'Last time on "Jeopardy! Masters"...'
All comes down to Matt Amodio,
who had a pretty big lead after that Daily Double wager.
Did he know it was the UN ambassador?
No. You wagered how much?
8,001, but that was the right wager.
That's 3 match points for you and 1 more for Amy Schneider.
It seemed like, Matt, you may have had
a little turnaround on the buzzer there.
Did you feel like you were better locked in speed-wise?
They switched out my buzzer.
I'm getting your buzzer, not Brad's buzzer.
James Holzhauer had a big lead, 24,805 points.
Did he know it was Lemonade Lucy?
"If a Ken falls in the forest and no one's around,
does it make a dad joke?"
Let's see what you wagered--
806.
You had sewn up the game already.
3 match points for you.
James Holzhauer extends his lead.
He now has 12 match points.
Andrew He, having added 1, is at 9.
Then we have Mattea with 7, Matt with 6, Amy with 4,
and Sam Buttrey with 2 match points.
'Six Jeopardy! masters'
'are battling it out in an elite competition--'
'James Holzhauer,'
'Amy Schneider,'
'Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach,'
'Andrew He, Sam Buttrey.'
'10 episodes, 20 games,'
'one champion--'
'this is "Jeopardy! Masters."'
'Here is our first group of "Jeopardy!" champions--'
'an associate professor'
'at the Naval Postgraduate School,'
'from Pacific Grove, California, Sam Buttrey.'
'A writer and podcaster'
'from Toronto, Ontario, Canada,'
'Mattea Roach.'
'And a software developer'
'from San Francisco, California,'
'Andrew He.'
'And now here is the host'
'of "Jeopardy! Masters," Ken Jennings.'
- Thank you so much, Johnny Gilbert,
and welcome back to "Jeopardy! Masters."
We've reached the halfway point in our competition,
which means that each of our six players
has just two more games in which to help secure
a spot in the semifinals.
In our first match-up tonight,
we welcome Andrew, Mattea, and Sam
back to the Alex Trebek stage,
all hoping for a win, of course.
For Andrew or Mattea, that would
really help firm up their place in the standings.
But Sam Buttrey in particular needs to do well tonight.
The final four is well within reach for him
if he finishes first or second.
He needs a match point tonight to stay alive.
Good luck to all three of you.
Here are your categories in the Jeopardy round.
'First, we're going All the Way from "K" to "K,"'
'then A River Runs Through It.'
'We have Nonfiction,'
'Current U.S. Governors,'
'To the Nines,'
'and finally--'
I'm Hans Zimmer.
You've heard my music in dozens of movies,
and I'll have clues about the art of film scoring.
Let's give the home audience a quick preview
of where the Daily Double is found on this board.
There we see it.
And, Andrew, you begin the round.
Nines, 1,000.
- Mattea? - What are Valkyries?
- Yes. - "K" to "K," 1,000.
Andrew?
What is "kah-pahk"?
Correct, kapok.
Movie, 1,000.
Here's Hans Zimmer.
I'm a big fan of this jack-of-all-trades musician
'who scored films like'
'"The Master" and "There Will Be Blood."'
You may have also heard of his little band called Radiohead.
Sam?
Who is Work?
No, I'm sorry. Andrew?
Who is York?
Also incorrect. Mattea?
Who is Greenwood?
Johnny Greenwood, yes, Tom York's bandmate.
Nonfiction, 1,000.
Before he was part of the Kennedy administration,
'this tall economist advocated government spending'
'in the affluent society.'
Sam?
- Who's Keynes?
- No. - Oh.
Andrew or Mattea?
That's the surprisingly tall John Kenneth Galbraith.
Back to you, Mattea.
Nonfiction, 8.
It's called Command and Control.
- Mattea? - "K" to "K," 8.
- Mattea? - What's kickback?
- Right. - River, 8.
Mattea? - What's the Dnieper?
- That's right. - River, 1,000.
Andrew?
