- Last time on "Jeopardy! Masters"... - Matt Amodio.
Did he know it was Lake Malawi?
"Unlike James, I'm too classy to write a joke response."
Thank you. Thank you for sticking to your principles.
With three match points,
you have just clinched your spot
in the "Jeopardy! Masters" semifinals.
Sam, we have to say goodbye to you.
But we know from the TOC that you are
absolutely a "Jeopardy!" Master.
Thank you, Ken.
- Rock "er" s, 16. - Answer there is the other Daily Double.
How big will you go, James?
- 25,600, please. - Really?
- What was Fender? - Leo Fender. You got it.
51,200 points.
That's three match points for James for finishing first.
Amy, I'm sorry.
Five second-place finishes is an impressive result,
but it leaves you just on the bubble for the semifinals.
Truly one of the great "Jeopardy!" talents of all time.
You can see here James, Andrew, Matt, and Mattea will advance.
Six "Jeopardy!" Masters battled in an elite competition.
Now, only four remain.
James Holzhauer.
Matt Amodio.
Mattea Roach.
Andrew He.
Two episodes. Four games.
Only three will advance.
It's the semifinals of "Jeopardy! Masters."
Here are the champions in tonight's first matchup.
From Cambridge, Massachusetts, Matt Amodio.
From San Francisco, California, Andrew He.
And from Las Vegas, Nevada, James Holzhauer.
And now, here is the host of "Jeopardy! Masters,"
Ken Jennings.
Thank you, Johnny Gilbert.
Welcome, everyone, to the semifinals of "Jeopardy! Masters."
14 high-stakes games have led us to this moment,
and now our remaining champions will play each other
over the next four semifinal games in every possible combination.
Our masters will still be earning match points,
but the scores from the opening round of play have been wiped away.
It's a fresh start, but remember,
only the top three will be advancing
to our two-game total point final.
James, Andrew, Matt, good luck.
Let's begin the semifinals with these categories.
First up, we have Americans in Protest.
Then we're headed All Around the World.
We have Signs and Symbols,
Perils of Journalism,
followed by Classic Game Show Phrases...
you'll have to name the game show...
and finally, Triple Rhyme Time.
Now let's reveal for our home audience
where the Daily Double is hidden in this first round of our semifinals.
Thar she blows.
James, you've had a knack for finding them so far in this contest.
Where do you want to begin?
- All Around the World, 1,000. - Nope.
"The Majolica House is one of many Vienna buildings
"decorated in this style, whose name is
partly from German for youth."
- Andrew? - What is Jugendstil?
- That's correct. - All Around, 8.
The answer there.
There's the Daily Double.
James gets no points for being close, but Andrew,
you can wager any or all of your 1,000.
I'll bet everything.
Here's your clue in All Around the World.
Who is Fuller?
Buckminster Fuller is the dome guy. That's correct.
Select again, Andrew.
Game Show, 1,000.
- James? - What is "Press Your Luck"?
- Yes. - Game Show, 8.
Matt?
What's..."What's My Line?"
What's "What's My Line?" That's right.
Americans in Protest, 1,000.
- Andrew? - What is bimetallism?
- Yes. - Americans, 8.
- James? - Who is Pershing?
No. Andrew?
- Who is MacArthur? - That's the general.
American, 6.
Matt?
- What's Dow? - You're right.
Signs, 1,000.
- Andrew? - What is ouroboros...
- ouroboros? - That's right. Yes.
Signs, 8.
- James? - What is integration?
- That's correct. - Signs, 6.
- Andrew? - Who is Van Eyck?
- Good. - Journalism, 1,000.
- Matt? - What's backbench?
- That's right. - Triple Rhyme Time, 1,000.
James?
What is "extol Rick Roll in the trench hole"?
No, I'm sorry. Matt?
What's "extol Rick Roll foxhole"?
In the foxhole, yeah.
Triple Rhyme Time, 8.
