2023Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 9.
Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California
Matt Amodio — a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | — | $6,000 | $16,400 |
$13,599
3rd place: 7 match points |
$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Matt | — | $3,800 | $24,800 |
$16,799
Winner: 6 match points |
$15,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Amy | — | $5,800 | $9,600 |
$16,401
2nd place: 4 match points |
$14,600
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE | TECH TALK | MUSICAL THEATER | NICKNAMES | ART & ARTISTS | ABBREV. |
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$200
[29]
Known for the coffee grown on their slopes, these mountains contain Jamaica's highest point
the Blue Mountains
Mattea
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$200
[28]
John Romkey's 1990 computer-controlled toaster was a breakthrough in the IoT, short for this
Internet of Things
Mattea
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$200
[26]
In the "Guns and Ships" number in this musical, Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette hit an amazing 6.3 words per second
Hamilton
Mattea
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$200
[27]
Because they couldn't be bribed, Eliot Ness & his team of agents were nicknamed this
"the Untouchables"
Amy
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$200
[20]
From the 16th century, Sofonisba Anguissolahererecords herself painting this classic subject of Western art
Madonna & child
Matt
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$200
[30]
Eph. is one way to abbreviate this Bible book
Ephesians
Mattea
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$400
[21]
This Arizona city with its red rock landscape is considered a spiritual mecca that inspires & heals
Sedona
Matt
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$400
[22]
This helpful program was launched in 2002 & new apps get dubbed "the" it "for" colors, bird songs, etc.
Shazam
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$400
[25]
This 1966 musical was first called "Welcome to Berlin"; the title seemed like a turnoff & was changed
Cabaret
Amy
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$400
[23]
I'm sorry you're not feeling well; I'll bring over chicken soup, nicknamed this, referencing a religion & a medication
Jewish penicillin
Matt
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$400
[19]
1867's "Forever Free" by Edmonia Lewis quotes this presidential edict on its base & in its title
the Emancipation Proclamation
Mattea
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$400
[24]
When talking IP address, IP means this
Internet Protocol
Amy
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$600
[8]
The Inuit make up most of the population of this Canadian territory that was created in 1999
Nunavut
Amy
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$600
[9]
It follows "self-" to describe a modest person & it's what happens to an app feature that's being eliminated but still works for now
deprecating
Mattea
Matt
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$600
[3]
On January 15, 2023 Hugh Jackman ended his run as this professor in "The Music Man"
Harold Hill
Amy
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$600
[4]
This Mystic & advisor to the czar came to be called "the Mad Monk"
Rasputin
Mattea
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$600
[18]
Her accomplished use of this technique of light & shadow made Artemisia Gentileschi a masterful talent of the Baroque era
chiaroscuro
Matt
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$600
[17]
On a social media post, CFBR stands for this; it helps amplify the message
commenting for better reach
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$800
[7]
The Dominican Republic occupies the eastern part of this island
Hispaniola
Mattea
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$800
[12]
This operating system was developed in the 1960s & its "time" is the number of seconds elapsed since Jan. 1, 1970
UNIX
Amy
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DD
$1,000
[2]
The role of Glinda in "Wicked" was written for this actress who received a 2004 Tony nomination for her performance
Kristen Chenoweth
Mattea
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$800
[5]
Lady Jane Grey became known by this nickname, after the brief length of her reign
"Nine-Day Queen"
Matt
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$800
[14]
"The Swing" is one of this 18th century Frenchman's works showing billowy dresses & frolics in gardens
Fragonard
Matt
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$800
[16]
The dealer is legally free to sell at a lower or higher cost, but cars have an MSRP, short for this
manufacturer's suggested retail price
Amy
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$1,000
[6]
Located on a river of the same name, it's the South American natural wonder seen here
Iguazú Falls
Mattea
Matt
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$1,000
[13]
This "problem" stems from Nick Bostrom's thought experiment where A.I. is told to make this product & uses up all resources to do so
paperclips
Amy
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$1,000
[1]
Set pieces in this Broadway musical include a life-sized helicopter & a giant head of Ho Chi Minh
Miss Saigon
Mattea
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$1,000
[10]
On succeeding to the presidency in 1841, he was disparagingly called "His Accidency"
Tyler
Matt
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$1,000
[11]
19th century artists like Ingres & Renoir liked this subject, a French word for a woman who's part of a harem
an odalisque
Amy
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$1,000
[15]
Remember your cell biology? E.R. is this membrane system with a name that's fun to say
endoplasmic reticulum
Mattea
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| WE'VE GOT HISTORY | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... | LET'S GO ON A SAFARI | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS | SUBTITLED LITERATURE | CHESS, MASTERS |
