James Holzhauer game 4.James sets a new single-day cash winnings record of $110,914.
Sameer Rai — a freelancer from Los Altos, California
Ariana Mikulski — an associate teaching professor from State College, Pennsylvania
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $133,451)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $9,200 | $13,000 | $72,600 |
$110,914
4-day champion: $244,365 |
$35,400
42 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Ariana | $-800 | $800 | $6,400 |
$7,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
10 R, 3 W |
| Sameer | $2,800 | $3,400 | $7,000 |
$12,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
8 R, 1 W |
| BEER | STOUT | LOGGER | PALE AIL | LIGHT | "PORTER" |
|
$200
[28]
In a 2019 Super Bowl ad, we learned about the corn syrup policy of Bud Light, Miller Lite & this Colorado light
Coors
James
|
$200
[29]
Season 7 had this animated TV dad go up to 300 pounds; his body ends up sealing a leak at the nuclear power plant
Homer Simpson
James
|
$200
[30]
Also the surname of a Twain character, this term refers to someone who processes wood
a sawyer
James
|
$200
[26]
Women of centuries ago were pale & ailing due to this-based paint they used to whiten their skin
lead
James
|
$200
[27]
Mitch in "A Streetcar Named Desire" knows his classic similes, telling Blanche she's "light as" this bird part
a feather
Ariana
|
$200
[17]
It's how Mr. Spock & Captain Kirk get from the ship to a planet's surface
a transporter
James
Ariana
Sameer
|
|
$400
[22]
These bitter buds added for flavor belong to the Cannabaceae family, making them a cousin of marijuana
hops (hemp accepted)
James
Sameer
|
$400
[20]
Augustus Gloop, a finder of a golden ticket in this novel, "looked as though he had been blown up with a powerful pump"
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
James
|
$400
[23]
Sharing its name with a Beatles tune, it's the title of Lars Mytting's book about chopping trees the "Scandinavian way"
Norwegian Wood
James
|
$400
[24]
Geographic name of this item that can protect the pale from too much sun
a Panama hat
James
|
$400
[25]
For a boxer, to get light enough to compete in a given class is to "make" this
the weight
Sameer
|
$400
[16]
Fourth estate occupation of folks like Seymour Hersh
a reporter
Ariana
|
|
$600
[21]
Instead of only using barley, Weissbier adds this grain into the mix
wheat
James
|
$600
[19]
In Chapter 1 of this novel, Piggy is described as a fat boy with asthma who wears specs
the Lord of the Flies
Ariana
|
$600
[18]
One story about this companion of Paul Bunyan says it would take a day for crows to fly from one horn to the other
Babe (the blue ox)
James
|
$600
[15]
If you're "in" this, defined as a lack of blood flow, perhaps due to trauma, you may be pale; treat by loosening tight clothes
shock
Ariana
|
$600
[14]
A motto was born when a boys town boy carrying another boy who had polio said, "He ain't heavy..., he's" this
my brother
James
|
$600
[13]
Want a real Omaha steak in Omaha? Try the 23-ounce one of these at Cascio's, founded in 1946
a porterhouse
James
|
|
$800
[9]
Because it contains this natural type of alcohol, an antimicrobial, beer can be safer to drink than suspect water
ethanol
James
|
$800
[7]
In this documentary, Morgan Spurlock gained 5 pounds during a monthlong diet of only McDonald's
Super Size Me
James
|
$800
[10]
In the 1800s lumberjacks developed this fast-footed sport AKA birling
logrolling
James
|
$800
[11]
Fairer folk rejoice! REI offers UPF clothing, UPF short for this "protection factor"
ultraviolet
James
Ariana
|
$800
[12]
Scientists keep making new materials billed as 100 times lighter than this trademarked polystyrene packing material
Styrofoam
Sameer
|
$800
[4]
Walmart isn't just the USA's largest retailer, but also the largest of these companies that bring goods into a country
importer
James
|
|
$1,000
[8]
The 1st brewers may have been this Mesopotamian people c. 6000 B.C.; they even had a goddess of beer, Ninkasi
the Sumerians
James
|
$1,000
[6]
Here's Herbert Beerbohm Tree as this Shakespeare character
Falstaff
Sameer
|
$1,000
[5]
The labor union IWW, known as these, actually was quite firm representing lumberjacks in the Pacific northwest
Wobblies
James
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Malarial & iron deficiency are 2 types of this condition that can lead to paleness
anemia
James
|
$1,000
[1]
