‘Jeopardy!’ Star James Holzhauer Reacts After Mattea Roach Drama
The semi-finals got underway in the Jeopardy! Masters tournament on Monday (May 22) night, and James Holzhauer continued where he left off, racking up more wins and topping the leaderboard.
However, for a moment, it seemed like Mattea Roach was going to beat the self-styled game show supervillain. In the second game of the night, Roach made an impressive comeback in the Double Jeopardy round, landing on two Daily Doubles and boosting their total to 26,800, while Holzhauer stood at 18,800 and Andrew He at 6,400.
This meant for the first time this season, Holzhauer was not leading going into Final Jeopardy. Unfortunately for Roach, they failed to answer the final clue (This 16th-century ship got its name from the crest of Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer). Holzhauer and He both answered correctly (the Golden Hind), giving the former a winning total of 24,700 while Roach dropped to 15,999 (He finished on 12,484).
“Look at Mattea making this game interesting!” wrote one fan on the Jeopardy! Reddit forum.
“Even with the loss, that was probably the best performance against James of the tournament and Mattea did great,” said another viewer. “Sucks that they lost but I hope them being the only person to be leading James going into FJ this special gives them the respect they deserve against the naysayers.”
“Bummer Mattea’s great performance didn’t materialize into a W. They did a fantastic job,” added another.
Even Holzhauer praised Roach, taking to Twitter after the episode to share his thoughts. “@mattearoach turned both of these halftime scores into commanding leads at the end of Double Jeopardy,” he tweeted alongside a photo of the episode’s stats. “Do not piss off a Canadian, no matter how friendly they seem.”
.@mattearoach turned both of these halftime scores into commanding leads at the end of Double Jeopardy.
Do not piss off a Canadian, no matter how friendly they seem. pic.twitter.com/gQddhDX4Vp
— x – James Holzhauer (@James_Holzhauer) May 23, 2023
It was a great night for Holzhauer all around, as he also won the first game of against He and Matt Amodio. It was especially impressive as Holzhauer was trailing going into the Double Jeopardy round but shot into first place after a pair of True Daily Doubles. All three players got the Final Jeopardy! clue correct, but He and Amodio didn’t have enough to beat Holzhauer’s score of 30,401.
The second semi-finals take place tonight (Tuesday, May 23), followed by the finals on Wednesday, May 24. As of now, the semi-finals leaderboard looks like this:
1st: James Holzhauer (6 points, 2 wins, 49 correct)
2nd: Andrew He (1 point, 0 wins, 29 correct)
3rd: Mattea Roach (1 point, 0 wins, 20 correct)
4th: Matt Amodio (0 points, 0 wins, 11 correct)
Jeopardy! Masters, May 23 & 24, 8/7c, ABC
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This is objectively untrue. Singular they has seen use since the 1300s in Canterbury Tales. It even predates Singular You.
If you come across a lost item (like say a wallet), you would say "Someone left their wallet here" not "someone left his or her wallet here". Hope this grammar lesson helps 🙂
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I am so confused
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This site is the worst
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Drama? Clickbait headline.
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Stop, you're making too much sense!
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It's in the bible and Shakespeare so s_ck it up, bigoted buttercup.
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Who cares what Amy Schneider thinks?
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I immediately thought the same thing; what drama?
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What in tarnation is "beyond genders"???
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I think Matt be is the most likeable of the contestants and James is the most unlikeable. I would like to see him get beat.
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Does anyone PASS an ENGLISH EXAM NOWADAYS. Just give them AKA'S. LIKE MICHAEL...AKA MICHELLE
CHRISTINE
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Then find a new line of work, so if there was a theif who you couldn't identify the gender of then what will you say?
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I'm surprised mattea isn't from UK with those teeth
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Stay mad
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Ikr, it's so dumb to actually be a nice person and respect eachother
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Lol stay mad
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I didn't see any drama, even in this article, more clickbait
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this was a great tournament! I really enjoyed watching it!👍👍👏👏
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You clearly don't know what a strawman argument even is. I'd suggest you look it up, but judging by your name, there's a lot more you need to learn. I'll say this in the easiest terms possible so you can understand. It was always correct english. It never stopped being correct. Facts don't care about your bigotry. Hope this reality lesson help 🙂
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lol
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Such silly rulings take the fun out of the show. He obviously knew the answer.
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It's not incoherent if you aren't bigoted. It's in the bible. Do you know better than GOD?
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Considering you clearly couldn't make sense of it, and keep trying to use religion to brow-beat others which is bigoted, you have no room to talk.
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Who specifically is referred to as "they" in the Bible?
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All the meemaws and Peepaw’s who read this site get super upset because their brain capacity just can’t handle non-binary pronouns. 🥺
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Singular they/them predates singular you and appears in the bible. Do you know better than GOD?
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God didn't write the Bible, and whoever did didn't write it in English.
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Because it is a complicated world. Just try to keep up. Everyone has the right to be who they see themselves. Even you sparky.
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I was so hoping mattea would win, they are so lively and entertaining while James acts like such a jerk, besides I’m Canadian.
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Wow, how a little pronoun brings out the nasties in so many “he and she” people 🙁
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Do you have nothing better to do than rip on someone's choice of pronouns? You are not affected by their choice so leave them alone.
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For a show about celebrating intelligence, this comment section sure is lacking in it, so let's clear some things up. Singular "they" is absolutely proper grammar. Examples of it can be seen dating back to the 1300s in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales as well as in the many works of William Shakespeare in the 1500s. Singular "they" even predates uses of singular "you". While primarily used in situations where you do not know the gender of the person being spoken about, it is not exclusive to those situation. If you come across a lost item, like a backpack or a wallet, you would take it to a lost and found and say "SomeONE left THEIR backpack here." Not "Someone left his or her backpack." Hope this grammar lesson helps! Let's try to not spread false information, guys. 🙂
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