2023Jeopardy! Masterssemifinal game 2.
Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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 | — | $11,200 | $18,800 |
$24,700
Winner: 6 match points |
$17,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Andrew | — | $1,600 | $6,400 |
$12,484
3rd place: 1 match point |
$6,400
9 R, 2 W |
| Mattea | — | $3,800 | $26,800 |
$15,999
2nd place: 1 match point |
$17,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| THE ARTS | THE REST IS HISTORY | PICKING UP THE CZECH | GEMS | POP GOES THE MUSIC | THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS |
|
$200
[30]
With her Grammy win for the narration of her "Finding Me" memoir, shebecame the newest member of the EGOT club in 2023
Viola Davis
James
Andrew
|
$200
[22]
Developed from his senior thesis at Harvard in 1940, "Why England Slept" became a bestseller for this man
JFK
James
|
$200
[18]
The govt. sold the rights to Czech Otto Wichterle's soft type of these vision aids for $330,000 & a company then paid $3 million
contact lenses
Mattea
|
$200
[14]
The largest one of these gems ever found in the U.S. was the 40.23-carat "Uncle Sam", discovered in Arkansas in 1924
a diamond
Mattea
|
$200
[13]
In 2014 Lady Gaga was "Cheek To Cheek" with this legend for a Grammy-winning album of duets
Tony Bennett
James
|
$200
[27]
Garbage &to deny
refuse (REH-fuse) & refuse (re-FUZE)
Mattea
|
|
$400
[29]
Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt is one of the foremost interpreters of Bach's works, including his "Well-Tempered" this
clavier
Andrew
|
$400
[21]
These 3 words, a cliché about our first president, are really on a plaque about what he did at a Georgia inn on May 16, 1791
Washington slept here
|
$400
[17]
In 1968 a city & a season described this brief time of Czechoslovakian liberalization under Dubcek but the USSR said nyet to that
the Prague Spring
James
|
$400
[8]
In 1969 this actor bought the pearl La Peregrina for Elizabeth Taylor, who later lost it, only to find her dog chewing on it
Burton
Andrew
|
$400
[12]
Rihanna's 2023 Super Bowl halftime show included "We Found Love" & this 2007 No. 1 hit, "eh, eh, eh"
"Umbrella"
James
|
$400
[26]
To rip &a drop of saline fluid
tear (TARE) & tear (TIER)
Mattea
|
|
$600
[28]
The woman in gold in this artist's famous painting was Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish socialite
Klimt
James
|
$600
[20]
Awakened at the 1862 Battle of Malvern Hill, Stonewall Jackson said this cautious Union Gen. was "only fighting to get away"
McClellan
James
|
$600
[16]
This Czech with an alliterative name had 766 NHL goals in a pro hockey career spanning more than 30 years
Jaromir Jagr
James
|
$600
[7]
During the Han dynasty, Chinese royals were buried in suits of this green gem
jade
James
|
$600
[11]
In 2009 their "Boom Boom Pow" was knocked out of the No. 1 spot by their "I Gotta Feeling"
the Black Eyed Peas
James
|
$600
[25]
A type of fish &instrument mastered by Jaco Pastorius
bass (BASS) & bass (BASE)
James
|
|
$800
[3]
One of the inaugural exhibits at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures honored this anime director of "Spirited Away"
Miyazaki
James
|
$800
[19]
He died in his sleep after getting married in 453; his sons Ellac, Dengizich & Ernak would soldier on
Attila the Hun
James
|
$800
[15]
In 1963 his early play "The Garden Party" was an absurdist tale of government bureaucracy
Havel
James
|
$1,000
[5]
Apache people associated this gemstone with the rainbow's end & thought it aided them in battle
turquoise
James
|
$800
[10]
Pop goes Christmas as this Canadian crooner's yuletide songs play all season long
Bublé
Mattea
|
$800
[24]
To exhibit or create something &agricultural edibles
produce (proh-DOOS) & produce (PROH-doos or PRAH-doos)
|
|
$1,000
[2]
Sadly, mental illness ended the career of this Russian-born ballet dancer in 1919 while he was still in his 20s
Nijinsky
Mattea
|
$1,000
[1]
By Georges, this orator & firebrand of the French Revolution said, "I shall go to sleep in glory" before he got the guillotine
Georges Danton
|
$1,000
[4]
The 1938 Munich Agreement handed this then-largely German area of Czechoslovakia to the Nazis
the Sudetenland
Andrew
|
DD
$1,800
[6]
The dazzling blue gem tanzanite is mined in only one place on Earth, near the foot of this 19,300-foot mountain
Kilimanjaro
James
|
$1,000
[9]
An oldie-but-goodie says, "But don't forget who's taking you home & in whose arms you're gonna be, so darlin"' do this