What is the Elbe?
The Elbe is correct. Well done.
You have control.
Governors, 1,000.
- Mattea? - Who is Noem?
- Yes. - Governors, 8.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.
Mattea, I know you don't love U.S. government.
Rivers, 6.
- Mattea? - What's the Euphrates?
No. Andrew?
- What is the Tigris. - Yeah, it got a little easier.
Nines, 800.
The answer there?
The Daily Double in the round.
You trail Mattea but can take a run at their lead.
I'll do 1,600.
Wagering it all in To the Nines
for a total of 3,200 if you're correct.
Here's your clue.
"Of the nine current members of the U.S. Supreme Court,
this one has been there the longest."
Andrew?
Who is, uh, Thomas?
It is Clarence Thomas, 1991.
In the nick of time.
- Select again. - Movie, 8.
Here's Hans Zimmer.
Listening to Ennio Morricone's majestic score
as a kid while watching this Sergio Leone epic
that featured Henry Fonda taking a villainous turn,
I thought, that's what I want to do.
Mattea?
What's "Once Upon a Time in the West"?
- Yes. - Movie Music, 6.
Hans?
For Denis Villeneuve's sequel to Blade Runner,
'we used the same model synth, a Yamaha CS-80,'
'that this Greek genius had used to create'
'the moody sci-fi soundscape for the original film.'
- Mattea? - Who is Vangelis?
- Right. - Hans Zimmer, 4.
Back to Hans.
For this epic, I tried to use some international influences
as it opens in Germany, takes place partly in Morocco,
and the hero is known as "the Spaniard."
Andrew?
What is "El Cid"?
No. I'm sorry.
Mattea or Sam?
It's the theme from "Gladiator."
- Back to you, Mattea. - Hans Zimmer, 2.
Finishing the category.
Contrasting with the music from the big action scenes,
my theme "Tennessee" refers to the state
Ben Affleck and Josh Hartnett come from in this war film.
Andrew? - What is "Pearl Harbor"?
- That's right. - Nines, 6.
- Andrew? - - Who is Ferris Bueller?
- Yes. - Nines, 4.
Sam?
Who are gluttons?
That's correct.
"K" to "K," 600.
- Sam? - Who are kinfolk?
That's what kinfolk told him.
"K" to "K," 400.
- Andrew? - What is Kayak?
- Good. - Nonfiction, 6.
- Sam? - What is Morgan?
- Yes. - Nonfiction, 400.
Sam?
What are "Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus"?
- That's correct. - Nonfiction, 200.
- Andrew? - What is "Silent Spring"?
- Yes. - Governors, 6.
Andrew?
- Who is Pritzker? - That's correct.
Governors, 4.
- Sam? - What is Maryland?
Correct. Well done. You have control.
"K" to "K," 200.
- Mattea? - What's kook?
You're such a kook. Yes.
River, 4.
Mattea? - What's the Congo?
- It's on the Congo. - River, 2.
- Andrew? - What is the Nile?
- That's right. - Governors, 2.
Andrew? - What is New Mexico?
- You got it. - Bring it.
And the final clue in To the Nines,
Each of those is a choir, different choirs of angels.
All right. Sam has pulled out of the hole.
Mattea is in first place.
Sam selects first in Double Jeopardy when we come back.
See you in a moment.
Sam Buttrey, at this point,
I feel, as with many of the masters,
we've now spoken a lot--
over a dozen of these little chats.
But I keep learning new things about you.
You attended boarding school in England as a young man?
That's right, Ken, if that is your real name.
I enjoy dining.
I enjoy cooking. I enjoy eating.
And maybe all this arose from an incident at boarding school
where I suffered an injury to my face,
and they concocted my food by putting
all the different items that were gonna go in side dishes,
main dishes, into a blender.
And I had to eat out of that for a couple of weeks.
It turned out I'd broken my jaw in two places.
And to coin the old joke,
I'm not gonna visit those two places again.
