Show #7974 2019-04-18 (taped 2019-02-12) Regular

James Holzhauer game 11.

Contestants

Gregory Bodkin — an institutional development manager from Brooklyn, New York

Samantha Merwin — a graduate student from Irvine, California

James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 10-day cash winnings total $697,787)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
James	$8,800	$13,200	$47,825	$74,133 11-day champion: $771,920	$33,400 39 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W
Samantha	$1,000	$1,800	$9,800	$3,199 3rd place: $1,000	$9,800 11 R, 1 W
Gregory	$2,800	$3,400	$8,200	$4,200 2nd place: $2,000	$8,200 8 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANAGRAMMED TV TITLES	AROUND THE HOUSE	PET SOUNDS	THE AUNT HILL	NEXT YEAR	IN JERUSALEM
$200 [26] Shuffling slowly on AMC:ADD ANKLE WEIGHT The Walking Dead James	$200 [27] It's the shelf that's above a fireplace; one at Andrew Jackson's Hermitage was made of--what else--hickory mantel James	$200 [7] The 4-letter vibration noise of a well-tuned car engine purr James	$200 [28] A book by M.M. Manring analyzes this pancake mix symbol's roots in the mammy figure of the old South Aunt Jemima James	$200 [29] Launching in 2020, NASA's next scheduled mission to this planet will study human habitability options Mars Samantha	$200 [30] Jerusalem's enclosed Old City is divided into these, including the Armenian one quarters Samantha
$400 [25] Setting records on Fox:MERE PI Empire James	$400 [24] A type of meal where guests serve themselves can be laid out on this sideboard of the same name a buffet James	$400 [22] The peppermint kind of this seasonal treat has white & dark chocolate & candy cane pieces bark James	$400 [23] Aunt Beru always made sure there was blue milk on the table for this future Jedi Luke Skywalker James	$400 [21] This Seattle-based chain declared it would do away with plastic straws in all its 28,000 stores by 2020 Starbucks Samantha	$400 [20] In 691 A.D. this gold-domed Islamic shrine was built on Jerusalem's Temple Mount Dome of the Rock James
$600 [15] Zipping heroically around the CW:HAT SHELF The Flash James	$600 [19] We've put in some raised planters to have a kitchen garden with parsley, sage, rosemary &this herb thyme Gregory	$600 [18] Ray Dolby's technologies removed this sibilant noise from sound recordings hiss James	$600 [17] Rosalind Russell played this title auntie in a 1958 film; Roger Smith played nephew Patrick Dennis as a grownup Mame James	$600 [16] The 2020 Summer Olympics are planned for this Asian capital that first hosted in 1964 Tokyo James	$600 [13] In 1000 B.C. David conquered Jerusalem & made it his capital; about 40 years later, this man, his son, built the first temple Solomon James
$800 [14] Policing NYC on CBS:DOUBLES LOB Blue Bloods James	$800 [12] In the dining room, it's a cabinet for the china; out in the yard, it's a cage for our pet rabbits a hutch Gregory	$800 [11] Another word for weft, this thread is at a right angle to warp in weaving woof	$800 [10] With the help of a giant fruit & insect friends, this boy escapes his mean aunts Sponge & Spiker James (Trotter) James	$1,000 [1] This North Carolina city named for a queen will host the 2020 Republican National Convention Charlotte Gregory	$800 [8] In this brief 1967 conflict, Israeli forces captured East Jerusalem from Jordan, reuniting the city the Six-Day War James
$1,000 [6] William H. Macy on Showtime:MESS HEALS Shameless Samantha	$1,000 [5] We've got Chex in our pantry & this rhyming brand for the floors of our decks Trex	$1,000 [4] In a Miyazaki animated film, this magician has his own "Moving Castle" Howl James	$1,000 [2] As Aunty Entity, Tina Turner has some issues in the Thunderdome with this title character Mad Max James	DD $3,000 [9] Culminating on Aug. 26, 2020, the U.S. will celebrate the 100th anniversary of this egalitarian milestone women's suffrage (or women's right to vote or the 19th Amendment) James	$1,000 [3] This legislative body meets in Jerusalem & is named after the "Great Assembly" that met there in the 5th century B.C. the Knesset Gregory

