Jeopardy! Masters game #14 - Wednesday, May 17, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 14.

Contestants

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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

Andrew He, a software developer from San Francisco, California

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

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Jeopardy! Round

THE 20th CENTURY
MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES
SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS
COMIC STRIPS
MASTERS OF LIT
(Ken: And it's a shame Sam Buttrey's not here for...)
BRING WHAT?
    200 28
Resigning in 2007 after 10 years in office, he was the last British prime minister of the 20th century
    200 26
Originally a jar, this idiom referring to complicating issues is named for the wife of Epimetheus
    200 29
In "Annie Hall" it's called L.A.'s only cultural advantage; now some want it eliminated for pedestrian safety
    200 23
This little friend of Snoopy in "Peanuts" was unnamed until 1970, when he was named for a recent festival
    200 30
W.E. Henley's "Invictus" concludes, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of" this
    200 20
Part of a fisherman's daily routine is bringing in these, as seen here
    400 27
In 1986 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, spreading radioactive material across Europe
    400 25
Athena appears to Telemachus in the guise of this man, whose name later came to refer to any advisor
    400 24
A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric
    400 22
Bill Watterson received 2 Reuben Awards for best cartoonist for this beloved strip
    400 21
Master Ford & Master Page are characters in this Shakespeare comedy
    400 19
In a slogan used in the '80s, "Bring out" this mayo brand named for a German immigrant, & bring out the best
    600 17
This months-long campaign that began on January 30, 1968 was a turning point in the Vietnam War
    600 15
If you constantly predict doom & gloom, you may be labeled with this name of a daughter of Priam
    600 16
This alliterative dish was popularized by Shigefumi Tachibe at Chaya Brasserie in Beverly Hills
    600 11
This huge sandwich first appeared in the comics in 1936; it's, of course, on the menu at Blondie's restaurant in Orlando, Florida
    600 8
A 1987 bestseller by him says on Wall Street Sherman McCoy & a few others had become "masters of the universe"
    600 18
The main economic engine of a Northumbrian city gave us this expression meaning "do something unnecessary"
    800 4
In 1985 the remains of this notorious Nazi doctor were recovered from a grave in Brazil, buried under a false name
    800 2
The Oracle of Delphi alluded to rocks when she told a treasure seeker to be diligent with this 4-word phrase still heard today
    800 13
In 1914 he directed the first feature-length movie made in Hollywood & cast a Native American actress in a major part
    800 10
In addition to plundering & pillaging, this red-bearded Viking has appeared in ads for Mug Root Beer & Skol Lager
    800 7
Edgar Lee Masters is best known for this collection of free-verse epitaphs from the cemetery of a fictional small town
    800 14
This 3-chapter section of the Gospels includes "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit"
    DD: 1,000 3
During World War I Charles de Gaulle was wounded several times before he was captured in 1916 at this bloody battle
    1000 1
One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus
    1000 5
Burbank grew around Lockheed, maker of this fighter that took part in World War II's first shoot-down of a German plane by an American one
    1000 9
Characters in this current strip include an arrogant rat, a humble dimwitted pig & a duck who guards the pig's front lawn
    1000 6
Suppressed during his life, Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and" this woman is a comic yet searing satire of Stalinist Russia
    1000 12
An inscription at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station says, "He that would bring home" this phrase "must carry" this phrase "with him"

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Amy
6,800 3,600 1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES
WORD ORIGINS
BODIES OF WATER
HEADGEAR & HISTORY
MEDICAL TERMS
ROCK"ER"S
    400 27
12 days after giving birth to the future King Edward VI, she died of post-natal complications
    400 26
French gives us this word for a nativity scene of the baby Jesus in a manger
    400 28
An inlet of the Caribbean Sea, this lake is actually a lagoon & considered by some to be South America's largest natural lake
    400 29
In 2022 Iranians were posting video of themselves knocking this wrapped headgear off of clerics & running away
    400 30
Often called "the silent killer", it's the medical term for high blood pressure
    400 22
Don't confuse these guys who backed Johnny Thunders on the punk classic "Born To Lose" with the guys who backed Tom Petty
    800 18
She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true
    800 25
From the French, it's a street urchin; in the feminine form, it can mean a short-haired cutie
    800 12
Alan Jackson showed off his waterskiing talents in the video for his song named for this river
    800 13
In 1049 Pope Leo IX said, Eberhard, you can wear this high hat that curves to a point, & bishops still do
    800 14
It's the medical term for baldness, partial or complete & usually on the scalp, but it can be over the entire body
    800 21
This "Even Flow" & "Better Man" singer has recorded under the pseudonym Wes C. Addle
    1200 15
In 1931 this Hull House founder became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
    1200 24
This word for a tightrope walker comes from the Latin for "rope walker"
    1200 1
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head"
    1200 10
Catherine of Aragon rocked the headwear called this type of hood because it looks like the triangular end of a roof
    1200 4
Latin gives us this 8-letter word for ringing in the ears
    1200 19
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with her ex-husband in 1991, in 2021 she went in as a solo performer
    1600 16
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "A Thousand Acres" was made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer
    1600 23
This 13-letter adjective meaning keen or clear-sighted comes from Latin for "discerning"
    1600 2
Mentioned in the Bible, the King's Highway joined Syria to this gulf at the north of the Red Sea
    1600 9
The feathers of this species, not the U.S. national symbol, are a symbol of prowess in war, as in the bonnet of an Arapaho chief
    1600 3
It's the clinical term for blood poisoning by bacteria
    DD: 25,600 20
At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later
    2000 17
A longtime friend of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this dancer from the Moulin Rouge graced several of the artist's works
    DD: 8,000 8
Greek for "forgetting" gives us the name of Hades' river of forgetfulness & this adjective meaning "sluggish"
    2000 7
It flows 2,300 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean
    2000 11
The "steel pot" helmet of World War II had this more formal alphanumeric name, like the Garand rifle
    2000 5
Low levels of folic acid during pregnancy are linked to this condition, Latin for "split backbone"
    2000 6
Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" features a reunion of this fierce British New Wave rocker & his legendary band The Rumour

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Amy
54,000 9,600 3,000
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY FRENCH AUTHORS
He said a famous book of his was inspired by a visit to the zoo, where he observed the gorillas' humanlike expressions

Final scores:

James Andrew Amy
21,392 9,600 3,000
Winner: 18 match points (advance to semifinals) 2nd place: 13 match points (advance to semifinals) 3rd place: 5 match points (eliminated): 5th place: $75,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

James Andrew Amy
24,000 9,600 3,000
30 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 13 R,
1 W		 5 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: 36,600

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Game tape date: 2023-05-02
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