save the last dance for me
James
|
$1,000
[23]
To propel a boat &to have a quarrel
row (ROE) & row (rOW)
Mattea
|
| CITIES & TOWNS | LOVE LETTERS | A LIFE IN SCIENCE | PORTMANTEAUS | FAMOUS FOLKS | THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED |
|
$400
[30]
On the Che trail in this country, the town of Vallegrande has the laundry room where Señor Guevara's body was washed
Bolivia
James
|
$400
[29]
In 1919 she wrote to F. Scott Fitzgerald, "there's nothing in all the world I want but you--and your precious love"
Zelda Fitzgerald
Andrew
|
$400
[28]
James Chadwick won a 1935 Nobel Prize for discovering this subatomic particle that's part of every atomic nucleus but ordinary hydrogen
a neutron
Mattea
|
$400
[24]
Listen, little lady, while I do this, condescendingly tell you what it's like to experience childbirth
mansplain
Andrew
|
$400
[19]
This creator & producer of "Scandal" also wrote the book "Year of Yes"
Shonda Rhimes
Mattea
|
$400
[18]
In 2023 the max allowed to contribute to one of these alphanumeric thingies goes up to $22,500
a 401(k)
Mattea
|
|
$800
[3]
Highlighted on the map, it's been a major religious center for more than 1,000 years
Canterbury
Mattea
|
$800
[14]
"You are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life", wrote Oscar Wilde to this lord whose love cost Oscar dearly
Bosie Douglas
Mattea
|
$800
[27]
Luis Alvarez & son discovered that a layer of iridium-rich clay marked the boundary between this era of the dinosaurs & ours
mesozoic
Andrew
|
$800
[23]
This hybrid utensil was trademarked in 1970, some 60 years after the word for it was coined
a spork
James
|
$800
[10]
Elvis' granddaughter, she made her modeling runway debut at age 14
Riley Keough
Mattea
|
$800
[17]
Federal regulations set maximum gross vehicle weight at 80,000 pounds, 20,000 pounds on a single one of these
axle
Mattea
|
|
$1,200
[2]
This seat of Meade County, South Dakota hosts a huge annual motorcycle rally
Sturgis
James
|
$1,200
[7]
During 1932 this "Winesburg, Ohio" author wrote a letter a day to Eleanor Copenhaver; he dedicated "Beyond Desire" to her too
Sherwood Anderson
Andrew
|
$1,200
[26]
Mary Anning found many fossils in the 19th century, including this long-necked marine one sketched here
plesiosaur
James
Mattea
|
$1,200
[22]
In "Jabberwocky", it's the portmanteau adjective for the toves
slithy
James
|
$1,200
[6]
This TikToker seenherestarred in the gender-swapped movie remake "He's All That"
Addison Rae
Mattea
|
$1,200
[16]
Not many NBA players get Supermax contracts; in 2022, this Serbian did
Nikola Jokic
James
|
|
$1,600
[1]
Just east of St. Petersburg, Russia is the lovely town of Shlisselburg on this river
the Neva
James
|
$1,600
[11]
In his last letter to this mistress, Lord Nelson wrote, "I will take care that my name shall ever be most dear to you"
(Lady) Hamilton
Andrew
|
$2,000
[25]
The first time the Copley Medal went to a non-Brit was in 1794, to this Italian of Pavia
Alessandro Volta
|
$1,600
[21]
The worldwide headquarters for this Walt Disney group that uses audio-animatronics is in Glendale
the Imagineering Department
|
$1,600
[8]
He created "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Sex & the City" & "Emily in Paris"
Darren Star
Andrew
|
$2,000
[9]
NASA raised the limit on radiation exposure for astronauts to 600 of these units, m Sv for short
millisieverts
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[4]
These 2 sister cities in the U.S. & France are settings in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & "Das Boot"
New Rochelle, New York & La Rochelle, France
|
$2,000
[13]
Marrying another guy, Hannah Arendt wrote to this German philosopher of being, "Our love has become the blessing of my life"
Heidegger
Mattea
|
DD
$4,600
[5]
His name is associated with work & this 19th C. British physicist had an occasional day job managing his family brewery
Joule
Mattea
|
$2,000
[20]
Set out in 2012, this policy included increasing Japan's money supply & boosting government spending
Abenomics
Mattea
|
$2,000
[12]
She won her first Tony in 2002, as the lead in "Thoroughly Modern Millie"
Sutton Foster
Mattea
|
DD
$8,000
[15]
When relative humidity is greater than 100%, clouds can form, as we're at this 15-letter point
supersaturation
Mattea
|
This 16th century ship got its name from the crest of patron Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer
the Golden Hind