Show #53 2025-06-04 (taped 2025-04-22) Jeopardy! Masters

2025Jeopardy! Masterssemifinal game 3.

Contestants

Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California

Victoria Groce — a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Victoria	—	$12,800	$32,400	$29,800 Winner: 9 match points	$30,600 31 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Isaac	—	$2,000	$1,200	$1,300 3rd place: 0 match points	$1,200 7 R, 2 W
Juveria	—	$3,400	$7,400	$7,400 2nd place: 1 match point	$7,400 15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE	INTERNATIONAL ATHLETES	ARCHITECTURE TERMS	GET HYPHENATED	ALPHABETICALLY FIRST &/OR LAST	BLACK HISTORY & GENEALOGY
$200 [14] The section of Handel's "Messiah" that asks & answers "Who is this king of glory?" comes from the 24th of these Psalms Isaac	$200 [23] Norway's Bjorn Daehlie won a record 8 Olympic golds in this type of skiing, including 2 in pursuit & 2 in the 50 km freestyle cross-country Isaac Juveria	$200 [13] As its name suggests, it's the central piece of an arch or a vault, holding the whole thing together a keystone Juveria	$200 [24] Knights of yore would train for tournaments on an early version of this whirling fairground amusement a merry-go-round Juveria	$200 [26] First:Of the 3 Baltic states Estonia Juveria	$200 [7] (Here's Professor Gates.) While many Black surnames are those of the families that owned our ancestors, another common name, this one of an Oscar-winning actorwas taken after the Civil War to indicate no ownership Freeman Isaac
$400 [18] Were this book named for its recipient, not author, we might have watched NFL star Theophilus Kuechly & baseball's Theophilus Appling Luke Isaac	$400 [22] Lionel Messi has won a record 8 of these French-named awards Ballon d'Or Juveria	$400 [12] It's an exterior support from the face of a wall, often of masonry; types include tower, hanging &, of course, flying a buttress Victoria	$400 [25] The ads of this fast food chain feature cows that probably wouldn't excel at a spelling bee Chick-fil-A Isaac	$400 [27] First & last:Of the Ivy League schools Brown & Yale Victoria	$400 [9] (Skip Gates.) For decades, one of the best jobs for Black men, & one of the few that showed them a wider world, was this job in railroad cars; the Brotherhoodof them was the AFL's first Black union a porter Isaac
$800 [5] Chapter 1 of the first book of Samuel is largely about the successful fight for fertility by this woman, Sam's mother Hannah Victoria	$600 [19] Cork County star Christy Ring is a legend of this stick-&-ball sport hurling Victoria Juveria	$600 [3] An intermediate level of a building or a theater can be called an entresol or this Italian-derived word a mezzanine Victoria	$600 [15] The name of this acrobatic basketball move is thought to come from a cry a French acrobat makes before a leap an alley-oop Isaac	$600 [28] First & last:Of the chemical elements actinium & zirconium	$600 [8] (Back to Professor Gates.) After emancipation, many African Americans still lived off the land owned by others; if a relative success, one could be this type of farmer who, unlike a sharecropper, owned a portion of what he grew & paid rent from the proceeds a tenant farmer Victoria
$1,000 [4] This short epistle to one single man asks him not to be harsh to his runaway slave Onesimus Philemon Juveria	$800 [20] Kenya's Faith Kipyegonis the women's world record holder in the mile & this event that's 359 feet shorter the 1500 meters Victoria	$800 [2] It's asemicircular recessat the end of a church, or niche to hold a statue an apse Victoria	$800 [16] Change a letter in a term meaning "unambiguous" to get this adjective for a wholesome, neatly barbered young fella clean-cut Juveria	$800 [29] Last:Of Canada's 10 provinces Saskatchewan Victoria	$800 [10] (Professor Gates?) The average African American has about 23% European ancestry & although Malcolm X rightly said that "Plymouth Rock landed on us", in 2023 I showed this legendary activist that she had a white ancestor on the Mayflower (Angela) Davis Victoria
DD $3,200 [6] If you're not a seminarian & you're reading Deuteronomy 5, it's probably for these the Ten Commandments Victoria	$1,000 [21] From 1987 to 1997 she spent a record 377 weeks as the world's top-ranked women's tennis player Graf Victoria	$1,000 [1] Turns out there's a name for thelow railingthat can stop you from falling off a balcony--this 10-letter one a balustrade Victoria	$1,000 [17] In the 18th c. this phrase meaning "of lower quality" was the grade of Royal Navy ship after those with 100 guns & 90 guns third-rate	$1,000 [30] Last:Alphabetically & chronologically of the battles of the Second Punic War Zama Juveria	$1,000 [11] (One more time, Henry Louis Gates.) Many of our enslaved ancestors who came to America were Mende people of Sierra Leone; one famous Mende was this leader of the Amistad rebellion (Joseph) Cinqué Victoria

