James Holzhauer game 16.
Alix Basden — a student from Lafayette, Louisiana
Tim Hall — a data analyst from Washington, D.C.
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 15-day cash winnings total $1,135,175)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $6,200 | $15,600 | $55,695 |
$90,812
16-day champion: $1,225,987 |
$28,400
36 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Tim | $1,600 | $3,000 | $2,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
7 R, 2 W |
| Alix | $1,400 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
10 R, 0 W |
| ROGUES GALLERY | LAKE NAME-IS-MEMORABLE | CELEBS ON TWITTER | WHAT'S FOR DINNER? | CHINESE | TAKE "OUT" |
|
$200
[28]
Scoundrels came to Tortuga & became pirates for this Brit, whose name now graces rum bottles
Henry Morgan
James
|
$200
[29]
Mooselookmeguntic Lake is about 85 miles northwest of this capital of Maine
Augusta
James
|
$200
[30]
OK, he is Deadpool:"I'd walk through fire for my (kid). Well not fire...a super humid room. But not too humid, because my hair"
Ryan Reynolds
James
|
$200
[24]
It's Chinese takeout, of course--this pork dish that combines sugar & vinegar for contrasting flavors
sweet and sour
James
|
$200
[25]
Not to "boar" you but according to the Chinese zodiac, most of 2019 is the year of this animal
a pig
James
|
$200
[26]
It's police surveillance outside a building to observe or catch criminals
a stakeout
James
|
|
$400
[27]
John Wilmot, seen here, was known for satiric poetry & shocking behavior at this king's Restoration court
Charles II
James
|
$400
[16]
In this "Bay State" some call it Webster Lake; others, Chargoggagogg-manchauggagogg-chaubunagunga-maugg
Massachusetts
James
|
$400
[22]
Cheech's pal, him:"The recommended age to have a Ouija board is 8+...so, pot is still illegal but you can be 8 & summon the devil"
(Tommy) Chong
Tim
|
$400
[23]
We're going south of the border for homemade these--get 'em while they're hot
tamales
Tim
|
$400
[13]
Thisart of beautiful writing has long been revered in China as a supreme visual art form
calligraphy
Alix
|
$400
[20]
For the kids, this restaurant chain offers a joey menu
Outback
Alix
|
|
$800
[8]
Born in Italy, this18th-century man, whose name is synonymous with "great lover", wrote a scandalous autobiography
Casanova
James
|
$600
[12]
Hello, Wisconsin! Take the motorhome brand of the same name to Lake this
Winnebago
James
|
$600
[15]
While on her TV "Project", she wrote, "Love means never having to say 'Hey, are we dating?'"
Mindy Kaling
James
|
$600
[21]
I feel like a million bucks so let's start with these Rockefeller; do you mind shucking?
oysters
Alix
|
$600
[10]
An 11th century Chinese military manual contained the earliest known formula for this explosive
gunpowder
James
|
$600
[19]
A boat made from a hollowed-out log, or where baseball players sit
a dugout
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Rogue Adam Worthstole & got obsessed with a portrait of Georgiana, who held the alliterative title this "of Devonshire"
Duchess
Alix
|
$800
[11]
In "What About Bob?" this actor tracks down therapist Richard Dreyfuss at a vacation home at N.H.'s Lake Winnipesaukee
Bill Murray
James
|
$800
[14]
This British celeb chef will opine about your food pics, writing about one seafood paella, "Seafood salmonella!"
