James Holzhauer game 3.
Matthew Amster-Burton — a podcast host from Seattle, Washington
Maryanne Mowen — an accounting professor from Santa Fe, New Mexico
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $82,606)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $4,600 | $7,600 | $43,815 |
$50,845
3-day champion: $133,451 |
$28,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Maryanne | $600 | $2,400 | $6,000 |
$10,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
8 R, 1 W |
| Matthew | $4,000 | $10,000 | $17,600 |
$12,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| WHO'S ON TV? | TRUE CRIME BOOK SHELF | TRICKS OF THE MIND | "TOUCH"-Y, "FEEL"-Y | GET YOUR KICKS | ROOT '66 |
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$200
[3]
Starring Eric & Debra:"____ & ____"
Will & Grace
James
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$200
[28]
"The Wizard of Lies", which was made into an HBO film, tells of the rise & fall of this financier & Ponzi schemer
Bernie Madoff
James
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$200
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an Ebbinghaus illusion on the monitor.) In an Ebbinghaus illusion, the two circles in the centers of the groupings appear to be different sizes, but they're really thesame--the spacing & size of the other circles plays on our sense of this, from the Latin for "to look closely"
perception (or perspective)
Matthew
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$200
[20]
They're the long, thin parts on an insect's head used to search for food
feelers
James
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$200
[23]
According to the song, you can "get your kicks on Route 66" as it winds more than 2,000 miles from this Midwest city to L.A.
Chicago
James
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$200
[30]
Owner Jay Sarno rode a chariot on opening night & this Vegas casino was open for business in 1966
Caesars Palace
Matthew
|
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$400
[26]
On BBC America:"Killing" her
Eve
James
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$400
[27]
Pete Earley spent 2 years among some of the most dangerous criminals to write "The Hot House" about life inside this Kansas prison
Leavenworth
James
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$400
[19]
The nocebo response, detrimental effects caused by the mind, is the opposite of this
placebo
Maryanne
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$400
[8]
I don't want us to part having any resentment, so "no" these, okay?
hard feelings
Matthew
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$400
[24]
In 2015 the NFL moved the spot for this kind of kick back to the 15-yard line
extra point following a touchdown
|
$400
[9]
Born in '66, this former pop singer has become a best-selling country artist without the Blowfish
(Darius) Rucker
Matthew
|
|
$600
[25]
Streaming on Amazon:"Sneaky" him
Pete
Maryanne
|
$600
[15]
"In All-American Murder", James Patterson turned to the case of this convicted NFL player who took his own life in prison
Aaron Hernandez
James
|
$600
[13]
One example of the frequency illusion is seeing pregnant bellies "everywhere" for a woman who's TTC, trying to do this
conceive
James
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$600
[2]
Kingly name for the power to make money out of anything one undertakes
the Midas touch
Maryanne
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$800
[16]
A V-kick & head spins are moves in this type of dancing popular in the 1980s
breakdancing
James
|
$600
[10]
Modern auto safety took a big step in '66 as LBJ signed bills mandating seatbelts & rupture-resistant these
fuel tanks
James
Matthew
|
|
$800
[22]
Starring Miranda Cosgrove on Nickelodeon:"i" her
Carly
Maryanne
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$800
[21]
"Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" tells of the still unsolved Christmas night murder of this little girl in Boulder, Colorado
JonBenét Ramsey
James
|
$800
[17]
When you apply a positive first impression to everything about a person, it's this effect--angel, saint or not
halo
Matthew
|
$800
[12]
Hyphenated adjective meaning promoting a sense of well-being, used of the most uplifting movie "of the year"
feel-good
Matthew
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$1,000
[5]
It's what you "kick" when you stop smoking or nail-biting
the habit
James
|
$800
[11]
Australia took a step away from mother Britain in '66 when it switched from pounds to this currency
the dollar
James
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Martha Plimpton was a young grandma on "Raising ____"
Hope
James
|
$1,000
[14]
Ann Rule first made a name for herself with "The Stranger Beside Me", about this serial killer who turned out to be someone she knew
(Ted) Bundy
Matthew
|
$1,000