Why, that's the dull... ah, James just got there.
Dull skull hull. Back to you, Matt.
Triple Rhyme Time, 6.
- Matt? - What's a hotter otter spotter?
- Right. - And I'm getting one of those for next time.
Perils, 8.
Most states have shield laws for journalists.
- Matt? - World, 6.
- James? - Who is Kidd?
- Right. - All Around the World, 4.
Andrew?
- What is black ice? - No, I'm sorry.
James or Matt?
That's how you say quicksand.
Watch out for the quicksand. James?
World, 2.
"A national park in Australia gets its name
"from basalt columns called these,
components of a musical instrument."
- James? - What are pipes?
- More specific. - Organ pipes?
- That's right. - Americans, 4.
- Matt? - What's Ferguson.
- That's right. - Game Show, 6.
- James? - What is "Match Game"?
How dumb was she? That's correct. "Match Game."
Game Show, 4.
- James? - What's "Family Feud"?
- Yeah. - Game Show, 2.
- Andrew? - What is "The Price is Right"?
- You're correct. - Journalism, 6.
- Matt? - What's "bury the lede"?
- Correct. - Rhyme Time, 4.
That would be to feign brain pain.
Once again, James was a second slow.
- Back to you, Matt. - Signs, 4.
- James? - What's a pawn shop?
- Yes. - Signs, 2.
- James? - What's a caduceus?
- Yes, it is. - Journalism, 4.
- James? - What is AP?
- That's right. - Journalism, 2.
- Andrew? - What are obituaries?
- Advance obituaries is right. - Protest, 2.
- James? - What is Latin Americans?
No.
Andrew?
- What is Latin American? - That's correct. It's singular.
And the final clue in Triple Rhyme Time.
- James? - What is a hairy, scary fairy?
That's correct. Taking you to 2,800.
That's exactly half of Andrew's score.
He has the lead.
All three of you off to a strong start.
We'll see what happens in Double Jeopardy
when we return. Don't miss it.
In our recent high school reunion tournament,
a contestant named Lucas Miner Hearst
told a story involving
no other than Matt Amodio, one of our masters.
Now, Matt, you're here to set the record straight.
Tell us the story from your viewpoint.
Yeah, that's right, Ken Jenny from the Block.
I'm not as fluent in 21st-century pop culture
as I really would like to be.
And so I found going to pub trivia
and the like is a great way to brush up on that.
And sometimes, you get to meet former "Jeopardy!" contestants
or otherwise wonderful people like that.
And how did you do against Lucas?
I actually was proctoring a trivia game
at Yale at the time.
And so I knew all of the answers, of course.
It is a pretty nice privilege to have the answers in front of you.
Andrew, he is with us and has brought guests today.
Who's in the audience with you?
A couple friends and a very special guest,
which is one of my high school teachers.
So shout-out to Ms. Spadafora, who's in the audience today.
I'm...
Do you owe your "Jeopardy!" success
to your high school Spanish teacher?
Please say yes.
In some small part, yes, I think.
And it does... it gives me a little bit of comfort
to have somebody here who has seen me,
in previous tests of knowledge, answer a bunch of stuff wrong
and still believes in me, you know?
She still passed you.
She didn't make you answer in the form of a question.
- Yep. - She's nicer than I am.
James Holzhauer joins us from Las Vegas.
You got an invitation recently to play fantasy baseball.
- Who was that from? - Well, it wasn't recent.
This was after a tournament three years ago
that nobody remembers after you defeated me, allegedly.
Nobody watched that. Nobody watched that, James.
Your eldest child actually reached out and asked
if I would join his fantasy baseball league,
and I said, "Well, you know, I'll do it if your dad joins."
And he was like, "Oh, no. He's not cool. He's my dad."
You made the cardinal mistake of thinking
my son would want to play fantasy baseball with me.
And so you never... you never joined his league?
- I did not. - If you win or lose this tournament,
do you feel like you would possibly join?