How does one break his jaw at English boarding school?
Oh, I caught a knee to the face in a rugby game.
- Rugby. - Always rugby.
- On brand.
Mattea Roach from Toronto,
famously one of the youngest successful champions
in "Jeopardy!" history,
has more wins than your age in your initial run, I believe.
I think it was the same number.
I'm the only person to shoot exactly my age.
You shot your age in your initial streak.
But now you know many people older than yourself, right?
Indeed, yeah. So we were asked
when we were coming back here what's kind of one way
that your life has changed since Jeopardy!,
and before I was on the show,
I had no friends over the age of, like, 27.
And now I know plenty of people that are in their 30s, 40s,
and redacted.
And I think it's actually been really nice to provide me
with some, like, very valuable perspective
on what's important, what's not important,
and just realize, you know, I'm not gonna be in my 20s forever,
which is-- and thank God for that.
Your life has been blessed by Gen X and redacted.
- Yes. - I'm glad to hear it.
We're honored.
Andrew He from San Francisco
comes from a high school with a great "Jeopardy!" pedigree.
Where did you go to school?
It turns out Mayim Bialik went to my high school.
- Really? - And, yeah.
I find it amusing because it means
that despite whatever my efforts are here,
I won't even be the "Jeopardiest" person
from my own high school.
Sam, you are gonna be selecting first
in the Double Jeopardy round.
Let's see what categories await you three.
'We begin with The Geodyssey.'
'Then we have Women in History,'
'Science,'
'a Pop Culture Masquerade,'
'followed by German Words & Phrases,'
'and finally, Ken Jennings: International Nerd of Mystery.'
I'm going to learn so much about myself, I think.
Let's show the folks at home who care to know
where the Daily Doubles are located
in the Double Jeopardy round.
And, Sam, you can go ahead and select.
I don't even know who Ken Jennings is.
I'll go Science, 1,600.
- Andrew? - Who is Klein?
- Correct. - Science, 2,000.
The light source here emits roughly one of these--
the base unit of measure for light as perceived by humans.
- Sam? - What is a candela?
Correct.
Ken Jennings, 1,200.
I'm honored.
Andrew?
Who is Armani?
Armani is correct.
Science, 12.
The answer there, one of the Daily Doubles in the round.
And it's a video clue.
You're in the lead, Andrew.
I'll do 8,000.
Wow, wagering it all.
Here with your clue is quantum physicist Spiros Michalakis.
2022 Nobel physics laureate Anton Zeilinger
'has pioneered the quantum type of this,'
'from Latin for "far" and "carry."'
'It's just a state of two entangled particles'
that is moved-- nothing bigger yet.
What is telekinesis?
No, so close--
quantum teleportation, in fact.
Drops you down to 0, but lots of game left, Andrew.
Select.
Geodesy, 2,000.
Sam.
- Who was Circe? - No, I'm sorry.
Andrew? - Who is Calypso?
- That's correct. - Geodyssey, 16.
Andrew?
What is Sparta?
- Yes.
Geodyssey, 12.
The answer there is the other Daily Double.
You haven't come back fully
from quantum teleportation, Andrew.
What do you want to risk on the Geodyssey?
Uh, I'll bet it all again.
All right, you'll be in the lead if correct.
Here's your clue.
- Andrew? - Uh, were they Cyclops?
No, I'm sorry.
Cyclops are probably meat-eaters.
These are the lotus eaters.
Oh.
The lotus eaters.
Back to 0 again, but you came back once.
- Yeah.
German, 16.
- Sam? - What is Weltschmerz?
Yes.
Do Ken, 1,600, Ken Jennings.
Andrew?
- Who is Chagall? - Yes.
Ken Jennings, 2,000.
- Andrew? - What is Boston Dynamics?
- Correct.
Pop culture, 16.
- Sam? - What's lucha libre?
Yes.
Uh, science, 800.
- Mattea? - What's lye?
- Right. - Pop culture, 2,000.