[7]
This 1950 Kurosawa movie portrays the phenomenon of different memories of witnesses to the same event
Rashomon
Matthew
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$1,000
[6]
A standard of judgment, or a fine-grained mineral used to test alloys of gold
a touchstone
James
|
DD
$4,800
[18]
The history of these New York City high kickers began with a troupe founded in St. Louis
the Rockettes
Matthew
|
$1,000
[1]
Anton LaVey created this controversial church in 1966
the Church of Satan
Matthew
|
| HOTELS | THEATRE | CAROL KAYE PLAYED BASS ON THAT | JUST YOUR AVERAGE CATEGORY | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER, WHY? | EMPIRES & DYNASTIES |
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$400
[3]
Brown's Hotel in London features this type of room ideal for & named for a hot beverage
a tearoom
James
|
$400
[10]
With no lightning on his forehead, he was on stage in 2018 as a fact-checker who finds 130 pages of problems in a 15-page article
Daniel Radcliffe
James
|
$400
[29]
That's legendary session musician Carol Kaye playing bass on "Good Vibrations" & a bunch of other hits by this band
The Beach Boys
James
|
$400
[27]
Something that is this place "variety", such as a carrot, is unremarkable
garden
Matthew
|
$400
[1]
London's Millennium Bridge over this river was designed to perfectly frame St. Paul's Cathedral, if you're walking the right way
the Thames
James
|
$800
[28]
During the Gupta dynasty, from about 320 to 550 A.D., this country experienced a great golden age
India
Matthew
|
|
$800
[26]
Wyndham now owns this chain once known for its ice cream & its iconic orange roofs
Howard Johnson
Maryanne
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$800
[24]
An equine named Joey goes from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches in France in this drama
War Horse
Matthew
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$800
[25]
The score for this 1987 Ritchie Valens biopic; she'd played guitar on the 1959 song of the same title
La Bamba
James
|
$800
[20]
A sufficient effort is this, as is a road once it has been cleared of debris
passable
|
$800
[23]
The Tappan Zee over the Hudson in N.Y. was deemed unsafe, so it was replaced by a new bridge named for this late governor
Mario Cuomo
Matthew
|
$1,600
[15]
Grandpa would have been proud of this conqueror of China who founded the Mongol or Yuan dynasty
Kublai Khan
James
|
|
$1,200
[6]
In the 1930s this lavish NYC hotel that had a hyphenated name invented room service
the Waldorf-Astoria
Maryanne
|
$1,200
[11]
It was in fact new & called the Royal Coburg when this theatre opened in London in 1818
the Old Vic
James
|
$1,200
[18]
The themes to "M*A*S*H", "Hawaii Five-O" & this spy show that debuted in 1966 & self-destructed in 1973
Mission: Impossible
Matthew
|
$1,200
[19]
This 8-letter adjective for middling effort comes from words meaning "halfway up the mountain"
mediocre
|
$1,200
[2]
In the 2000s a bridge in Ketchikan in this state made people ask, "Why?" & was dubbed the "Bridge to Nowhere"
Alaska
Maryanne
|
$2,000
[14]
The Carolingian dynasty in France was followed by this one named for the son of Hugh the Great
Capetian
James
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Agatha Christie stayed at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan & used it as a setting in this 1937 mystery
Death on the Nile
James
|
$1,600
[12]
In the title of a Tony-winning play from the '60s, "The Subject Was" these
roses
James
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$1,600
[17]
Many a Monkees hit, including "Last Train" to here
Clarksville
James
|
$1,600
[21]
Add an "A" to the middle of a non-holiday to get this word meaning "ordinary"
workaday
Matthew
|
$1,600
[4]
Ferries in local waters not being the smoothest ride, itwas built starting in 1933 so you could drive from San Francisco to Oakland
the San Francisco Bay Bridge
James
Maryanne
|
DD
$10,000
[5]
Rulers of this empire included Darius I & his son Xerxes I
Persia
James
|
|
$2,000
[9]
Albert Chase McArthur worked with his former teacher Frank Lloyd Wright to design this Arizona hotel
the Biltmore
Maryanne
|
DD
$8,615
[13]
Act 1 of this autobiographical Eugene O'Neill drama begins at 8:30 a.m.; Act 4 begins at midnight
Long Day's Journey into Night
James
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$2,000
[16]
2006's "Fast Man Raider Man" by this former frontman of The Pixies
Frank Black
James
|
$2,000
[22]
This "P" word that can mean "dull" is also a literary term, the opposite of poetic
prosaic
Matthew
|
$2,000
[8]
The Qinglong Railway Bridge in China over the Beipan River was built for these high-speed trains
bullet trains
James
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On June 6, 2018 the Chinese Theatre dimmed its lights to honor Jerry Maren, who lived to the greatest age of any of this 1939 group
the Munchkins