRONG ANSWER 1: Physics

WRONG ANSWER 2: Medicine

WRONG ANSWER 3: >! Peace !<