- Andrew? - Who is deadmau5?
Correct for 2,000.
Women in History, 16.
- Andrew? - What is Blackwell?
- Right. - Women, 2,000.
In 1996, Ann Richards eulogized
'this Texas Congresswoman as an American original,'
a national treasure, and a friend.
- Andrew? - Who is Jordan?
- Good for 2,000. - Women, 12.
- Andrew? - Who is Rose of Lima?
Well done.
German, 2,000.
It's gem tlich.
Back to you, Andrew.
Pop culture, 12.
Andrew? - Who is Donatello?
- He's first, yeah. - German, 12.
- Sam? - What is auf wiedersehen?
- You got it. - Geodyssey, 800.
- Andrew? - What is Sicily?
- Right. - Women, 8.
Andrew?
Who is Henry V?
- No.
Henry V married Catherine, I believe.
This is Henry VI. You were so close.
- Select again. - Pop culture, 8.
- Andrew? - What is "Point Break"?
- Yes, it is. - Ken, 8.
You're not invited now.
It's a Chateau Lafite Rothschild.
- Andrew? - Ken Jennings, 4.
Finishing the category.
Andrew?
What is G-7?
- Correct.
German, 8.
- Sam? - What is meister?
Yeah, you're a "Jeopardy!" meister.
Well, thank you, Ken. German, 400.
- Mattea? - What's bitte?
- Right. - Pop culture, 4.
- Andrew? - Who is Bane?
- That's correct. - Science, 4.
Also a reason not to sip from your friend's beer,
'it's the action of waves pulling sand off a beach'
causing erosion.
Mattea? - What's backwash?
Watch out for backwash.
Women, 4.
She taught school in Milwaukee
'before moving to what was then Palestine,'
then eventually becoming prime minister of Israel.
- Mattea? - Who's Golda Meir?
That's right.
And the final clue in the Geodyssey.
- Mattea? - What's Troy?
Troy is correct, taking you to 8,400.
You're in second place.
Andrew had to come back in that game two or three times.
He's in the lead as we head into Final Jeopardy,
where your category today will be--
World Cities.
The masters face the clue in a moment.
Come right back.
World Cities is the capital for Final Jeopardy today.
And here's the clue.
'30 seconds, masters. Good luck.'
We'll begin with Sam Buttrey, who had 5,600 points
and knew he had to win a place
to stay alive in this tournament.
What city did he write down?
He crossed out Riyadh, then crossed out Caracas,
then went back to Riyadh.
I'm afraid Riyadh is not correct, Sam.
It'll cost you
2,801, leaving you with 2,799 points.
Mattea Roach was in second place.
What did Mattea write down?
Wrote Caracas and stuck with it.
Caracas is correct.
Yes, Venezuela, then as now,
the only New World member of OPEC.
So you're gonna add to your 8,400, Mattea,
2,801, bringing you to 11,201.
It all comes down to Andrew He,
who, with a win in this game,
could clinch a spot in the semifinals.
First of all, did he know it was Caracas?
He did, and he's gonna add
1,900 for 15,100 points.
That's 3 match points for Andrew He,
who is going to the semifinals.
For finishing in second place,
that's 1 match point for Mattea.
Up next, our second match-up of the night
'with James, Matt, and Amy.'
'It begins right after this.'
- 'Welcome back to "Jeopardy! Masters."'
'Here are our next three champions--'
'a writer from Oakland, California,'
'Amy Schneider.'
'A postdoctoral researcher'
'from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Matt Amodio.'
'And a self-described game show villain,'
'from Las Vegas, Nevada, James Holzhauer.'
Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
Matt Amodio and Amy Schneider
respectively fourth and fifth right now
on our "Jeopardy! Masters" leaderboard
in terms of those all-important match points,
which means both are on the bubble
of making it into the semifinals.
This is a very important game for them,
but they have to go through James Holzhauer,
who has lost only one match and one toothpick
so far in this competition.
