Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #36 - Monday, May 20, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 4.

Contestants

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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

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

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

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SHOOTING MY LITERARY SHOT
THIRTYSOMETHINGS
RECTANGLED
AMERICAN IDOL ALUMS
NAKED WITHOUT THEIR PREFIXES
(Ken: Each response will be a word without its familiar prefix.)
"H" TOWN
    200 25
(Ken: In The Princess Bride, yes.)

Westley

James
    200 27
SnapChat

Amy
    200 28
herringbone

James
    200 24
Underwood

Yogesh
    200 30
delible

James
    200 15
Halifax

James
    400 23
The Goldfinch

Triple Stumper
    400 26
The Breakfast Club

Triple Stumper
    400 10
Colorado & Wyoming

James
    400 8
Kelly Clarkson

James
    400 29
a biotic factor

Triple Stumper
    400 14
Harlem

James
    600 22
A Room with a View

Yogesh
    600 21
(James: What is Sagittarius? ...A?)
...
(Ken: Apparently, it's Sagittarius "A-STAR"... is what it's called.)

Sagittarius A*

James
Triple Stumper
    600 9
Mondrian

James
    600 5
Queen

Yogesh
    600 20
gruntled

Yogesh
    600 13
Huntsville (Alabama)

James
    800 3
Persuasion

Yogesh
    800 18
(Ken: Oh, that's gotta hurt, Amy.)

Ayesha Curry

Yogesh
    800 2
the nave & the transept

Yogesh
    800 7
Jennifer Hudson

James
    800 19
linquish

James
    800 12
Hobart (Tasmania)

Amy
    1000 4
Bovary

Amy
    1000 17
(Jon) Ossoff

Yogesh
    1000 1
the canton

Amy
    1000 6
Daughtry

James
    1000 16
descript

Yogesh
    3,200 11
(Ken: Of Pied Piper fame.)

Hamelin

James

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Yogesh Amy
8,400 6,400 3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BIOLOGY
MAKE IT FLIRTY
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS
BUSINESS
PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
ACTING TEACHERS
(Henry Winkler: I'm Henry Winkler. I've learned from [*], done it myself, and played a unique one on Barry. I'll have clues about some of the greats.)
    400 24
a lichen

James
    400 23
(Ken: Boot to [*] is right.)

boo

Amy
    400 27
chess

James
    400 28
Brinks

James
    400 29
Increase

Amy
    400 30
Second City

Amy
    800 14
vestigial

Amy
    800 1
(Ken: Croquette to [*], right.)

coquette

Yogesh
    800 25
a hippopotomus

Amy
    800 19
Ethereum

Yogesh
    14,000 16
(Ken: It's the last Daily Double in the round... and the chance to retake the lead. I see the hands.)
(James: [Making his signature pushing-all-the-chips gesture up high] Yeah, yeah, yeah.)
(Ken: There they go. There they go.)
[Cheers and applause]
(Ken: That's what means a 14,000-point wager.)
...
(Ken: I think you made every possible face first, but that is correct.)

Sacagawea

James
    800 26
(Amy: Who is... Strindberg?)

Lee Strasberg

YogeshAmy
    1200 13
a neurotoxin

James
    1200 22
(Ken: Yes, from negative.)

neg

James
    1200 12
(Yogesh: Uh, where is Amsterdam?)

Brussels

JamesYogesh
    1200 15
Cathay Pacific

James
    1200 6
Eddy

Yogesh
    1200 21
Mamet & Macy

Amy
    1600 9
(Yogesh: What is Corti?)

Lorenzini

Yogesh
Triple Stumper
    12,000 8
(Ken: Vampire to [*] is correct, yes.)

vamp

Yogesh
    1600 7
[Yogesh is beat to the buzzer by James.]
(James: What is Willemdorf?)
(Ken: No.)
(Yogesh: Oh.)
...
(Ken: It's [*] with an "N".)
(James: I said an "M".)
(Yogesh: Oh.)

Willendorf

James
Triple Stumper
    1600 18
Nvidia

James
    1600 4
Banneker

Yogesh
    1600 5
(Stella) Adler

James
    2000 10
a nucleotide

Yogesh
    2000 20
(Ken: Add to opera to get an [*].)

operator

Triple Stumper
    2000 11
netsuke

Amy
    2000 17
Cathie Wood

Triple Stumper
    2000 3
Powell

James
    2000 2
Meisner

Yogesh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Yogesh Amy
32,000 24,800 8,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

21st CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
(Ken: [To Amy] She got "Demon" in, and that is correct, yes. Barbara Kingsolver's Pulitzer-winning take on David Copperfield.)
...
(James: My wife may or may not be reading this book right now. [Chuckles])
(Ken: Oh, wow. You may... you may owe your wife a very nice present.)
AmyWhat is Copperhead? ^Demon
8,000
YogeshWhat Demon Copperhead
7,201
JamesWhat is Demon Copperhead
17,601
Demon Copperhead

Final scores:

James Yogesh Amy
49,601 32,001 16,200
Winner: 7 match points 2nd place: 5 match points 3rd place: 0 match points (eliminated): 4th place: $100,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Yogesh Amy
16,600 14,400 8,200
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: 39,200

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Game tape date: 2024-04-30
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