2023Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 14.
Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California
Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California
James Holzhauer — a self-described game show villain from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | — | $6,800 | $54,000 |
$21,392
Winner: 18 match points (advance to semifinals) |
$24,000
30 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Andrew | — | $3,600 | $9,600 |
$9,600
2nd place: 13 match points (advance to semifinals) |
$9,600
13 R, 1 W |
| Amy | — | $1,800 | $3,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: 5 match points (eliminated): 5th place: $75,000 |
$3,000
5 R, 0 W |
| THE 20th CENTURY | MYTHOLOGICAL WORDS & PHRASES | SECRETS OF THE ANGELENOS | COMIC STRIPS | MASTERS OF LIT | BRING WHAT? |
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$200
[28]
Resigning in 2007 after 10 years in office, he was the last British prime minister of the 20th century
Tony Blair
James
Andrew
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$200
[26]
Originally a jar, this idiom referring to complicating issues is named for the wife of Epimetheus
Pandora's box
James
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$200
[29]
In "Annie Hall" it's called L.A.'s only cultural advantage; now some want it eliminated for pedestrian safety
the right turn on red
James
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$200
[23]
This little friend of Snoopy in "Peanuts" was unnamed until 1970, when he was named for a recent festival
Woodstock
Andrew
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$200
[30]
W.E. Henley's "Invictus" concludes, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of" this
my soul
Andrew
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$200
[20]
Part of a fisherman's daily routine is bringing in these, as seen here
nets
James
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$400
[27]
In 1986 it was the site of the worst nuclear accident in history, spreading radioactive material across Europe
Chernobyl
Andrew
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$400
[25]
Athena appears to Telemachus in the guise of this man, whose name later came to refer to any advisor
Mentor
James
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$400
[24]
A columnist wrote that next to the Black Dahlia, L.A.'s biggest whodunit is who killed this streetcar system aka Pacific Electric
the Red Car
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$400
[22]
Bill Watterson received 2 Reuben Awards for best cartoonist for this beloved strip
Calvin and Hobbes
James
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$400
[21]
Master Ford & Master Page are characters in this Shakespeare comedy
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Andrew
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$400
[19]
In a slogan used in the '80s, "Bring out" this mayo brand named for a German immigrant, & bring out the best
Hellmann's
James
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$600
[17]
This months-long campaign that began on January 30, 1968 was a turning point in the Vietnam War
the Tet Offensive
Andrew
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$600
[15]
If you constantly predict doom & gloom, you may be labeled with this name of a daughter of Priam
Cassandra
Amy
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$600
[16]
Thisalliterative dish was popularized by Shigefumi Tachibe at Chaya Brasserie in Beverly Hills
tuna tartare
Andrew
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$600
[11]
This huge sandwich first appeared in the comics in 1936; it's, of course, on the menu at Blondie's restaurant in Orlando, Florida
a Dagwood
Andrew
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$600
[8]
A 1987 bestseller by him says on Wall Street Sherman McCoy & a few others had become "masters of the universe"
(Tom) Wolfe
Amy
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$600
[18]
The main economic engine of a Northumbrian city gave us this expression meaning "do something unnecessary"
carrying coals to Newcastle
Amy
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$800
[4]
In 1985 the remains of this notorious Nazi doctor were recovered from a grave in Brazil, buried under a false name
Mengele
Andrew
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$800
[2]
The Oracle of Delphi alluded to rocks when she told a treasure seeker to be diligent with this 4-word phrase still heard today
leave no stone unturned
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$800
[13]
In 1914 he directed the first feature-length movie made in Hollywood & cast a Native American actress in a major part
Cecil B. DeMille
James
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$800
[10]
In addition to plundering & pillaging, this red-bearded Viking has appeared in ads for Mug Root Beer & Skol Lager
Hagar the Horrible
James
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$800
[7]
Edgar Lee Masters is best known for this collection of free-verse epitaphs from the cemetery of a fictional small town
Spoon River Anthology
James
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$800
[14]
This 3-chapter section of the Gospels includes "A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit"
the Sermon on the Mount
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DD
$1,000
[3]
During World War I Charles de Gaulle was wounded several times before he was captured in 1916 at this bloody battle
Verdun
James
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$1,000
[1]
One can be between a rock & a hard place or similarly, between this pair of foes faced by Odysseus
Charybdis & Scylla
James
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$1,000
[5]
Burbankgrew around Lockheed, maker of this fighter that took part in World War II's first shoot-down of a German plane by an American one
the P-38 (Lightning)
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$1,000
[9]
Characters in this current strip include an arrogant rat, a humble dimwitted pig & a duck who guards the pig's front lawn
Pearls Before Swine
James
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$1,000
[6]