But the match was to Matt.
And he's here with us.
Good luck to all three of you.
Here are your categories in the Jeopardy Round.
'First up, Possessive Geography.'
'Then we have some Hobbies and Pastimes,'
'Communication,'
'12-Letter Words,'
'then Episode IV--'
'you'll name the TV series--'
'and, of course, A New Hope.'
For those of you at home who care to know
where the Daily Double is found on this board,
take a look. Everyone else look away.
All right, James. You start the round.
Possessive Geography, 1,000.
- James? - What is Fingal's Cave?
- You're correct. - Geography, 8.
Answer there is the Daily Double in the round.
You're not letting that suspense linger long, James.
How much do you want to wager? - Oh, 1,000.
Here is your clue in Possessive Geography.
- What is Hell's Kitchen? - That's correct.
You have doubled your points.
Hobbies and Pastimes, 1,000.
- James? - Who was Rubik?
- Correct. - Pastimes, 8.
- James? - Yes. What is grand slam?
You don't play any bridge, do you, James?
No. Communication, 1,000, please.
- Amy? - What's the penny post?
- That's right. - Communication, 8.
- James? - What is Discord?
- Yes. - 12-Letter Words, 1,000.
Matt?
What's "rheumology"?
- No.
James or Amy? Amy?
- What is rheumatology? - That's right.
You missed a couple of letters, Matt.
12 Letters, 8.
- James? - What's a cartographer?
- Yeah. - 12-Letter Words, 6.
- James? - What is incandescence?
- You got it. - Episode IV, 1,000.
Amy?
What is "Avatar: The Last Airbender"?
- That's right. - Episode IV, 8.
- Matt? - What's "Breaking Bad"?
- That's right. - A New Hope, 1,000.
- Matt? - What's stigmata?
- You got it. - Hope, 8.
- James? - What are seagulls?
- Yes. - Hope, 6.
- James? - What are Minute Women?
- Good. - New Hope, 4.
- James? - No relation.
What is San Francisco earthquake?
- That's right. - New Hope, 2.
- James? - What's a kidney?
- Yes. - Episode IV, 6.
Amy?
What is, uh, Black Sails?
No, I'm sorry.
James or Matt?
That's episode 4 of "House of the Dragon."
- Back to you, James. - Episode IV, 4.
James?
What's "The Andy Griffith Show?"
- That's correct. - Episode, 2.
Amy?
What is "Married With Children"?
- That's right. - Communications, 6.
- James? - What's third-base coach?
- You got it. - Communication, 4.
- Amy? - What's 202?
- That's right. - Possessive Geography, 6.
- Matt? - What's King's Cross?
- That's the station. - Hobbies, 6.
- James? - What are teddy bears?
- That's right. - Pastimes, 4.
- James? - What is tie-dyeing?
- Yeah. - Pastimes, 2.
Intentional dwarfing is the goal
'of this hobby that takes its name'
from the Japanese for tray planting.
- Matt? - What's bonsai?
- Yes. - Possessive, 4.
- Amy? - What is Martha's Vineyard?
- Correct. - Possessive, 2.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia,
'has one of these tragically romantic'
and alliterative spots.
- James? - What is Lover's Leap?
- You're correct. - Communication, 2.
- James? - What is skywriting?
- Yeah. - 12-Letter Words, 4.
- James? - What is Lollapalooza?
- Yes. - Words, 2.
Final clue.
'It's totally tubular'
and produces patterns like those seen here.
- James? - What's a kaleidoscope?
That is correct.
You really found your groove in that game
and finished with 11,000 points.
The Double Jeopardy is up next, two Daily Doubles--
so many points available.
Matt, you'll select first when we come back.
Amy Schneider, you're from Oakland.
But you've been spending a lot of time
in Southern California over the last year or two,
mostly to come visit us here on "Jeopardy!"
But you had missed out on one of the region's
great attractions, right?
That is right.
I had never in my life been to Disneyland
until just last week.
