2023Jeopardy! Masterssemifinal game 4.
Matt Amodio — a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California
Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattea | — | $2,800 | $6,400 |
$5,799
3rd place: 2 match points |
$6,400
14 R, 1 W |
| Andrew | — | $8,800 | $16,000 |
$15,199
2nd place: 2 match points (eliminated): 4th place: $100,000 |
$12,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matt | — | $4,400 | $32,800 |
$32,800
Winner: 3 match points |
$16,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| FICTIONAL CASTLES | THEIR OCCUPATIONAL SURNAMES | COOKING WEIGHTS & MEASURES | THE MOVIES | IT'S THE SILENT CONSONANT | THE UNIVERSE WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON |
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$200
[25]
The real-life Alnwick castle was used for this reel-life fortress built by Godric Gryffindor & 3 others
Hogwarts (Castle)
Andrew
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$200
[26]
Roll out the barrel maker: journalist who named his first son Wyatt
(Anderson) Cooper
Mattea
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$200
[27]
A pat of this is equal to about 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons
butter
Andrew
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$200
[28]
Anya Taylor-Joy voiced this character in "The Super Mario Bros. Movie"
Princess Peach
Mattea
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$200
[29]
Beginning another word for a jack in a deck of playing cards
K (knave)
Mattea
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$200
[30]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) It was controversial, but I supported the downgrading of Pluto to dwarf planet status by this body, the IAU for short
the International Astronomical Union
Mattea
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$400
[8]
Prince Adam of Eternia transforms into He-Man by raising his power sword & proclaiming, "By the power of" this castle
Grayskull
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$400
[16]
A variation on one who trains birds of prey: this author of "As I Lay Dying"
Faulkner
Mattea
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$400
[23]
No measuring utensils? no problem! It'll help to know that this measurement is about the size of a baseball
a cup
Andrew
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$400
[13]
This screwball comedy involves Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn & a pet leopard
Bringing Up Baby
Matt
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$400
[24]
In a word for the side post of a doorway
B (jamb)
Matt
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$600
[21]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) This facility at 81st Street off Central Park West has special meaning for me: I visited there as a kid, became starstruck & today I'm the director
the Hayden Planetarium
Andrew
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$600
[6]
This creator of Bertie Wooster wrote a series of stories about Lord Emsworth & family set at Blandings Castle
Wodehouse
Andrew
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$600
[11]
4-time Kentucky Derby-winning jockey from 1955 to 1986
(Willie) Shoemaker
Andrew
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$600
[20]
This word indicates that a dry ingredient should be mounded over the rim of the measuring utensil
heaping
Mattea
Matt
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$600
[3]
This Bill Murray "Ghostbusters" character has Ph Ds in parapsychology & psychology
(Peter) Venkman
Matt
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$600
[19]
Penultimate in a synonym for mucus; let me clear my throat!
G (phlegm)
Matt
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$800
[12]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) "Jeopardy!" folks are unquestionably bright, but these phenomena are the most luminous objects in the universe, capable of emitting one trillion times the energy of our Sun
quasars
Andrew
Matt
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$800
[5]
In this 17th century work, Great-Heart & Old Honest rescue Mr. Despondency & Much-Afraid, prisoners in Doubting Castle
Pilgrim's Progress
Matt
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$800
[10]
Precious metal worker who wrote the music for "Chinatown" & "Hoosiers"
Jerry Goldsmith
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$800
[17]
It's one itty-bitty branch of an herb plant; one of rosemary is about 3 inches long
a sprig
Andrew
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$800
[2]
Robin Williams had a cameo as a mime class instructor in this film that Bobcat Goldthwait wrote, directed & starred in
Shakes the Clown
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$800
[18]
In an old word for a compound produced in food by bacteria; it used to be found before "poisoning"
P (ptomaine)
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$1,000
[15]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) I take a special interest in this smallest of Uranus' five major moons; with its high cliffs & low gravity, if you dropped a rock, it would fall for ten minutes; in fact, my wife & I gave my daughter the same Shakespearean name
Miranda
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$1,000
[4]
"The Castle of" this place, written in 1764 by Horace Walpole, is said to be the first Gothic novel in the English language
Otranto
Matt
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$1,000
[9]
Keeper of the cupboard who wrote the classic baseball stories collected in "You Know Me Al"
(Ring) Lardner
Matt
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$1,000
[7]
This word from French for just a hint of an ingredient sounds like a way mom calls the gang to dinner
soupçon
Matt
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$1,000
[1]
This 2000 film has a choreographer named Sparky demonstrating, "these are spirit fingers"
Bring It On
Mattea
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$1,000
[14]
Starting a word from Arabic for "demon"
D (djinn)
Andrew
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DD
$4,400
[22]
(Neil de Grasse Tyson presents the clue.) At age 14, I traveled to Africa to observe a total solar eclipse, an impressive event in which the Moon blots out the Sun, revealing only this outermost solar atmosphere
the corona
Andrew
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| CENTURY NOTES | LET'S GO GULFING | BARONS & BARONESSES | LABOR | CLASSIC CAR TV | EPONYMS |
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$400
[5]
10th century: this Bohemian prince is murdered; later, he would Czech in as a saint
King Wenceslas
Matt
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$400
[8]
The Gulf of Venice & the Gulf of Trieste lie at the northern end of this sea
the Adriatic
Mattea
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$400
[26]
This Shakespearean actor was knighted in 1947 and became Baron of Brighton in 1970 for his theater work
Laurence Olivier
Mattea
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$400
[25]
The union rep within a workplace is the "shop" one of these; former labor secretary Hilda Solis' dad was one
a shop steward
Mattea
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$400
[29]
Hats hoff to this '80s show, "a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man... who does not exist"
Knight Rider
Andrew
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$400
[28]
Servants of Loughmask House, the Irish residence of this land agent, were told not to work there, giving rise to an eponym
(Charles) Boycott
Matt
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$800
[6]
17th century: in 1642 the Mongols depose Tibet's rulers & offer the job to the guy with this title
Dalai Lama
Mattea
Andrew
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$800
[9]
The seat of Pinellas county, this Florida gulf coast city got its name when someone noticed springs with really...
