Jeopardy! Masters game #37 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Masters final game 1.

Contestants

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

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

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

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Jeopardy! Round

WAY BACK IN '23
SECOND LETTER "Y"
FARM FUN
A DOMINATING PERFORMANCE
UTOPIAN LITERATURE
THE WORLD REVOLVES AROUND JASON KELCE
(Jason Kelce: I'm Jason Kelce. Contestants, you studied up on geology and theology, but did you learn your Kelceology? We'll find out as I present clues.)
    200 30
Newspapers used this euphemistic & alliterative 2-word term to describe a 1923 attack by a white mob on a Black Florida town
    200 29
You don't have to be a follower of Antisthenes to be one of these doubting downers
    200 28
Vermicomposting uses these annelids, particularly red wigglers, to aid in organic farming
    200 26
Instructions to this Hasbro game make things pretty clear... "Your goal is simple: to take over the world"
    200 25
An ideal society in the Pacific attracts the envy of the world in this author's "Island", a counterpoint to "Brave New World"
    200 27
(Jason Kelce delivers the clue.) In 2023, along with yours truly, Pedro Pascal & Usher were finalists for this honor from People magazine; Patrick Dempsey won, but this ain't over, McDreamy
    400 21
In 1823 this eponymous man was elevated to superintendent of the Survey of India
    400 12
Woo-hoo! It's the fancier name for this colorful display
    400 22
Putting "wheel" in front of this word makes it a helpful farm item; otherwise, it's just a term for a castrated pig
    400 4
Hoops coach Geno Auriemma has led this university to 6 undefeated seasons; one was 40-0, & the 2nd of 4 straight national titles
    400 23
Sir Francis Bacon described a utopian domain based on science in "The New" this mythic landmass
    400 24
(Jason Kelce delivers the clue.) I was a key part of our quarterback sneak known as the "Tush Push", so I always smile knowingly when I hear their song, "Ah, push it, push good / Ah, push it, push it real good"
    600 20
In 1523 the Spanish fought a bloody battle in this C. American country & soon founded the city of Granada on a lake there
    600 10
Derived from Greek, it's an 11-letter word for a werewolf
    600 17
Britain's Royal Horticultural Soc. says this strategy means growing "on a different part of the vegetable plot each year"
    600 2
He eked out a win in a 2007 presidential referendum in Syria, taking 97.6% of the vote, raising the question... who dared vote against him?
    600 9
One of the most important works by Plato, it outlines the politics & ethics of his vision of a perfect nation
    600 14
(Jason Kelce delivers the clue.) "Here we stand before your door / As we stood the year before / Give us whiskey, give us gin / Open the door and let us in" is a poem from this group, a Philly tradition; I dressed as one at our Super Bowl victory parade
    800 19
For signing a treaty with the rebellious Scots, in 1323 the earl of Carlisle met with this grisly 3-part (or un-part) punishment
    800 7
It's the growing of plants without soil but in other mediums & with nutrient-infused water
    800 16
This branch of agriculture is the science of raising farmyard animals; sounds like matrimony is involved
    800 1
You can trust us, by 1880 this company controlled the refining of at least 90% of U.S.-produced oil
    DD: 1,400 5
What "utopia" means, it completes the title of William Morris' book about a place without politics or poverty, "News from..."
    800 13
(Jason Kelce delivers the clue.) I probably had a different experience at the University of Cincinnati than this man who was Lincoln's treasury secretary & the face on the $10,000 bill
    1000 18
Shakespeare left these 2 men a little something in his will; they repaid him by collecting his plays in the 1623 First Folio
    1000 8
This ancient city of Phoenicia was a trading center for papyrus & was also the cradle of the Phoenician alphabet
    1000 15
Created by removing bad traits from rapeseed, such as its name, this plant full of useful oil has been grown in the U.S. since 1988
    1000 3
Though common, this totally epoch term for the time when human activity came to dominate Earth was denied official adoption in 2024
    1000 6
In the 10th century al-Farabi's "The Virtuous City" posited such a place in this locale, Muhammad's last home
    1000 11
(Jason Kelce delivers the clue.) It's great being a girl dad, but not for a medieval king; Philip V of France & his wife Joan of this wine-producing region had only surviving daughters & no heir to the throne