In "First Man" an angry Janet Armstrong calls NASA "a bunch of boys making models out of" this light wood
balsa
James
|
$1,000
[3]
He was the songwriter behind classics like "Night & Day" & "Love For Sale"
Cole Porter
Sameer
|
| ASIAN CITIES | A SHORT STORY CATEGORY | CAT IDIOMS | INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN | MUSIC FESTIVALS | AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
$400
[24]
A statue of a seated Genghis Khan graces an entrance to the government palace in Ulaanbaatar in this nation
Mongolia
Ariana
|
$400
[1]
Surprisingly, a Richard Russo tale about a dismal road trip is titled this happy "Ride"
"Joy Ride"
James
|
$400
[8]
It's from the Latin for "careful" but it's what "killed the cat" who wasn't careful enough
curiosity
James
|
$400
[29]
When entering a Japanese house, you traditionally leave these paired items in the genkan near the door
shoes
James
|
$400
[30]
For a 2018 festival Paul McCartney & Metallica were in the "City Limits" of this Texas "Live Music Capital of the World"
Austin
James
|
$400
[18]
It's believed that Scandinavians built the first log cabins in America on the Delaware River at Nya Sverige, or New this country
Sweden
James
|
|
$800
[25]
This Israeli city was founded in 1909 as a suburb of the ancient Mediterranean port of Jaffa
Tel Aviv
James
|
$800
[26]
Alice Munro set many stories like "Royal Beatings" in small towns in this country
Canada
James
|
$800
[28]
To appear bedraggled is to look like something that arrived this way
like something the cat dragged in
Ariana
|
$1,200
[19]
Former Yankee catcher Jorge could tell you this Spanish word means "inn"
posada
James
Ariana
|
$800
[21]
The 2001 edition of this city's Jazz Fest, commemorating Louis Armstrong's centennial, drew 650,000 fans
New Orleans
Sameer
|
$800
[23]
Proof the U.S. had secretly bombed Cambodia was in these "Papers" that were first leaked on June 13, 1971
the Pentagon Papers
Ariana
|
|
$1,200
[4]
The only big city in a nation of small towns & villages, this Asian capital is located on the delta of the Chao Phraya River
Bangkok
James
|
$1,200
[10]
"A Boring Story" is by this Russian playwright/story master
(Anton) Chekhov
James
|
$1,200
[7]
If a secret has been exposed, it's where "the cat" is
out of the bag
Ariana
|
$1,600
[17]
Isfahan in this country is renowned for its religious architecture, like the Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque
Iran
Ariana
|
$1,200
[16]
At the Montreux Jazz Festival, you might see smoke on the water of this Swiss lake's shoreline
Lake Geneva
James
Sameer
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1976, more than 175 years after his death, this man was promoted by Congress to general of the armies of the United States
George Washington
James
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Also famous for its textiles, this traditional center of Japanese culture & Buddhism was the capital for 1,000 years
Kyoto
James
|
$1,600
[11]
Competes the title of Susan Glaspell's 1917 tale with a feminist angle, "A Jury of..."
of her peers
Sameer
|
$1,600
[9]
A fleeting rise in a stock's price after a fall is this type of "bounce"
dead cat
James
|
$2,000
[20]
Lukovitsa is the Russian name for this vegetable-shaped style of tower dome
onion
James
|
$1,600
[15]
Tame Impala & Lauryn Hill headlined the 2018 edition of this "pointed" online music magazine's Chicago festival
Pitchfork
James
|
$2,000
[22]
As a young man Frederick Douglass heard if he learned to do this "it would forever unfit him to be a slave"--so he did
read and write
Ariana
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Bishkek, which began as a fortress in 1825, is today the leading city of this "stan"
Kyrgyzstan
James
|
$2,000
[12]
J.D. Salinger paired "Franny" with a story about him
Zooey
James
|
$2,000
[13]
Act assertively! "A cat in gloves" has this inability
a cat in gloves catches no mice
|
DD
$25,000
[27]
In Andalusia Arabic calligraphy represents this style named for medieval visitors from Africa
Moorish
James
|
$2,000
[14]
2018 was a "fallow year" for this "G"iant English festival, skipped to give its fields time to recover from the huge crowds
Glastonbury
James
|
DD
$14,600
[3]
In 1904 Oklahoma City policeman Joe Burnett killed Ed O'Kelley, who had killed Robert Ford, who had killed this outlaw
Jesse James
James
|
Ironically, it's a metaphor meaning a huge step forward, but this 2-word process only occurs on a subatomic scale
a quantum leap