Jeopardy! Masters game #16 - Monday, May 22, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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

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 ARTS
THE REST IS HISTORY
PICKING UP THE CZECH
GEMS
POP GOES THE MUSIC
THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS
(Ken: And I'm gonna need you each to say both pronunciations, please.)
    200 30
With her Grammy win for the narration of her "Finding Me" memoir, she became the newest member of the EGOT club in 2023
    200 22
Developed from his senior thesis at Harvard in 1940, "Why England Slept" became a bestseller for this man
    200 18
The govt. sold the rights to Czech Otto Wichterle's soft type of these vision aids for $330,000 & a company then paid $3 million
    200 14
The largest one of these gems ever found in the U.S. was the 40.23-carat "Uncle Sam", discovered in Arkansas in 1924
    200 13
In 2014 Lady Gaga was "Cheek To Cheek" with this legend for a Grammy-winning album of duets
    200 27
Garbage &
to deny
    400 29
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt is one of the foremost interpreters of Bach's works, including his "Well-Tempered" this
    400 21
These 3 words, a cliché about our first president, are really on a plaque about what he did at a Georgia inn on May 16, 1791
    400 17
In 1968 a city & a season described this brief time of Czechoslovakian liberalization under Dubcek but the USSR said nyet to that
    400 8
In 1969 this actor bought the pearl La Peregrina for Elizabeth Taylor, who later lost it, only to find her dog chewing on it
    400 12
Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl halftime show included "We Found Love" & this 2007 No. 1 hit, "eh, eh, eh"
    400 26
To rip &
a drop of saline fluid
    600 28
The woman in gold in this artist's famous painting was Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish socialite
    600 20
Awakened at the 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Stonewall Jackson said this cautious Union Gen. was "only fighting to get away"
    600 16
This Czech with an alliterative name had 766 NHL goals in a pro hockey career spanning more than 30 years
    600 7
During the Han dynasty, Chinese royals were buried in suits of this green gem
    600 11
In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling"
    600 25
A type of fish &
instrument mastered by Jaco Pastorius
    800 3
One of the inaugural exhibits at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures honored this anime director of "Spirited Away"
    800 19
He died in his sleep after getting married in 453; his sons Ellac, Dengizich & Ernak would soldier on
    800 15
In 1963 his early play "The Garden Party" was an absurdist tale of government bureaucracy
    DD: 1,800 6
The dazzling blue gem tanzanite is mined in only one place on Earth, near the foot of this 19,300-foot mountain
    800 10
Pop goes Christmas as this Canadian crooner's yuletide songs play all season long
    800 24
To exhibit or create something &
agricultural edibles
    1000 2
Sadly, mental illness ended the career of this Russian-born ballet dancer in 1919 while he was still in his 20s
    1000 1
By Georges, this orator & firebrand of the French Revolution said, "I shall go to sleep in glory" before he got the guillotine
    1000 4
The 1938 Munich Agreement handed this then-largely German area of Czechoslovakia to the Nazis
    1000 5
Apache people associated this gemstone with the rainbow's end & thought it aided them in battle
    1000 9
An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this
    1000 23
To propel a boat &
to have a quarrel

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Mattea
11,200 1,600 3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

CITIES & TOWNS
LOVE LETTERS
A LIFE IN SCIENCE
PORTMANTEAUS
FAMOUS FOLKS
THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED
    400 30
On the Che trail in this country, the town of Vallegrande has the laundry room where Señor Guevara's body was washed
    400 29
In 1919 she wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "there's nothing in all the world I want but you--and your precious love"
    400 28
James Chadwick won a 1935 Nobel Prize for discovering this subatomic particle that's part of every atomic nucleus but ordinary hydrogen
    400 24
Listen, little lady, while I do this, condescendingly tell you what it's like to experience childbirth
    400 19
This creator & producer of "Scandal" also wrote the book "Year of Yes"
    400 18
In 2023 the max allowed to contribute to one of these alphanumeric thingies goes up to $22,500
    800 3
Highlighted on the map, it's been a major religious center for more than 1,000 years
    800 14
"You are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life", wrote Oscar Wilde to this lord whose love cost Oscar dearly
    800 27
Luis Alvarez & son discovered that a layer of iridium-rich clay marked the boundary between this era of the dinosaurs & ours
    800 23
This hybrid utensil was trademarked in 1970, some 60 years after the word for it was coined
    800 10
Elvis' granddaughter, she made her modeling runway debut at age 14
    800 17
Federal regulations set maximum gross vehicle weight at 80,000 pounds, 20,000 pounds on a single one of these
    1200 2
This seat of Meade County, South Dakota hosts a huge annual motorcycle rally
    1200 7
During 1932 this "Winesburg, Ohio" author wrote a letter a day to Eleanor Copenhaver; he dedicated "Beyond Desire" to her too
    1200 26
Mary Anning found many fossils in the 19th century, including this long-necked marine one sketched here
    1200 22
In "Jabberwocky", it's the portmanteau adjective for the toves
    1200 6
This TikToker seen here starred in the gender-swapped movie remake "He's All That"
    1200 16
Not many NBA players get Supermax contracts; in 2022, this Serbian did
    1600 1
Just east of St. Petersburg, Russia is the lovely town of Shlisselburg on this river
    1600 11
In his last letter to this mistress, Lord Nelson wrote, "I will take care that my name shall ever be most dear to you"
    DD: 4,600 5
His name is associated with work & this 19th C. British physicist had an occasional day job managing his family brewery
    1600 21
The worldwide headquarters for this Walt Disney group that uses audio-animatronics is in Glendale
    1600 8
He created "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Sex & the City" & "Emily in Paris"
    DD: 8,000 15
When relative humidity is greater than 100%, clouds can form, as we're at this 15-letter point
    2000 4
These 2 sister cities in the U.S. & France are settings in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & "Das Boot"
    2000 13
Marrying another guy, Hannah Arendt wrote to this German philosopher of being, "Our love has become the blessing of my life"
    2000 25
The first time the Copley Medal went to a non-Brit was in 1794, to this Italian of Pavia
    2000 20
Set out in 2012, this policy included increasing Japan's money supply & boosting government spending
    2000 12
She won her first Tony in 2002, as the lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
    2000 9
NASA raised the limit on radiation exposure for astronauts to 600 of these units, mSv for short

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Mattea
18,800 6,400 26,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC SHIPS
This 16th century ship got its name from the crest of patron Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer

Final scores:

James Andrew Mattea
24,700 12,484 15,999
Winner: 6 match points 3rd place: 1 match point 2nd place: 1 match point

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

James Andrew Mattea
17,800 6,400 17,400
24 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 9 R,
2 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: 41,600

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Game tape date: 2023-05-15
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