Show #11 2023-05-16 (taped 2023-05-02) Jeopardy! Masters

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Contestants

Sam Buttrey — an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California

Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andrew	—	$5,200	$13,200	$15,100 Winner: 12 match points	$24,000 26 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Mattea	—	$6,000	$8,400	$11,201 2nd place: 8 match points	$8,400 14 R, 1 W
Sam	—	$400	$5,600	$2,799 3rd place: 2 match points	$5,600 10 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALL THE WAY FROM "K" TO "K"	A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT	NONFICTION	CURRENT U.S. GOVERNORS	TO THE NINES	MOVIE MUSIC WITH HANS ZIMMER
$200 [26] Meaning a strange or crazy person, it dates back to around 1960 kook Mattea	$200 [28] Luxor the Nile Andrew	$200 [23] This Rachel Carson work was instrumental in launching the modern environmental movement Silent Spring Andrew	$200 [29] Born in Los Alamos, governor Michelle Lujan Grisham can trace her ancestry back 12 generations in this state New Mexico Andrew	$200 [30] This group term for each of the 9 orders of angels like cherubim & seraphim sounds like they're singers in a church choir	$200 [16] (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes, my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state Ben Affleck & Josh Hartnett come from in this war film Pearl Harbor Andrew
$400 [20] Since 2004 this travel website has been helping vacationers find the best prices for their trips Kayak Andrew	$400 [27] Brazzaville the Congo Mattea	$400 [22] This "planetary" 1992 work by John Gray analyzes the psychological differences between the sexes Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus Sam	$400 [25] Wes Moore was Johns Hopkins' first black Rhodes scholar & in 2022, was elected this state's first African-American governor Maryland Sam	$400 [18] The 9 circles of hell in Dante's "Inferno" include one specifically for these folks devoted to eating to excess gluttons Sam	$400 [15] (Hans Zimmer reads and plays.) For this epic I tried to use some international influences, as it opens in Germany, takes place partly in Morocco & the hero is known as "the Spaniard" Gladiator Andrew
$600 [19] They told Jed Clampett, "Jed, move away from there"--he listened & found himself in Beverly--Hills, that is kinfolk Sam	$600 [11] Mosul the Tigris Andrew Mattea	$600 [21] We "guaranty" a good read with super-biographer Ron Chernow's first book, "The House of" this big name in banking Morgan Sam	$600 [24] This Illinois governor is an heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune Pritzker Andrew	$600 [17] He's the subject of the movie dialogue "So far this semester he has been absent nine times""Nine times?""Nine times" Ferris Bueller Andrew	$600 [14] (Hans Zimmer reads.) For Denis Villeneuve's sequel to "Blade Runner", we used the same model synth, a Yamaha CS-80, that this Greek genius had used to create the moody sci-fi soundscape for the original film Vangelis Mattea
$800 [6] The recoil of a firearm, or an illegal payment made to someone as a reward for helping in an activity kickback Mattea	$800 [7] Kyiv the Dnieper Mattea	$800 [5] This alliterative phrase for authority over a mission is the title of an Eric Schlosser book that tells of nuclear weapons debacles Command and Control	$800 [10] He cheers for MLB's Reds in his own state as well as the Asheville, N.C. Tourists minor league team, which his family owns Mike DeWine	$1,000 [1] In "God of War" there are 9 of these warrior women of Norse myth & you may have to fight Rota or Sigrun Valkyries Mattea	$800 [13] (Hans Zimmer reads.) Listening to Ennio Morricone's majestic score as a kid while watching this Sergio Leone epic that featured Henry Fonda taking a villainous turn, I thought, "That's what I want to do" Once Upon a Time in the West Mattea
$1,000 [2] The cotton-like fiber from the fruit of this tropical tree is often used for stuffing life preservers & mattresses kapok Andrew	$1,000 [8] Dresden the Elbe Andrew	$1,000 [4] Before he was part of the Kennedy administration, this tall economist advocated government spending in "The Affluent Society" John Kenneth Galbraith Sam	$1,000 [9] In 1990 she promoted the state of South Dakota as its reigning Snow Queen; today she promotes the state as governor Noem Mattea	DD $1,600 [12] Of the 9 current members of the U.S. Supreme Court, this one has been there the longest (Clarence) Thomas Andrew	$1,000 [3] (Hans Zimmer reads.) I'm a big fan of this jack-of-all-trades musician who scored films like "The Master" & "There Will Be Blood"; you may have also heard of his little band called Radiohead (Jonny) Greenwood Andrew Mattea Sam

