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

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
This Middle Eastern dip takes its name from the Arabic for "chickpeas"
    200 29
Harvey Kurtzman saw a postcard that had the caption "Me worry", which inspired this magazine mascot
    200 17
Figuratively, it means the subject of a lab experiment
    200 21
Hit a casino in this city of the French Riviera, enjoy its Promenade de la Croisette & maybe enjoy a film or 12 in late May
    200 30
Big & Rich's "Comin' To Your City" notes this Missouri capital where they "woke up by the river", with Coronas possibly involved
    200 28
Russian for "peace", this space station returned to Earth & pieced out in a controlled re-entry on March 23, 2001
    400 18
The head of an Arab family, this word gained popularity in the U.S. due to a 1919 book & a Rudolph Valentino film
    400 13
In 2021 Rolling Stone updated its Greatest Songs of All Time list; this Aretha Franklin hit, previously No. 5, now tops the list
    400 16
The first of these was held in 1906 & won by the driver of a Renault
    400 20
Catch a Red Devils game at Old Trafford when visiting this city
    400 24
He sang, "I'm not big on social graces, think I'll slip on down to the oasis, oh, I've got friends in low places"
    400 27
Apollo 15 was the first mission to use this 460-pound item on the Moon & it's still up there, basically left on the lot
    600 10
This word comes from "zarafa", also a book about one brought to Europe in 1826 with its head poking through a hole in the deck
    600 12
After 81 years as a Sunday newspaper supplement, it ceased publication on Nov. 13, 2022; it's now digital only
    600 15
It's a fun though probably not lucrative activity at Columbia State Historic Park in California's High Sierra
    600 9
So much history in this city! The 16th century Red Fort, the Jami Masjid, or Friday Mosque, & oh yeah... the Taj Mahal
    600 23
State the name of this band who did "Mountain Music", "Old Flame" & "My Home's In..."--oh wait, we almost said too much
    600 26
In 1977 this space probe 2 launched 2 weeks ahead of this space probe 1; by 1990, both had lived up to their name & were past Pluto
    800 7
The name of this reddish hair dye comes from the Arabic for the Lawsonia inermis tree whose leaves are the dye's source
    800 11
This 135-year-old magazine has helped fund more than 15,000 grants in its history; recipients include Richard Byrd & Jacques Cousteau
    800 14
Kansas & Montana are part of this geographic region that covers about 1 million square miles
    800 8
Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1978, Old Town in this capital of Ecuador is something to see, & now you can
    800 22
In Feb. 2023 Hardy & Lainey Wilson's "Wait In" this vehicle was a hit, as was Lainey's solo "Heart Like" this vehicle
    800 25
In 2021 90-year-old William Shatner boldly went aboard a spacecraft from this "colorful" company as the oldest person to fly in space
    1000 6
Once a "house of manufacture", it's now most often used to designate a place where weapons are made or stored
    1000 5
This annual has a hole in the upper left corner so one can hang it in the house or outhouse, making it handy for reading & other uses
    1000 4
A character named Faith is the alter ego of this short story master who taught at Sarah Lawrence for decades
    DD: 1,000 1
Take in the earthquake-resistant "Cardboard Cathedral", built after a 2011 event in this New Zealand city
    1000 2
Kris Kristofferson wrote this song about what follows a rough Saturday night & Johnny Cash made it a No. 1 country hit
    1000 3
This Aurora 7 astronaut, the second American to make an orbital spaceflight, is seen here with the first, John Glenn

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

James Mattea Sam
4,800 600 3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

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

Double Jeopardy! Round

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
A comet sketched by a monk named Eadwine around 1145 is likely this one given its name (not "Eadwine's") in the 18th century
    400 24
After "launch", it's the precise period of time in which a spacecraft can be launched for it to be successful
    400 19
Swedish author Astrid Lindgren created strong characters like Ronja, the Robber's Daughter, & this redhead with braids
    400 25
To start the '70s he replaced the 2 white guys in the Experience with a black rhythm section in Band of Gypsys
    400 27
Mahatma Gandhi said, "The central fact of Hinduism is" protection of these animals
    400 30
The + the Babylonian goddess of love & war + a recipe of ingredients for a chemical substance
    800 4
King Suryavarman II built this religious complex in Cambodia as a Hindu temple, but it became a Buddhist shrine
    800 23
Meaning "magnificence", it's paired with a longer word in an Elgar title
    DD: 8,000 8
Min Jin Lee's novel "Pachinko" follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation
    800 17
In the '60s Robert Culp & Bill Cosby pioneered interracial buddy espionage on this TV show
    800 26
Deeply religious, NFL quarterback Derek Carr said the first thing he'd do with his $125 million contract is make this payment
    800 29
The + a legendary king of the Geats + either of the 2 main divisions of the Christian Bible
    1200 2
The Crusaders captured this city on the Bay of Haifa & made it their capital
    1200 22
This 9-letter word for a skilled storyteller comes from the French
    1200 7
In addition to creating & starring in "Abbott Elementary", she's published the essay collection "She Memes Well"
    1200 16
Seen here are the co-stars of this TV show; one said the other was "the mother I had been looking for"
    DD: 16,000 9
An image of Our Lady makes a yearly trip from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to this other kind of major Catholic church of Zapopan
    1200 5
The + the third sign of the zodiac + a synonym for an autograph
    1600 1
This Welsh abbey on the River Wye was founded for Cistercian monks in 1131
    1600 21
This verb can mean to weaken or disembowel, figuratively & literally
    1600 6
This magazine contributor, short-story author & poet once said, "I can't write five words but that I change seven"
    1600 15
Britain's two-tone movement included multiracial bands like the English Beat & this ska group with the hit "Ghost Town"
    1600 11
Being a teen in 1972 is a trip, man--mom won't buy me "Summer Breeze" by Seals & Crofts cuz they practice this 19th c. faith from Iran
    1600 12
The + a city in southern Afghanistan home to Ahmad Shah's tomb + a chess opening involving a sacrifice
    2000 3
Under the Concordat of this German city, the Holy Roman Emperor conceded to the pope the free election of bishops & abbots
    2000 20
Sounding like a word from taxonomy, this word describes an argument that looks true on the surface, but isn't
    2000 18
The author of more than 50 books including "The Golden Notebook", she was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature
    2000 14
Nicknamed for something sweet, he joined the all-white New Orleans Rhythm Kings on an early integrated jazz recording session
    2000 10
In slang, "a whole" this means a long story, but in the Hebrew Bible, it's a scroll or the book of Esther
    2000 13
The + the last name of Abe Lincoln's Secretary of War + a disaster (originally, a type of bottle)

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

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

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Final Jeopardy! Round

USA
Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown

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:

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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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