2024Jeopardy! Masterssemifinal game 4.
Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California
Yogesh Raut — a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington
James Holzhauer — the self-described "final boss" ofJeopardy!from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | — | $8,400 | $32,000 |
$49,601
Winner: 7 match points |
$16,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Yogesh | — | $6,400 | $24,800 |
$32,001
2nd place: 5 match points |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Amy | — | $3,000 | $8,200 |
$16,200
3rd place: 0 match points (eliminated): 4th place: $100,000 |
$8,200
11 R, 1 W |
| SHOOTING MY LITERARY SHOT | THIRTYSOMETHINGS | RECTANGLED | AMERICAN IDOLALUMS | NAKED WITHOUT THEIR PREFIXES | "H" TOWN |
|
$200
[25]
He tells Buttercup, "I have made my body strong because I thought you might be pleased"--hey now!
Westley
James
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$200
[27]
In 2011 Filipino-American Bobby Murphy co-founded this app associated with ephemerality... & doggy filters
SnapChat
Amy
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$200
[28]
Also seen on fabrics, this pattern with a fishy moniker is achieved in brickwork using rectangles
herringbone
James
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$200
[24]
3 years after winning "Idol", in 2008 she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at age 25 by Garth Brooks
Underwood
Yogesh
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$200
[30]
Sure, with "in-" it gets all the ink (permanently), but sans prefix this word from the Latin delere means able to be erased
delible
James
|
$200
[15]
Beholdthestar-shaped Citadel, the fourth in a series of forts on Citadel Hill in this Canadian city on the Atlantic
Halifax
James
|
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$400
[23]
At the end of this novel by Donna Tartt, Theo hopes to woo Pippa, but she rejects him & his gift of an expensive necklace
The Goldfinch
|
$400
[26]
In 2024 Jess Hilarious joined this radio show with Charlamagne tha God & DJ Envy
The Breakfast Club
|
$400
[10]
On a map these 2 neighboring states, the 38th & 44th, look almost like perfect rectangles
Colorado & Wyoming
James
|
$400
[8]
Apparently very into singing contests, this "Idol" winner & talk TV fixture began coaching up new hopefuls on "The Voice" in 2018
Kelly Clarkson
James
|
$400
[29]
More familiar with "pro-" or "anti-", this type of "factor" is a living organism that shapes its environment
a biotic factor
|
$400
[14]
Take an "A" & train it on the name of a NYC neighborhood & you'll arrive at your destination in this city in the Netherlands
Harlem
James
|
|
$600
[22]
In this E.M. Forster work, George shoots his shot with Lucy & goes in for a big old smooch in an Italian field of blue violets
A Room with a View
Yogesh
|
$600
[21]
Katie Bouman was instrumental in creating the first-ever picture of this black hole at the center of our galaxy
Sagittarius A*
James
|
$600
[9]
Using rectangles in works like "Composition No. 1 with Red and Black", this artist espoused what he called "Neoplasticism"
Mondrian
James
|
$600
[5]
Adam Lambert had big shoes to fill--like the size of a certain planet--singing lead with this British band in 2012
Queen
Yogesh
|
$600
[20]
P.G. Wodehouse was one of the first to drop "dis-" & form this word meaning satisfied & contented
gruntled
Yogesh
|
$600
[13]
Many a millennial child was sad to learn that Space Camp in this city's U.S. Space & Rocket Center didn't really end with a launch
Huntsville (Alabama)
James
|
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$800
[3]
In this Jane Austen work, Wentworth writes a love letter to Anne Elliot while she sits just a few feet away from him
Persuasion
Yogesh
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$800
[18]
In 2019thisauthor & chef launched the Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation in Oakland with herballer husband
Ayesha Curry
Yogesh
|
$800
[2]
In a Gothic cathedral, these 2 long rectangles intersect to form the arms of a cross
the nave & the transept
Yogesh
|
$800
[7]
This powerhouse singer became the 17th person to claim EGOT status (but inexplicably, can't claim an "Idol" win)
Jennifer Hudson
James
|
$800
[19]
It may be obsolete, but even without "re-", this word with "qu" in the middle means to give something up, like a boxer with a title
linquish
James
|
$800
[12]
Mount Wellington towers over this city in Australia's smallest state
Hobart (Tasmania)
Amy
|
|
$1,000
[4]
The Lothario M. Boulanger woos this wife of a country doctor by talking of "dreams, presentiments, magnetism"
Bovary
Amy
|
$1,000
[17]
In 2020 a New York Times headline read, "Democrats' Georgia Hopes Rest on"this man, age 33
(Jon) Ossoff
Yogesh
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$1,000
[1]
It's the term for a usually rectangular division in the top left corner of a flag, perhaps to hold a group of stars
the canton
Amy
|
$1,000
[6]
Going Van Halen-style & making his last name his band's name, he had hits with "It's Not Over" & "What About Now"
Daughtry
James
|
$1,000
[16]
Without "non-", a synonym for ordinary or dull becomes this archaic word meaning "said what something looked like"
descript
Yogesh
|
DD
$3,200
[11]
