Show #12 2023-05-16 (taped 2023-05-02) Jeopardy! Masters

2023Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 12.

Contestants

Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California

Matt Amodio — a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts

James Holzhauer — a self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
James	—	$9,800	$30,200	$29,890 Winner: 15 match points	$30,000 35 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Matt	—	$1,600	$12,800	$5,599 3rd place: 6 match points	$11,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Amy	—	$3,400	$10,000	$13,000 2nd place: 5 match points	$7,000 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY	HOBBIES & PASTIMES	COMMUNICATION	12-LETTER WORDS	EPISODE IV	A NEW HOPE
$200 [27] Lookout Mountain, Georgia has one of these tragically romantic & alliterative spots Lover's Leap James	$200 [25] Intentional dwarfing is the goal of this hobby that takes its name from the Japanese for "tray planting" bonsai Matt	$200 [28] Aircraft using special gear can mix paraffin oil into the exhaust to create this type of expression skywriting James	$200 [30] It's totally tubular & produces patterns like those seen here kaleidoscope James	$200 [19] Season 8, 1993:"Luck of the Bundys" Married... with Children Amy	$200 [16] New hope in 1954: in a successful transplant of this, living donor Ronald Herrick gave one to his identical twin brother Richard a kidney James
$400 [26] This resort island is named for a daughter of 17th century colonist Bartholomew Gosnold Martha's Vineyard Amy	$400 [24] Twist & fold your fabric, bind it with rubber bands & then color with groovy pigments in this activity tie-dyeing James	$400 [21] If you've got a comment for the President or for your senator, start by dialing this area code 202 Amy	$400 [29] A real humdinger of a word, in 1991 it became a music festival, now held annually in Chicago Lollapalooza James	$400 [18] Season 2, 1961: "Mayberry Goes Bankrupt" The Andy Griffith Show James	$400 [15] Setting up a soup kitchen in Golden Gate Park, Anna Holshouser gave people hope & food after this 1906 event the San Francisco earthquake James
$600 [22] Platform 9¾in the "Harry Potter" books is located at this London train station King's Cross Matt	$600 [23] Best known for these collectibles, the Steiff company has made them for more than 100 years & adorns each one with an ear tag teddy bears James	$600 [20] MLB's Matt Williams has moved just a few feet from his old playing position to this job that involves relaying signals to players third base coach James	$600 [9] It's now pretty much lights out for this once-standard type of light bulb, as its filament is less efficient incandescent James	$600 [17] 2022:"King of the Narrow Sea" House of the Dragon Amy	$600 [14] Similar to the men's group, it's the "timely" nickname of Prudence Wright's inspiring all-female Revolutionary War militia Minutewomen James
DD $1,000 [2] This Midtown Manhattan neighborhood extends from 8th avenue to the Hudson Hell's Kitchen James	$800 [4] When one team in bridge takes all 13 tricks, the feat is known by this 2-word term grand slam James	$800 [6] Clyde, a stylized blue game controller, represents this popular chatting app Discord James	$800 [8] It's the formal term for a mapmaker cartographer James	$800 [11] 2008:"Cancer Man" Breaking Bad Matt	$800 [13] In 1848, crickets swarmed Salt Lake Valley's crops but these birds miraculously showed up, saving the day seagulls James
$1,000 [1] Around 1830 Felix Mendelssohn composed an overture about this Scottish grotto Fingal's Cave James	$1,000 [3] In 1981 this European puzzlemaster introduced his Snake, with 24 segments Rubik James	$1,000 [5] This alliterative system began in London in 1680; in 1801, the name went out of date as the price doubled to twopence the Penny Post Amy	$1,000 [7] From Latin & Greek for "flow", it's the medical specialty for conditions of the joints & connective tissues like arthritis rheumatology Matt Amy	$1,000 [10] Season 3 in 2007:"Sokka's Master" Avatar: The Last Airbender Amy	$1,000 [12] Subject of the bio "Man of Hope", Padre Pio received these holy wounds not once but twice in his life, attracting numerous pilgrims stigmata Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

