James Holzhauer game 12.
Gabby McGregor — a public affairs manager from Reno, Nevada
Nate Marks — an actuary from Woodland Hills, California
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 11-day cash winnings total $771,920)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $1,600 | $5,400 | $45,000 |
$80,006
12-day champion: $851,926 |
$25,600
35 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nate | $1,600 | $2,600 | $2,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
8 R, 2 W |
| Gabby | $1,400 | $2,000 | $4,800 |
$4,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
7 R, 1 W |
| ROCK ANIMALS | WOMEN OF THE WORLD | AMERICAN HISTORY | PHRASE ORIGINS | IN THE CABINET DEPARTMENT | NOVEL VOCABULARY |
|
$200
[25]
In 1975 Joe Walsh was the "New Kid In Town" in this band
Eagles
James
|
$200
[26]
Theempressof this country plays the piano with her daughter
Japan
James
|
$200
[27]
In July 1812 U.S. general William Hull launched an invasion of this country & was ignominiously repulsed
Canada
James
|
$200
[28]
Ask Billy Idol--the origin of this phrase is the bloodcurdling battle cries of Confederate troops
rebel yell
Nate
|
$200
[30]
Federal Aviation Administration
Transportation
James
|
$200
[29]
When Tom Sawyer & Huck Finn need knives, Huck "smouches" some--that is, he gets them this way
stealing
James
|
|
$400
[24]
In 1982 "A Flock of" these flew into the Top 10 with "I Ran (So Far Away)"
Seagulls
James
|
$400
[23]
The 2017 film "Jane" is about this primatologist
Jane Goodall
Nate
|
$400
[21]
He wrote a 1796 "Treatise on the Improvement of Canal Navigation" before coming up with his steamboat
Fulton
James
|
$400
[22]
"Speech is silver" begins a maxim; you are likely more familiar with this second part
silence is golden
James
|
$400
[19]
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Health and Human Services
James
|
$400
[20]
In "Ivanhoe" Sir Walter Scott used this to mean to put on clothes in a hurry, not to meet to discuss a football play
a huddle
Nate
|
|
$600
[10]
Marc Bolan led the '70s glam rockers who used this short name of a dinosaur
T. Rex
James
|
$600
[15]
At age 11 she gave her first speech, called "How Dare the Taliban Take Away My Basic Right to Education?"
Malala
Gabby
|
$600
[11]
A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout:him "To City: Drop Dead"
(Gerald) Ford
James
Nate
|
$600
[17]
It's a close contest, coming "down to" this, what used to be across the finish line of a horse race
the wire
James
|
$600
[18]
Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service
Agriculture
Gabby
|
$600
[16]
"Finnegans Wake" used this word 25 years before the physicists applied it to a "flavored" subatomic particle
quark
James
|
|
$800
[9]
These alliterative alt-rock rodents had a 2004 hit with "Float On"
Modest Mouse
James
|
$800
[6]
Kristalina Georgieva is the CEO of this intl. org. affiliated with the U.N. that gives financial aid to developing nations
the World Bank
James
|
$800
[5]
A 1921 federal law put the first limits on the number of these, followed by 1924's National Origins Act
immigrants
Gabby
|
$1,000
[7]
This scornful response to an unlikely story comes from British sailors' contempt for other military men
tell it to the Marines
|
$800
[12]
Wage & Hour Division
Labor
James
|
$800
[13]
A cutting tool & some body parts are in this word for a surgeon coined by Dickens in "The Pickwick Papers"
sawbones
|
|
$1,000
[2]
The name of this "Look Good On The Dancefloor" band combines a cold environment & tropical animals
the Arctic Monkeys
James
|
$1,000
[3]
This human rights lawyer & wife of a famous actor was born in Beirut with the last name Alamuddin
Amal Clooney
James
|
$1,000
[1]
On June 1, 1660 Mary Dyer, one of this religious sect's "Boston martyrs", was hanged on Boston Common
the Quakers
James
|
DD
$1,800
[8]
19th c. exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort
a dry run
James
|
$1,000
[14]
Office on Violence Against Women