Uh, no.
I'm sorry, Dylan. I tried.
Now James, you have only lost once so far in our Masters Tournament,
- and I mention that because... - So far.
- That game... - Yeah.
That game was against Andrew and Matt.
Matt, you may recall who won that game.
- I was gonna ask. - Yeah, yeah.
I'd have to go to the notes. I think it might have been you.
Let's watch the tape again.
And I only mention that because unusually,
James, you're in third place at this moment.
You'll be picking first as we move into Double Jeopardy.
Let's find out what categories you'll be selecting from.
First up, King of the Mountain.
You'll need to name the king of the region
where the mountain is that we give you.
Followed by And Scene.
Then we have some Tough Science.
Spanish and Portuguese.
Then Five for Fighting.
And finally...
I'm Ada Limon, Poet Laureate of the United States,
with clues to show you the beauty, power,
and necessity of poetry.
There are two Daily Doubles hidden on the board.
If you in the home audience would like to see
where they are, pay attention right now.
All right.
James, go ahead and make the first selection.
King of the Mountain, 12.
The answer there is one of the two Daily Doubles.
I don't know how he does it.
You have a chance to move into a tie for the lead, James.
- 2,800, please. - Wagering it all.
Here's your clue in King of the Mountain.
Who is Louis XV?
That is correct for the Seven Years' War, yes.
You're tied for the lead, just like that.
Tough Science, 16.
- Matt? - What's albedo?
- That's correct. - Science, 12.
- James? - Who is Golgi?
- That's right. - Science, 8.
- James? - What are fractals?
- You got it. - Science, 2.
- James? - What is phlogiston?
- Good for 2,000. - And Scene, 16.
That's tough even for a TCM nerd like me. "Stella Dallas."
- Back to you, James. - And Scene, 12.
Answer there is the other Daily Double.
Now you're in the lead,
and you found the other one, James.
- All the chips, please. - Wagering it all on And Scene.
What is "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!"?
You had me fooled, but you are correct, yes.
I thought maybe you didn't have it.
And Scene, 2.
That's the Mike Leigh movie "Peterloo."
It looks like Andrew just thought of it.
- James, you select. - And Scene, 8.
Happens in "Broadcast."
It's a good thing that wasn't the Daily Double, James.
Good thing any of the others weren't the Daily Double.
Let's get And Scene out of there.
Andrew?
- Who are the Three Stooges? - You're correct.
- Poetry, 16. - Here's Ada Limon.
Often confused with metonymy, this figure of speech
creates vivid imagery by using a part of something
to represent the whole, as when Milton referred
to the corrupt and greedy clergy of his day
as "blind mouths."
- Andrew? - What a synecdoche?
- Yes, it is. - Poetry, 2,000.
Back to Ada.
Poets who have read at presidential inaugurations
include Robert Frost in 1961 and Maya Angelou,
who, in 1993, recited this poem that implored,
"lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for you."
- Matt? - What's "On the Pulse of Morning"?
- Well done. 2,000 for you. - Poetry, 12.
From French for "step over," this technique,
in which a thought runs on from one line to the next,
imparts a free-flowing feel, as in Eliot's,
"April is the cruelest month,
breeding lilacs out of the dead land."
- Andrew? - What's enjambment?
- Enjambment is correct, yes. - Five for Fighting, 16.
That movie is "Brannigan." Andrew?
Fighting, 12.
Andrew?
- Who are the Hatfields and McCoys? - You're right.
Fighting, 2,000.
"His 1919 book, 'Fighting the Flying Circus, '
detailed his exploits in the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron."
- Matt? - What's Rickenbacker?
- That's right. - Mountain, 2.
Andrew?
- Who is Mohammed VI? - Of Morocco, well done.
King, 16.
Andrew?
Who is Felipe the... ah, Juan Carlos I?
Juan Carlos is right, yes.
You changed it in the nick of time.
