Show #19 2023-05-24 (taped 2023-05-15) Jeopardy! Masters

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Contestants

Mattea Roach — a writer and podcaster from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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	—	$4,600	$22,400	$34,314	$15,600 20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Matt	—	$4,400	$6,000	$12,000	$6,000 14 R, 1 W
Mattea	—	$3,600	$16,800	$24,800	$11,600 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS	IN THE WORLD CAPITAL	RECENT EVENTS	COMPOSERS	SOME HARD WORDS	COPS & ROBBERS TV
$200 [20] Called invincible, it was sent from Spain in 1588 by King Philip II to invade England; it proved... vincible Spanish Armada Matt	$200 [5] Site of Mahatma Gandhi's assassination, Gandhi Smriti, now a memorial & museum New Delhi Mattea	$200 [30] This world capital pulled back on its wild & weedy ways with a 2023 ban on smoking marijuana in its famous red light district Amsterdam James	$200 [25] Scott Joplin published the haunting"Bethena, a Concert"this kind of dance music soon after the 1904 death of his wife waltz Mattea	$200 [27] The task is this, meaning extraordinarily difficult? must be a job for a mythical Greek hero! Herculean Matt	$200 [28] Christine & Mary Beth were the first names of this title police twosome played by Sharon & Tyne Cagney and Lacey Matt
$400 [19] On Dec. 20, 2000 the execs of this Houston company were feeling good with the stock at $79; a year later it was at 42 cents Enron Mattea	$400 [4] Seen here, the city's most visited attraction, Schönbrunn Palace Vienna James	$400 [29] In Feb. 2023 a young girl was rescued after 147 hours in rubble from the devastating 7.8 earthquake in Syria & this country Turkey James	$400 [12] You didn't want to mess with Erik Satie on his daily walks through this city, as he always carried a hammer Paris Matt	$400 [26] Stoves & stomachs are made of this 2-word alloy formed in a mold cast iron James	$400 [24] This New Jersey strip club was a place to hang out & discuss mafia business on "The Sopranos" Bada Bing! Matt
$600 [18] In Super Bowl III this 15-win team with stars like John Mackey was favored by 18 over the Jets the Baltimore Colts James	$600 [3] The Hanging Church & nearby Coptic Museum Cairo James	$600 [8] The FDA gave early approval to Leqembi, a breakthrough drug that clears amyloid protein buildup from the brain to fight this disease Alzheimer's Matt	$600 [11] "Rinaldo", overture heard here, is one of dozens of operas by this man also famous for oratorios Handel James	$600 [15] This synonym for indifferent is a homonym of a word for hardened skin callous Matt	$600 [23] The exploits of a real-life criminal gang in early 20th century Birmingham, England were the basis for this series Peaky Blinders James
$800 [17] Hefought the chimera and was on top of the world riding Pegasus, but rode him too high and fell to Earth Bellerophon James	$800 [2] The Bob Marley Home & Museum Kingston Mattea	$800 [7] Subheads in a piece on this N.Y. rep.: "lied about where he went to... college"; "allegedly swindled a disabled vet whose dog was dying" George Santos Mattea	$800 [10] Already a veteran of Tin Pan Alley & Broadway, in 1932 he premiered his own "Second Rhapsody", Serge Koussevitzky conducting George Gershwin Mattea	$800 [14] Thoroughly heated via immersion, or the type of fiction mastered by James M. Cain hard-boiled Mattea	$800 [22] As Lilly Rush on this show, Kathryn Morris was a cop determined not to let forgotten crimes & victims stay that way Cold Case Matt
$1,000 [16] Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for "in one's own behalf"? you know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself pro se	DD $1,000 [1] The Zytglogge tower & astronomical clock, which inspired Einstein & his special theory of relativity Bern James	$1,000 [6] With 50,000 mercenaries, many from prisons, the outfit called this group has become a key part of Russia's force in Ukraine the Wagner Group	$1,000 [9] "Hella good fugues, Nicky", or words to that effect, was Tchaikovsky's response when this young composer sent him some works Rimsky-Korsakov James	$1,000 [13] Old French for "diamond", it can mean a diamond or other object of unyielding firmness adamant	$1,000 [21] From 1967 to 1975 Raymond Burr battled evildoers from his wheelchair as this crimefighter Ironside Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKS	FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS	3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS	HORROR MOVIES	BRITISH AUTHORS	WHAT'S ALL THIS?
$400 [27] A highlight of the Dayton Aviation Heritage Park is a guided tour of these 2 guys' bicycle shop the Wright Brothers James	$400 [28] Although founded in 1943, this furniture company didn't open its first retail store until 1958 in Älmhult, Sweden IKEA Matt	$400 [30] In ancient Athens, it was a class of informers; today, it's a total suck-up sycophant Mattea	$400 [23] This character drowning at Camp Crystal Lake leads to all kinds of murderous fallout in "Friday the 13th" Jason James	$400 [25] In his youth he was a chocolate tester for Cadbury, which no doubt inspired his "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" Dahl Matt	$400 [29] 4 movements, including the "Ode To Joy" Beethoven's 9th Matt
$800 [4] Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park preserves the Texas site of the first battle in this 1846-48 war the Mexican-American War Mattea	$800 [14] It bears the name of its inventor, who needed extra sleeping space in his cramped apartment; he called it in-a-dor Murphy bed Matt	$800 [26] It's the S in S.L.E., the most common type of lupus, an autoimmune disease systemic	$800 [22] This title girl from a 2018 movie came & gave without taking & they took her away from Nic Cage; big mistake--he's good with a chainsaw Mandy James	$1,200 [2] This author who set many of his novels in Wessex also had a terrier named Wessex Thomas Hardy James	$800 [10] 3 oxygen atoms, one single coordinate covalent bond, one double covalent bond an ozone molecule James
$1,200 [3] The World War II home front is the focus of the park in Richmond, California named for this symbol of women in the workforce Rosie the Riveter James	$1,200 [12] This word for a thick, ropy texture can apply to carpets as well as sweaters; put it down in less heavily trafficked areas cable (or cable-knit)	$1,200 [16] The seat of Onondaga County, it's on the south end of Onondaga lake Syracuse Mattea	$1,200 [21] "Drag Me To Hell", directed by this horror heavyweight, focuses on a woman placed under the curse of the Lamia by a wicked witch Sam Raimi	$1,600 [6] Gilbert Keith were the given names of this author famous for his Father Brown detective stories Chesterton James	$1,200 [8] An asterism in Cygnus made up of Deneb, Sadr, Albireo, Fawaris & Aljanah the Northern Cross James
$1,600 [1] A historical park devoted to the whaling industry in this Massachusetts city features a museum & the schooner Ernestina New Bedford Matt	$1,600 [13] From the French for "female gardener", it's a large ornamental container, as seen here jardiniere Mattea	$1,600 [17] Voluptuary & sensualist are synonyms for this word for someone devoted to luxury a sybarite	$1,600 [20] Shestars in Fresh, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there's more on the menu Daisy Edgar Jones	$2,000 [24] He's the bestselling author of "Utopia Avenue" & "Cloud Atlas" Mitchell James	$1,600 [9] 21 provinces, including Govi-Altay & Suhbaatar Mongolia
$2,000 [5] The Manhattan Project Historical Park's 3 locations are Los Alamos, Oak Ridge & this site near Richland, Washington the Hanford Nuclear Site Matt	$2,000 [15] This S-shaped leg on Queen Anne & Chippendale style furniture often features decorative carvings of acanthus leaves a cabriole James	DD $7,200 [18] A lack of blood flow to the brain & a drop in blood pressure cause this, the medical term for fainting syncope Mattea	$2,000 [19] This Georges Franju classic about plastic surgery inspired a Billy Idol song & an Almodóvar film Eyes Without a Face Mattea	DD $8,600 [7] First & last name of the lesser-known sibling who wrote the semi-autobiographical "Agnes Grey" Anne Bronte James	$2,000 [11] 5 sections: "The Burial of the Dead", "A Game of Chess", "The Fire Sermon", "Death by Water" & "What the Thunder Said" "The Waste Land"

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICA

A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace"

Dar es Salaam

Matt "What Dar-es-Salaam" — wagered $6,000

Mattea "What is Dar es Salaam?" — wagered $8,000

James "What is Dar Es Salaam" — wagered $11,914

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