Jeopardy! Masters game #19 - Wednesday, May 24, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.

Contestants

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

Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

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

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Jeopardy! Round

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS
IN THE WORLD CAPITAL
RECENT EVENTS
COMPOSERS
SOME HARD WORDS
COPS & ROBBERS TV
    200 20
Called invincible, it was sent from Spain in 1588 by King Philip II to invade England; it proved... vincible
    200 5
Site of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Gandhi Smriti, now a memorial & museum
    200 30
This world capital pulled back on its wild & weedy ways with a 2023 ban on smoking marijuana in its famous red light district
    200 25
Scott Joplin published the haunting "Bethena, a Concert" this kind of dance music soon after the 1904 death of his wife
    200 27
The task is this, meaning extraordinarily difficult? must be a job for a mythical Greek hero!
    200 28
Christine & Mary Beth were the first names of this title police twosome played by Sharon & Tyne
    400 19
On Dec. 20, 2000 the execs of this Houston company were feeling good with the stock at $79; a year later it was at 42 cents
    400 4
Seen here, the city's most visited attraction, Schönbrunn Palace
    400 29
In Feb. 2023 a young girl was rescued after 147 hours in rubble from the devastating 7.8 earthquake in Syria & this country
    400 12
You didn't want to mess with Erik Satie on his daily walks through this city, as he always carried a hammer
    400 26
Stoves & stomachs are made of this 2-word alloy formed in a mold
    400 24
This New Jersey strip club was a place to hang out & discuss mafia business on "The Sopranos"
    600 18
In Super Bowl III this 15-win team with stars like John Mackey was favored by 18 over the Jets
    600 3
The Hanging Church & nearby Coptic Museum
    600 8
The FDA gave early approval to Leqembi, a breakthrough drug that clears amyloid protein buildup from the brain to fight this disease
    600 11
"Rinaldo", overture heard here, is one of dozens of operas by this man also famous for oratorios
    600 15
This synonym for indifferent is a homonym of a word for hardened skin
    600 23
The exploits of a real-life criminal gang in early 20th century Birmingham, England were the basis for this series
    800 17
He fought the chimera and was on top of the world riding Pegasus, but rode him too high and fell to Earth
    800 2
The Bob Marley Home & Museum
    800 7
Subheads in a piece on this N.Y. rep.: "lied about where he went to... college"; "allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose dog was dying"
    800 10
Already a veteran of Tin Pan Alley & Broadway, in 1932 he premiered his own "Second Rhapsody", Serge Koussevitzky conducting
    800 14
Thoroughly heated via immersion, or the type of fiction mastered by James M. Cain
    800 22
As Lilly Rush on this show, Kathryn Morris was a cop determined not to let forgotten crimes & victims stay that way
    1000 16
Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for "in one's own behalf"? you know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself
    DD: 1,000 1
The Zytglogge tower & astronomical clock, which inspired Einstein & his special theory of relativity
    1000 6
With 50,000 mercenaries, many from prisons, the outfit called this group has become a key part of Russia's force in Ukraine
    1000 9
"Hella good fugues, Nicky", or words to that effect, was Tchaikovsky's response when this young composer sent him some works
    1000 13
Old French for "diamond", it can mean a diamond or other object of unyielding firmness
    1000 21
From 1967 to 1975 Raymond Burr battled evildoers from his wheelchair as this crimefighter

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

James Matt Mattea
1,600 1,600 3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Matt Mattea
4,600 4,400 3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS
FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS
3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS
HORROR MOVIES
BRITISH AUTHORS
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
    400 27
A highlight of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Park is a guided tour of these 2 guys' bicycle shop
    400 28
Although founded in 1943, this furniture company didn't open its first retail store until 1958 in Älmhult, Sweden
    400 30
In ancient Athens, it was a class of informers; today, it's a total suck-up
    400 23
This character drowning at Camp Crystal Lake leads to all kinds of murderous fallout in "Friday the 13th"
    400 25
In his youth he was a chocolate tester for Cadbury, which no doubt inspired his "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
    400 29
4 movements, including the "Ode To Joy"
    800 4
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the Texas site of the first battle in this 1846-48 war
    800 14
It bears the name of its inventor, who needed extra sleeping space in his cramped apartment; he called it in-a-dor
    800 26
It's the S in S.L.E., the most common type of lupus, an autoimmune disease
    800 22
This title girl from a 2018 movie came & gave without taking & they took her away from Nic Cage; big mistake--he's good with a chainsaw
    DD: 8,600 7
First & last name of the lesser-known sibling who wrote the semi-autobiographical "Agnes Grey"
    800 10
3 oxygen atoms, one single coordinate covalent bond, one double covalent bond
    1200 3
The World War II home front is the focus of the park in Richmond, California named for this symbol of women in the workforce
    1200 12
This word for a thick, ropy texture can apply to carpets as well as sweaters; put it down in less heavily trafficked areas
    1200 16
The seat of Onondaga County, it's on the south end of Onondaga lake
    1200 21
"Drag Me To Hell", directed by this horror heavyweight, focuses on a woman placed under the curse of the Lamia by a wicked witch
    1200 2
This author who set many of his novels in Wessex also had a terrier named Wessex
    1200 8
An asterism in Cygnus made up of Deneb, Sadr, Albireo, Fawaris & Aljanah
    1600 1
A historical park devoted to the whaling industry in this Massachusetts city features a museum & the schooner Ernestina
    1600 13
From the French for "female gardener", it's a large ornamental container, as seen here
    1600 17
Voluptuary & sensualist are synonyms for this word for someone devoted to luxury
    1600 20
She stars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu
    1600 6
Gilbert Keith were the given names of this author famous for his Father Brown detective stories
    1600 9
21 provinces, including Govi-Altay & Suhbaatar
    2000 5
The Manhattan Project Historical Park's 3 locations are Los Alamos, Oak Ridge & this site near Richland, Washington
    2000 15
This S-shaped leg on Queen Anne & Chippendale style furniture often features decorative carvings of acanthus leaves
    DD: 7,200 18
A lack of blood flow to the brain & a drop in blood pressure cause this, the medical term for fainting
    2000 19
This Georges Franju classic about plastic surgery inspired a Billy Idol song & an Almodóvar film
    2000 24
He's the bestselling author of "Utopia Avenue" & "Cloud Atlas"
    2000 11
5 sections: "The Burial of the Dead", "A Game of Chess", "The Fire Sermon", "Death by Water" & "What the Thunder Said"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Matt Mattea
22,400 6,000 16,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AFRICA
A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace"

Final scores:

James Matt Mattea
34,314 12,000 24,800

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

James Matt Mattea
15,600 6,000 11,600
20 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
1 W		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: 33,200

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Game tape date: 2023-05-15
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