James Holzhauer game 6.
Lewis Black — an attorney from Salt Lake City, Utah
Stephanie Stein — an editor from Brooklyn, New York
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 5-day cash winnings total $298,687)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $4,000 | $6,600 | $30,200 |
$27,190
6-day champion: $325,877 |
$18,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Stephanie | $3,000 | $6,200 | $11,000 |
$6,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Lewis | $4,200 | $5,000 | $13,000 |
$23,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
14 R, 0 W |
| IDIOMS | WAR OF THE BATTLE | INVENTED OR DISCOVERED | I'VE GOT YOUR NUMBER | 25 TCM | DRESSING BOB'S BURGERS |
|
$200
[20]
To learn these, meaning to get the basics down, originally applied to new sailors
the ropes
James
|
$200
[25]
The Battle of Breed's Hill, also called Bunker Hill
the American Revolution
Lewis
|
$200
[28]
In the 1890s Dmitri Ivanovsky discovered these infectious little organisms, from the Latin for "poison"
a virus
James
|
$200
[27]
These 9-digit government-issued numbers will never begin with 666--take that, Satan!
Social Security numbers
James
|
$200
[29]
(Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) The movie that's had the most airings on TCM, currently at 150, isthis1942 classic starring Humphrey Bogart
Casablanca
Lewis
|
$400
[23]
"I Know Why the ____ Burger Sings"; referencing a spicy style
Cajun
James
|
|
$600
[12]
To set higher standards for ourselves, we're doing this, the opposite of what happens in a limbo competition
raising the bar
James
|
$400
[9]
The Battle of Manila Bay, starring George Dewey
Spanish-American War
James
|
$400
[17]
By replacing the boiling of cane juice with vacuum refining, Norbert Rillieux turned this from a luxury to a common table item
sugar
James
|
$400
[24]
The Geneva Conventions dictate that prisoners of war give their name, rank & this number
the serial number
Lewis
|
$400
[26]
(Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) Tonight, for the opening of the 10th Annual TCM Classic Film Festival, Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal will reunite with director Rob Reiner for a screening of this romantic comedy that wondered if men & women would really be friends
When Harry Met Sally...
Stephanie
|
$600
[22]
"____ to a Crisp Burger"; a "Swiss" vegetable
chard
James
|
|
$800
[11]
Gone into business for yourself? You've hung out this signboard, also a word for a roofing item
a shingle
Lewis
|
$600
[8]
The Battle of Kwajalein (an atoll)
World War II
Lewis
|
$600
[16]
Joseph Gliddens' invention of this, which made it easy to enclose livestock, helped end the era of the big cattle drive
barbed wire
James
|
$600
[18]
In ads on his podcast, Dax Shepard says his this number is 85 & he feels rested
sleep
Stephanie
|
$600
[14]
(Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) On TCM, I get to talk about my great-uncle Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who won Oscars for writing & directingthis1950 film, the ultimate backstage drama where Bette Davis memorably says, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night"
All About Eve
James
|
$800
[21]
"Jingle ____ ____ Burger"; a "musical" veggie
bell pepper
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Be assertive! Do this 6-word phrase like Hercules did to that bovine on Crete
take the bull by the horns
Stephanie
|
$800
[4]
The 5-month-long First Battle of the Somme
World War I
James
|
$800
[2]
In the 1830s a Frenchman discovered how to preserve an image on a plate, inventing this "type" of old-timey photo
a daguerreotype
James
|
$800
[6]
The opening of "Dragnet" shows that this number for Joe Friday was 714
badge
James
|
$800
[13]
(Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) With a deep, abiding love & knowledge of film, hewas the very first host of Turner Classic Movies & made an impressive 62,851 appearances over 20+ years with the channel
Robert Osborne
Lewis
|
$1,000
[15]
A tropical fruit offering:"____ Was a Rolling Stone Burger"
papaya
|
|
DD
$2,200
[19]
Management consultant Marilyn Loden says she coined this phrase for a barrier to female success in 1978
the glass ceiling
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[3]
The Battle of Stoney Creek, in Ontario
the War of 1812
Lewis
|
$1,000
[1]
