Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #2 - Monday, May 8, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Sam Buttrey, an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California

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

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

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FROM THE ARABIC
A LITTLE READING MATERIAL
"G.P."
COMIN' TO YOUR CITY
SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG
FLYIN' HIGHER THAN A JET AIRLINER
    200 19
(Ken: [*] is always correct, yes.)

hummus

Sam
    200 29
(Ken: From Mad, pulling you into a tie with James--say it!)
(Sam: Bring it!)

Alfred E. Neuman

Sam
    200 17
guinea pig

Mattea
    200 21
Cannes

James
    200 30
Jefferson City

James
    200 28
Mir

Sam
    400 18
sheik

Mattea
    400 13
"Respect"

James
    400 16
grand prix

Sam
    400 20
Manchester

Mattea
    400 24
Garth Brooks

James
    400 27
the (lunar) rover

Sam
    600 10
giraffe

Sam
    600 12
Parade

Sam
    600 15
gold panning

James
    600 9
Agra

Mattea
    600 23
Alabama

Sam
    600 26
Voyager

Sam
    800 7
henna

Sam
    800 11
National Geographic

Sam
    800 14
the Great Plains

James
    800 8
Quito

Sam
    800 22
(Ken: Even if you're not a country fan, you might guess "Wait In The [*]", "Heart Like A [*]".)

truck

Triple Stumper
    800 25
Blue Origin

James
    1000 6
arsenal

James
    1000 5
The Old Farmer's Almanac

James
    1000 4
Grace Paley

Triple Stumper
    1,000 1
(Ken: Now this is the point where we reveal for the home audience where the Daily Double is located. Turn away if you don't want spoilers. [Beep boop] There it is. All right, James. Go ahead and make the first selection.)
(James: COMIN' TO YOUR CITY, 1000.)
(Ken: The answer there is the Daily Double. Uncanny.)
(James: I think we've figured this algorithm out.)
(Ken: [Chuckles] You were reading my mind somehow, James.)

Christchurch

James
    1000 2
"Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down"

James
    1000 3
(James: Who is Cooper?)

Scott Carpenter

James
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Mattea Sam
6,400 1,600 6,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BACK IN THE 12th CENTURY
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
WOMEN WRITERS
POP CULTURE IN BLACK & WHITE
RELIGION
BUILD YOUR OWN SPY NOVEL TITLES
    400 28
Halley's Comet

Mattea
    400 24
window

Sam
    400 19
(Pippi) Longstocking

Sam
    400 25
Hendrix

Mattea
    400 27
cows

Mattea
    400 30
The Ishtar Formula

James
    800 4
Angkor Wat

Sam
    800 23
pomp

Mattea
    8,000 8
(Ken: You've just taken back the lead from Sam, James.)
(James: All right, we know the drill. [Makes pushing-all-the-poker-chips motion with both hands])
(Ken: Now, Alex understood that, but you're going to have to help me out. You want to bet all your points, is that right?)
(James: One million points, please.)
(Ken: 8,000 points riding on WOMEN WRITERS. Here's your clue...)

Japan

James
    800 17
I Spy

James
    800 26
a tithe

Sam
    800 29
(Ken: That's right. And--)
(James: Bring it!)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Copyright Sam Buttrey.)

The Beowulf Testament

James
    1200 2
(James: What is... Jaffa?)

Acre

James
Triple Stumper
    1200 22
raconteur

James
    1200 7
Quinta Brunson

James
    1200 16
Touched by an Angel

Sam
    16,000 9
(Ken: Well, that's the other Daily Double, James. Uncanny. Are you going to do it again, sir?)
[James makes the pushing motion.]
(Ken: Wow. Everything on the table again. Is he feeling religious? Here's the clue...)

Basilica

James
    1200 5
The Gemini Signature

Mattea
    1600 1
(Ken: Home viewers, this is the point where we reveal to you where the Daily Doubles are, if you care to look--otherwise avert your eyes! [Beep boop] All right, with that business taken care of, Mattea, make a selection.)

Tintern

James
    1600 21
(James: What is [**]?)
(Ken: No. Sam.)
(Sam: What is gut?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry.)
(Sam: Oh. [As if realizing the correct response] Oh!)
(Mattea: Do you want to share with the class?)
[James was awarded the points for his response before Final Jeopardy! and Sam was given back 1600.]

eviscerate (or gutting)

James
    1600 6
Dorothy Parker

Mattea
    1600 15
the Specials

Mattea
    1600 11
(Sam: What is Zoroastrianism?)
...
(Ken: Yes, they are--or were, in one case--[*].)

Baháʼí

MatteaSam
    1600 12
The Kandahar Gambit

Mattea
    2000 3
Worms

Triple Stumper
    2000 20
specious

James
    2000 18
(Doris) Lessing

Sam
    2000 14
(Ken: That's right. He had to tell the hotel he was Cuban instead of Black.)

Jelly Roll Morton

Sam
    2000 10
(Mattea: What's spiel?)

megillah

Mattea
Triple Stumper
    2000 13
The Stanton Fiasco

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Mattea Sam
40,800 9,200 12,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

USA
(Ken: [To Sam] The Brooklyn Bridge's less glamorous neighbor.)
...
(Ken: [To James] Do you know... do you know how much work I had to go to to get all the way over here at this lectern and avoid having to play you again, James?)
(James: This is autocorrected, by the way.)
(Ken: I'm afraid I cannot give you credit, though your heart's in the right place. See, it's not in the form of a question.)
MatteaWhat is the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge?
3,001
SamWhat is the Manhattan Bridge?
6,201
JamesWhat Stop ducking a rematch, Ken
9,812
the Manhattan Bridge

Final scores:

James Mattea Sam
30,988 6,199 18,401
Winner: 3 match points 3rd place: 0 match points 2nd place: 1 match point

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Mattea Sam
18,800 9,200 12,200
22 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 13 R,
1 W		 19 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: 40,200

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Game tape date: 2023-03-14
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