Spanish, 16.
The first name of the jazz great seen here
means "hope" in Spanish.
- Matt? - What's, um, Esperanzo?
No, I'm sorry.
Andrew, your teacher is gonna be disappointed.
That's Esperanza Spalding.
- Back to you, Andrew. - Spanish, 12.
- James? - What is bossa nova?
- You're correct. - Portuguese, 2.
- James? - What is obrigado?
- You're correct. - Portuguese, 8.
- James? - What is usted?
- Well done. - Portuguese, 4.
- Andrew? - What is a seahorse?
You have redeemed yourself with your Spanish teacher.
- Yes. - Whew.
Pure poetry, 8.
- Back to Ada Limon. - I'm a big fan of this strong, metrical foot
that consists of two stress syllables,
like the title of my poem, "Dead Stars."
- Matt? - What's iam?
No, I'm sorry.
- Andrew? - What is spondee?
- That's right. - Five for Fighting, 8.
- James? - What is betta?
- Right. - Five for Fighting, 4.
- Andrew? - What is a gauntlet?
- Throwing down the gauntlet, right. - King, 8.
- James? - Who is James VI?
- Correct, of Scotland. - King of the Mountain, 4.
- James? - Who is Charles III?
- Now it's King Charles, yes. - Science, 4.
- James? - What is Sputnik?
That's right. And the final clue, we'll go back to Ada Limon.
NASA has commissioned me to write a poem to be engraved
on its Europa Clipper probe, which will travel
1.8 billion miles on its way to inspect
an icy but possibly life-friendly moon
of this planet.
- James? - What is Jupiter?
That's right. That takes you to an even 26,000.
Andrew and Matt, we'll see how this plays out in Final Jeopardy.
The category in this game will be...
Literature.
They're gonna make their wagers.
We'll take a quick break for a few short messages,
and we'll come back with the clue.
Final Jeopardy today comes down to the category of Literature.
Masters, here's your clue.
30 seconds. Good luck.
We'll begin with Matt Amodio, who had 8,200 points
after Double Jeopardy.
Matt wrote down, "What is 'Ulysses'?"
Yes, the James Joyce novel that takes place
entirely on June 16, 1904.
How much did you wager, Matt?
7,001 brings you to 15,201.
You're ahead of Andrew for the moment.
Did Andrew He know it was "Ulysses"?
He's correct. "What is 'Ulysses'?"
The wager, 6,800.
So you now have 22,000 points.
You need James to get this wrong.
Now, James, this is only the second time
in the tournament you did not manage
to put the game away in Double Jeopardy,
and you were up against Andrew and Matt
the last time it happened. Tough draw for you.
Did he know it was "Ulysses"?
He did, and he wagered...
4,401, bringing him to 30,401.
In the first game of our semifinals,
James Holzhauer strikes first blood.
Three match points for the win.
Andrew He, one match point for second place.
The second Masters semifinal game begins
right after these words.
Mattea Roach is back with us. We'll see you in a moment.
Welcome back to the semifinals of "Jeopardy! Masters."
Competing in tonight's second game,
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mattea Roach.
From San Francisco, California, Andrew He.
And from Las Vegas, Nevada, James Holzhauer.
Now, in a three-person game like Jeopardy,
there are four possible combinations
of a four-player pool.
You're about to see the second one of those four combinations
in our second semifinal.
We have Mattea, Andrew, and...
you're gonna have to help me out here, James.
- Jeemuzu. - Jeemuzu?
That's your name in Japanese?
In my day, they would not let us fool around with our name.
You just didn't push the envelope as much as I do.
I think that's true in many, many ways.
Let's find out what the categories are
in the first round of this semifinal game.
First up, The Arts.
Then, The Rest is History.
We have Picking up the Czech, with a Z,
then Gems, Pop Goes the Music,
and finally, The 2 Same-Spelled Words,
and I'm gonna need you each to say both pronunciations, please.
