James Holzhauer game 9.
Katie Grosteffon — an ergonomist from Lexington, Kentucky
Adam Lozeau — a public defender from Saint Paul, Minnesota
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 8-day cash winnings total $460,479)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $16,000 | $19,400 | $66,181 |
$106,181
9-day champion: $566,660 |
$36,000
42 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Adam | $1,600 | $3,200 | $11,200 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
14 R, 0 W |
| Katie | $0 | $400 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$0
3 R, 1 W |
| A YEAR ENDING IN 9 | ALSO A FIRST NAME | A THURBER CARNIVAL OF QUOTATIONS | BEHIND THE SCENES | 5 JEFFS | YEAH, WE SAW IT ON THE INTERNET |
|
$200
[19]
Farrah Fawcett passed away & pilot Sully Sullenberger made a miracle landing on the Hudson
2009
James
|
$200
[23]
It's a statement of how much you owe
bill
Adam
|
$200
[30]
Humorist James Thurber ended a fable with the moral "A word to" these "is not sufficient if it doesn't make any sense"
the wise
James
|
$200
[29]
The 2006 pilot for this sitcom was Penny-less; the nerdy heroes took in Katie, a street-smart beautician
The Big Bang Theory
James
|
$200
[24]
In November 2017 this tech mogul's net worth passed $100 billion
Bezos
James
|
$200
[28]
On damnyouauto this.com: "Do you think Leonardo diva person will win an Oscar...Leonardo fixation...Lombardo DiCaprio"
correct
James
|
|
$400
[20]
The U.S. Constitution went into effect & the new Congress met for the first time
1789
Katie
|
$400
[21]
In a familiar phrase the spoils belong to this guy
victor
James
|
$400
[27]
A cartoon caption:"Well, if I called" this, "why did you answer the phone?"
a wrong number
Adam
|
$400
[26]
Filming 1990's "Days of Thunder", sparks flew for Tom Cruise & this future wife, playing Cole Trickle & Dr. Claire Lewicki
Nicole Kidman
James
|
$400
[22]
One of the soldiers who captured this Confederate president in May 1865 taunted him, "Well, Jeffy, how do you feel now?"
(Jefferson) Davis
Adam
|
$400
[25]
Get the sensation when you click on the York peppermint patty link at this Pennsylvania-based company's site
Hershey
James
|
|
$600
[16]
Communist leaders fell all over Europe, including Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria after 35 years of rule
1989
James
|
$600
[17]
When this 3-letter word follows "down", the phrase means "know perfectly"; before "down", it's a synonym for frisk
pat
James
|
$600
[14]
From a short story, "Are you scraping around the bottom of the pickle barrel Are you sitting in" this "seat?"
catbird
James
|
$600
[13]
The cry of the red-tailed hawk, heard here, is often dubbed in by movie sound designers for that of this majestic bird
a bald eagle
Adam
|
$600
[15]
In 1971 Jeff Johnson's literal dream about this goddess of victory led to his company taking her name
Nike
James
|
$600
[18]
On YouTube, a little girl asks for help after trying this Japanese version of horseradish for the first time
wasabi
Adam
|
|
$1,000
[4]
The Second Boer War began & Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" was published
1899
James
|
$800
[7]
It's the type of haircut seen here
a bob
James
|
$800
[12]
"Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy" this
desperation
James
|
$800
[11]
Bob Odenkirk went through training at this mall eatery to prepare for "Better Call Saul"
Cinnabon
James
|
$800
[9]
The Heffley family is snowed in during "Cabin Fever", a continuation of this literary series by Jeff Kinney
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
James
|
$800
[10]
A dialysis section at the site for the AKF, or American this Fund, recommends a diet limiting potassium & sodium
kidney
James
|
|
DD
$5,800
[8]
A year before the Pilgrims even landed, a Thanksgiving of sorts was held by newly arrived settlers to Virginia
1619
James
|
$1,000
[6]
If you lower someone's high opinion of himself, you take him down one of these, a wooden fastener
a peg
Adam
|
$1,000
[5]
"Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this
dead
James
|
$1,000
[2]
The doc "Hearts of Darkness" has extended footage of Martin Sheen's unscripted hotel room breakdown from this film
Apocalypse Now
James
|
$1,000
[1]
Balloons & basketballs are part of the art of this Jeff whose sculptures have sold for over $50 million
Jeff Koons
James
|
$1,000
[3]
