Jeopardy! Masters game #9 - Monday, May 15, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Mattea Roach, a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round

THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
TECH TALK
MUSICAL THEATER
NICKNAMES
ART & ARTISTS
ABBREV.
    200 29
Known for the coffee grown on their slopes, these mountains contain Jamaica's highest point
    200 28
John Romkey's 1990 computer-controlled toaster was a breakthrough in the IoT, short for this
    200 26
In the "Guns and Ships" number in this musical, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette hit an amazing 6.3 words per second
    200 27
Because they couldn't be bribed, Eliot Ness & his team of agents were nicknamed this
    200 20
From the 16th century, Sofonisba Anguissola here records herself painting this classic subject of Western art
    200 30
Eph. is one way to abbreviate this Bible book
    400 21
This Arizona city with its red rock landscape is considered a spiritual mecca that inspires & heals
    400 22
This helpful program was launched in 2002 & new apps get dubbed "the" it "for" colors, bird songs, etc.
    400 25
This 1966 musical was first called "Welcome to Berlin"; the title seemed like a turnoff & was changed
    400 23
I'm sorry you're not feeling well; I'll bring over chicken soup, nicknamed this, referencing a religion & a medication
    400 19
1867's "Forever Free" by Edmonia Lewis quotes this presidential edict on its base & in its title
    400 24
When talking IP address, IP means this
    600 8
The Inuit make up most of the population of this Canadian territory that was created in 1999
    600 9
It follows "self-" to describe a modest person & it's what happens to an app feature that's being eliminated but still works for now
    600 3
On January 15, 2023 Hugh Jackman ended his run as this professor in "The Music Man"
    600 4
This Mystic & advisor to the czar came to be called "the Mad Monk"
    600 18
Her accomplished use of this technique of light & shadow made Artemisia Gentileschi a masterful talent of the Baroque era
    600 17
On a social media post, CFBR stands for this; it helps amplify the message
    800 7
The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern part of this island
    800 12
This operating system was developed in the 1960s & its "time" is the number of seconds elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970
    DD: 1,000 2
The role of Glinda in "Wicked" was written for this actress who received a 2004 Tony nomination for her performance
    800 5
Lady Jane Grey became known by this nickname, after the brief length of her reign
    800 14
"The Swing" is one of this 18th century Frenchman's works showing billowy dresses & frolics in gardens
    800 16
The dealer is legally free to sell at a lower or higher cost, but cars have an MSRP, short for this
    1000 6
Located on a river of the same name, it's the South American natural wonder seen here
    1000 13
This "problem" stems from Nick Bostrom's thought experiment where A.I. is told to make this product & uses up all resources to do so
    1000 1
Set pieces in this Broadway musical include a life-sized helicopter & a giant head of Ho Chi Minh
    1000 10
On succeeding to the presidency in 1841, he was disparagingly called "His Accidency"
    1000 11
19th century artists like Ingres & Renoir liked this subject, a French word for a woman who's part of a harem
    1000 15
Remember your cell biology? E.R. is this membrane system with a name that's fun to say

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mattea Matt Amy
6,000 3,800 5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

WE'VE GOT HISTORY
AND THE OSCAR WENT TO...
LET'S GO ON A SAFARI
NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS
SUBTITLED LITERATURE
CHESS, MASTERS
(Jennifer Shahade: Hello, Jeopardy! Masters. I'm Jennifer Shahade, a chess master with clues about the history and tactics of the game I've loved since I was a little girl.)
    400 28
The final scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry show the English fleeing this battle
    400 27
In 1954 "Shane" got the award for Color this; "From Here to Eternity", for Black & White
    400 22
Kruger National Park is home to several large snakes, including this deadly type of mamba named for the dark lining in its mouth
    400 30
Anointing with oil; it used to be in the name of an "extreme" Catholic sacrament
    400 29
"Moby-Dick; or," this
    400 19
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) In what became known as the "game of the century", in 1956 this then-little-known 13-year-old announced his presence with a spectacular queen sacrifice to defeat one of America's top masters
    800 13
Born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1872, she died in Yekaterinburg in 1918
    800 26
Best Song of 1964 went to this one about someone "as lucky as lucky can be"
    800 25
Some nations, including Kenya, require visitors to be vaccinated against this disease spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
    800 11
A tall white chef's hat has this 5-letter name that can be followed by "blanche", if you want to be fancy
    800 9
"The Hobbit" has this 4-word subtitle
    800 20
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920s this great Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads
    1200 2
Greek for "upright slab", this type of decorated or inscribed stone marker was common in the ancient world
    1200 3
Roy Pomeroy won an engineering effects Oscar for his work on this 1927 war film, 2 years after its release
    1200 16
A balloon ride over this desert stretching 1,000 miles on Africa's SW coast is a dream: red dunes & a diverse ecosystem
    1200 12
This 15-letter adjective simply means beautiful
    1200 6
The long subtitle of "Hidden Figures" ends with this rhyming phrase
    1200 21
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Many a seemingly hopeless position has been turned into a draw via this tactic, with the apparently winning side's king unable to escape repeated nagging attacks by an enemy piece
    1600 1
This notorious ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv is the site of a mass grave of tens of thousands of Holocaust victims
    1600 4
In 1937 an honorary Oscar was named for this MGM "boy wonder" who died young, & oh--the building named for him is not far
    1600 17
National parks are your best bet for spotting the big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants &, most dangerous, these bovines
    1600 14
Want to walk on ice? Try these, a set of spikes similar to cleats that you attach to your boots
    1600 5
These 2 words finish the subtitle of "Frankenstein"
    1600 23
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) 2023 saw the end of an era as this longtime world champion opted not to defend his title, even though he remained by far the world's top-rated player
    2000 8
This historic kingdom of West Africa employed the Agojie, a force of female warriors
    2000 7
In 1975 John Wayne presented an honorary Oscar to this alliterative man who had directed him in "Red River" & "Rio Bravo"
    DD: 11,800 18
A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls
    2000 15
It's the French name for the shelving seen here
    DD: 5,000 10
This word meaning "narrow-minded" is in the subtitle of "Middlemarch"
    2000 24
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) My book "Chess Queens" tells the story of the game's female pioneers, like this trio of stereotype-shattering sisters whose youngest, Judit, became both the world's youngest grandmaster & the first woman to be ranked among the world's top 10 players

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mattea Matt Amy
16,400 24,800 9,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse

Final scores:

Mattea Matt Amy
13,599 16,799 16,401
3rd place: 7 match points Winner: 6 match points 2nd place: 4 match points

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Mattea Matt Amy
16,200 15,000 14,600
19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 45,800

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Game tape date: 2023-05-02
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