Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #17 - Tuesday, May 23, 2023

2023 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

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

IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME
BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE
FROM "H" TO "Y"
(Ken: Those will be the first and last letters of each response.)
POWER OCCUPANTS
OH, WE HAVE '80s POP CULTURE REFERENCES
YOU CAN'T GO THERE
    200 14
sewing machine

Matt
    200 5
jumping the broom

Mattea
    200 24
hangry

Mattea
    200 25
Sun Yat-sen

James
    200 30
J.R.

Matt
    200 23
Fort Knox

Mattea
    400 13
cataracts

James
    400 4
Nat King Cole

Triple Stumper
    400 10
heraldry

Matt
    400 18
Buenos Aires

Matt
    400 29
(Ken: And the last clue...)
(Mattea: Bring it!)
(Ken: ...going back to the 80s. We're bringing it!)

Eddie Murphy

Mattea
    400 22
Area 51

James
    600 12
Milton Bradley

James
    600 3
Essence

James
    600 9
a Henley

James
    600 17
(James: Who is Mellon?)

Frick

JamesMattea
    600 28
Lethal Weapon

James
    600 21
(Matt: What's Sweden?)

Norway

MatteaMatt
    800 11
Sikorsky

James
    800 2
the Tuskegee Airmen

James
    800 8
hegemony

Mattea
    800 16
(Ken: The [*]huis is right.)

Maurits

James
    800 27
Where's the beef?

James
    800 20
(James: What is the ark?)
(Ken: Be more specific.)

the Ark of the Covenant

James
    1000 7
(Edward) Muybridge

Matt
    1,000 1
(Ken: Let's reveal where the Daily Double is hidden, for those home viewers who want to know in advance. [Beep boop] All right. James, you got your record on your lectern, 8-1.)
(James: Truth hurts, Ken.)
(Ken: [Chuckles] Yeah, it's better than the record last time I played. Let's see, uh, would you like to make the first selection?)
[Laughter]
(James: BLACK HISTORY & CULTURE, 1000, please.)
(Ken: Well, the answer there... is the Daily Double.)

Spelman

James
    1000 6
histology

Matt
    1000 15
(Matt: What's Windsor?)
(James: What is Kensington?)

Sandringham

JamesMatteaMatt
    1000 26
A Flock of Seagulls

Matt
    1000 19
(Matt: What's Vatnajökull?)
(Ken: I'm sorry, no. Fun, to say, though.)

Surtsey

Matt
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Mattea Matt
6,800 4,000 1,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FOR MASTERS ONLY
(Ken: These are responses we have never gone for in any iteration of Jeopardy! They're making their debut.)
SCULPTORS
MYTHICAL GEOGRAPHY
QUESTIONABLE MUSIC CHOICES
PLANTS & TREES
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
    400 16
(James: What is modicum?)
...
(Ken: I'm sorry, James. "modicum" has been a Jeopardy! response in the past.)

smattering

JamesMattea
    400 30
a tutu

Mattea
    400 29
(Mattea: [Selecting the last clue] SCULPTORS... Bring it!)

Ra

Mattea
    400 23
(James: [*])

"Who'll Stop The Rain?"

James
    400 25
the buckeye

Mattea
    400 17
[James and Mattea attempt to ring in as the time expiry signal sounds.]
(Ken: [Chuckles] Looks like two of you saw it a fraction of a second too late. "What is [*]?")

Swiss Miss Scarlet Johansson

Triple Stumper
    800 15
Pondicherry

Mattea
    800 6
French

James
    8,400 3
Atlantis

James
    800 22
(James: [*])
(Ken: That's a diner you don't want to be in, right?)

"What's New, Pussycat?"

James
    800 24
a saguaro

James
    800 18
"It's Not Easy Being Green" Party pooper

Matt
    1200 14
omakase

James
    1200 4
biomorphic sculpture

Triple Stumper
    1200 1
(Ken: There are, of course, two Daily Doubles on the board somewhere. [Beep boop])

Asgard

Matt
    1200 21
(James: [*])

"How Do You Sleep?"

James
    6,000 9
(Matt: What's red oak?)

red maple

Matt
    1200 26
(Matt: What's home of the brave... uh... uh...)

home of the brave little toaster strudel

MatteaMatt
    1600 13
(Charles) Portis

Matt
    1600 5
Brancusi

Matt
    1600 2
Avalon

James
    1600 20
"Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"

Mattea
    1600 8
ginkgo (biloba)

Matt
    1600 27
Fountains of Wayne Knight errant

James
    2000 12
(James: Thanks, Melissa.)

toxoplasmosis

James
    2000 7
Bourgeois

Mattea
    2000 11
Prester John

Matt
    2000 19
"Why Don't We Do It In The Road?"

Triple Stumper
    2000 10
epiphyte

Matt
    2000 28
Ready Player One-night stand your ground

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Mattea Matt
25,200 11,200 5,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

REAL PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE
(Ken: [To James] No, this character in Henry IV is [*]. [*] is the anachronism there.)
MattWho Louis X?
5,200
MatteaWho is Henry of Navarre?
314
JamesWho is Richard II
908
Hotspur

Final scores:

James Mattea Matt
24,292 10,886 0
Winner: 9 match points 2nd place: 2 match points 3rd place: 0 match points

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Mattea Matt
17,600 11,200 11,200
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 16 R,
0 W		 14 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 40,000

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Game tape date: 2023-05-15
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