Suppressed during his life, Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Master and" this woman is a comic yet searing satire of Stalinist Russia
Margarita
James
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$1,000
[12]
An inscription at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station says, "He that would bring home" this phrase "must carry" this phrase "with him"
the wealth of the Indies
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| NOT-SO-PLAIN JANES | WORD ORIGINS | BODIES OF WATER | HEADGEAR & HISTORY | MEDICAL TERMS | ROCK"ER"S |
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$400
[27]
12 days after giving birth to the future King Edward VI, she died of post-natal complications
Jane Seymour
James
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$400
[26]
French gives us this word for a nativity scene of the baby Jesus in a manger
a crèche
James
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$400
[28]
An inlet of the Caribbean Sea, this lake is actually a lagoon & considered by some to be South America's largest natural lake
Maracaibo
James
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$400
[29]
In 2022 Iranians were posting video of themselves knocking this wrapped headgear off of clerics & running away
turbans
Amy
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$400
[30]
Often called "the silent killer", it's the medical term for high blood pressure
hypertension
James
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$400
[22]
Don't confuse these guys who backed Johnny Thunders on the punk classic "Born To Lose" with the guys who backed Tom Petty
The Heartbreakers
James
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$800
[18]
She claimed in her 1896 autobiography that she captured Jack McCall with a meat cleaver after he killed Wild Bill Hickok; not true
Calamity Jane
Andrew
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$800
[25]
From the French, it's a street urchin; in the feminine form, it can mean a short-haired cutie
a gamin
Amy
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$800
[12]
Alan Jackson showed off his waterskiing talents in the video for his song named for this river
the Chattahoochee
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$800
[13]
In 1049 Pope Leo IX said, Eberhard, you can wear this high hat that curves to a point, & bishops still do
a mitre
James
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$800
[14]
It's the medical term for baldness, partial or complete & usually on the scalp, but it can be over the entire body
alopecia
Andrew
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$800
[21]
This "Even Flow" & "Better Man" singer has recorded under the pseudonym Wes C. Addle
Eddie Vedder
James
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$1,200
[15]
In 1931 this Hull House founder became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize
Jane Addams
James
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$1,200
[24]
This word for a tightrope walker comes from the Latin for "rope walker"
funambulist
Andrew
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$1,200
[1]
Henry Rowe Schoolcraft is said to have coined the name of this American lake from Latin for "truth" & "head"
Lake Itasca (in Minnesota)
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$1,200
[10]
Catherine of Aragon rocked the headwear called this type of hood because it looks like the triangular end of a roof
a gable (a gabled hood)
James
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$1,200
[4]
Latin gives us this 8-letter word for ringing in the ears
tinnitus
James
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$1,200
[19]
Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with her ex-husband in 1991, in 2021 she went in as a solo performer
Tina Turner
James
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$1,600
[16]
Her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "A Thousand Acres" was made into a film starring Michelle Pfeiffer
Jane Smiley
James
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$1,600
[23]
This 13-letter adjective meaning keen or clear-sighted comes from Latin for "discerning"
perspicacious
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$1,600
[2]
Mentioned in the Bible, the King's Highway joined Syria to this gulf at the north of the Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Andrew
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$1,600
[9]
The feathers of this species, not the U.S. national symbol, are a symbol of prowess in war, as in thebonnetof an Arapaho chief
a golden eagle
James
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$1,600
[3]
It's the clinical term for blood poisoning by bacteria
septicemia (or sepsis)
Andrew
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$2,000
[6]
Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" features a reunion of this fierce British New Wave rocker & his legendary band The Rumour
Graham Parker
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$2,000
[17]
A longtime friend of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, this dancer from the Moulin Rouge graced several of the artist's works
Avril
James
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DD
$8,000
[8]
Greek for "forgetting" gives us the name of Hades' river of forgetfulness & this adjective meaning "sluggish"
lethargic
James
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$2,000
[7]
It flows 2,300 miles from the Altai Mountains to the Arctic Ocean
the Ob River
James
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$2,000
[11]
The "steel pot"helmetof World War II had this more formal alphanumeric name, like the Garand rifle
the M1
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$2,000
[5]
Low levels of folic acid during pregnancy are linked to this condition, Latin for "split backbone"
spina bifida
James
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DD
$25,600
[20]
At the Rolling Stones' Rock HoF induction, Keith Richards thanked this guitar maker, himself inducted 3 years later
(Leo) Fender
James
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He said a famous book of his was inspired by a visit to the zoo, where he observed the gorillas' humanlike expressions
Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes )