2024Jeopardy! Mastersquarterfinal game 8.
James Holzhauer — the self-described "final boss" ofJeopardy!from Las Vegas, Nevada
Yogesh Raut — a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington
Victoria Groce — a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victoria | — | $3,200 | $20,800 |
$24,000
2nd place: 10 match points |
$19,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Yogesh | — | $11,200 | $18,400 |
$36,001
Winner: 10 match points |
$13,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| James | — | $4,600 | $18,000 |
$14,732
3rd place: 5 match points |
$11,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SONG LYRICS, BABY | A LITERARY TIPPLE | BODIES OF WATER | ADD A LETTER | EVERYDAY I.P. | MADE YOU SAY IT |
|
$200
[27]
1998:"My loneliness is killing me... give me a sign, hit me, baby, one more time"
Britney Spears
James
|
$200
[25]
There are many cocktails with the name of a 1951 Salinger novel; you'll find this whiskey in all of them
rye
Yogesh
|
$200
[26]
About 16 times the height of Niagara Falls, it's also known locally as Kerepakupai Merú
Angel Falls
James
|
$200
[28]
A contract to rent property, s'il vous plaît
lease & please
Yogesh
|
$200
[29]
Apple & Samsung's many patent battles included one over the instruction "slide to" do this
unlock
Yogesh
James
|
$200
[30]
More than 350 years after the trial of this man, John Paul II apologized, noting "a sad misunderstanding"
Galileo
Yogesh
|
|
$400
[24]
1979:"Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby, this evenin', I need some hot stuff, baby, tonight"
Donna Summer
Victoria
|
$400
[15]
Perhaps Edward Bulwer-Lytton was sipping this rum, ginger beer & lime juice cocktail when he wrote it was that kind of night
dark and stormy
Yogesh
|
$400
[3]
Rising in China, the Red River flows past Hanoi to empty into this body of water
the Gulf of Tonkin
James
|
$400
[20]
A type of scoundrel gets an Irish accent
rogue & brogue
James
|
$400
[14]
The World Intellectual Property Organization says a formula for plant-based meat is an example of these 2-word business hushies
a trade secret
Victoria
James
|
$400
[23]
After an inquiry into this event during the Troubles, David Cameron was forced to admit it was "unjustified & unjustifiable"
Bloody Sunday
Victoria
Yogesh
|
|
$600
[18]
1963:"So won't you, please, be my little baby, say you'll be my darlin', be my baby now, whoa-oh-oh-oh"
The Ronettes
James
|
$600
[7]
It takes a lot of flowers (weeds, some say) to make a batch of this stuff, the title of a Ray Bradbury novel
dandelion wine
James
|
$600
[2]
More than 300 rivers & streams flow into this body of water that has a maximum depth of 5,300 feet
Baikal
James
|
$600
[6]
Painful inflammation of joints acts up--could the cause be the thin mortar used making bathroom repairs?
gout & grout
Yogesh
|
$600
[21]
I.P. entering the public domain in 2024 includes the original recording of this 1920s novelty song about a fruit shortage
"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
Yogesh
|
$800
[12]
The coerced confession of this enslaved woman in the Parris household set the Salem witch trials afoot
Tituba
Yogesh
|
|
$800
[5]
1981:"Don't you want me, baby? Don't you want me, ohh?"
The Human League
Yogesh
|
$800
[8]
In this novel Robert Jordan says absinthe "cures everything"
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Victoria
|
$800
[1]
Some river math: this river + the Monongahela = the Ohio River
the Allegheny
James
|
$800
[19]
A new spouse & what she does in irritation when I ask her to do something she doesn't like
bride & bridle
|
$800
[9]
The company that holds the trademark on this 9-letter word says it's "a name synonymous with drywall"
Sheetrock
|
$1,000
[13]
Compelled by his people's naiveté, this Trojan said, "Don't trust the horse... even when they bring gifts, I fear the Greeks"
Laocoön
Victoria
|
|
$1,000
[17]
2010: "I get the chills whenever I see your face & you in the place, girl, feel like I'm in a movie, baby, I'm like oowee, baby"
Usher
|
$1,000
[10]
This word for a beer & lemonade concoction appears in a Laurence Sterne title
shandy
Victoria
|
$1,000
[4]
This Alpine lake borders Switzerland, Austria & Germany, where it is called Bodensee
Constance
James
|
$1,000
[16]
Related to the latest events & related to the warm, sunny middle of the world
topical & tropical
Yogesh
|
$1,000
[11]
Naruto, a monkey on Celebes in this country, was denied copyright on a selfie he took with a camera set down by a photographer
Indonesia
Yogesh
|
DD
$5,200
[22]
Irony was likely not lost on Ike in 1961 when he warned of "grave implications" due to the rise of "this combination"
the military-industrial complex
Yogesh
|
| NONFICTION | TELEVISION MINISERIES | SYNDROMES | THE ARTS | POINTS OF VIEW | WORDS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT |
|
$400
[18]
One of America's great autobiographies is 1845's "Narrative of the Life of" him, "an American Slave"
Douglass
Victoria
|
$400
[30]
Amy Adams returns to her hometown to investigate murders in this miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel
Sharp Objects
Yogesh
|
$400
[29]
Referring to the 3 copies of chromosome 21, this condition is also known as trisomy 21
Down syndrome
Victoria
|
$400
[28]
Hischoreography includes stage ("The Nutcracker") & film (the "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet & "On Your Toes")
Balanchine
Yogesh
|
$400
[27]
In 2023 Justice Thomas wrote of this "vision deficiency" Constitution; justice Jackson said saying it doesn't make it so
colorblind (Constitution)
Yogesh
|
$400
[26]
From the Hail Mary to the cast lists of "High Noon" (a first name) & the last 2 "Ghostbusters" movies (a last name)
grace
|
|
$800
[8]
It's the numerical title of Selwyn Raab's bestseller about the clans that long ran New York's mob
The Five Families
James
|
$800
[21]
Before "The Last of Us", Craig Mazin wrote this HBO miniseries set in Europe in 1986
Chernobyl
James
|
$800
[15]
A common issue that gets worse over time, it's caused by swelling & pressure on the median nerve
carpal tunnel syndrome
James
|
$800
[9]
It's the Spanish name of the 1656 painting that depicts Infanta Margarita surrounded by her maids of honor
Las Meninas
James
|
$800
[16]
Bernie Sanders thinks you should be working this many hours a week
32
Victoria
|
$800
[25]
From the first verse of "This Land Is Your Land" to a material for fencing & decking available at Home Depot
redwood
James
|
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1949 Simone de Beauvoir gave us this treatise, an instant feminist classic
The Second Sex
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[20]
In "The Night Of", this actor plays a character incarcerated on Rikers Island
(Riz) Ahmed
Victoria
|
$1,200
[13]
The reason you're not supposed to give aspirin to children is because of a link to this rare, potentially fatal condition
Reye's syndrome
Victoria
|
$1,200
[6]
In "Rigoletto" the Duke of Mantua sings this aria whose title line is followed by "qual piuma al vento"
"La donna è mobile"
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[11]
Lenore Skenazy, who wrote of letting her 9-year-old ride the NYC subway alone, moved this term from raising chickens to raising kids
free range
Victoria
|
$1,200
[24]
From a dollar bill to the first word of a novel title that replaced "Richard Diver"
tender
Victoria
|
|
$1,600
[5]
It's the one-word title of St. Augustine's account of his sinful youth
Confessions
James
|
$1,600
[19]
This second-generation actress played Alex, a young mother in the Netflix miniseries "Maid"
Margaret Qualley
Yogesh
|
$2,000
[12]
Limiting blood flow, this disease or syndrome named for a French doctor can make fingers & toes numb & even blue in cold or under stress
Raynaud syndrome
Victoria
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1785 this French sculptor traveled to the U.S. to create a statue of George Washington, who sat for him at Mount Vernon
Jean-Antoine Houdon
|
$1,600
[7]
A.I. "doomers", who are right, see terrifying possibilities particularly in A.G.I., short for this
artificial general intelligence
Victoria
|
$1,600
[23]
From a New York City driving surcharge to a Sudafed or Afrin box
congestion
|
|
$2,000
[4]
This French guy gave a word a new meaning with his 1580 collection of short, informal prose pieces called "Essays"
Montaigne
Victoria
|
$2,000
[3]
This Hulu miniseries was based on the Lawrence Wright book subtitled "Al-Qaeda & the Road to 9/11"
The Looming Tower
Yogesh
|
DD
$3,200
[1]
Some speculate that Abraham Lincoln's height & lankiness were due to this connective tissue disorder named for a Frenchman
Marfan syndrome
Victoria
|
DD
$7,800
[10]
Saint Bavo Cathedral in Belgium is home to Hubert and Jan van Eyck's "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb", better known by this two-word name
the Ghent Altarpiece
James
|
$2,000
[17]
Units of workers replace the state in this hyphenated -ism, the basis for the "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" peasants' commune
anarcho-syndicalism
Victoria
|
$2,000
[22]
From "God Save The King" to the name of a "rot" or fungus that attacks grapes
noble
Victoria
|
Director & author, their 1960 rift over a new play set in the South ended "the most important... collaboration" of 20th century U.S. theater
Elia Kazan & Tennessee Williams