Let's show our viewers at home who care to know,
where is the Daily Double in this round?
There we see it.
James, you're gonna begin the round for us.
The Rest is History, 1,000.
That's Georges Danton.
- James? - The Arts, 1,000.
"Sadly, mental illness ended the career
"of this Russian-born ballet dancer in 1919,
while he was still in his 20s."
- Mattea? - Who is Nijinsky?
- Correct. - Arts, 8.
- Holzhauer-san. - Who is...
- Who is Miyazaki? - That's correct.
Picking Up the Czech, 1,000.
- Andrew? - What are the Sudetenland?
- Right. - Gems, 1,000.
- James? - What is turquoise.
- Correct. - Gems, 8.
The answer there is the Daily Double in the round.
You have a small lead, James.
- 1,800, please. - Wagering it all on gems.
Here's your clue.
- What is Kilimanjaro? - Tanzanite is from Tanzania, yes.
You double your points.
Gems, 6.
- James? - What is jade?
- You got it. - Gems, 4.
- Andrew? - Who's Burton?
- Correct. - Music, 1,000.
- James? - What is "Save the Last Dance for Me"?
- Yeah. - Music, 8.
"Pop goes Christmas, as this Canadian crooner's
yuletide songs play all season long."
- Mattea? - Who's Buble?
- For once, I got it. - Hey!
- Canadian over James. I love it. - Music, 6.
- James? - Who are the Black Eyed Peas?
- Correct. - Music, 4.
- James? - What is "Umbrella"?
- Good. - Music, 2.
- James? - Who is Tony Bennett?
- You got it. - Gems, 2.
- Mattea? - What's a diamond?
- That's right. - Czech, 8.
- James? - Who is Havel?
- That's right. - Czech, 6.
- James? - Who is Jaromir Jagr?
- He's the Czech, yes. - Czech, 4.
- James? - What is Prague Spring?
- Yes. - Czech, 2.
- Mattea? - What are contact lenses?
- You're correct. - History, 8.
- James? - Who is Attila the Hun?
- You're right. - History, 6.
- James? - Who is McClellan?
- Good. - History, 4.
The plaque says, "Washington slept here."
- Back to you, James. - History, 2.
- James? - Who is JFK?
- That's right. - Two Same-Spelled Words, 1,000.
- Mattea. - What are row and row?
- Right. - Same-Spelled Words, 8.
That's produce and produce or prah-duce, as Mattea might say.
- Back to you. - Same-Spelled Words, 6.
- James? - What is bass and bass?
- Right. - Words, 4.
- Mattea? - What are tear and tear?
- That's correct. - Words, 2.
- Mattea? - What are refuse and refuse?
- Yes, you did well in that category. - Arts, 6.
"The woman in gold in this artist's famous painting
was Adele Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish socialite."
- James? - Who is Klimt?
- Yeah. - Arts, 4.
- Andrew? - What is clavier?
Yes. And the final clue in The Arts.
"With her Grammy win for the narration
"of her 'Finding Me' memoir, she became the newest member
of the EGOT club in 2023."
- Andrew? - Who is Hudson?
No.
- James? - Who is Viola Davis?
Correct, that is the talented Viola Davis.
James extends his lead.
Wow, you were locked in on the signaling device
in that first round.
But you know what, Double Jeopardy,
twice the points available.
We'll see what happens when we come back after this.
Canada is, of course, rejoicing
that Mattea Roach nailed the Michael Buble clue
in the first round.
But you were invited to participate
in a Canada-wide cultural program, right?
Yeah, so the CBC has had, for the past 20 or so years,
a program called Canada Reads,
which is like a battle of the books
where they get sort of D- and C-list
Canadian celebrities, such as myself, to come on
- and defend a Canadian title. - Come on.
Maybe I'll bump myself up to B-list after "Masters."
