2023Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 13.
Sam Buttrey — an associate professor at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, 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 | — | $4,000 | $10,400 |
$6,799
3rd place: 8 match points (advance to semifinals) |
$10,400
15 R, 2 W |
| Matt | — | $10,400 | $31,000 |
$31,000
Winner: 9 match points (advance to semifinals) |
$23,000
25 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Sam | — | $2,200 | $7,000 |
$14,000
2nd place: 3 match points (eliminated): 6th place: $50,000 |
$7,000
14 R, 2 W |
| CITIES OF SOUTH AMERICA | FAMOUS PAIRS | SCRAMBLED MAMMALS | PAGE TO SCREEN WITH A DIFFERENT TITLE | 3 "O"s | INTERNATIONAL FOOD WITH PADMA LAKSHMI |
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$200
[30]
The design of this capital city that began construction in the 1950s is said to resemble a bird or an airplane
Brasília
Mattea
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$200
[14]
A crossword puzzle book was the first offering from the publishing house of this pair, one of whom was singer Carly's father
Simon & Schuster
Sam
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$200
[22]
Rain forest swinger:TUNA ARGON
orangutan
Sam
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$200
[23]
Wil Wheaton could tell you the Stephen King novella "The Body" was filmed with this title
Stand by Me
Matt
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$200
[26]
At a certain age, someone wanting to have a baby may feel this ticking
biological clock
Mattea
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$200
[29]
(Padma Lakshmi reads.) While in Italy years ago, I developed a fondness for this sauce traditionally made with a mortar & pestle & containing pine nuts & basil
pesto
Matt
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$400
[24]
This judicial capital of Bolivia is named for the country's first constitutionally elected president
Sucre
Matt
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$400
[13]
Premiering in 1887, "Ruddigore" was one of their lesser-known operettas
Gilbert & Sullivan
Sam
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$400
[21]
It has a nose for insects:TENT AREA
anteater
Mattea
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$400
[16]
Shoeless Joe steps up to the plate in the novel "Shoeless Joe" & in the movie version with this title
Field of Dreams
Matt
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$400
[25]
Borrowed from Greek, it means the masses or common people
hoi polloi
Mattea
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$400
[28]
(Padma Lakshmi reads.) Indian dishes are generally accompanied by one or more of these relishes; on my website, I feature a recipe of one made with kumquat & ginger
chutneys
Sam
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|
$600
[5]
Nieuw Nickerie & Nieuw Amsterdam are cities in this country
Suriname
Mattea
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$600
[6]
First names of the 2 Rosenberg brothers who began selling their pears by mail in the 1930s
Harry & David
Sam
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$600
[18]
A burrowing marsupial:BOW MAT
wombat
Mattea
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$600
[15]
Dick King-Smith's book first published in the U.K. as "The Sheep-Pig" was adapted into this movie
Babe
Sam
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$600
[17]
Seen here is "The Music Lesson" by François Boucher, one of the leading painters in this style
Rococo
Matt
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$600
[27]
(Padma Lakshmi reads.) It may surprise you, but a cherisheddishof mine involves something salty, spicy, crunchy & cheesy known as this "pie" that's often served in the snack products bag
Frito pie
Mattea
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$800
[4]
Most flights to & from the Galapagos Islands stop at or originate in this city, Ecuador's largest
Guayaquil
Matt
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$800
[2]
Some of the greatest love letters were written between this medieval pair, a theologian & his student, after their separation
Abelard & Héloïse
Matt
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$800
[7]
Little sleepyhead:SOUR DEMO
dormouse
Matt
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$1,000
[8]
A sort of sci-fi "Groundhog Day", Hiroshi Sakurazaka's novel "All You Need Is Kill" became this Tom Cruise movie
Edge of Tomorrow
Matt
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$800
[12]
When you're offered one option or nothing at all, it's this 2-word term
Hobson's choice
Sam
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$800
[20]
(Padma Lakshmi reads.) Though the French name of this appetizer board refers to meat, you should cast a wider net for what you place on it; add some Spanish Marcona almonds for some crunch
charcuterie
Matt
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|
$1,000
[3]
On the Atlantic coast, Maldonado is 70 miles east of this capital city
Montevideo
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$1,000
[1]
While they never married, this French existentialist couple did share a lifelong romantic & literary relationship
Sartre & de Beauvoir
Mattea
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$1,000
[10]
Fierce weasel family member:WINE LOVER
wolverine
Matt
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DD
$3,400
[9]
"Vengeance", nonfiction about an Israeli counterterrorist team, came to the big screen under this title
Munich
Matt
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$1,000
[11]
From Latin for "call together", it's a group of people called together for an assembly, be it of clergy or college students
a convocation
Sam
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$1,000
[19]
(Padma Lakshmi reads.) I've created recipes from one of my favorite cheese brands, this creamy one from Normandy that is tastefully paired with roasted figs or brunch tacos
Boursin
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| ORCHESTRAS | 4 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS OR CONSONANTS | AUTHORS | FOREIGN HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | 1990s EMMY AWARDS | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS |
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$400
[25]
After extensive renovations, Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, home to this orchestra, reopened for the 2022-23 season
the New York Philharmonic
Sam
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$400
[28]
Weak & pathetic this type of person from the terrestrial planet! Your feeble weapons are useless against the mind guns of Pevmet Zeta!
