Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #15 - Monday, May 22, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

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

AMERICANS IN PROTEST
ALL AROUND THE WORLD
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
PERILS OF JOURNALISM
CLASSIC GAME SHOW PHRASES
(Ken: You'll have to name the game show.)
TRIPLE RHYME TIME
    200 29
(James: What is Latin Americans?)

Latin American

JamesAndrew
    200 18
(James: What are pipes?)
(Ken: More specific.)

organ pipes

James
    200 26
a caduceus

James
    200 28
obituaries

Andrew
    200 22
The Price Is Right

Andrew
    200 30
a hairy scary fairy

James
    400 19
Ferguson

Matt
    400 17
(Andrew: What is black... ice?)

quicksand

Andrew
Triple Stumper
    400 25
a pawn shop

James
    400 27
AP

James
    400 21
Family Feud

James
    400 24
(Ken: Once again, James, just a second slow.)

to feign brain pain

Triple Stumper
    600 7
Dow

Matt
    600 16
Kidd

James
    600 10
van Eyck

Andrew
    600 23
bury the lead

Matt
    600 20
(Ken: "How dumb was she?" That's correct. [*].)

Match Game

James
    600 14
(Matt: And I'm gettin' one of those for next time.)

a hotter otter spotter

Matt
    800 6
(James: Who is Pershing?)

MacArthur

JamesAndrew
    1,000 2
(Ken: James gets no points for being close, but Andrew, you can wager any or all of your 1,000.)

(Buckminster) Fuller

Andrew
    800 9
integration

James
    800 15
shield laws (for journalists)

Triple Stumper
    800 4
(Ken: What's [*], that's right.)

What's My Line?

Matt
    800 13
dull scull hull

Triple Stumper
    1000 5
bimetallism

Andrew
    1000 1
(Ken: Now let's reveal for our home audience where the Daily Double is hidden in this first round of our semifinals. [Beep boop] Thar she blows. James, you've had a knack for finding them so far in this contest. Where do you want to begin?)
(James: ALL AROUND THE WORLD 1000.)
(Ken: Nope.)
[James laughs.]

Jugendstil

Andrew
    1000 8
ouroboros

Andrew
    1000 11
back bench

Matt
    1000 3
Press Your Luck

James
    1000 12
(James: Uh, what is extol... Rickroll... in the trench hole?)

extol Rickroll (in the) foxhole

JamesMatt

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Matt
2,800 5,600 5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
(Ken: You'll need to name the king of the region where the mountain is that we give you.)
& SCENE
TOUGH SCIENCE
SPANISH & PORTUGUESE
FIVE FOR FIGHTING
PURE POETRY
(Ada Limón: I'm Ada Limón, Poet Laureate of the United States, with clues to show you the beauty, power, and necessity of poetry.)
    400 28
Charles III

James
    400 10
the Three Stooges

Andrew
    400 29
Sputnik

James
    400 23
(Ken: You have redeemed yourself with your Spanish teacher, yes.)

a seahorse

Andrew
    400 26
a gauntlet

Andrew
    400 30
Jupiter

James
    800 27
James VI (of Scotland)

James
    800 9
(Ken: That was in [*]--good thing that wasn't the Daily Double, James.)
(James: Good thing any of the others weren't the Daily Double.)

Broadcast News

Triple Stumper
    800 4
fractals

James
    800 22
usted

James
    800 25
betta

James
    800 24
(Matt: What's iamb?)

spondee

AndrewMatt
    2,800 1
(Ken: There are two Daily Doubles hidden on the board. If you in the home audience would like to see where they are, pay attention right now. [Beep boop] All right. James, go ahead and make the first selection.)
(James: KING OF THE MOUNTAIN twelve.)
(Ken: The answer there, in fact, is one of the two Daily Doubles. I don't know how he does it.)

Louis XV

James
    9,600 7
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

James
    1200 3
Golgi

James
    1200 20
bossa nova

James
    1200 15
the Hatfields & the McCoys

Andrew
    1200 13
enjambment

Andrew
    1600 18
(Andrew: Uh, who is Filipe the Si--uh, [*]?)

Juan Carlos I

Andrew
    1600 6
Stella Dallas

Triple Stumper
    1600 2
albedo

Matt
    1600 19
(Matt: What's, um, Esperan... zo?)
...
(Ken: Andrew, your teacher's going to be disappointed.)

Esperanza (Spalding)

Matt
Triple Stumper
    1600 14
brannigan

Triple Stumper
    1600 11
synecdoche

Andrew
    2000 17
Mohammed VI (of Morocco)

Andrew
    2000 8
(Ken: It's the Mike Leigh movie [*]--looks like Andrew just thought of it.)

Peterloo

Triple Stumper
    2000 5
phlogiston

James
    2000 21
obrigado

James
    2000 16
Rickenbacker

Matt
    2000 12
"On the Pulse of Morning"

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Andrew Matt
26,000 15,200 8,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERATURE
(Ken: [To Matt] The James Joyce novel that takes place entirely on June 16, 1904.)
...
(Ken: Now, James, this is only the second time in the tournament you did not manage to put the game away in Double Jeopardy! and you were up against Andrew and Matt the last time it happened. Tough draw for you.)
MattWhat Ulysses
7,001
AndrewWhat is Ulysses?
6,800
JamesWhat is Ulysses
4,401
Ulysses

Final scores:

James Andrew Matt
30,401 22,000 15,201
Winner: 3 match points 2nd place: 1 match point 3rd place: 0 match points

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Andrew Matt
16,000 15,000 8,200
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 10 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: 39,200

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Game tape date: 2023-05-15
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