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$400
[28]
The final scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry show the English fleeing this battle
Hastings
Matt
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$400
[27]
In 1954 "Shane" got the award for Color this; "From Here to Eternity", for Black & White
Cinematography
Amy
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$400
[22]
Kruger National Park is home to several large snakes, including this deadly type of mamba named for the dark lining in its mouth
a black mamba
Matt
Amy
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$400
[30]
Anointing with oil; it used to be in the name of an "extreme" Catholic sacrament
unction
Matt
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$400
[29]
"Moby-Dick; or," this
The Whale
Amy
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$400
[19]
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) In what became known as the "game of the century", in 1956thisthen-little-known 13-year-old announced his presence with a spectacular queen sacrifice to defeat one of America's top masters
(Bobby) Fischer
Mattea
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$800
[13]
Born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1872, she died in Yekaterinburg in 1918
Alexandra (the last Romanov czarina)
Amy
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$800
[26]
Best Song of 1964 went to this one about someone "as lucky as lucky can be"
"Chim Chim Cher-ee" (from Mary Poppins )
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$800
[25]
Some nations, including Kenya, require visitors to be vaccinated against this disease spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
yellow fever
Mattea
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$800
[11]
A tall white chef's hat has this 5-letter name that can be followed by "blanche", if you want to be fancy
toque
Amy
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$800
[9]
"The Hobbit" has this 4-word subtitle
There and Back Again
Amy
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$800
[20]
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Famed for works like "Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2", in the 1920sthisgreat Dadaist all but abandoned art for chess, becoming a master & going on to play for France in four Chess Olympiads
Duchamp
Matt
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$1,200
[2]
Greek for "upright slab", this type of decorated or inscribed stone marker was common in the ancient world
a stele
Amy
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$1,200
[3]
Roy Pomeroy won an engineering effects Oscar for his work on this 1927 war film, 2 years after its release
Wings
Mattea
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$1,200
[16]
A balloon ride over this desert stretching 1,000 miles on Africa's SW coast is a dream: red dunes & a diverse ecosystem
the Namib
Amy
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$1,200
[12]
This 15-letter adjective simply means beautiful
pulchritudinous
Matt
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$1,200
[6]
The long subtitle of "Hidden Figures" ends with this rhyming phrase
Space Race
Mattea
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$1,200
[21]
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) Many a seemingly hopeless position has been turned into a draw via this tactic, with the apparently winning side's king unable to escape repeated nagging attacks by an enemy piece
perpetual check
Amy
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$1,600
[1]
This notorious ravine on the outskirts of Kyiv is the site of a mass grave of tens of thousands of Holocaust victims
Babi Yar
Mattea
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$1,600
[4]
In 1937 an honorary Oscar was named for this MGM "boy wonder" who died young, & oh--the building named for him is not far
(Irving G.) Thalberg
Matt
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$1,600
[17]
National parks are your best bet for spotting the big 5: lions, leopards, rhinos, elephants &, most dangerous, these bovines
Cape buffalo
Matt
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$1,600
[14]
Want to walk on ice? Try these, a set of spikes similar to cleats that you attach to your boots
crampons
Mattea
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$1,600
[5]
These 2 words finish the subtitle of "Frankenstein"
Modern Prometheus
Matt
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$1,600
[23]
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) 2023 saw the end of an era as this longtime world champion opted not to defend his title, even thoughheremained by far the world's top-rated player
Carlsen
Mattea
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$2,000
[8]
This historic kingdom of West Africa employed the Agojie, a force of female warriors
Dahomey
Mattea
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$2,000
[7]
In 1975 John Wayne presented an honorary Oscar to this alliterative man who had directed him in "Red River" & "Rio Bravo"
Hawks
Matt
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DD
$11,800
[18]
A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls
Zambezi
Matt
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$2,000
[15]
It's the French name for the shelving seen here
an étagère
Amy
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DD
$5,000
[10]
This word meaning "narrow-minded" is in the subtitle of "Middlemarch"
Provincial
Amy
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$2,000
[24]
(Jennifer Shahade delivers the clue.) My book "Chess Queens" tells the story of the game's female pioneers, like this trio of stereotype-shattering sisters whose youngest, Judit, became both the world's youngest grandmaster & the first woman to be ranked among the world's top 10 players
the Polgárs (the Polgár sisters)
Amy
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Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse
ambassador to the United Nations