Clearwater
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$800
[23]
This baroness had a cameo in "The Sound of Music"; she can be seen in the background as Julie Andrews sings "I have confidence"
von Trapp
Matt
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$800
[24]
Feline term for a strike by a group of employees without the consent of their union
wildcat
Mattea
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$800
[30]
Huggy Bear says word on the street is these 2 title cops were drivin' a red Ford Gran Torino, also called the Striped Tomato
Starsky and Hutch
Andrew
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$800
[27]
This mythic king of Phrygia who was punished by having fruit just out of reach gave his name to a verb for that type of torment
Tantalus
Mattea
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$1,200
[3]
12th century: construction of it begins in 1176; the British nursery rhyme & game, a bit after
London Bridge
Matt
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$1,200
[10]
The Gulf of Roses is part of this Costa in northeast Spain whose name can mean rugged as well as courageous
Costa Brava
Mattea
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$1,200
[16]
This Danish author became a baroness upon marrying her cousin, Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, in 1914
(Isak) Dinesen
Matt
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$1,200
[21]
Becky Pringle is president of this union, America's largest with about 3 million members
the NEA (National Education Association)
Mattea
Andrew
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$1,200
[22]
"This is" the 1970s P.I. who drove a sierra gold Pontiac Firebird esprit; "at the tone, leave your name & message, I'll get back to you"
Rockford
Andrew
Matt
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$1,200
[18]
This plant that has brilliant scarlet, pink or white petallike bracts is named for a U.S. minister to Mexico in the 1820s
poinsettia
Matt
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$2,000
[7]
6th century: this "B" list Roman translates Aristotle into Latin
Boethius
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$2,000
[11]
The Equator & prime meridian intersect in this gulf that stretches from Cape Lopez in Gabon to Cape Palmas in Liberia
Gulf of Guinea
Andrew
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$1,600
[15]
Instrumental in the revival of the Olympic games, this Frenchman served as president of the IOC from 1896 to 1925
de Coubertin
Andrew
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$1,600
[1]
Born Mary Harris, she was called the "most dangerous woman in America" in 1902 for her success in organizing mine workers
Mother Jones
Matt
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$1,600
[19]
Go, Speed Racer, go! & went, Speed Racer went in this car designed by Dad; features included rotary saws & amphibiousness
the Mach 5
Matt
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$1,600
[12]
CJD is short for this disease of the nervous system named for a pair of German neurologists
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Andrew
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DD
$13,200
[4]
3rd century: the first written reference to this Blue Man Group of present Scotland has them attacking Hadrian's Wall
Picts
Matt
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DD
$6,000
[2]
This gulf named for a Yemeni seaport was once a haven for piracy such as the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in 2009
Gulf of Aden
Matt
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$2,000
[14]
The sky is blue because of the dispersion of light called this "scattering" named for a British baron
Rayleigh scattering
Andrew
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$2,000
[17]
The 2009 Fair Pay Act was named for this woman who sued her employer Goodyear for pay discrimination
(Lilly) Ledbetter
Andrew
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$2,000
[20]
In 1963 Fred Gwynne copped out on this sitcom whose title was a question itself; a year later, Fred was a Munster
Car 54, Where Are You?
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$2,000
[13]
An inspector general of infantry, he shaped Louis XIV's regular army; his name lives on as a drillmaster or disciplinarian
(Jean) Martinet
Matt
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Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876
Götterdämmerung