Masters Tournament Recap: Tuesday 5-23-23
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Real People In Shakespeare” was:
In Shakespeare this man is a rival of Prince Hal; in real life he was older than Hal’s father
In the second round of the semifinal matches of the 2023 Jeopardy! Masters Tournament, the Masters are:
32x champ James Holzhauer, 2019 Tournament of Champions winner & 2020 Greatest of All Time first runner up; 23x champ Mattea Roach, & semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and 38x champ Matt Amodio, and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions.
STARTING POINTS SEMIFINAL #3: James 3 Mattea 1 Matt 0
We’re up to the last two semifinal matches of the Jeopardy! Master Tournament. Two contestants will join James Holzhauer in the 2-day finals tomorrow night. Will it be Andrew and Matt, Andrew and Mattea, or Matt and Mattea? J!Buzz has all the details on how the competition works.
Jeopardy! Categories: In The National Inventors Hall Of Fame – Black History & Culture – From “H” To “Y” – Power Occupants – Oh, We Have ’80s Pop Culture References – You Can’t Go There
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Black History & Culture” under the 1,000 clue on the first pick of the round. Nobody had any money. James bet 1,000 and he was RIGHT.
In 1924 the Atlanta Baptist female seminary became this historically black college for women show
James finished in the lead with 6,800. Mattea was second with 4,000 and Matt was last with 1,600. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! For Masters Only – Sculptors – Mythical Geography – Questionable Music Choices – Plants & Trees – Before, During & After
James found the first Daily Double ”Mythical Geography” under the 800 clue on the 3rd pick of the round. He was in the lead with 8,400, 4,400 more than Mattea in second place. James bet 8,400 and he was RIGHT.
This mythical place written about by Plato in 2 of his dialogues was said to be located just west of the strait of Gibraltar show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “Plants & Trees” under the 1,200 clue on the 9th pick of the round. He was tied for second place with Mattea at 6,000, he had 11,600 less than James’ lead. Matt bet 6,000 and said red oak. That was WRONG.
Acer rubrum is the scientific name for this colorful tree found in the Eastern United States show
James finished in the lead with 25,200. Mattea was next with 11,200 and Matt was in third place with 5,200. All clues were shown.
NONE of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS HENRY PERCY -or- HOTSPUR?
From Wikipedia: “Henry Percy, ‘Hotspur’, is one of Shakespeare’s best-known characters. In Henry IV, Part 1, Percy is portrayed as the same age as his rival, Prince Hal, by whom he is slain in single combat. In fact, he was 23 years older than Prince Hal, the future King Henry V, who was a youth of 16 at the date of the Battle of Shrewsbury.”
Matt thought it was Louis X. He bet and lost all 5,200 points.
Mattea had Henry of Navarre but only lost 314 points, finishing with 10,886.
James lost 908 on Richard II. He finished with 24,292.
ENDING POINTS SEMIFINAL #3: James 6 Mattea 2 Matt 0
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Opera & History” was:
Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876
In tonight’s second match, the Masters are: 23x champ Mattea Roach, & semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; 5x champ Andrew He, who placed second in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and 38x champ Matt Amodio, and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and
STARTING POINTS SEMIFINAL #4: Mattea 2 Andrew 1 Matt 0
Jeopardy! Categories: Fictional Castles – Their Occupational Surname – Cooking Weights & Measures – The Movies – It’S The Silent Consonant – The Universe With Neil Degrasse Tyson
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Universe” under the 400 clue with 8 clues left after it. He was in the lead with 4,400, 400 more than Matt in second place. Andrew bet 4,400 and he was RIGHT.
At age 14, I traveled to Africa to observe a total solar eclipse, an impressive event revealing only this outermost solar atmosphere show
Andrew finished in the lead with 8,800. Matt was second with 4,400 and Mattea was last with 2,800. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Century Notes – Let’s Go Gulfing – Barons & Baronesses – Labor – Classic Car TV – Eponyms
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Let’s Go Gulfing” under the 1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in second place with 6,000, 2,800 less than Andrew’s lead. Matt bet it all and he was RIGHT.
This gulf named for a Yemeni seaport was once a haven for piracy such as hijacking of the Maersk Alabama in 2009 show
Just two clues later, Matt got the last Daily Double “Century Notes” under the 1,600 clue. He was in the lead with 13,200 now, he had 4,400 more than Andrew in second place. Matt bet it all again and he was RIGHT again.
3rd Century: The first written reference to this Blue Man Group of present Scotland has them attacking Hadrian’s Wall show
Matt finished in the lead with 32,800. Andrew was second place with 16,000 and Mattea was last with 6,400. All clues were shown.
NONE of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS “GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG” (“TWILIGHT OF THE GODS”)?
Wikipedia has an entry on all the bombings of Vienna during the second World War. The March 12, 1945 entry reveals that the Vienna State Opera House was not the target of the bombing that day. The Floridsdorf oil refinery was. “747 bombers and 229 fighter planes caused heavy damage to the city centre and the Vienna State Opera and the Burgtheater burnt, and the Albertina, the Heinrichshof (on Ringstraße) and the Messepalast (Trade Fair Palace) were heavily damaged.” I don’t think “appropriately” was the best choice of words for the clue. Perhaps a reference to a bad omen would have been better.
Mattea went with Lohengrin. She lost 601 points and finished with 5,799.
Andrew had Marriage of Figaro. He lost 801 points, and finished with 15,199.
Matt bet nothing, standing pat on his 32,800 points. He wrote a touching tribute to his fellow Masters: What an honor it is to share a stage with these wonderful people.
ENDING POINTS SEMIFINAL #4: Mattea 2 Andrew 2 Matt 3
The tiebreaker for Mattea and Andrew was decided by how many correct responses each one gave. Mattea had 50 and Andrew had 45, so the finalists in the 2023 Masters Tournament are: James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio and Mattea Roach.
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I’ve missed many of the Masters games, but did see these. Most of the clues are so far over my head, I just keep shaking it when they respond correctly.
But I surprised myself by nailing several stumpers (it pays to be old): the singer’s TV series; the White Album song; the He-man castle (I had 2 young sons in the 80s); and the Fred Gwynne sitcom.
The solar eclipse and Yemeni seaport DDs were super easy (the latter was a cinch if you do crosswords).
If you ask me, they could have just cut a check for $1M or whatever the prize is and handed it to James on the first night.
I agree that it pays to be old sometimes, Howard. LOL!! I got all those “vintage” stumpers. As for He-Man, my son also was a big fan of his. I remember taking him out to see He-Man at one of those Meet the Cartoon Character events.
I agree about just handing it to James, but we’ll see if a bold DD can depose him.
I think our Castle Grayskull is still out in my garage somewhere.
My boys also had several of the action figures.