earthling
Mattea
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$400
[24]
This founder of McSweeney's also gave us "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" (it was)
Eggers
Matt
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$400
[26]
In Scotland, on the night of Jan. 25, this poet's birth is celebrated by reading his works & eating traditional foods like haggis
(Rabbie) Burns
Sam
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$400
[22]
The "Divine Miss M", she won Emmys for her appearance on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson & for her "Diva Las Vegas" special
Bette Midler
Mattea
Sam
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$400
[21]
The man with a "Plan" that earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 & Eminem's name at birth
George Marshall Mathers
Mattea
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$1,200
[16]
Leonard Bernstein heard his first live concert at age 14, the Boston Pops under this longtime conductor
Fiedler
Matt
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$800
[18]
The slopes of this volcano, which last erupted in March 2023, merge with those of Mauna Loa on the northwest
Kīlauea
Matt
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$800
[8]
This neurologist wrote about some of his more interesting cases in "Awakenings" & "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat"
Sacks
Sam
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$800
[14]
This observance in the United Kingdom on November 5 is also known as Bonfire or Fireworks Night
Guy Fawkes
Mattea
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$800
[23]
Several times, Dennis Franz went head-to-head with Jimmy Smits for their roles on this cop show, but only Dennis won
NYPD Blue
Matt
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$1,200
[12]
The 19th century man honored in name by Nevada's capital & the fashion expert/TV star of "Queer Eye" & "How to Look Good Naked"
Kit Carson Kressley
Mattea
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$1,600
[15]
Recordings by this U.S. orchestra have won 64 Grammys, 24 of them under the leadership of Sir Georg Solti
the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Matt
Sam
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$1,200
[2]
This word for brainy or elitist was big in 1949, when Life magazine gave examples: Harris Tweed, Eames chair, ballet & Calder
highbrow
Mattea
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$1,200
[6]
He was not so thrilled when his novel "The Corrections" was selected for Oprah's Book Club
Franzen
Matt
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$1,200
[11]
Norfolk Island has Bounty Day, honoring when descendants from the Bounty mutiny moved to Norfolk from this island
Pitcairn
Sam
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$1,200
[27]
In 1991 Patricia Wettig won her third Emmy & Timothy Busfield his first for this drama about a group of yuppies
thirtysomething
Matt
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$1,600
[13]
The Founding Father with a university named for him in Fairfax, Va. & the biographer of newly deceased George Washington in 1800
George Mason Weems
Matt
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|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Comedian-pianist Victor Borge was an honorary member of this country's Royal Orchestra, which goes back 575 years
Denmark
Matt
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$1,600
[1]
This language family includes Cherokee, Mohawk & Seneca
Iroquoian
Mattea
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$1,600
[4]
1993's "Pigs in Heaven" is a sequel to her first novel, "The Bean Trees"
Kingsolver
Sam
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$1,600
[10]
Belgians celebrate July 21 as National Day, the day in 1831 when this royal ascended to the throne
Leopold I
Mattea
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$1,600
[29]
A college football player, he scored an Emmy for coaching the game as Wood Newton on "Evening Shade"
Burt Reynolds
Sam
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$2,000
[17]
An early 20th c. female modern dance pioneer & a 19th century male master of cabinetmaking & neo-classical furniture
Isadora Duncan Phyfe
Matt
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$2,000
[5]
Musicians in this capital city's Hibernian Orchestra are all volunteers under the capable baton of John Finucane
Dublin
Matt
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$2,000
[3]
This capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province is one of the southernmost cities in the world
Ushuaia
Matt
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$2,000
[7]
Terrorists take hostages at a party in the South America-set novel "Bel Canto" by this woman
Patchett
Matt
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$2,000
[9]
In Sweden, on this saint's day, Dec. 13, young girls wear white dresses & serve coffee & baked goods to their families
St. Lucia
Mattea
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$2,000
[30]
In 1999, this executive producer picked up Emmys for both drama & comedy series for "The Practice" & "Ally McBeal"
David E. Kelley
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DD
$5,000
[19]
The 3-named British P.M. from 1916 to 1922 & the 3-named American scientist granted a 1925 patent for cosmetics made from peanuts
David Lloyd George Washington Carver
Matt
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12 years before meeting Stanley at Lake Tanganyika, David Livingstone reached this national body of water in 1859
Lake Malawi