In the 1950s researchers discovered that progestin could prevent ovulation, leading to the 1960 introduction of this
the birth control pill
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[5]
On a check, the account number indicates you; this number indicates the bank
the routing number
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[7]
(Ben Mankiewicz gives the clue.) One of the interviews I most anticipated was with this Italian screen legend before a TCM Classic Film Festival screening of her film "Marriage Italian Style"
Sophia Loren
Lewis
|
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| MOVIE & SONG, SAME TITLE | "EX" | AROUND THE INDIAN OCEAN | EMERGENCY GENERATOR | AMERICAN POETRY | JOURNALISTS |
|
$400
[1]
Don McLean,1971; Jason Biggs,1999
"American Pie"
James
|
$400
[25]
Don't get cross, it's another term for the interrogation of a witness by attorneys
examination
Stephanie
|
$400
[24]
In the 1840s this capital of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles was named for a British queen
Victoria
James
|
$400
[28]
Roman I-I-I plus wakeup clock plus conflagration
three-alarm fire
Lewis
|
$1,200
[5]
"Sharks following the moans the fever and the dying" is from Robert Hayden's "Middle" this, depicting the slave trade
passage
Stephanie
|
$800
[19]
William Cobbet, who wielded a poison quill in England & America from 1794 to 1835, took his pseudonym from this rodent
porcupine
|
|
$800
[21]
Inner Circle,1987; Martin Lawrence & Will Smith,1995
"Bad Boys"
James
|
$800
[22]
In 1227 Pope Gregory IX did this to Frederick II, who failed on his promise to crusade
excommunicate
James
|
$800
[23]
If you're in the Maldives collecting grunters & croakers, you're hauling in these
fish
|
$800
[27]
H2O plus principal small-town street plus a pause in work for coffee
water main break
James
|
$1,600
[7]
Frank O'Hara's most famous poem is "The Day Lady Died", in which he reads about this jazz singer's death in 1959
Billie Holliday
James
Lewis
|
$1,200
[14]
Often called the first "war" one of these, Crimean war reporter William Howard Russell preferred "special" one
correspondent
James
Lewis
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Queen,1975; Rami Malek,2018
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[11]
It's the title of Alexander Decamps' 1837work, which used monkeys to satirize those who opine on art
The Experts
|
$1,200
[2]
At the edge of the Indian Ocean lies this island, whose east part, now independent, was invaded by Indonesia in 1975
Timor
James
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[26]
Opposite of artificial plus a state of matter plus disclosure of a secret to the press
natural gas leak
Stephanie
|
$2,000
[12]
William Carlos Williams won a Pulitzer for "Pictures from" this Flemish artist--here's one of his pictures
Pieter Bruegel
|
$1,600
[15]
Emile Gauvreau hid a murderer in his office for a scoop, like in this play & movie whose title is the place where the headlines go
The Front Page
Lewis
|
|
$1,600
[8]
The Psychedelic Furs,1981; Molly Ringwald,1986
"Pretty In Pink"
Lewis
|
$1,600
[10]
These products remove dead skin cells
exfoliants
Lewis
|
$1,600
[3]
Founded in the 10th century, this largest Somali port was one of the first Arab settlements on the east African coast
Mogadishu
James
|
$1,600
[18]
AWOL teenager plus synonym for cargo plus wedding dress "tail"
runaway freight train
James
|
DD
$5,000
[20]
Despite his name, he holds "with those who favor fire" for how "the world will end"
(Robert) Frost
James
|
$2,000
[16]
NYU's J-school chose the 100 outstanding U.S. journalists of the last 100 years; this Post-man is alphabetically last
Bob Woodward
|
|
$2,000
[13]
Led Zeppelin,1969; Matthew McConaughey,1993
"Dazed And Confused"
James
|
$2,000
[6]
The mission's over or aborted--time for this action of getting a military team out of there
extraction
James
|
DD
$9,800
[4]
In 1497, this mansailed around Africa & with the help of a pilot crossed the Indian Ocean & reached India
Vasco da Gama
James
|
$2,000
[17]
Got free of captivity plus area of India where Calcutta is plus golf's Mr. Woods
escaped Bengal tiger (escape to Bengal tiger accepted)
Stephanie
|
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This inductee into the Video Hall of Fame sold 17 million copies of a videocassette she released in 1982
Jane Fonda