Show #38 2024-05-22 (taped 2024-05-01) Jeopardy! Masters

2024Jeopardy! Mastersfinal game 2.

Contestants

Yogesh Raut — a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington (subtotal of 19,200)

James Holzhauer — the self-described "final boss" ofJeopardy!from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of 28,309)

Victoria Groce — a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (subtotal of 21,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Victoria $5,600 $34,000 $34,000 $21,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
James $2,800 $8,800 $9,708 $8,800
11 R, 0 W
Yogesh $5,799 $15,799 $26,710 $15,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

NUMERIC GEOGRAPHY IT'S ALL GREEK MYTH TO ME TINY BUBBLES NAMES IN FASHION "I" TUNES THIS! ISN'T! JEOPARDY!
$200 [13]
Near Harrisburg in the Susquehanna River, a dangerous partial meltdown happened here on March 28, 1979
Three Mile Island
James
$200 [16]
A man with seriously load-bearing legs, he turned to stone via Gorgon head & became part of a mountain range
Atlas
Victoria
$200 [8]
The bubbly type of Alka-Seltzer can contain sodium or potassium bicarbonate, both types of this neutralizer
an antacid
$200 [26]
In the TV series "The New Look" about fashion emerging from WWII, Ben Mendelsohn is Dior & Juliette Binoche is this rival
Chanel
Yogesh
$200 [25]
Eric Clapton's only No. 1 Billboard single was back in 1974, covering this song
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Victoria
$200 [5]
It's better to be granted this status of refuge than be placed involuntarily into a very different type
asylum
$400 [12]
The Cinque Ports ("5 harbors") of southeast England include Dover & this one famous for an 11th century battle
Hastings
Yogesh
$400 [15]
A 2018 medical paper was titled "Prometheus and" this body organ "Regeneration: the Dissection of a Myth"
liver
James
$400 [9]
This Benedictine monk who was all about the bubbles produced a lovely type of wine that was served to Louis XIV
Dom Perignon
Yogesh
$400 [27]
Hervé Légermade his name with this figure-hugging dress; Kim Kardashian was an avowed fan
the bandage dress
Victoria
$400 [21]
Reeve Carney played the toxic boyfriend who looks like an angel when smiling at Taylor Swift in the video for this song
"I Knew You Were Trouble"
Victoria
$400 [6]
The State Dept. says the concept of this 2-word term dates to messengers being allowed to travel in safety between opposing tribes
diplomatic immunity
James
$600 [11]
This Australian town near Adelaide no longer has the single item that supplied its name & Chad Michael Murray isn't there either
One Tree Hill
Yogesh
$600 [14]
This 50-oared ship had a rather unique non-factory feature: wood donated by Athena that could tell the future
the Argo
Victoria James
$600 [17]
After hardening, this type of rock formed by frothy lava is filled with tiny air bubbles, allowing it to float
pumice
James
$600 [28]
Learning to sew in Auschwitz, Martin Greenfieldwent on to dress presidents, Sinatra &this mobsterwho wore a 40-short
Meyer Lansky
$600 [20]
Ed Sheeran collabed with Justin Bieber on this 2019 hit about feeling like you don't fit in
"I Don't Care"
James
$600 [22]
In "I Am Woman", "If I have to, I can do anything; I am strong", "I am" this, so I can't be beaten
invincible
Victoria
$800 [10]
Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Carbonneau was born in Sept-Îles, or "7 islands"; they're in the gulf named for this river
the St. Lawrence
Yogesh
$800 [2]
Guarded by a dragon (it didn't end well for the dragon), these were the fruits of a herculean labor
the golden apples (of the Hesperides)
Yogesh
$800 [18]
This 13-letter noun meaning the formation of tiny bubbles has the letter E in it 5, count 'em, 5 times
effervescence
Victoria
$800 [29]
This fashion house founded by a Spaniard was the first to partner with Fortnite, creating luxury skins for players
Balenciaga
Victoria
$800 [7]
Kacey Musgraves recalled having strep throat while recording this Grammy-winning duet with Zach Bryan
"I Remember Everything"
Victoria
$800 [23]
From Latin for sacred, it could be claimed to get into a medieval church to save your life, but later you'd be exiled
sanctuary
Yogesh
$1,000 [3]
The Chinese mainland part of Hong Kong, this peninsula has a name meaning "9 Dragons"
Kowloon
Yogesh
$1,000 [1]
In the "Odyssey", this god is sent by Zeus to I.M. Odysseus: I'm voting you off Calypso's island
Hermes
$1,000 [19]
Caused by tiny gas bubbles, the bends is also called this disease, named for a box-like underwater workspace
caisson disease
Yogesh
$1,000 [30]
In 2024 the fashion world was stunned as this Belgian designer announced plans for his retirement
van Noten
Victoria
DD $1,799 [4]
In the 1980s Windex competitor Glass Plus seized on the obvious & used a version of this 1972 song in its ads
"I Can See Clearly Now"
Yogesh
$1,000 [24]
Regarding protection, one is "under" it; regarding Greek myth, one uses it as a shield or breastplate
an aegis
Victoria