Double Jeopardy! Round

FEATURE FILM DEBUTS	GREEK & ROMAN LIT	-OMETERS	U.S. SENATE GLOSSARY	BATTLE ROYALE	REVERSIBLE COMPOUND WORDS
$400 [28] Kevin Bacon made his feature film debut as a fraternity pledge in this 1978 John Belushi film Animal House Samantha	$400 [29] Complete examples we have of this genre of play in Greece are almost all from the big 3 authors, including Aeschylus tragedy James	$400 [1] Thesphygmomanometerwill measure this blood pressure Samantha	$400 [15] Term for the senator who has served longer than the other senator from their state senior (senator) James	$400 [30] King Alfonso VIII led the Christians to victory over the Moors at the 1212 Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in this country Spain James	$400 [17] A bridge by which one road goes over another & a spring festival commemorating the liberation of the Israelites overpass and Passover James
$800 [27] He made his debut in 1988's "Mystic Pizza" playing Steamer; friend Ben Affleck also auditioned for the role Matt Damon James	$800 [23] Concerning a war & its aftermath, these 2 great epics were written around the 8th century B.C. the Odyssey and the Iliad Gregory	$800 [2] Some dashboards have aspeedometernext to this instrument as analog dials a tachometer James	$800 [26] Title of the senator who presides over the Senate in the absence of the vice president president pro tem James	$800 [21] Sweden's crown prince was one of the allied commanders who thrashed this man at the 1813 Battle of the Nations Napoleon James Samantha	$800 [20] A sudden eruption of a disease & a prison escape an outbreak and a breakout Gregory
$1,200 [24] Tommy Lee Jones first appeared on the big screen as the roommate of Ryan O'Neal's character in this 1970 romance Love Story James	$1,200 [6] In "Politics" this Greek ponders what is the ideal government? & what is the individual's relationship to it? Aristotle James	$1,200 [10] Thisdevice counts steps just as well as that fitness tracker a pedometer Samantha	$1,200 [4] This type of call of the roll ensures there are enough members present to conduct business; for the Senate, it's 51 quorum James	$1,200 [3] At the 552 Battle of Taginae, the Goths under King Totila used spears & were defeated by these longer-range Byzantine fighters archers Gregory	$1,200 [19] A short break between airplane flights & a transparent sheet placed on top of another sheet layover and overlay Samantha
$1,600 [14] Cuba Gooding Jr. made his debut in this 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy about an African prince looking for a wife in NYC Coming to America Samantha	$1,600 [7] The title of Petronius' work portraying Roman hedonism adds "-icon" to this half-man mythical creature a satyr James	$1,600 [11] Keeping accurate time was vital for 18th-century sailors--here's a 1760 type of this device a chronometer James	$1,600 [25] It's not tabulating touchdowns & field goals, it's the Senate term for the up-to-date tracking of budget actions scorekeeping James	$2,000 [9] At this battle soon-to-be King William I conquered King Harold the Battle of Hastings Samantha	$1,600 [18] To maintain a principle & a bank robbery using guns uphold and holdup James
$2,000 [13] As a freshman at Ithaca College, she won the lead role in John Waters' "Hairspray", her film debut Ricki Lake James	DD $9,812 [8] From around 170 A.D., the "Meditations" of this Roman emperor reflect on subjects like moral & social virtue Marcus Aurelius James	$2,000 [12] Amass this-ometercan identify the component parts of a substance spectrometer James	$2,000 [22] Supervision of a federal agency or program, as in the Subcommittee on Taxation & IRS ____ oversight Gregory	DD $6,013 [5] Portugal's King Sebastian drowned at the 1578 Battle of the 3 Kings in this country across the Gulf of Cadiz Morocco James	$2,000 [16] To make more transactions than another & one who has betrayed his honor for cash sellout and outsell Samantha

Final Jeopardy!

COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES

During his years with the Justice League of America, this superhero sometimes used the secret identity "C. King"

Aquaman

Gregory "Who Batman" — wagered $4,000

Samantha "Who is Superman???" — wagered $6,601

James "Who is Aquaman? Hi Katie & Jo Jo ♥" — wagered $26,308

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