Jeopardy! Masters game #47 - Wednesday, May 21, 2025

2025 Jeopardy! Masters quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

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Matt Amodio, a quantitative researcher from New York, New York

Yogesh Raut, an educational blogger, podcast host, and writer originally from Springfield, Illinois

Victoria Groce, a writer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN CITIES
GOOD EVENING, SPORTS FANS!
MUSIC, CLASSICALLY
WORDS FOR TRISKAIDEKAPHILES
(Ken: Because they each have 13 letters.)
A NEW CAR
[Ken reads the category in the style of a Price Is Right announcer.]
HERE ARE YOUR KEYS
    200 28
In 1999 many of Germany's government offices as well as the Bundestag moved from this city to Berlin
    200 27
Attributed to this MLB Hall of Famer: "A nickel ain't worth a dime anymore" & "I really didn't say everything I said"
    200 26
Grandpa is represented by a bassoon & the hunters' guns, timpani, in this work that premiered in 1936 in Moscow
    200 29
Visual images using one color only are described by this adjective
    200 30
Hmm... do we want its 12cilindri Spider in bianco artico or blu roma? Both come with the yellow & black prancing horse
    200 25
This marine snail has its name on an island in the middle Florida Keys
    400 20
Formerly known as Kishinev, Chisinau is the capital of this country
    400 22
"Even when I was little, I was big", said the size 58 sport jacket-wearing Chicago Bear William Perry, known by this household nickname
    400 13
Florence Price is among those who composed a "concert" this--no need for an opera for it to precede
    400 21
Into creating or solving codes or ciphers? This is the job for you! Also, the rains of Mali fall gently on turtles
    400 23
Well, a new Prius XLE comes with a slot for the wireless charging system with this 2-letter Asian name
    400 24
This first century man of Capernaum is often depicted holding 2 keys, one of gold & one of silver
    600 2
A Las Vegas hotel shares its name with this Italian town that's been called the "pearl of Lake Como"
    600 19
Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 points & 25.7 rebounds per game, but somehow finished 2nd in the MVP vote to this rival in 1962
    600 12
At the end of the 17th century, this composer fired off his beloved "Canon" (& Gigue in D Major)
    DD: 2,400 7
In most civil cases reasonable doubt, reasonable shmout--the standard of proof is this "of the evidence"
    600 5
You brought a spare million, right? Let's check out the 1907 Rolls Royce model known by this colorful & spooky name
    600 18
In 1861 he patented a pin-tumbler cylinder lock & would pick the locks of rival companies to prove their inferior security
    800 4
This city, host of the 1994 Winter Olympics, also hosts the annual Norwegian Festival of Literature
    800 9
A bit of an outlier in the images in the category, Allan Roth came up with OBP, this stat that became huge in the "Moneyball" era
    800 11
He composed "Slavonic Dances" between 1878 & 1886 for piano, but the pieces got orchestral later
    800 3
In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", it's where the king was
    800 15
You want an SUV? Sigh... OK, how about one of the alphanumeric models from this Nissan brand that debuted in 1989?
    800 17
This Greek goddess of magic & the night is sometimes depicted holding keys, symbolizing access to hidden realms
    1000 1
This Swiss resort town gets its name from its location between 2 bodies of water, Brienz & Thun
    1000 8
Making molehills out of mountains, in 2025 she became the first alpine skier to win 100 World Cup races
    1000 10
Handel's "Arrival Of" this woman is a favorite tune for dramatic arrivals, used at weddings & Olympic opening ceremonies
    1000 6
The idea of the Virgin Mary nursing a baby is behind the name of this white Rhine wine
    1000 14
Maybe one of the high-performance 1960s Mustang models named for this race-car-driver-turned-sportscar-designer
    1000 16
"The Star-Spangled Banner" came about when Francis Scott Key was seeking the release of this physician

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh Matt
5,400 8,400 200

Double Jeopardy! Round

WAY BACK IN 1825
ENTERTAINING FOLKS
WORLD LIT
LANGUAGES
HEALTH & MEDICINE
SPEAK "EZ"
    400 25
As he became president, his father wrote (in Latin) expecting him to act "gently in manner, firmly in action"
    400 27
Gabriella Wilson is the birth name of the singer/songwriter known by this acronym whose first letter stands for "Having"
    400 26
German author Michael Ende is best known for his fantasy novel "Die Unendliche Geschichte", filmed under this title
    400 28
A comedy troupe, not a snake, is the inspiration for the name of this programming language
    400 29
Lithotripsy uses shock waves to break up these, allowing them to pass more easily out of the body (& without surgery)
    400 30
NASA says this kind of food retains 98% of its nutrition at 20% of its original weight
    800 14
Javanese prince Diponegoro rebelled against foreign rule in the territory known by this 3-word name
    800 24
Her very long TV career has included appearing in 4 episodes of "Better Call Saul" & playing Norma Dellacorte on "Palm Royale"
    800 4
Written by a lady of the court in the early 1000s, one of the greatest Japanese novels is "The Tale of" this son of an emperor
    800 23
The name Barack is from a word for "blessing" in this language; "blessed are the meek" is wamebarikiwa walio wapole
    800 22
The health benefits of this element, at. No. 12, are said to include preventing migraines & improving sleep
    800 21
This French word can mean a meeting, planned or unplanned
    1200 12
English scientist Michael Faraday isolated & described this simplest aromatic hydrocarbon, C6H6
    1200 20
Okonma is the last name of this rapper with the 2024 album "Chromakopia"; he also has a brand of streetwear called Golf Wang
    1200 1
Alan Paton brought international attention to racial injustice in South Africa with this classic 1948 novel
    1200 7
This most widely spoken form of Chinese is used in & around Beijing
    DD: 11,800 10
The first word in this 3-word cardiac condition refers to the buildup of fluid in the body; the last means the pump isn't keeping up
    1200 15
A hammered dulcimer called a tsimbl is featured in this genre of music
    1600 11
Now capital of another state, this Australian city was established as a settlement near the northeast corner of New South Wales
    1600 6
This Brit has played Q & voiced Paddington Bear
    1600 3
Joseph Conrad dedicated "Nostromo" to this friend, author of "The Forsyte Saga"
    DD: 4,200 16
A glossary of this language appears at the end of some editions of "A Clockwork Orange"
    1600 9
An allergic reaction may cause these, also called urticaria
    1600 19
The compression of crystals like quartz produces this type of charge
    2000 13
Welsh factory owner Robert Owen bought 30,000 acres in Indiana for the site of this "New" utopian community
    2000 5
Given the last name of this standup, seen here, he basically only tells dad jokes
    2000 2
In 1990 this author & diplomat became the first Mexican writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature
    2000 17
Kids in Indonesia are learning to write the indigenous language Cia-Cia, which has no script, in this Korean script
    2000 8
Too much cortisol can cause this adrenal syndrome; the same-named disease is caused by secretion of ACTH by a pituitary tumor
    2000 18
This word for a stone with purported healing powers comes from a Persian term for "antidote"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Victoria Yogesh Matt
32,000 20,800 1,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

PORTMANTEAU WORDS
A play on a portmanteau coined in 2012, this 7-letter word is now used to describe a similar U.K. headline from 1973

Final scores:

Victoria Yogesh Matt
22,399 9,599 1,200
Winner: 10 match points 2nd place: 8 match points 3rd place: 5 match points

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Victoria Yogesh Matt
21,400 19,000 5,400
25 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 9 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 45,800

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Game tape date: 2025-04-16
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