Responses for Jeopardy! Masters game #50 - Tuesday, May 27, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

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Roger Craig, an applied scientist from Arlington, Virginia

Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York

Juveria Zaheer, a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
"I" ON ASIA
OVERHEARD ON TIKTOK
DOES THAT MAKE YOU UNCOMFORTABLE?
IN THE RAPPER'S MEMOIR
WELL, THAT'S A FASHION CHOICE
    200 25
Lincoln

Matt
    200 26
Istanbul

Roger
    200 27
day in the life

Roger
    200 28
Fifty Shades of Grey

Juveria
    200 29
Eminem

Roger
    200 30
an ascot

Juveria
    400 9
Carter

Juveria
    400 24
(Matt: Don't see that on TikTok enough.)

Irrawaddy

Matt
    400 23
brain rot

Juveria
    400 15
an iron maiden

Juveria
    400 22
Jay Z

Triple Stumper
    400 14
harlequin

Matt
    600 8
Montpelier

Roger
    600 5
Incheon

Roger
    600 20
(Ken: And now [*]'s been on Jeopardy!--there's no limit to his power now.)
(Juveria: I've been waiting for--waiting to say that. [*]!)

the Rizzler

Juveria
    600 6
(Juveria: What is... gu--[*].)
...
[Applause]
(Juveria: That's the worst thing that's ever happened to me, here. Uh...)
(Ken: It did make you uncomfortable. We were not wrong.)
(Juveria: Extraordinarily so.)

G-U-B-E-R-N-A-T-O-R-I-A-L

Juveria
    600 21
DMX

Triple Stumper
    600 13
(Matt: What's dissent collar?)
...
(Ken: We said fabric-specific. It was [*].)

a lace collar

Matt
Triple Stumper
    800 1
National Cathedral

Matt
    800 4
(Juveria: What's Xinjiang?)

Inner Mongolia

JuveriaRoger
    800 19
(Ken: That's called [*]... I'm told--I have no idea.)

stitch

Triple Stumper
    800 12
brown recluse

Matt
    800 18
Common

Juveria
    800 10
(Roger: What is a sarong?)

pareo

MattRoger
    1,000 2
(Matt: [Wagering] I was hoping it would be in the TikTok category, but I'll--I'll go with 1,000.)
...
(Ken: 1854 means [*], yes.)

(Franklin) Pierce

Matt
    1000 3
(Juveria: What's Irkusk?)
...
(Ken: There's a "T", yes.)

Irkutsk

JuveriaRoger
    1000 16
a millennial pause

Juveria
    1000 11
Singapore

Matt
    1000 17
50 Cent

Juveria
    1000 7
plus fours

Roger

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Juveria Matt Roger
3,800 4,800 3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

VICTORIAN WRITING
A MAN OR A PLAN OR A CANAL
SQUID GAME
WORLD OF WEIRD AIRPORTS
CROSSWORD CLUES "T"
SOUTHERN ACTORS
    400 20
(Juveria: Who's Nash?)

Lear

JuveriaMatt
    400 22
(Matt: What's Panama?)

the U.K.

Matt
Triple Stumper
    400 23
invertebrae

Matt
    400 29
Churchill

Juveria
    400 28
telemedicine

Matt
    400 30
[Matt omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Righteous Gemstones

Matt
    800 19
Captains Courageous

Roger
    800 21
the Erie Canal

Roger
    800 24
[Ken reads "AMNH" as "American Museum of Natural History".]
(Juveria: What are, like, models hanging from the roof?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Juveria: Um, like, re--like, recreations? Like, fake animals? [Laughs])
(Ken: No, I'm sorry. Roger?)
(Roger: What are skeletal models?)

a diorama

JuveriaRoger
Triple Stumper
    800 25
McMurdo

Juveria
    800 26
topiary

Juveria
    800 27
(Parker) Posey

Roger
    1200 1
[Juveria selected the first clue.]

Daniel Deronda

Matt
    1200 10
Quezon City

Juveria
    1200 18
mantle

Matt
    1200 17
Madeira

Triple Stumper
    1200 15
teppanyaki

Juveria
    1200 16
(Alan) Ladd

Matt
    1600 2
John Stuart Mill

Roger
    1600 7
colon (large intestine)

Matt
    1600 13
(Roger: What are seven?)
...
(Ken: Area code 808.)

eight

Roger
Triple Stumper
    1600 9
Saint Martin

Matt
    5,400 3
[Roger mimes using a dowsing rod after hitting the Daily Double.]
(Ken: The dowsing rod worked; a chance for you to move into the lead. What's the wager, Roger?)
(Roger: 5,400.)
(Ken: Okay, it's everything, then.)
...
[Roger attempts to count on his fingers.]
(Ken: Roger?)
(Roger: What is transmutation?)

transubstantiation

Roger
    1600 14
(Ken: Yeah, great movie.)

A Face in the Crowd

Roger
    8,000 5
(Ken: Now, you kinda had a cautionary tale from Roger, there, Matt. What do you want to do with yours?)
(Matt: [To Roger] You've learned so much from me. [To Ken] 8,000.)
[Laughter and cheers]
(Ken: [Chuckles] Okay. Matt, is that the Red Bull talking?)
(Matt: Yes.)
...
(Matt: What's... [rubs chin, puffs cheeks])
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Ken: Oh, out of time. You did learn from Roger, you're gonna lose 8,000. "What's [*]?"--by Wilkie Collins. Juveria, look at this, you're in the lead. [Chuckles])
(Juveria: I should just not buzz in.)

the Moonstone

Matt
    2000 4
Grand Canal

Matt
    2000 12
(Roger: What is a... chromophore?)

chromatophore

Roger
Triple Stumper
    2000 8
Courchevel

Triple Stumper
    2000 6
torus

Matt
    2000 11
(Tallulah) Bankhead

Juveria

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Juveria Matt Roger
9,000 8,800 -400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

BRITISH HISTORY
(Ken: [To Matt] He crossed out James II and put [*], and it's a good thing you did. New York was named for James, the Duke of York, the future James II--it seems like you know all this, Matt; you're nodding very wisely. His brother, [*], was the king in question.)
MattWho James II Charles II
2,000
JuveriaWho is James Charles II
8,601
Charles II

Final scores:

Juveria Matt Roger
17,601 10,800 -400
Winner: 8 match points 2nd place: 6 match points: eliminated: 5th place: $75,000 3rd place: 4 match points: eliminated: 6th place: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Juveria Matt Roger
9,000 16,800 5,000
16 R,
4 W
19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 30,800

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Game tape date: 2025-04-16
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