Jeopardy! Masters game #5 - Wednesday, May 10, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

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Sam Buttrey, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California

Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

James Holzhauer, a self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jeopardy! Round

WIVES OF THE NOT YET PRESIDENTS
EPONYMOUS TELEVISION
A SHAKESPEARE PLAY IN A FEW WORDS
DEALING WITH THE GOVERNMENT
CHAT G-P-T
(Ken: All responses will begin with the letter G and then contain a "P" and a "T" in that order.)
MASTERING PASTRY WITH DOMINIQUE ANSEL
(Dominique Ansel: I'm Dominique Ansel. Since I was a kid in France, I've loved the precision of pastry, and I'll bring you clues about some of the classics from my New York City bakery.)
    200 25
When Dwight Eisenhower first met her in 1915, he thought she had a saucy "look about her face and in her whole attitude"
    200 11
Challenges both professional & personal have played out at Seattle Grace Hospital on this series
    200 30
Witches,
Dunsinane,
ghost,
blood?
Womb,
doom
    200 21
This agency was born in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, as at the Civil War's end, nearly 1/3 of currency in circulation was fake
    200 16
Varieties of this include star ruby, oro blanco & pink
    200 28
(Dominique Ansel reads.) These savory appetizers are made with puff pastry & Parmesan; twist the pastry end back, but don't sip your drink with them
    400 24
The former Ellen Herndon died in 1880, the year this future prez was elected veep
    400 10
From the '70s, it could have alternately been titled "Defazio & Feeney"
    400 29
Shipwreck,
Viola...
Cesario...
same?!
Romance
    400 20
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service & the Bureau of Reclamation are part of this Cabinet department
    400 15
The Pallas's cat is called the world's this superlative; it's not just the face--it's only successful on a third of its hunts
    400 27
(Dominique Ansel reads.) It's not actually a thousand, despite the name, but usually three layers of puff pastry that are spread with cream & jam to make this dessert
    600 23
Reagan's first wife, she earned 4 Oscar nominations, the first for 1946's "The Yearling"
    600 9
"The Germans" is an episode of this British comedy about running a hotel
    DD: 2,800 6
Octavia,
Octavius,
battle,
snake,
figs,
finis
    600 19
Appointed by Reagan, he was Chief Justice of the United States immediately before John Roberts
    600 14
This soft substance is used in nuclear reactor cores & pencils
    600 26
(Dominique Ansel reads.) It's been ten years since I launched what Time magazine lauded as one of the best inventions of 2013, this signature hybrid pastry with a portmanteau name
    800 22
Georgia belle Ellen Axson, a relative of Confederate Gen. James Longstreet, got to live in Princeton with this not yet president
    800 8
The title of this show, a continuation of "All in the Family", refers to a bar
    800 5
Magic,
monsoon,
misunderstanding,
men from Milan
    800 18
NYC's Eric Adams said, "I don't care what anyone says, there are ghosts in there", there being this 224-year-old mayoral residence
    800 13
This Mississippi city is home to one of the world's longest man-made beaches
    800 17
(Dominique Ansel reads.) Phyllo pastry is used in savory dishes like spanakopita & sweet ones like this Middle Eastern pastry filled with chopped nuts & topped with honey
    1000 1
Although this president's wife, Martha (nee Wayles), served as first lady of Virginia, she never served as U.S. first lady
    1000 7
Green Gables Farm on Prince Edward Island is home to this show's title character played by Amybeth McNulty
    1000 2
Navarre,
celibacy!
Rosaline?
Re-plan!
    1000 4
Sen. Chris Coons & Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester have a relatively short D.C. commute to this, their home state
    1000 12
Engines don't turn the main rotors on these flying machines; they self-lift due to air flow
    1000 3
(Dominique Ansel reads.) Choux is used to make the buns for this decorative dessert traditionally served at French weddings & with a name that means "crisp in mouth"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

James Amy Sam
7,600 3,800 2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Amy Sam
10,600 4,000 5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

YOU BUG ME
(Ken: Not you, James.)
CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS
TOUGH MOVIE STUFF
DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO
NATIONAL FOUNDERS
GOOD NAME FOR A BREAKFAST CEREAL?
    400 26
Types of this destructive insect include subterranean, drywood & dampwood
    400 24
Ferde Grofé's account of his first time at this place, about which he wrote a suite, includes "All of a sudden, bingo! There it was"
    400 23
The first movie to get a PG-13 rating was this 1984 one where the teens call themselves "Wolverines"
    400 29
One's a beloved denizen of Jellystone Park & the other, a beloved Yankees catcher & manager
    400 27
Emperor Jimmu is the legendary founder of this country's first dynasty
    400 30
These exercises are similar to sit-ups, but you don't lift up as far
    800 25
The males of this insect better be doing a word in their name, as females often bite their heads off after mating
    DD: 19,000 18
This composer's most famous piece, eventually annoying him with its fame, was originally titled "Finland Awakes"
    800 22
This 1934 film was the first comedy to win the Best Picture Oscar
    800 28
One's an Aussie mogul who produced "Sale of the Century"; one flows between Laredo & Nuevo Laredo
    800 6
Mujibur Rahman, who led this country's breakaway from Pakistan, was killed in a 1975 coup
    800 17
It means fancy food & is literally French for "high cooking"
    1200 12
The caterpillar of the monarch butterfly is toxic to many predators because it feeds entirely on this plant
    1200 9
An audio clue on Robert Schumann's "Träumerei", meaning this activity that interested Freud, has to be long b/c it's played so slow
    1200 21
Rudy Ray Moore made his film debut as this character in 1975, along with his "all-girl army of kung fu killers"
    1200 1
Language or jargon used by lawyers & a language or people of Sri Lanka
    1200 3
Iceland's National Day commemorates the birthday of Jon Sigurdsson, a 19th century president of this legislative body
    1200 16
"Thank your" these, an expression used after narrow escapes, was the title of a 1943 movie musical with Dinah Shore
    DD: 7,000 11
Perhaps to kill parasites, some birds encourage angry ants to spray this substance on their plumage
    1600 7
The fictional maestro in "Tár" is trying to record the 1902 fifth ("Giant") symphony by this Austrian composer
    1600 20
James Dean starred in only 3 films--these 3
    1600 13
A mineral of which ruby is a type & a difficult problem or puzzle
    1600 2
In the 1950s Kwame Nkrumah led this country to its independence from Britain
    1600 15
They're also called crow blackbirds & their name is one letter off from a sound some cereal makes
    2000 10
Not sounding much like biology-speak, it's the term for the figure-8 dance bees use to tell others the distance & direction to food
    2000 8
The title of this Carl Orff choral work means "Songs of Beuren", a Bavarian monastery
    2000 19
This tough guy was one of both "The Magnificent Seven" & "The Dirty Dozen"
    2000 5
As seen here, one is a metalloid, atomic No. 32, & the other a flowering plant
    2000 4
Last name of Józef, the leader of newly independent Poland after World War I
    2000 14
His name became legendary from the bed he built that he forced people to fit into

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Amy Sam
44,800 8,000 20,600
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE FIRST MILLENNIUM
(Ken: Cast your minds all the way back. That--that's old even for you, Sam.)
In 303, to celebrate 20 years of his reign, the emperor Diocletian visited this city for the first time

Final scores:

James Amy Sam
44,681 9,121 20,600
Winner: 6 match points 3rd place: 2 match points 2nd place: 2 match points

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

James Amy Sam
24,400 8,000 15,200
29 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 11 R,
2 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: 47,600

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Game tape date: 2023-03-14
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