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN HISTORY "K" "J" FOR THE WIN NEW MATERIAL ABOUT OLD MATERIAL WOMEN IN POEMS TV FAMOUS HOSTS
$400 [21]
With hand bones that could have operated with precision, this first species in the genus Homo hung out in East Africa 2 million years ago
Homo habilis
Victoria
$400 [22]
It's a nearly automatic reflex reaction to a stimulus
knee-jerk
James
$400 [23]
About 15 feet long by 4 feet wide, this linen relic has been preserved since 1578 at the cathedral of San Giovanni Battista
the Shroud of Turin
Victoria
$400 [24]
"Highborn kinsmen" separated her from her love & "shut her up in a sepulchre" in a "kingdom by the sea"
Annabel Lee
Victoria
$400 [25]
The title of this John Ritter sitcom refers to a list that includes "4. Bring her home late, there's no next date"
8 Simple Rules ( for Dating My Teenage Daughter )
Victoria
$400 [30]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has had guest hosts like my pals Anthony Anderson & John Mulaney, but on January 24, 2013, my show was commandeered by this horrible disgrace of a human being
Matt Damon
Yogesh
$800 [14]
1 of the 3 countries that border Liberia; all of them gained independence more than 111 years later, between 1958 & 1961
Sierra Leone (or Guinea or Côte d'Ivoire)
Yogesh
$800 [13]
Type of person who ruins the pleasures of others
a killjoy
Victoria
DD $800 [20]
Taken to England in 1296, this 26x16x11 block of pale yellow sandstone has but one decoration--a Latin cross
the Stone of Scone
Victoria
$1,200 [9]
Sylvia Plath titled a poem "Lady" this biblical figure; "Out of the ash I rise with my red hair"
Lazarus
Victoria
$800 [26]
It's the maiden name of "X-Files" creator Chris Carter's mother
Mulder
James Yogesh
$800 [29]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) A rambunctious part of the audience that blew the woof off Arsenio Hall's talk show was known as this, like asection of the bleachersat a Cleveland Browns game
the Dog Pound
Victoria
$1,200 [1]
This Libyan port is known for its role in WWII: British troops captured it in January 1941, lost it & retook it in November 1942
Tobruk
Victoria
$1,200 [5]
Nickname of the NBA's all-time top scorer
King James
James
$1,200 [19]
The National Archives copy of the Articles of Confederation is written on this, much more durable than the articles
parchment
Victoria
$1,600 [8]
The title ruler of this long Shelley poem drives a time chariot; the spirit of Shelley's first child is her passenger
Queen Mab
$1,200 [15]
Cat Deeley is the longtime host of this terpsichorean show
So You Think You Can Dance
Yogesh
$1,200 [28]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) Hosting the Oscars is a tough gig no matter who you are; in 1963, Frank Sinatrawas called "no Bob Hope" &, on top of that, this film in which he played Major Bennett Marcowent home empty-handed
The Manchurian Candidate
Yogesh
$1,600 [6]
This 6-syllable lifesaver of the Rwandan genocide was later imprisoned but released in 2023 after international pressure
Rusesabagina
Yogesh
$1,600 [2]
Food energy has varying units of measurement; 1,000 calories equals 4,200 of these, abbreviated kJ
kilojoules
Yogesh
$1,600 [18]
Before this rock was a classroom writing surface, it was used to make the 3000s B.C. version of friendship bracelets in Finland
slate
James
$2,000 [10]
In 1862 this sister of a painter/poet introduced us to Lizzie & Laura, both tempted by the wares of "the Goblin Market"
Christina Rossetti
Victoria
$1,600 [7]
Basil Fawlty asks a hotel guest what she expected as a view in this town: "Sydney Opera House? Hanging Gardens of Babylon?"
Torquay
Victoria
$1,600 [27]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) Trimalchio, a former slave turned rich man, hosted a rager with high-wire dancers, a cooked cow wearing a helmet & a mock funeral in this ancient Roman work
the Satyricon
Victoria
$2,000 [3]
This Congolese leader was such a world hero that a Moscow University was named for him in 1961, the year he was assassinated
Lumumba
Yogesh
$2,000 [12]
Works by this German existentialist philosopher & author include "Man in the Modern Age"
Karl Jaspers
$2,000 [17]
A London museum has 2 of these, steel, each weighing 17 1/2 pounds, made in France, 1790-94
guillotine blades
James
DD $13,600 [11]
This lass was the daughter of Benedict Bellefontaine, "the wealthiest farmer of Grand-Pre"
Evangeline
Victoria
$2,000 [4]
Hulu miniseries where Kumail Nanjiani gets rich serving up beefcake
Welcome to Chippendales
Victoria
$2,000 [16]
(Jimmy Kimmel delivers the clue.) In 1941 a fancy surreal dinner party to benefit European refugees where even the fish were in satin slippers was hosted by this duo, an artist & his wife
Salvador Dalí & Gala Éluard Dalí
Yogesh

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN WOMEN

The New York Times wrote of this woman who had died in 1951, "Though she was forgotten at the time, part of her remained alive"

Henrietta Lacks

James "Who is Henrietta Lacks *final boss death music*" — wagered $908
Yogesh "WhoCould it be Lacks?" — wagered $10,911
Victoria "Who is Lacks?Greatgames, y'all--see you next year! ♡" — wagered $0

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