In 2015 Funny or Die had a picture of a storefront sign of this tech chain; many letters were fritzed out but "adioS" remained
Radio Shack
James
|
| CANADIAN CITY NICKNAMES | PRESS YOUR LUCK | LITERARY ALLUSIONS | BOYS IN THE BAND | SOUNDS LIKE PIG LATIN | THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE |
|
$400
[30]
The Honeymoon Capital of the World
Niagara Falls
James
|
$400
[29]
In 1450 he got a financier named Johann Fust to lend him 800 guilders to aid his printing press endeavors
Gutenberg
Adam
|
$400
[28]
The name of this despot staring out from countless posters in "1984" today signifies government control
Big Brother
Adam
|
$400
[26]
Adam Clayton, Bono, the Edge
U2
Adam
|
$400
[25]
One hockey team has a temporary numerical advantage with an opposing player in the penalty box in this situation
power play
James
|
$400
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) In his lightning rods, Ben Franklin advocated a pointed tip to channel charge into the ground; this man, who became king in 1760 thought blunt ends were better--it wouldn't be their last dispute
George III
Katie
|
|
$800
[9]
City of Champions, Big Eddy
Edmonton
Katie
|
$800
[18]
The press seenhereis used on this Italian-named grilled sandwich
panini
James
|
$800
[5]
A 19th century character gives us this word for a penny-pincher
scrooge
James
|
$800
[12]
Steve Jones, Johnny Rotten, Sid Vicious
the Sex Pistols
Adam
|
$800
[24]
Long thought to have invented baseball, he fought for the Union at Antietam & Gettysburg
Abner Doubleday
James
|
$800
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) Tired of switching between the pair, Ben Franklin took lenses from his reading glasses & fused them with ones from his regular glasses, creatingdouble spectacles, also known as these
bifocals
Adam
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Broadway North or the 416
Toronto
James
|
$1,200
[17]
5 New York newspapers banded together to found this news organization in 1846
the Associated Press
Adam
|
$1,200
[14]
To be pulled into a weird, confusing environment is to go "down" this, just like Lewis Carroll's Alice
the rabbit hole
James
|
$1,200
[13]
Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Jordan Knight
New Kids on the Block
James
|
$1,200
[23]
Most rye bread is flavored with these seeds
caraway
James
|
$1,200
[6]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) The Edward G. Budd Company, maker of metal car parts, tried its hand at aircraft, and produced the first one entirely made of this heavy alliterative alloy to take flight--still has a nice shine to it
stainless steel
James
|
|
$1,600
[3]
La Vieille Capitale
Quebec City
James
|
$1,600
[16]
Thistype of press gets its name from being powered by the movement of fluid
hydraulic
James
|
$2,000
[1]
A community that is a hotbed of sex & drama, like the title town in a novel, film & TV soap opera of the 1950s & '60s
Peyton Place
James
|
$1,600
[19]
Stu Cook, Tom Fogerty, John Fogerty
CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
James
|
$2,000
[21]
A nursery rhyme says, "I had a little pony his name was" this, "I lent him to a lady to ride a mile away"
Dapple Grey
James
|
$1,600
[7]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) Beethoven & Mozart wrote for this instrument that Ben Franklin created, which he said gave him the greatest personal satisfaction of all his inventions
the glass harmonica
James
Katie
|
|
$2,000
[4]
'Toon Town
Saskatoon
Adam
|
$2,000
[10]
Permanent press is a process where fabric gets chemically treated to make it resistant to these
wrinkles
James
Adam
|
DD
$11,381
[15]
Meaning extremely large, this adjective comes from the name of Rabelais' giant of a 16th century character
gargantuan
James
|
$2,000
[20]
Andy Hurley, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz
Fall Out Boy
James
|
DD
$17,000
[22]
The book of Daniel gives us this 3-word phrase for a hero's unexpected flaw
feet of clay
James
|
$2,000
[8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Franklin Institute.) The Franklin Institute features a four-story pendulum named for this Frenchman; in the morning the museum starts the pendulum swinging in a north-south direction, & by 5, half thepegsare knocked down
Foucault
James
|
In 2014 this 10,000-square-mile region moved its clocks forward 2 hours to Moscow Standard Time
Crimea