But I had the honor of defending "Ducks"
by Kate Beaton in that competition,
and my high school debate experience, I guess,
proved helpful, because I was able to shepherd it to a win.
Kate Beaton is such a talent.
Is it the first graphic novel ever to win Canada Reads?
It was only the second to ever be selected,
and the first one got voted out first round.
So yeah, it was the first one to win
and the first to, like, not immediately get eliminated.
Well, congrats on your big win in Canada Reads.
We'll see if that pays off in the "Masters" semifinals.
Andrew He remembers vividly
something that hasn't happened much on this stage,
a relative rarity... a James Holzhauer loss.
Now, I've seen a few of them. But in general, it's kind of a rarity.
Where were you the day James Holzhauer first lost on this stage?
I was at a winery in Mexico, and I got a news notification
on my phone that said
"James Holzhauer ends his streak,
falls short of Ken Jennings' record."
Wow.
That's a little mean, as headlines go.
I like this memory a little bit
because it reminds me that 2019 was kind of, like,
a simpler time for me, you know?
Like, if I didn't want to think about James Holzhauer,
I could just, like, swipe him away on my phone.
But now it's much harder to get rid of him.
Well, maybe you'll see another loss
before the tournament's out, with a little less
Mexican wine in you.
James Holzhauer, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna trust you that that's what your name says.
I want to hear about your charity raw egg cracking talent.
How is your raw egg cracking?
Yeah, so Pat McAfee, fan of the show
and apparently of me in particular,
sent me a challenge... it was called Crack Cancer.
And your thing is, you had to have a video of someone
smashing a raw egg over your head.
So I enlisted my wife to do this,
who cackled through the whole thing.
And then you're supposed to, like, kind of pass it on.
And I decided I would challenge my opponents from "GOAT,"
and to this day, none of them have accepted the challenge,
Brad.
Well, I'm right here. I don't know if you brought an egg.
I'm willing to give it a shot.
It's time for the Double Jeopardy round.
Pick up your signaling devices.
Andrew, you're gonna make the first selection.
We'll see if we can make your James losing dreams
come true with these categories.
We begin with Cities and Towns,
then Love Letters, A Life in Science,
followed by Portmanteaus, Famous Folks,
and finally, The Maximum Allowed.
There are two Daily Doubles in this round.
You in the home audience can see
where they are now if you so choose.
There they are.
- Andrew, where do we begin? - Cities, 16.
- James? - What's the Neva?
- It's on the Neva, yes. - Cities, 12.
- James? - What is Sturgis?
- Right. - Cities, 8.
"Highlighted on the map, "it's been a major religious center
for more than 1,000 years."
- Mattea? - What's Canterbury?
- Correct. - Cities, 2,000.
Very tough.
Apparently New Rochelle, New York,
and La Rochelle, France, are sister cities.
- Back to you, Mattea. - Life and Science, 16.
Answer there is one of the two Daily Doubles.
You ripped one from James' greedy claws, Mattea.
- It's a chance for you. - Because I have to, 4,600.
You don't seem excited, but you're betting it all.
Here's your clue.
- Who is Joule? - Joule is the unit of work. Well done.
And you're up to 9,200 points.
Famous Folks, 12.
"This TikToker seen here starred
in the gender-swapped movie remake, 'He's All That.'"
- Mattea. - Who's Addison Rae?
I thought you might get the TikToker, yes.
I don't have TikTok. Love Letters, 12.
- Andrew? - Who is Sherwood Anderson?
- That's right. - Famous Folks, 16.
- Andrew? - Who is Spelling?
No, I'm sorry.
James or Mattea?
That was Darren Star.
- Andrew, you select. - Maximum Allowed, 2,000.
- Andrew? - What are millisieverts?
That's correct.
Famous, 8.
- Mattea? - Who's Riley Keough?
- Correct. - Love Letters, 16.
- Andrew? - Who is Hamilton?
Lady Hamilton is right.
Famous, 2,000.