NEW WORLD EXPLORATION	INTERNATIONAL LIT	16th & 17th CENTURY ART	GO TO YOUR ROOM	BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY	ENDS IN A DOUBLE VOWEL
$400 [30] Bernal Díaz, who sailed on the voyage that discovered the Yucatan, was a soldier who witnessed this Aztec leader's death Moctezuma James	$400 [29] Proust's "À la recherche du temps perdu" has been published as "In Search of" this Lost Time James	$400 [28] Vermeer was obviously a fan of this gem, featuring it in an earring & in a necklace, both around 1665 a pearl Amy	$400 [27] Theater audiences would retire to this 5-letter room for warmth between acts; now it refers to any entrance hall or lobby the foyer Amy	$400 [23] John Lennon said this port is "where the sailors would come home with the blues records from America" Liverpool James	$400 [21] Witty banter full of clever & funny comments repartee James
$800 [3] In 1673 these 2 men, one a missionary, sought the mouth of the Mississippi but turned back at Arkansas Marquette & Joliet Matt	$800 [7] He wrote more than 50 plays, but his most famous is "Six Characters in Search of an Author" Pirandello Amy	$800 [12] The Duke of Ferrara commissioned Titian to spend the early 1520s on this boozy title Roman god "& Ariadne" Bacchus Matt	$800 [26] Children can go wild in a rec room or this other alliterative one whose name suggests it need not be quiet rumpus room (or romp room) Matt Amy	$800 [22] The guitarists of Big Country couldn't stand the regular comparison of their guitar sound to this national instrument of their country the bagpipes	$800 [20] Musical instrument you play by humming into it a kazoo James
$1,200 [2] After failing to establish a permanent colony in North Carolina, he led an expedition to Venezuela & wrote a 1595 book about it Raleigh James	$1,200 [5] Forherstand against apartheid, many of her novels, including "Burger's Daughter", were banned in her native South Africa Gordimer James	$1,200 [11] In 1519 this German painter the elder dipped into the "Fountain of Life", which depicts the Virgin & child Holbein James	$1,600 [25] Seen here, the chashitsu is the room designed for this tradition tea ceremony Matt	$1,200 [17] The lead singer is seenherein 2022 when this band performed back home in Birmingham at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremonies Black Sabbath James	$1,200 [19] An authoritative command backed by the force of law a decree James
$1,600 [1] When Columbus arrived at the island he named this on October 12, 1492, he wrote that it was green & a pleasure to see San Salvador James	$1,600 [6] Made into a tasty 1992 film, it's Laura Esquivel's "Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies" Like Water for Chocolate James	$1,600 [10] Where have you gone, this man born Michelangelo Merisi who did "Martyrdom of St. Matthew", a nation turns its lonely eyes to you Caravaggio James	$2,000 [24] Get thee to this little room next to the pantry & the kitchen where its maids clean dishes & the like scullery Matt	$1,600 [16] From this isle off southern England, the duo Wet Leg has said their name is a nickname for visitors from the mainland the Isle of Wight James	$1,600 [9] Woody growth of the Phyllostachys genus bamboo James
$2,000 [4] In 1500 this sailor headed to India but made a right turn & landed in Brazil, claiming it for Portugal Cabral James	DD $3,200 [13] This Russian author & founder of literary socialist realism adopted a surname meaning "bitter" Gorky Matt	$2,000 [14] It takes a genius like this German painter & printmaker to get people excited about a work called "The Large Piece of Turf" Dürer Matt	DD $4,200 [8] This room gave its name to an official art exhibition sponsored by the French government & once held at the Louvre salon Amy	$2,000 [15] Swindon, often the butt of jokes, produced Andy Partridge & this "Senses Working Overtime" band XTC	$2,000 [18] Marking the transition to the sacred, it's the gate of a Shinto shrine a torii James

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure

the Kaaba

Amy "What is the Qaaba?" — wagered $3,000

Matt "What Wailing Wall" — wagered $7,201

James "Is thereNOONEELSE" — wagered $310

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