Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #14 - Wednesday, May 17, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 14.

Contestants

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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

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 responses

THE 20th CENTURY
MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES
SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS
COMIC STRIPS
MASTERS OF LIT
(Ken: And it's a shame Sam Buttrey's not here for...)
BRING WHAT?
    200 28
(Andrew: Who is... Brown?)

Tony Blair

JamesAndrew
    200 26
Pandora's box

James
    200 29
the right turn on red

James
    200 23
Woodstock

Andrew
    200 30
my soul

Andrew
    200 20
nets

James
    400 27
Chernobyl

Andrew
    400 25
Mentor

James
    400 24
(Ken: I only remember from Roger Rabbit. [*].)

the Red Car

Triple Stumper
    400 22
(James: [Rejoicing about beating Andrew to the buzz] Yes! What is [*]?)
[NOTE: Andrew would write his name on his lectern with a font in the style of [*] in Jeopardy! Masters game #16.]

Calvin and Hobbes

James
    400 21
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Andrew
    400 19
Hellmann's

James
    600 17
the Tet Offensive

Andrew
    600 15
Cassandra

Amy
    600 16
tuna tartare

Andrew
    600 11
a Dagwood

Andrew
    600 8
(Ken: [*], Bonfire of the Vanities.)

(Tom) Wolfe

Amy
    600 18
carrying coals to Newcastle

Amy
    800 4
Mengele

Andrew
    800 2
leave no stone unturned

Triple Stumper
    800 13
(James: Who is Griffith?)

Cecil B. DeMille

James
Triple Stumper
    800 10
Hagar the Horrible

James
    800 7
Spoon River Anthology

James
    800 14
the Sermon on the Mount

Triple Stumper
    1,000 3
(Ken: I have a prediction, James--)
(James: [Waving his hand] Ah, you know what to do.)
(Ken: I think you're telling me you want to wager 1,000 points.)
(James: Good answer.)

Verdun

James
    1000 1
(Ken: Let's find out where the Daily Double will be in this round. [Beep boop] There it is. All right, James, you begin the round.)

Charybdis & Scylla

James
    1000 5
the P-38 (Lightning)

Triple Stumper
    1000 9
Pearls Before Swine

James
    1000 6
Margarita

James
    1000 12
(Ken: It's a Doctor Johnson quote. "He that would carry home [*].")

the wealth of the Indies

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Amy
6,800 3,600 1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES
WORD ORIGINS
BODIES OF WATER
HEADGEAR & HISTORY
MEDICAL TERMS
ROCK"ER"S
    400 27
Jane Seymour

James
    400 26
(James: I want no more French questions. What's [*]?)

a crèche

James
    400 28
Maracaibo

James
    400 29
turbans

Amy
    400 30
hypertension

James
    400 22
The Heartbreakers

James
    800 18
Calamity Jane

Andrew
    800 25
a gamin

Amy
    800 12
(Ken: The wrong room for an Alan Jackson clue, I guess.)

the Chattahoochee

Triple Stumper
    800 13
a mitre

James
    800 14
alopecia

Andrew
    800 21
(James: [Smiling at the pun] That's horrible. Who is [*]?)

Eddie Vedder

James
    1200 15
Jane Addams

James
    1200 24
funambulist

Andrew
    1200 1
(Ken: Two Daily Doubles are hidden on this board. Let's show the folks at home where they might be. [Beep boop] All right. Amy, start us off.)
(Amy: I might not get the chance, so I'm going to say "Bring it!"--and by "it", I mean BODIES OF WATER for 1200.)
(Ken: That's usually what that means, I think.)

Lake Itasca (in Minnesota)

Triple Stumper
    1200 10
a gable (a gabled hood)

James
    1200 4
tinnitus

James
    1200 19
Tina Turner

James
    1600 16
Jane Smiley

James
    1600 23
perspicacious

Triple Stumper
    1600 2
Gulf of Aqaba

Andrew
    1600 9
a golden eagle

James
    1600 3
septicemia (or sepsis)

Andrew
    25,600 20
(Ken: How big will you go, James?)
(James: [Sweeping his right arm across] Twenty-five six, please.)
(Ken: Really? All of it, on ROCKERS.)

(Leo) Fender

James
    2000 17
(Ken: I'm impressed. That's good for 2,000.)
(James: [Dismissively] Ah!)

Avril

James
    8,000 8
(James: Oh, I gotta thank the wife for making me learn languages. What is [*]?)
(Ken: From Lethe, yes. [*].)

lethargic

James
    2000 7
(James: What's... the McKenzie?)
...
(Ken: You're in the wrong, hemisphere, I'm afraid.)

the Ob River

James
Triple Stumper
    2000 11
the M1

Triple Stumper
    2000 5
spina bifida

James
    2000 6
Graham Parker

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Amy
54,000 9,600 3,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY FRENCH AUTHORS
(Ken: [To Amy] It would have changed the leaderboard quite a bit, you're right. I think we wanted to reward the ultimate winner.)
...
(Ken: James Holzhauer, I think, has--has yet to try a Final Jeopardy! Is he actually gonna try to attempt this one?)
(James: I did!)
AmyWhy not 2 points for finishing second?
0
AndrewWho Stop! He's already dead
0
JamesWho is Camus
32,608
Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes)

Final scores:

James Andrew Amy
21,392 9,600 3,000
Winner: 18 match points (advance to semifinals) 2nd place: 13 match points (advance to semifinals) 3rd place: 5 match points (eliminated): 5th place: $75,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Andrew Amy
24,000 9,600 3,000
30 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W
13 R,
1 W
5 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: 36,600

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Game tape date: 2023-05-02
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