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A movement for truth in advertising that birthed the Better Business Bureau was part of this era that got its own party in 1912
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Jeopardy! Masters game #52 - Wednesday, May 28, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California

Yogesh Raut, an educational blogger, podcast host, and writer originally from Springfield, Illinois

Victoria Groce, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS
TRUTH BE TOLD
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
MODERN COMMUNICATION
TV COMEDIES
ADJECTIVES
    200 30
This Black dancer moved to Paris in the 1920s, became a French citizen in 1937 & worked for the resistance during World War II
    200 29
A movement for truth in advertising that birthed the Better Business Bureau was part of this era that got its own party in 1912
    200 15
Kamaka & Ko'olau are famed builders of these
    200 28
This encrypted app was much in the news when the Atlantic's executive editor was mistakenly copied on secret texts sent over it
    200 27
The Bluth Company stair car created for this sitcom had a cameo in the airport battle scene in "Captain America: Civil War"
    200 26
This 7-letter word can simply mean far removed but also cool & aloof, like an icy manner
    400 22
In 1966 the president of General Motors apologized to this safety advocate for investigating his private life
    400 21
He's asking "What is truth?" in the painting seen here
    400 14
Orchestras traditionally tune to an "A" note played by one of these instruments, which tend to stay in tune
    400 25
The website for this messaging service says, "Yes, the name... is a pun on" a phrase of friendly greeting
    400 23
"Fleabag" started as a monologue play that this woman performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
    400 24
The first 3 letters of this adjective for ungainly & embarrassing once meant "turned in the wrong direction"
    600 3
After this American won the first Tchaikovsky Competition in 1958, he got his name on another international piano competition
    600 20
In Masson v. New Yorker Magazine, the Supreme Court said "The common law of" this offense "concentrates on substantial truth"
    600 13
Notes played on a piccolo sound one of these diatonic intervals higher than written
    600 19
Cosmo's website offers a guide on how to make this smooth online move: open with a question instead of just saying "Hey"
    600 7
Kate Hudson's character on "Running Point" is loosely inspired by this woman whose dad owned the Lakers
    600 11
Toy cars produced from 1934 to 1979 were known by this adjective; to us, it means small & crummy, but to the Brits, small & cute
    800 1
Before his 1916 appointment to the Supreme Court, he was known as "The People's Attorney" in Boston
    800 17
This first name of a young 1955 Mississippi murder victim is Hebrew for "truth"
    800 12
On an electric guitar, single coils & humbuckers are types of these devices that transmit the sound of the strings
    800 18
A heated online debate: this video-conferencing platform released in 2013 vs. this one introduced in 2017
    800 5
This former NFL player was part of a very funny squad on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
    800 10
You have to be a waterspout to be a gargoyle; the ones that adorn Paris' Notre-Dame are called this, a synonym for hideous
    1000 2
You know the guy on horseback on Delaware's state quarter? It's this so-called "President of Delaware"
    1000 16
He wrote of truth in his 1920s "Tractatus" & said the truth of the thoughts in it "seems to me unassailable"
    DD: 2,400 6
Used in jazz & classical music, harmonicas that can be set to play the half steps in a scale are this "colorful" type
    1000 9
Struggling to keep pace with Apple & Samsung, in 2016 this maker announced it would stop producing its many-keyed smartphones
    1000 4
On this '80s series, the Tanner family took in the title character, usually voiced by Paul Fusco
    1000 8
This 10-letter "humor"-ous adjective means calm

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh Isaac
4,600 9,600 3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRY PARTS
ECONOMICS
TRIPLE RHYME TIME
MOVIE ROLES
ANCIENT LITERATURE
WHAT A "WO"MAN!
    400 25
Belgium has 3 self-governing regions, the Brussels-capital region & these 2, one north, one south
    400 30
The welfare state is sometimes also referred to as this state, as adults are perceived to be treated as children
    400 29
What mom & dad say to tell you to cut out all the violent horseplay
    400 28
To prepare for her role in this 2010 film, Natalie Portman trained with a former New York City ballet dancer for more than a year
    400 27
Book 2 of this work catalogs the Greek kings, heroes & ships that have come to Troy
    400 26
Her acting career has taken her from the O.C. up to Monterrey for "Big Little Lies"
    800 24
The name of this most populous state of India means "northern state"
    800 23
Economic wins for one country correlating to losses for another is part of this "game" with an integer in its name
    800 22
Cloth sample from Aberdeen for the gentleman's codpiece
    800 21
Gene Hackman had iconic roles like Popeye Doyle in "The French Connection" & the corrupt sheriff Little Bill Daggett in this 1992 film
    800 20
His "Symposium" mentions that philosophy & gymnastics are "inimical to tyranny"
    800 19
This author noted in her diary that on January 29, 1939, she hung out with Freud; he didn't help her depression
    1200 16
The Shan State in the east of this Asian country has been the scene of bitter fighting between separatists & junta troops
    DD: 5,800 11
This type of fallacy involves throwing more time & money at something that is failing because you've invested so much already
    1200 8
To employ a lad from Hobbiton who wants to assist & perhaps become a knight
    1200 18
60 years apart these 2 actresses won Oscars for playing the role of Anita in "West Side Story"
    DD: 2,000 1
The Roman epic "Pharsalia" chronicles Julius Caesar's victory over this general in a 48 B.C. battle
    1200 5
Her 2024 Netflix comedy special "Single Lady" includes some tidbits about how Bill Hader courted her
    1600 15
The name of this former province of South Africa indicated that it lay across a river from the regions to the south
    1600 12
Some subprime mortgage borrowers were dubbed NINJAs, an acronym for "no" (need to prove they had) these 3 things
    1600 6
Sound made by a non-functioning Soviet missile as it plunks on the ground
    1600 4
Written by Arthur Miller, this 1961 film marked the final film appearances for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe
    1600 2
In "Works & Days" this author dives into Greek creation myth & also criticizes his no-good brother Perses
    1600 9
She took steps toward her later radical feminism (for that time) with 1787's "Thoughts on the Education of Daughters"
    2000 14
Regions of Ireland where the native language remains widely spoken are part of this, an official designation since the 1920s
    2000 13
In an 1899 book this American economist wrote of "conspicuous consumption", using luxury goods for social status
    2000 7
The method that we came up with to make the smog weaker
    2000 3
Joan Crawford won her only Oscar for playing the title role in this 1945 film
    2000 17
"The Great Indian Novel" by Shashi Tharoor is a modern twist on this ancient epic that includes the Bhagavadgita
    2000 10
Born in 1838 & named for the new British queen, she had a spirit vision in Pittsburgh & later ran for president

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh Isaac
10,200 19,600 8,800

Final Jeopardy! Round

MEDICAL WORDS
Charles Richet coined this term for a bad response to an antigen; the N-A was a late add to make it better-sounding (& harder to spell)

Final scores:

Victoria Yogesh Isaac
18,801 18,799 7,398
Winner: 6 match points 2nd place: 2 match points 3rd place: 0 match points

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Victoria Yogesh Isaac
10,200 18,200 6,200
18 R,
5 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 34,600

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