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria James Yogesh
4,600 3,600 4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

DRY PLACES
HEALTH & MEDICINE
ALLITERATION ALL AROUND
WALES & WHALES-POURRI
FROM PAGE TO STAGE
EPONYMS
    400 28
Its name is a Mongolian word that means "waterless place"; it averages less than 8 inches of rain a year, so... nailed it
    400 27
Endodontists swear that this procedure to remove infected pulp doesn't deserve its painful rep, but floss & brush to avoid needing it!
    400 25
Colorful term for writing that's overly ornate
    400 22
The Robertson family endured for 38 days largely on onions & turtle blood after one of these "lethal" beasts sank their yacht
    400 29
"Stars" is an Act One song by Javert in this blockbuster musical
    400 30
The name of this Greek philosopher who espoused simple pleasure & friendship lives on as a lover of fine food & drink
    800 3
Sections of land blocked from moist air by mountain ranges are called rain these areas of darkness
    800 26
In this disease of the central nervous system, fatty tissue called myelin is destroyed & forms the disease's namesake scar tissue
    800 24
Containing precious metals, this device that reduces harmful emissions from your car is a big target for thieves
    800 21
Including Conwy, Caerphilly & Caldicot, Wales is said to have more of these structures per square mile than any European nation
    800 12
This bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks is the basis for a musical about the enduring love of Noah & Allie
    800 15
The last name of this French physicist is a unit of electric current equal to one coulomb of charge per second
    1200 1
Since it's near this line of latitude, 23 degrees, 27 minutes north of the equator, Aswan is hot & dry nearly all the time
    DD: 10,200 6
Bring Jennings & Gilbert LLP your claim of this cancer from asbestos exposure, named for a layer of tissue over internal organs
    DD: 10,400 16
Greenland forms this body of water's eastern shore
    1200 20
9 days before JFK died, he gave a whale's tooth to this reclusive actress at a White House dinner
    1200 11
Lerner & Loewe used "The Once & Future King" as the basis for this classic musical
    1200 14
Who's the good dog? This breed that was a symbol of the 18th century Dutch Patriots Party
    1600 2
The Wadi Rum desert near Aqaba in this nation was a filming location for "Dune: Part One" & "Part Two"
    1600 4
Newer research suggests that cutting calories doesn't actually ease symptoms of PCOS, short for this syndrome
    1600 13
Used since ancient times for jewelry & to adorn sacred objects, its name literally means "stone of blue"
    1600 19
One of these annual Welsh competitions of bards & minstrels attracts more than 6,000 competitors & includes dance, drama & art
    1600 9
Tulsa in 1967 is the setting for this musical that like the source novel, features the Socs & the Greasers
    1600 10
A man who died in 1825 gave us this word for what's often done with the best intentions to books like "Huckleberry Finn"
    2000 7
This dry place partly in Pakistan's southeast is also called the Great Indian Desert
    2000 5
A hallmark of osteoporosis is a Dowager's hump, a forward rounding of the back with this medical name from the Greek
    2000 17
In 1897 twin brothers Francis & Freelan built their first one of these early cars
    2000 18
This traditional instrument resembling a violin has a 5-letter name & like other Welsh words, seemingly no vowels
    2000 8
It doesn't seem like the most obvious choice, but his 1991 novel "American Psycho" was briefly a Broadway musical in 2016
    2000 23
This type of sleeve that extends to the neckline is named for a field marshal who lost an arm at the Battle of Waterloo

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria James Yogesh
25,200 27,200 9,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

POLITICIANS
This man was the 1st to be governor of one state & then senator from another; 173 years later, Mitt Romney became the second

Final scores:

Victoria James Yogesh
21,400 28,309 19,200

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Victoria James Yogesh
16,200 19,400 9,600
21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: 45,200

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Game tape date: 2024-05-01
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