An inscription at the Rattenfangerhaus in this town describes a supposed 1284 event that reduced its population
Hamelin
James
|
| BIOLOGY | MAKE IT FLIRTY | STATUE OF LIMITATIONS | BUSINESS | PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY | ACTING TEACHERS |
|
$400
[24]
This composite organism consists of a fungus & an alga living in symbiotic association; caribou rely on them in Arctic lands
a lichen
James
|
$400
[23]
Pull the last letter off a single Doc Martens to get this flirty term of endearment
boo
Amy
|
$400
[27]
Some of the wee & intricate 12th century pieces for this game found on the Isle of Lewis live at the British Museum
chess
James
|
$400
[28]
Founded in 1859, it offers to digitize your cash management but still runs the armored trucks
Brinks
James
|
$400
[29]
The unusual first name of this preacher born in 1639 to the Mathers of Massachusetts was a Puritan virtue/command
Increase
Amy
|
$400
[30]
(Henry Winkler delivers the clue.) Often called the creator of improv, Viola Spolin ran workshops for this Chicago troupe that her son co-founded; that led her to write her life's work "Improvisation for the Theater", which I actually have on my bookshelf
Second City
Amy
|
|
$800
[14]
From Latin for "footprints", this adjective refers to parts of the human body that are remnants of evolutionary history
vestigial
Amy
|
$800
[1]
Remove an "R" from a deep-fried French finger food & you get this word for a flirty lady
coquette
Yogesh
|
$800
[25]
Tiny figures of this river animal were often buried with ancient Egyptians; the Met has an 8"-long blue one nicknamed William
a hippopotomus
Amy
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$800
[19]
Vitalik Buterin based the name of this blockchain tech on a hypothetical substance once thought to occupy all space
Ethereum
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[6]
In 1883 she added the words "With Key to the Scriptures" to the title of her book "Science and Health"
Eddy
Yogesh
|
$800
[26]
(Henry Winkler delivers the clue.) With students like Dustin Hoffman & Robert De Niro, this American director, actor & coach adapted his method from the legendary system created by Konstantin Stanislavski
Lee Strasberg
Yogesh
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Foodies & predators beware pufferfish, whose livers & ovaries contain one of this group of poisons that can paralyze or kill
a neurotoxin
James
|
$1,200
[22]
Drop the last 2 syllables from a sub-zero number to get this, a put-down meant to pick up
neg
James
|
$1,200
[12]
About 22 inches tall, a whimsical fountain called the Manneken-Pis is in this capital & embodies its rebellious spirit
Brussels
James
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[15]
In 2023 this Hong Kong-based airline offered cheap flights from mainland China to help boost turnout in an election
Cathay Pacific
James
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1791hesent Thomas Jefferson a copy of his almanac & a letter asking for better conditions for Black people
Banneker
Yogesh
|
$1,200
[21]
(Henry Winkler delivers the clue.) "Think before you act" & "act before you think" are integral to the practical aesthetics technique created in the early 1980s by these two men, a playwright & an actor
Mamet & Macy
Amy
|
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$1,600
[9]
Electroreceptors around the snout of sharks are called ampullae of this Italian name
Lorenzini
Yogesh
|
$2,000
[20]
Add 3 letters to the end of a musical art form & get this word for an adept flirter
operator
|
$1,600
[7]
Less than 5 inches tall, the prehistoric "Venus" is named for this Austrian place where she was found
Willendorf
James
|
$1,600
[18]
This company that's banked on Ge Force tech in the past flexed its AI muscle in recent years, increasing stock value by over 200%
Nvidia
James
|
$2,000
[3]
In 1869 this explorer noted that the walls of the Grand Canyon were "2,500 feet tall" & of "vermilion gleams & rosy hues"
Powell
James
|
$1,600
[5]
(Henry Winkler delivers the clue.) The creators of "Barry" base one of Gene Cousineau's acting exercises on one that I did at Yale under this great acting coach, who also instructed her students "Don't be boring"
(Stella) Adler
James
|
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$2,000
[10]
cancer.gov says this subunit of DNA consists of "a nitrogen-containing base... a phosphate group & a sugar molecule"
a nucleotide
Yogesh
|
DD
$12,000
[8]
The evolution of English dropped 3 letters from an imaginary creature to get this type of exotic seductress
vamp
Yogesh
|
$2,000
[11]
Ceramicist Edmund de Waal wrote of inheriting 264 of these tiny intricate Japanese figurines in "The Hare with the Amber Eyes"
netsuke
Amy
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$2,000
[17]
Thiscontroversial CIO of ARK Innovation ETF said she was inspired by the Holy Spirit to begin the fund
Cathie Wood
|
DD
$14,000
[16]
In 1805 a tributary of Montana's Musselshell River was named in her honor
Sacagawea
James
|
$2,000
[2]
(Henry Winkler delivers the clue.) Spontaneous repetition was part of the technique of this acting instructor, nicknamed "Sandy"--& remember, contestants, he said it takes 20 years to be a master
Meisner
Yogesh
|
The last name adopted by Damon Fields, the title character of this novel, refers to his red hair
Demon Copperhead