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE GEODYSSEY	WOMEN IN HISTORY	SCIENCE	POP CULTURE MASQUERADE	GERMAN WORDS & PHRASES	KEN JENNINGS: INTERNATIONAL NERD OF MYSTERY
$400 [30] Odysseus takes a long, long time getting home from this place aka Ilium Troy Mattea	$400 [29] Shetaught school in Milwaukee before moving to what was then Palestine, then eventually becoming prime minister of Israel Golda Meir Mattea	$400 [28] Also a reason not to sip from your friend's beer, it's theactionof waves pulling sand off a beach, causing erosion backwash Mattea	$400 [27] Christopher Nolan said this Batman villain wears a mask to deliver anesthetic that mitigates pain from past trauma Bane Andrew	$400 [26] If you please, it's German for "please" bitte Mattea	$400 [24] After hobnobbing with world leaders in May 2023 at this alphanumeric gathering in Hiroshima, it's off to Comic-Con in July G7 Andrew
$800 [20] Ancient commentators on the "Odyssey" identified this island along the Strait of Messina as the home of the Cyclops Sicily Andrew	$800 [21] As part of a truce in the Hundred Years War, in 1445 Margaret of Anjou married him & became his queen consort Henry VI Andrew	$800 [12] The caustic compound potassium hydroxide has the 3-letter formula KOH & this 3-letter common name lye Mattea	$800 [22] In this 1991 thriller Johnny Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the masked bank robbing gang known as the Ex-Presidents Point Break Andrew	$800 [25] In English slang this German word is added after a skill or a topic to indicate someone with expertise Meister Sam	$800 [23] Ah, an 1869 bottle from this 2-name château in Pauillac, France! It's worth 6 figures & will certainly be savored during our D&D game Lafite Rothschild
$1,600 [6] Looking for his dad, Odysseus' son journeys to this capital of Laconia Sparta Andrew	$1,200 [16] Known for her extreme piety & care of Peru's needy, she was the first woman of South America to be declared a saint Rose of Lima Andrew	$1,600 [1] A theoretical construction with no inside is called his "bottle"; cut it in half & you have 2 Mobius strips Klein Andrew	$1,200 [18] In a commercial, kids were pitched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle masks; this alphabetically first member of the clan was shown first Donatello Andrew	$1,200 [19] This German goodbye was part of the kiss-off to departing contestants on "Project Runway" Auf Wiedersehen Sam	$1,200 [3] That "Battlestar Galactica" Viper helmet will pair well with my $3,200 black peak satin tux by this designer from Piacenza, Italy Armani Andrew
$2,000 [5] This nymph corrals Odysseus on the island of Ogygia Calypso Andrew Sam	$1,600 [14] Last name of pioneering doctors & sisters Elizabeth & Emily, subjects of a recent biography on how they changed medicine Blackwell Andrew	$2,000 [2] The light sourcehereemits roughly one of these, the base unit of measure for light as perceived by humans a candela Sam	$1,600 [11] While rocking out, Los Straitjackets don masks similar to those worn in this alliterative freestyle wrestling form lucha libre Sam	$1,600 [8] Literally "world pain", it means weariness caused by the state of the world Weltschmerz Sam	$1,600 [9] This Paris-trained artist's painting of the marketplace back home in Vitebsk is okay, but John Byrne's "X-Men" art? Perfection Chagall Andrew
DD $3,600 [7] After getting blown off course rounding Cape Malea, Odysseus & crew arrive at the land of these very happy vegans the Lotus Eaters Andrew	$2,000 [15] In 1996, Ann Richards eulogized this Texas congresswoman as "an American original... a national treasure" & a friend Jordan Andrew	DD $8,000 [4] (Here with your clue is quantum physicist Spiros Michalakis.) 2022 Nobel physics laureate Anton Zeilingerhas pioneered the quantum type of this, from Latin for "far" & "carry"; it's just a state of2 entangled particlesthat is moved--nothing bigger yet teleportation Andrew	$2,000 [13] Real name Joel Zimmerman, this electronic dance music superstar is known for numerous iterations of his rodent helmet deadmau5 Andrew	$2,000 [17] It's German for "pleasant & cozy", like the atmosphere in a good beer hall gemütlich	$2,000 [10] I am going to have a serious discussion of Asimov's 3 laws with this Mass.-based co. that makes Atlas, a robot that does parkour Boston Dynamics Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CITIES

This capital city founded in 1567 was where the founding statute of OPEC was adopted in 1961

Caracas

Sam "What is RiyadhRiyadh?Caracas?" — wagered $2,801

Mattea "What is Caracas?" — wagered $2,801

Andrew "What is Caracas?" — wagered $1,900

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