- Mattea? - Who's Sutton Foster?
- That's correct, yes. - Love Letters, 2,000.
- Mattea? - Who's Heidegger?
- You're in the lead. - Love Letters, 800.
- Mattea? - Who's Bosie Douglas?
- That's right. - Maximum Allowed, 16.
The answer there is the other Daily Double.
You're on a tear, Mattea.
- 8,000. - All right.
A comparatively small wager for "Jeopardy! Masters,"
although a huge one on a regular game.
Here's your clue in The Maximum Allowed.
- Mattea? - What is supersaturation?
That's correct. You have 24,000 points.
Okay. Maximum Allowed, 12.
"Not many NBA players get supermax contracts.
In 2022, this Serbian did."
- James? - Who is Nikola Jokic.
- Yes, it is. - Maximum, 8.
- Mattea? - What's axle?
- Per axle, right. - Maximum, 4.
- Mattea? - What's 401(k)?
- That's right. - Famous Folks, 4.
- Mattea? - Who is Shonda Rhimes?
- Yes. - Portmanteaus, 2,000.
- Mattea? - What's Abenomics?
- 2,000 more for you. - Portmanteaus, 16.
That's the Imagineering department.
- Mattea? - Portmanteaus, 12.
- James? - What is slithy?
- Slithy toves. - Portmanteaus, 8.
- James? - What's a spork?
- Yes. - Portmanteaus, 4.
- Andrew? - What is mansplain?
- You got it. - Science, 2,000.
No guesses. That's Alessandro Volta.
- Five clues remain, Andrew. - Science, 12.
"Mary Anning found many fossils in the 19th century,
including this long-necked marine one sketched here."
- Mattea? - What's ichthyosaur?
No, I'm sorry. James?
- What is plesiosaur? - You got it.
Science, 8.
- Andrew? - What is Mesozoic?
- Yes. - Science, 4.
- Mattea? - What's a neutron?
- That's right. - Love Letters, 4.
- Andrew? - Who is Zelda Fitzgerald?
That's correct. And we'll finish it off with Cities and Towns.
- James? - What is Bolivia?
He died in Bolivia, that's right, bringing you to 18,800.
But that's a full 8,000 behind Mattea Roach,
who was on a tear in the Double Jeopardy round.
A lot is riding on Final Jeopardy today.
Let's see what category awaits you.
Historic Ships.
While the Masters ponder historic ships
and their wagers, we'll take a quick break
for these messages, and then we'll be right back.
Mattea Roach has the lead over our semifinalist leader,
James Holzhauer, but it's all riding
on Final Jeopardy and Historic Ships.
Here's the clue.
30 seconds, Masters. Good luck.
We'll begin with Andrew He,
who had 6,400 points in third place.
He wrote down, "What is the Golden Hinde?"
That's the ship on which Francis Drake
circumnavigated the Earth. You are correct.
You wagered 6,084,
which will leave you with 12,484 points.
James Holzhauer was in second place.
Did he know it was the Golden Hinde?
A sphinxlike expression, but yes, he did.
"What is Golden Hinde?" So you're gonna add
5,900 points, taking you to 24,700 points.
Still in the lead after that scorching Double Jeopardy round,
did they know it was the Golden Hinde?
"What is the Hartford?" No. And the wager?
10,801 drops you to 15,999.
Good for second place and one match point.
But James Holzhauer comes from behind
to take another three match points
in our second semifinal game of the night.
Congratulations, sir.
Let's take a look for the first time at our semis leaderboard.
Andrew and Mattea have one match point each.
Andrew's ahead on the tiebreaker,
but that's because he's played two games.
He's got an advantage there.
James Holzhauer, a whopping six match points...
enough, by the way, to mathematically guarantee
that he will be one of the three players
advancing to our "Jeopardy! Masters" final.
And we're gonna find out who the other two
finalists will be at the end of our next
"Jeopardy! Masters" episode.
We'll see you then.