And so I went for the first time.
I would say that there were two main highlights.
One was that a--
one of the, like, imperial soldiers in character
complimented the dress I was wearing, which was very nice.
And then the number-one highlight
was that we saw some baby ducklings.
And they're not audio animatronic.
No, no. They were real.
- Those are real ducks. - Yeah.
- So what is the true happiest place on Earth for you?
Is it Disneyland or is it here on "Jeopardy!"?
This isn't the happiest place right now
the way this is going.
- Depends on the score-- - Yeah.
Is what you're saying.
Matt Amodio from Cambridge, Massachusetts
is possibly the only player here with us today
who's a Hall of Famer.
What does it take to become a Hall of Famer, Matt?
That's right.
So everybody on the stage today has received
some very lofty praise and recognition already.
But something that I'm very proud of
is that my local school district
inducted me into
the Medina City Schools Hall of Fame
just this year, and I--
I am extremely proud of my public school district,
and they made me the person I am today.
So I was very flattered that they also thought well of me.
Thank you. - All right.
Let's hear it for public schools.
Well done.
James Holzhauer, before I chat with you,
I'm afraid there's a change in scoring to announce.
Our judges have gone to the tape
and decided that you inadvertently said
"incandescence" for the light bulb clue,
which is not a 12-letter word.
So we're gonna have to deduct 1,200 points from your score.
Now, for a self-described game show villain,
you always seem to be organizing
community charity trivia events.
Tell me about the Trivia Titan Throwdown.
Now, I have to, once again,
give most of the credit to my wife, Melissa,
who's in the crowd today.
But we organized an event in Las Vegas
last summer where Amy, Matt, and Buzzy,
who's in the audience, all graciously donated
their time to help kind of organize
a "beat the experts at trivia" kind of thing.
And the experts got a little whomped.
We don't have to focus on that too much.
But we raised over $25,000 to help
unhoused people in Las Vegas.
Well, well done, all three of you.
I choose to believe you let the audience win
- for such a good cause. - Sure.
I choose for you to believe that as well, yes.
Matt, you're gonna be selecting for us
in the Double Jeopardy round.
Pick up your signaling devices,
and let's see what categories await you.
'First up, New World Exploration,'
'then we have International Lit,'
'16th and 17th Century Art,'
'Go to Your Room,'
'followed by British Musical Geography,'
'and finally, Ends in a Double Vowel.'
Here is where the Daily Doubles are located on this board.
Of course, the three of you don't know.
Matt, you select first.
Exploration, 16.
- James? - What is San Salvador?
- Yes. - Exploration, 12.
James? - Who was Raleigh?
- That's correct. - Exploration, 8.
- Matt? - What's Marquette and Joliet?
That's correct.
Exploration, 2,000.
- James? - Who is Cabral?
- You got it. - International Lit, 12.
For her stand against apartheid,
'many of her novels, including "Burger's Daughter,"'
were banned in her native South Africa.
- James? - Who was Gordimer?
- Good. - Lit, 16.
James?
What is "Like Water for Chocolate"?
- You got it. - Lit, 8.
Amy?
Who is Pirandello?
- That's right.
Go to Your Room, 1,200.
The answer there is a Daily Double.
It's a chance to stop James
from running away with this thing, Amy.
I'll bet it all.
Here is your clue in Go to Your Room.
What is salon?
The Salon is that famous art show, yes.
You doubled your points.
Ends in a double vowel, 16.
- James? - What is bamboo?
Better known as bamboo, yes.
Art, 16.
- James? - Who was Caravaggio?
Where have you gone, Caravaggio? Yes.
Art, 12.
- James? - Who was Holbein?
- Right. - Art, 8.
- Matt? - What's Bacchus?
That's right.
Lit, 2,000.
The answer there is the other Daily Double.
You two kept them out of James' hands,
but you split them up. How much will you wager, Matt?
- 3,200. - Wagering it all.
Here's your clue in International Lit.