the Justice Department
|
$1,000
[4]
Hawthorne used "spiracles" to mean airshafts in this novel with another architectural feature in the title
The House of Seven Gables
Nate
|
| ANIMAL ROCKS | BALLET | "Z"-POURRI | AUTO-BIOGRAPHIES | PLAYING VIDEO GAMES | THE END |
|
$400
[30]
Arockin Mongolia is named for its resemblance to one of these reptiles--oh yeah, I see the shell
a turtle
James
|
$400
[27]
Act I of this Tchaikovsky fairy tale ballet is called "The Spell"; later comes "The Awakening"
Sleeping Beauty
James
|
$400
[24]
For every ton of the Earth's crust, an average of some 3 ounces is made up of this metal
zinc
James
|
$400
[19]
"Henry & Edsel" is about the creation of this family's automotive empire
Ford
James
|
$400
[23]
One year after winning an Oscar for "Girl, Interrupted", this actress played "Tomb Raider" Lara Croft
Angelina Jolie
Gabby
|
$400
[29]
Of this dynasty:The death of Elizabeth I in 1603
the Tudor dynasty
Nate
|
|
$800
[17]
A helipad provides the easiest access to Wolf Rock Lighthouseoff Land's End in Cornwall, in this country
England
James
|
$1,200
[12]
The creators of 1943's "Fancy Free" called each other Lenny & Jerry--Leonard Bernstein & this choreographer
Jerome Robbins
James
|
$800
[20]
Seen here is an elder of this group, a branch of the southern Bantu
Zulu
James
|
$800
[21]
"Billy (Durant), Alfred (P. Sloan) &" this Big 3 car company is a very specific biography
General Motors
James
|
$800
[22]
2 years after winning an Oscar for "The Danish Girl", this actress played "Tomb Raider" Lara Croft
Alicia Vikander
Gabby
|
$800
[28]
Of the horse-&-this 4-wheeled carriage era:Right around 1910
buggy
James
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Lion Rocklooms over this special administrative region of China
Hong Kong
Nate
|
$1,600
[13]
3 people flirt on a tennis court in Nijinsky's ballet "Jeux", which means these
games
|
$1,200
[7]
Cactus-flowered & dahlia-flowered are 2 types of this flower that attracts butterflies to your garden
a zinnia
James
|
$1,200
[3]
Referring to cars' tails, a book on designer Harley Earl has this fishy 4-letter title
Fins
James
|
$1,200
[15]
Dwayne Johnson plays a primatologist who cares for a big white gorilla in this 2018 video game adaptation
Rampage
James
|
$1,600
[18]
Of the "Great" this:June 2009, per the National Bureau of Economic Research
the Great Recession
Gabby
|
|
$1,600
[8]
The Eagle Rockin this California city gave its name to an area where you'll find Occidental College
Los Angeles
Nate
|
$2,000
[14]
Part of the Stravinsky/Balanchine "Greek Trilogy", the ballet about this son of Zeus also features the Muses
Apollo
Gabby
|
$1,600
[1]
Theodor Herzl was a leader of this Jewish political movement that sought to establish the state of Israel
Zionism
Nate
|
$1,600
[2]
Chapter 26 in the biography of this muscle car builder is title "The Cobra is Born"
(Carroll) Shelby
James
|
$1,600
[6]
Before "ER" & "Agents of Shield", Ming-Na Wen kicked butt as Chun-Li in the film version of this battle game
Street Fighter
James
|
$2,000
[26]
Of this racist system named for a minstrel routine:The federal civil rights laws of the 1960s
Jim Crow
Gabby
|
|
$2,000
[9]
In English, Sardinia's Roccia dell'Orsois known as this animal rock
bear
James
|
DD
$15,000
[25]
At 19 Alessandra Ferri was the Royal Ballet's youngest with this Italian title; at 54, she was its oldest since Margot Fonteyn
prima ballerina
James
|
$2,000
[10]
On "M*A*S*H", Trapper ordered this strong rum cocktail & said, "Keep making them until I turn into one"
zombie
James
|
$2,000
[11]
The beginnings of NASCAR are chronicled in "Big Bill" about this man
Bill France
Nate
|
$2,000
[16]
Milla Jovovich has been Alice in all 6 films in this franchise based on a horror game
Resident Evil
James
|
DD
$8,200
[4]
Of the Middle Ages:Maybe this major change in Christianity that began in 1517
the Reformation
James
|
A "VI" has followed these 3 royal names of English kings
George, Edward & Henry