Masters Tournament Recap: Monday 5-15-23
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “The U.S. Government” was:
Not a department head but of cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence on a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse
In the 9th match of the 2023 Jeopardy! Masters Tournament, the Masters are: 23x champ Mattea Roach, & semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; 38x champ Matt Amodio, and a semi-finalist in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and 40x champ Amy Schneider, who also won the 2022 Tournament of Champions.
STARTING POINTS MATCH #9: Mattea 7 Matt 3 Amy 3
It’s the 5th show of the Jeopardy! Master Tournament, featuring the 9th and 10th matches. J!Buzz has all the details on how the competition works.
Jeopardy! Categories: The Western Hemisphere – Tech Talk – Musical Theater – Nicknames – Art & Artists – Abbrev.
Mattea found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Musical Theater” under the 800 clue on the second pick of the round. Mattea was the only one on the board with 1,000. Mattea bet 1,000 and was RIGHT.
The role of Glinda in “Wicked” was written for this actress who received a 2004 Tony nomination for her performance show
Mattea finished in the lead with 6,000. Amy was second with 5,800 and Matt was last with 3,800. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! We’ve Got History – And The Oscar Went To… – Let’s Go On a Safari – Not Your Everyday Words – Subtitled Literature – Chess, Masters
Amy found the first Daily Double in “Subtitled Literature” under the 2,000 clue on the 10th pick of the round. She was in last place with 7,800, 4,200 less than Mattea’s lead. Amy bet 5,000 and came up with bigoted. That was WRONG.
This word meaning “narrow-minded” is in the subtitle of “Middlemarch” show
Matt got the last Daily Double in “Let’s Go On a Safari” under the 2,000 clue on the 18th pick of the round. He was in second place with 11,800 now, 1,800 less than Mattea’s lead. Matt bet it all and he was RIGHT.
A unique way to see wildlife in the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park is to take a sunset cruise on this river above Victoria Falls show
Matt finished in the lead with 24,800. Mattea was next with 16,400 and Amy was in third place with 9,600. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHAT IS AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS?
Wikipedia has an article devoted to the official residence of the U.S. Ambassador to the UN. Originally, it was a luxurious suite of rooms on the 42nd floor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City leased by the U.S. Department of State. After the Chinese Anbang Insurance Company bought the Waldorf-Astoria in 2015, the ambassador’s fancy digs were moved to a penthouse apartment at 50 United Nations Plaza in May 2019.
Amy got it right. She bet 6,801 and finished with 16,401.
Mattea thought it was the Chair of the Fed. She lost 2,801 points and finished with 13,599.
Matt settled on the surgeon general, after crossing out postmaster and attorney. He lost 8001 point but he won the match with the 16,799 points he had left.
ENDING POINTS MATCH #9: Mattea 7 Matt 6 Amy 4
The Final Jeopardy clue in the category “19th Century First Ladies” was:
After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was “purer because” this First Lady “has been its mistress”
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; 5x champ Andrew He, who placed second in the 2022 Tournament of Champions; and Sam Buttrey, 2021 Professors Tournament winner & 2022 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000.
STARTING POINTS MATCH #10: James 9 Andrew 8 Sam 2
Jeopardy! Categories: The French Revolution – What A Literary Character! – Great Sports Calls – Musical Instruments & Accessories – From The Greek – My Missed Career, Substitute Teacher
Andrew found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “What a Literary Character” under the 800 clue on the 4th pick of the round. He was the only one on the board with points. Andrew bet all of his 2,000 and he was RIGHT.
At the end of a Thomas Pynchon book, Oedipa Maas awaits the bidding on a stamp collection with this auction number show
James finished in the lead with 7,600. Andrew was second with 6,400 and Sam was last with 2,800. All clues were shown.
Double Jeopardy! 3-Word Place Names – Whatever Floats – Essays – TV Therapists – Archaeology – Get “Em”!
James found the first Daily Double in “3-Word Place Names” under the 1,600 clue on the 2nd pick of the round. He was in the lead with 9,200, 2,800 more than Andrew in second place. James bet 9,200 and he was RIGHT.
A South American cidade & estado both go by this name show
James got the last Daily Double in “Essays” under the 2,000 clue on the 21st pick of the round. In the lead with 23,205 now, he had 16,805 more than Andrew in second place. James bet 5 points and he was RIGHT.
This Italian’s experiments with dead frogs led him to write an essay on the “Effect of Electricity in Muscular Motion” show
James finished in the lead with 24,805. Andrew and Sam were tied for second place with 8,800. All clues were shown.
Only ONE of the Masters got Final Jeopardy! right.
WHO IS LUCY HAYES?
From whitehouse.gov: “Lucy Ware Webb Hayes served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881). Nicknamed affectionately both “Mother Lucy” and “Lemonade Lucy”, she was well known for caring for wounded infantrymen in her husband’s command during the Civil War and for her staunch support of the temperance movement, respectively.”
Sam tried Julia Grant. He lost all of his 8,800 and finished with zero.
Andrew got it right. He bet zero points, standing pat on his 8,800.
James continued with his playful joking: “If a Ken falls in the forest and no one’s around, does it make a dad joke?” That cost him 806 pointS but he won the game with the remaining 23,999.
ENDING POINTS MATCH #10: James 12 Andrew 9 Sam 2
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