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE?	CELEBRATIONS	BROADWAY MUSICAL CHANGE A LETTER	SCIENCE CLASS	GEOGRAPHY	ON "QUE"
$400 [25] Published Nov. 24, 1859, this book about the genesis of different kinds of animals didn't match up with the biblical book of Genesis On the Origin of Species Juveria	$400 [26] Aniconof this Mexican holiday is "La Calavera Catrina" the Day of the Dead Victoria	$400 [27] Mamacita Morton runs the women's jail in this celebration of Mexican-American culture Chicano Juveria	$400 [28] Iron is the second-most abundant metal in Earth's crust; this metal with atomic number 13 is first aluminum Victoria	$400 [29] The Irish Sea connects to the North Atlantic not via St. Patrick's Channel, buthischannel St. George's Channel Victoria	$400 [30] Back in the day, Gypsy Rose Leewas famous as this type of performer burlesque Juveria
$800 [23] Get the gospel according to John in his memoir of advising Donald Trump on national security, "The Room Where It Happened" John Bolton Victoria	$800 [24] Lima was first called City of the Kings because it was founded during this January festival when the 3 kings visited Jesus Epiphany Juveria	$800 [22] Sure, the working class title teen from northern England passionately embraces ballet, but he also picks on kids half his size Bully Elliot Victoria	$800 [14] This term is used for the unique temperature & pressure at which a substance can exist as a liquid, solid & gas in equilibrium the triple point Victoria	$800 [17] Namibia's Dragon's Breath Cave provides access to a gigantic underground lake on the edge of this desert the Kalahari Isaac	$800 [9] Originating in Spain in the 16th century, this early form of novel related the adventures of a roguish hero picaresque Juveria
$1,200 [18] Books judging the judges include one from 2023 titled this dark realm of 99% of the Supreme Court's decisions, none signed The Shadow Docket	$1,200 [21] This enlightenment is the name of a holiday that honors Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of that awakening to become the Buddha Bodhi Day Victoria Juveria	$1,200 [1] Frederic, Mabel & the Major General do some singing while stretching on a trio of reformers Pilates of Penzance Juveria	$1,200 [2] This supercontinent began tobreak upabout 200 million years ago, forming the modern continents & the Atlantic Ocean Pangaea Juveria	$1,200 [10] Spanish for "plains", these vast grasslands sprawl across Colombia & Venezuela the Llanos Victoria	$1,200 [8] The Rhesus monkey is a species of this a macaque Victoria
DD $1,200 [20] Encompassing math & logic, "Principia Mathematica" by Alfred North Whitehead & him is a book of numbers & letters too (Bertrand) Russell Victoria	$1,600 [4] This spring celebration, the Persian New Year, has a name meaning "new day" in Farsi Nowruz Victoria	$1,600 [15] Show in which the title character is equally good with a rifle & the Bible & is out to retrieve Mother Superior in the Old West Annie Get Your Nun Victoria	$1,600 [3] Per a 2022 Nobel Prize statement, in quantum mechanics, 2 particles are this if what happens to 1 affects the other even at a distance entangled Victoria Isaac	$1,600 [11] You get 3 A's if you can name this sea between Myanmar & the Bay of Bengal the Andaman Victoria	$1,600 [7] Proper term for a citizen of Prince Albert II's country Monegasque Victoria
$1,600 [19] This Italian plural that can mean "boys" or "guys" or "my gang" is the title of a book of down-&-out Romans by Pier Paolo Pasolini ragazzi Victoria	DD $2,000 [5] The origins of this ancient Roman festival are murky, but its name might be related to the animal that suckled Romulus & Remus Lupercalia Victoria	$2,000 [16] It's rock & roll time for a German victim of a botched operation & a clearly upset Andean of yore Hedwig and the Angry Inca Victoria	$2,000 [12] Originally called 2005 FY9, this dwarf planet beyond the orbit of Pluto bears the name of the creator god of Easter Island myth Makemake Victoria	$2,000 [13] The name of this strait that connects the Red Sea & the Indian Ocean means "gate of tears" the Bab-el-Mandeb Victoria	$2,000 [6] A feminine French first name, it also refers to a dish such as sole garnished with seedless grapes Véronique

Final Jeopardy!

MEDIEVAL TIMES

A vassal-lord bond had 2 parts: in homage the vassal swore to serve, & in this other 6-letter word the vassal also swore, to be loyal

fealty

Isaac "What is fealty" — wagered $100

Juveria "What is Fealty?" — wagered $0

Victoria "What is ??" — wagered $2,600

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