Jeopardy! Masters game #36 - Monday, May 20, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Masters semifinal game 4.

Contestants

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Amy Schneider, a writer from Oakland, California

Yogesh Raut, a cognitive and behavioral scientist from Vancouver, Washington

James Holzhauer, the self-described "final boss" of Jeopardy! from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jeopardy! Round

SHOOTING MY LITERARY SHOT
THIRTYSOMETHINGS
RECTANGLED
AMERICAN IDOL ALUMS
NAKED WITHOUT THEIR PREFIXES
(Ken: Each response will be a word without its familiar prefix.)
"H" TOWN
    200 25
He tells Buttercup, "I have made my body strong because I thought you might be pleased"--hey now!
    200 27
In 2011 Filipino-American Bobby Murphy co-founded this app associated with ephemerality... & doggy filters
    200 28
Also seen on fabrics, this pattern with a fishy moniker is achieved in brickwork using rectangles
    200 24
3 years after winning "Idol", in 2008 she was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry at age 25 by Garth Brooks
    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
    200 15
Behold the star-shaped Citadel, the fourth in a series of forts on Citadel Hill in this Canadian city on the Atlantic
    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
    400 26
In 2024 Jess Hilarious joined this radio show with Charlamagne tha God & DJ Envy
    400 10
On a map these 2 neighboring states, the 38th & 44th, look almost like perfect rectangles
    400 8
Apparently very into singing contests, this "Idol" winner & talk TV fixture began coaching up new hopefuls on "The Voice" in 2018
    400 29
More familiar with "pro-" or "anti-", this type of "factor" is a living organism that shapes its environment
    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
    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
    600 21
Katie Bouman was instrumental in creating the first-ever picture of this black hole at the center of our galaxy
    600 9
Using rectangles in works like "Composition No. 1 with Red and Black", this artist espoused what he called "Neoplasticism"
    600 5
Adam Lambert had big shoes to fill--like the size of a certain planet--singing lead with this British band in 2012
    600 20
P.G. Wodehouse was one of the first to drop "dis-" & form this word meaning satisfied & contented
    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
    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
    800 18
In 2019 this author & chef launched the Eat.Learn.Play. Foundation in Oakland with her baller husband
    800 2
In a Gothic cathedral, these 2 long rectangles intersect to form the arms of a cross
    800 7
This powerhouse singer became the 17th person to claim EGOT status (but inexplicably, can't claim an "Idol" win)
    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
    800 12
Mount Wellington towers over this city in Australia's smallest state
    1000 4
The Lothario M. Boulanger woos this wife of a country doctor by talking of "dreams, presentiments, magnetism"
    1000 17
In 2020 a New York Times headline read, "Democrats' Georgia Hopes Rest on" this man, age 33
    1000 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
    1000 6
Going Van Halen-style & making his last name his band's name, he had hits with "It's Not Over" & "What About Now"
    1000 16
Without "non-", a synonym for ordinary or dull becomes this archaic word meaning "said what something looked like"
    DD: 3,200 11
An inscription at the Rattenfangerhaus in this town describes a supposed 1284 event that reduced its population

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Yogesh Amy
8,400 6,400 3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIOLOGY
MAKE IT FLIRTY
STATUE OF LIMITATIONS
BUSINESS
PEOPLE IN AMERICAN HISTORY
ACTING TEACHERS
(Henry Winkler: I'm Henry Winkler. I've learned from [*], done it myself, and played a unique one on Barry. I'll have clues about some of the greats.)
    400 24
This composite organism consists of a fungus & an alga living in symbiotic association; caribou rely on them in Arctic lands
    400 23
Pull the last letter off a single Doc Martens to get this flirty term of endearment
    400 27
Some of the wee & intricate 12th century pieces for this game found on the Isle of Lewis live at the British Museum
    400 28
Founded in 1859, it offers to digitize your cash management but still runs the armored trucks
    400 29
The unusual first name of this preacher born in 1639 to the Mathers of Massachusetts was a Puritan virtue/command
    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
    800 14
From Latin for "footprints", this adjective refers to parts of the human body that are remnants of evolutionary history
    800 1
Remove an "R" from a deep-fried French finger food & you get this word for a flirty lady
    800 25
Tiny figures of this river animal were often buried with ancient Egyptians; the Met has an 8"-long blue one nicknamed William
    800 19
Vitalik Buterin based the name of this blockchain tech on a hypothetical substance once thought to occupy all space
    DD: 14,000 16
In 1805 a tributary of Montana's Musselshell River was named in her honor
    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
    1200 13
Foodies & predators beware pufferfish, whose livers & ovaries contain one of this group of poisons that can paralyze or kill
    1200 22
Drop the last 2 syllables from a sub-zero number to get this, a put-down meant to pick up
    1200 12
About 22 inches tall, a whimsical fountain called the Manneken-Pis is in this capital & embodies its rebellious spirit
    1200 15
In 2023 this Hong Kong-based airline offered cheap flights from mainland China to help boost turnout in an election
    1200 6
In 1883 she added the words "With Key to the Scriptures" to the title of her book "Science and Health"
    1200 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
    1600 9
Electroreceptors around the snout of sharks are called ampullae of this Italian name
    DD: 12,000 8
The evolution of English dropped 3 letters from an imaginary creature to get this type of exotic seductress
    1600 7
Less than 5 inches tall, the prehistoric "Venus" is named for this Austrian place where she was found
    1600 18
This company that's banked on GeForce tech in the past flexed its AI muscle in recent years, increasing stock value by over 200%
    1600 4
In 1791 he sent Thomas Jefferson a copy of his almanac & a letter asking for better conditions for Black people
    1600 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"
    2000 10
cancer.gov says this subunit of DNA consists of "a nitrogen-containing base... a phosphate group & a sugar molecule"
    2000 20
Add 3 letters to the end of a musical art form & get this word for an adept flirter
    2000 11
Ceramicist Edmund de Waal wrote of inheriting 264 of these tiny intricate Japanese figurines in "The Hare with the Amber Eyes"
    2000 17
This controversial CIO of ARK Innovation ETF said she was inspired by the Holy Spirit to begin the fund
    2000 3
In 1869 this explorer noted that the walls of the Grand Canyon were "2,500 feet tall" & of "vermilion gleams & rosy hues"
    2000 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

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Yogesh Amy
32,000 24,800 8,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

21st CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS
The last name adopted by Damon Fields, the title character of this novel, refers to his red hair

Final scores:

James Yogesh Amy
49,601 32,001 16,200
Winner: 7 match points 2nd place: 5 match points 3rd place: 0 match points (eliminated): 4th place: $100,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

James Yogesh Amy
16,600 14,400 8,200
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: 39,200

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Game tape date: 2024-04-30
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