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05.26.2023

Can You Respond Correctly to the Clues that the Jeopardy! Masters Finalists Missed?

Jeopardy! Masters ended with a nail-biting two-game final between James Holzhauer, Mattea Roach and Matt Amodio. And while it was James who proved victorious in the end, taking home the $500,000 grand prize and Trebek Trophy, there were a few clues along the way that left the self-proclaimed “game show villain” and his fellow competitors stumped.

Think you have what it takes to compete against James, Mattea and Matt? Give it your best shot and take a crack at the triple stumper clues from the Jeopardy! Masters finals.

*Quiz Rules: Respondents do not have to answer in the form of a question. Moderate spelling errors will receive consideration. No prizes, but big-time bragging rights.*

SO YOU THINK YOU’RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for “in one's own behalf”? You know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself

RECENT EVENTS With 50,000 mercenaries, many from prisons, the outfit called this group has become a key part of Russia’s force in Ukraine

SOME HARD WORDS Old French for “diamond” it can mean a diamond or other object unyielding firmness

FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS This word for a thick, ropy texture can apply to carpets as well as sweaters; put it down in less heavily trafficked areas

3-“SY”LLABLE WORDS It’s the S in S.L.E., the most common type of Lupus an autoimmune disease

3-“SY”LLABLE WORDS Voluptuary & sensualist are synonyms for this word for someone devoted to luxury?

HORROR MOVIES “Drag Me to Hell” directed by this horror heavyweight focuses on a woman placed under the use of the lamia by a wicked witch?

HORROR MOVIES She stars in “Fresh”, which seems like a rom-com at first, but thanks to Sebastian Stan, she soon learns there’s more on the menu

WHAT’S ALL THIS? 21 provinces, including Govi-Altay & Suhbaatar

WHAT’S ALL THIS? 5 Sections: “The Burial of the Dead”, “A Game of Chess”, “The Fire Sermon”, “Death By Water” & “What The Thunder Said”

THE 1960s On June 16, 1966 activist Stokely Carmichael rallied a crowd with “we want” these 2 words

COMMON BONDS Rock, rubber, bollinger

MICHAEL J. FOX When I began…name Michael Fox, so I added the “J” to my name to honor this Michael J. whose work I loved in “Bonnie & Clyde”

IT’S JUST US Paul Williams, Helen Reddy & Johnny Mathis have all recorded the song that says, “sometimes it feels like” this mismatch

YOU KNOW IT’S NOT THE SAME AS IT WAS The Democratic National Committee has taken the first presidential primary away from New Hampshire & given it to this state

Jeopardy! Masters