This Russian author and founder of literary socialist realism
'adopted a surname meaning "bitter."'
What's...Gorky?
"Gorky" means bitter, yes.
6,400 for you.
Art, 2,000.
It takes a genius like this German painter and printmaker
'to get people excited about a work called'
"The Large Piece of Turf."
Matt?
- What's Durer? - Correct for 2,000.
Musical Geography, 2,000.
Ah, one of my favorite bands, XTC.
You select, Matt.
Geography, 16.
- James? - What's the Isle of Wight?
- You got it. - Geography, 12.
The lead singer is seen here in 2022
'when this band performed back home in Birmingham'
at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremonies.
- James? - What's Black Sabbath?
Yeah, it's Ozzy.
Ends in a Double Vowel, 2,000.
Marking a transition to the sacred,
'it's the gate of a Shinto shrine.'
- James? - What's a torii?
- With two I's, right. - Double Vowel, 12.
James? - What's a decree?
- Yes. - Double Vowel, 8.
James? - What's a kazoo?
- Good. - Double Vowel, 4.
- James? - What is repartee?
That's correct. You ran that category.
Geography, 8.
Big Country is Scottish, but that doesn't mean
they want you to compare them to the bagpipes.
James, back to you.
Geography, 4.
- James? - What's Liverpool?
- Right. - Room, 2,000.
- Matt? - What's scullery?
Scullery is correct.
Room, 16.
- Seen here, the chashitsu
'is the room designed for this tradition.'
Matt?
- What's tea ceremony?
- Yes.
Room, 8.
- Matt? - What's romp room?
No. Amy?
What is rumpus room?
- That's correct. - Room, 4.
- Amy? - What's the foyer?
You got it.
Art, 4.
- Amy? - What's a pearl?
- Correct. - Lit, 4.
- James? - What is Lost Time?
- That's correct. - Bring it!
We'll finish it up with New World Exploration.
- James? - Who was Moctezuma?
That is correct, and it pushes you ahead
of the 30,000-point barrier, an impressive game for you.
But, again, that margin between Matt and Amy--so important.
So second place matters here.
Let's see what Final Jeopardy category
we have for you today.
Landmarks.
The clue in just a moment. Stay with us.
Before we get to Final Jeopardy,
one quick scoring update that affects Matt--
our judges have decided to accept
his response of romp room,
which bumps his score up a bit.
All three players have made their wagers in accordance
with the updated scores.
Masters, here's your clue in the category Landmarks.
'30 seconds. Good luck.'
We'll begin with Amy Schneider,
10,000 points even going into final.
Her response?
"What is the Qaaba?"
spelled with a Q instead of a K, but that is correct, yes.
The shrine in Mecca
that's the destination of the Muslim Hajj.
Your wager?
3,000 points, taking you to 13,000.
You are, for the moment, ahead of Matt.
Matt Amodio, what did you write down?
Did you know it was the kaaba?
Oh, sorry. "What is the Wailing Wall?"
So you're going to lose
7,201, knocking you down to
5,599 points in third place.
I have no hope that James Holzhauer
actually attempted a response here, but surprise me.
"Is there no one else?"
Other than you, I assume?
Is there no one else?
Humble as always.
I wish we could give you some credit for that.
You will lose 310 points,
knocking you down to 29,890.
But once again, James Holzhauer is the winner
and adds 3 match points to his total.
Amy Schneider, locked in a close battle with Matt,
really needed that 1 extra match point for second place.
Well done.
Let's take a look at what these new scores do
to our leaderboard.
Despite James's strong play, he remains
only 3 match points ahead of Andrew on our leaderboard.
Mattea, as you can see, is in third place.
Amy, with that 1 match point tonight,
has pulled within 1 point of Matt
for that all-important fourth-place spot.
In our next episode, we will be eliminating two of our masters
as only four can head to the semifinals.
We're gonna find out who our semifinalists
will be on our next show.
Don't miss it.