Jeopardy! Masters game #28 - Friday, May 10, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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James Holzhauer, the self-described "final boss" of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada

Yogesh Raut, a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington

Victoria Groce, a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round

SONG LYRICS, BABY
(Ken: You'll name the singer or group.)
A LITERARY TIPPLE
BODIES OF WATER
ADD A LETTER
(Ken: Each correct response two words.)
EVERYDAY I.P.
MADE YOU SAY IT
    200 27
1998:
"My loneliness is killing me... give me a sign, hit me, baby, one more time"
    200 25
There are many cocktails with the name of a 1951 Salinger novel; you'll find this whiskey in all of them
    200 26
About 16 times the height of Niagara Falls, it's also known locally as Kerepakupai Merú
    200 28
A contract to rent property, s'il vous plaît
    200 29
Apple & Samsung's many patent battles included one over the instruction "slide to" do this
    200 30
More than 350 years after the trial of this man, John Paul II apologized, noting "a sad misunderstanding"
    400 24
1979:
"Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin', I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight"
    400 15
Perhaps Edward Bulwer-Lytton was sipping this rum, ginger beer & lime juice cocktail when he wrote it was that kind of night
    400 3
Rising in China, the Red River flows past Hanoi to empty into this body of water
    400 20
A type of scoundrel gets an Irish accent
    400 14
The World Intellectual Property Organization says a formula for plant-based meat is an example of these 2-word business hushies
    400 23
After an inquiry into this event during the Troubles, David Cameron was forced to admit it was "unjustified & unjustifiable"
    600 18
1963:
"So won't you, please, be my little baby, say you'll be my darlin', be my baby now, whoa-oh-oh-oh"
    600 7
It takes a lot of flowers (weeds, some say) to make a batch of this stuff, the title of a Ray Bradbury novel
    600 2
More than 300 rivers & streams flow into this body of water that has a maximum depth of 5,300 feet
    600 6
Painful inflammation of joints acts up--could the cause be the thin mortar used making bathroom repairs?
    600 21
I.P. entering the public domain in 2024 includes the original recording of this 1920s novelty song about a fruit shortage
    DD: 5,200 22
Irony was likely not lost on Ike in 1961 when he warned of "grave implications" due to the rise of "this combination"
    800 5
1981:
"Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me, ohh?"
    800 8
In this novel Robert Jordan says absinthe "cures everything"
    800 1
Some river math: this river + the Monongahela = the Ohio River
    800 19
A new spouse & what she does in irritation when I ask her to do something she doesn't like
    800 9
The company that holds the trademark on this 9-letter word says it's "a name synonymous with drywall"
    800 12
The coerced confession of this enslaved woman in the Parris household set the Salem witch trials afoot
    1000 17
2010: "I get the chills whenever I see your face & you in the place, girl, feel like I'm in a movie, baby, I'm like oowee, baby"
    1000 10
This word for a beer & lemonade concoction appears in a Laurence Sterne title
    1000 4
This Alpine lake borders Switzerland, Austria & Germany, where it is called Bodensee
    1000 16
Related to the latest events & related to the warm, sunny middle of the world
    1000 11
Naruto, a monkey on Celebes in this country, was denied copyright on a selfie he took with a camera set down by a photographer
    1000 13
Compelled by his people's naiveté, this Trojan said, "Don't trust the horse... even when they bring gifts, I fear the Greeks"

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh James
3,200 11,200 4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

NONFICTION
TELEVISION MINISERIES
SYNDROMES
THE ARTS
POINTS OF VIEW
WORDS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT
(Ken: And, in fact, put back somewhere else, as you will see.)
    400 18
One of America's great autobiographies is 1845's "Narrative of the Life of" him, "an American Slave"
    400 30
Amy Adams returns to her hometown to investigate murders in this miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel
    400 29
Referring to the 3 copies of chromosome 21, this condition is also known as trisomy 21
    400 28
His choreography includes stage ("The Nutcracker") & film (the "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet & "On Your Toes")
    400 27
In 2023 Justice Thomas wrote of this "vision deficiency" Constitution; justice Jackson said saying it doesn't make it so
    400 26
From the Hail Mary to the cast lists of "High Noon" (a first name) & the last 2 "Ghostbusters" movies (a last name)
    800 8
It's the numerical title of Selwyn Raab's bestseller about the clans that long ran New York's mob
    800 21
Before "The Last of Us", Craig Mazin wrote this HBO miniseries set in Europe in 1986
    800 15
A common issue that gets worse over time, it's caused by swelling & pressure on the median nerve
    800 9
It's the Spanish name of the 1656 painting that depicts Infanta Margarita surrounded by her maids of honor
    800 16
Bernie Sanders thinks you should be working this many hours a week
    800 25
From the first verse of "This Land Is Your Land" to a material for fencing & decking available at Home Depot
    1200 2
In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir gave us this treatise, an instant feminist classic
    1200 20
In "The Night Of", this actor plays a character incarcerated on Rikers Island
    1200 13
The reason you're not supposed to give aspirin to children is because of a link to this rare, potentially fatal condition
    1200 6
In "Rigoletto" the Duke of Mantua sings this aria whose title line is followed by "qual piuma al vento"
    1200 11
Lenore Skenazy, who wrote of letting her 9-year-old ride the NYC subway alone, moved this term from raising chickens to raising kids
    1200 24
From a dollar bill to the first word of a novel title that replaced "Richard Diver"
    1600 5
It's the one-word title of St. Augustine's account of his sinful youth
    1600 19
This second-generation actress played Alex, a young mother in the Netflix miniseries "Maid"
    DD: 3,200 1
Some speculate that Abraham Lincoln's height & lankiness were due to this connective tissue disorder named for a Frenchman
    DD: 7,800 10
Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium is home to Hubert and Jan van Eyck's "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", better known by this two-word name
    1600 7
A.I. "doomers", who are right, see terrifying possibilities particularly in A.G.I., short for this
    1600 23
From a New York City driving surcharge to a Sudafed or Afrin box
    2000 4
This French guy gave a word a new meaning with his 1580 collection of short, informal prose pieces called "Essays"
    2000 3
This Hulu miniseries was based on the Lawrence Wright book subtitled "Al-Qaeda & the Road to 9/11"
    2000 12
Limiting blood flow, this disease or syndrome named for a French doctor can make fingers & toes numb & even blue in cold or under stress
    2000 14
In 1785 this French sculptor traveled to the U.S. to create a statue of George Washington, who sat for him at Mount Vernon
    2000 17
Units of workers replace the state in this hyphenated -ism, the basis for the "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" peasants' commune
    2000 22
From "God Save The King" to the name of a "rot" or fungus that attacks grapes

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh James
20,800 18,400 18,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE AMERICAN THEATER
Director & author, their 1960 rift over a new play set in the South ended "the most important... collaboration" of 20th century U.S. theater

Final scores:

Victoria Yogesh James
24,000 36,001 14,732
2nd place: 10 match points Winner: 10 match points 3rd place: 5 match points

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Victoria Yogesh James
19,200 13,800 11,800
17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: 44,800

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Game tape date: 2024-04-18
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