Masters Tournament Recap: Monday 5-8-23
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “Poetry” was:
A colossal head of Ramses II brought to the British Museum inspired this 1818 poem
In the first match of the 2023 Jeopardy! Master Tournament, the Masters are: 40x champ Amy Schneider, who also won the 2022 Tournament of Champions; 38x champ Matt Amodio, and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and 5x champ Andrew He, who placed second in the 2022 Tournament of Champions.
It’s the first show of the Jeopardy! Masters Tournament. J!Buzz has all the details on how the competition works. There are 2 matches in each hour-long primetime show. One of the new features is a match point systems. Another feature we have seen in a different tournament: There are no dollar signs. Everything is referred to as “points”.
Jeopardy! Categories: Literary Demises – Adult Beverages – Art Terms – 20/23 – Spoonerisms Pairs – Jason Alexander: Master of My Domain
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Literary Demises” under the $800 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in second place with 1,400, 2,000 less than Amy’s lead. Andrew bet “all the beans” and he was RIGHT.
As this character created by Louisa May Alcott had hoped, “the tide went out easily” & “she quietly drew her last” breath show
Andrew finished in the lead with 7,600. Amy was second with 7,000 and Matt was last with 1,000. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! A Real Font Of Knowledge – Alliterative History – Mathsters – Describing The No. 1 Album – A Trip To Asia – 10-Letter Words
Matt found the first Daily Double in “Alliterative History” under the 1,600 clue on the first pick of the round. He was in last place with 1,000, 6,600 less than Andrew’s lead. Matt wagered 2,000 and he was RIGHT.
Thaddeus Stevens & Charles Sumner were members of this “extreme” group in Lincoln’s party advocating emancipation show
Andrew got the last Daily Double in “10-Letter Words” under the 1,600 clue on the 11th pick of the round. He was in the lead with 12,800, he had 600 more than Amy in second place. Andrew bet 7,000 and he was RIGHT.
Common in French, this diacritical mark gets its name from the Latin for “bend around” show
Andrew finished in the lead with 27,800. Amy was next with 14,200 and Matt was in third place with 8,200. All clues were shown.
All of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS OZYMANDIAS?
Percy Bysshe Shelly wrote the sonnet “Ozymandias” and published it in January 1818, when he was 25 years old. The title of the poem was the Greek name for the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses II.
Matt bet 6,001 and finished with 14,201.
Amy bet 14,000 and finished with 28,200.
Andrew bet 601 and finished with 28,401.
MATCH POINTS: Amy 1 Matt 0 Andrew 3
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “USA” was:
Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown
In tonight’s second match, 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 Sam Buttrey, 2021 Professors Tournament winner & 2022 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000.
Jeopardy! Categories: From The Arabic – A Little Reading Material – “G.P.” – Comin’ To Your City – Sing You A Country Song – Flyin’ Higher Than A Jet Airliner
James found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Comin’ to your City” under the 1,000 clue on the first pick of the round. Nobody had any money. James bet 1,000 and he was RIGHT.
Take in the earthquake-resistant “Cardboard Cathedral”, built after a 2011 event in this New Zealand city show
James finished in the lead with 6,400. Sam was second with 6,200 and Mattea was last with 1,600. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! Back In The 12th Century – Same First & Last Letter – Women Writers – Pop Culture In Black & White – Religion – Build Your Own Spy Novel Titles
James found the first Daily Double in “Women Writers” under the 800 clue on the 8th pick of the round. He was in the lead with 8,000, 1,000 more than Sam in second place. James bet everything and he was RIGHT.
Min Jin Lee’s novel “Pachinko” follows generations of a Korean immigrant family overcoming bias in this other Asian nation show
On the very next pick, James got the last Daily Double in “Religion” under the 1,200 clue. He was in the lead with 16,000 now, he had 9,000 more than Sam in second place. James bet it all again and he was RIGHT.
An image of Our Lady makes a yearly trip from the Cathedral of Guadalajara to this other kind of major Catholic church of Zapopan show
James finished in the lead with 37,600. Sam was next with 10,600 and Mattea was in third place with 9,200. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE?
The Manhattan Bridge crosses the East River in New York City. It connects lower Manhattan at Canal Street with downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. The bridge is 6,855 feet long and is toll free. Its neighbor, the Brooklyn Bridge, is a bit further downtown.
Mattea went with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Mattea lost 3,001 points and finished with 6,199.
Sam got it right. He bet 6,201 points, bringing him up to 18,401.
James went with a joke response: “stop ducking a rematch, Ken”. That cost him 9,812. He finished with 30,988.
MATCH POINTS: James 3 Mattea 0 Sam 1
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Missed the show, but I can discern from the recap that the writers really ramped up the difficulty of the clues. As a long-ago NYer, I knew the connector between Brooklyn and Chinatown. Kudos to Sam. Also got the $1000 spoonerism, the “Isn’t She Lovely” album, and the Hebrew Bible whole.
Amy broke Andrew’s runaway on the last clue, but fortunately for Andrew, all 3 got it right, and Andrew beat Amy by 201 points.