Gordon Ramsay
Tim
|
$800
[6]
I thought we'd go with something light--this type of Italian omelet, baked in a pan
frittata
James
|
$800
[9]
China's second-longest river, the Huang He is also known by this colorful name
the Yellow River
Tim
|
$800
[18]
Medical procedures without overnight hospitalization are considered this type
outpatient
James
|
|
DD
$6,600
[17]
Depictedhereis a gang of bushrangers, the sometimes romanticized bandits of this country
Australia
James
|
$1,000
[1]
Those imaginative Canadians! Okanagan Lake's Ogopogo & Lake Memphremagog's Memphre are these
lake monsters
|
$1,000
[2]
This TBS talk show host noted, "If you can say happy Valentine's Day in Klingon you're probably not celebrating it"
Conan O'Brien
James
|
$1,000
[5]
We're having doro wat, a spicy chicken stew & the national dish of this African country
Ethiopia
Tim
|
$1,000
[3]
September 28, observed in Taiwan as Teachers Day, is believed to be this ancient philosopher's birthday
Confucius
James
|
$1,000
[4]
The term this type of "art" by self-taught non-mainstream artists was coined by Roger Cardinal in 1972
outsider art
Tim
|
| ICONIC PAINTINGS | ENERGY | MOVIES IN THE DIRECTV GUIDE | NOVEL CHARACTERS | HISTORY | OCCUPATIONAL VERBS |
|
$400
[28]
This Leonardo portrait was recovered 2 years after handyman Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre with it
Mona Lisa
James
|
$400
[27]
Term for any device that stores energy & produces an electric current by chemical action
battery
James
|
$400
[22]
"A girl...like another girl's guy & feels nobody cares about her birthday"
Sixteen Candles
James
|
$400
[17]
In "The Wizard of Oz", he overcomes his name when he bravely kills a disgusting giant spider
the Cowardly Lion
James
|
$800
[6]
In 1554 Philip II, the future king of Spain, spoke up to prevent the execution of this future English queen
Elizabeth I
James
|
$800
[15]
To prepare a pork loin for sale, or to make a mess of a project
butcher
Alix
|
|
$1,200
[1]
This Belgian's 1929 painting "The Treachery of Images" has a pipe & the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", or "This is not a pipe"
(René) Magritte
Alix
|
$800
[26]
LNG stands for this type of natural gas that has been condensed for easier handling
liquid
Alix
|
$800
[21]
"An aspiring actress (&) a...jazz musician...are struggling to make ends meet in a city known for crushing hopes"
La La Land
Alix
|
$800
[12]
In Nabokov's "Pale Fire", revolutionaries plan to kill an exiled king with this name, the same as the leader of the X-Men
Charles Xavier
James
|
$1,200
[4]
The Rohingya Muslims have suffered persecution from this Asian country at least since 1977's Operation Dragon King
Burma (or Myanmar)
James
|
$1,200
[14]
This rural job means to guide carefully, as in "the Speaker will need to ____ the bill through Congress"
shepherd
Tim
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Georges Seurat was just 26 when he completed his masterpiece "A Sunday on" this island
La Grande Jatte
James
|
$1,600
[23]
A standard unit of measure of electric power, one is equal to one joule per second
a watt
James
|
$1,200
[19]
2 men, "on a mission from God, bomb around Chicago in an old police car, reuniting their hot band"
The Blues Brothers
James
|
$1,200
[10]
Note the angst in the name of this main man in 4 John Updike books
Rabbit Angstrom
James
|
$1,600
[3]
It was said that when this man met the ferryman for good in 1877, he had more money than the U.S. Treasury
(Cornelius) Vanderbilt
James
Tim
|
$1,600
[13]
To admit to a misdeed or to enter a guilty plea
cop
James
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Salvador Dali portrayed the real cliffs of Catalonia with the dreamlike image of melting watches in this 1931 painting
The Persistence of Memory
James
|
$2,000
[25]
This5-letter type of rock contains organic matter so it can yield oil as well as natural gas from fracking
shale
James
|
$1,600
[18]
"A therapist, a mathematician & working-class roughs vie for the soul of a janitor"
Good Will Hunting
Alix
|
$1,600
[9]
The title of a Jane Austen novel refers to her, Miss Woodhouse
Emma
James
|
$2,000
[5]
In ancient Rome if you were free but non-aristocratic, say a baker or an artisan, you were in this class
a plebeian
|
$2,000
[16]
In a 1999 speech Nelson Mandela said his government would do this "on" toward national reconciliation
soldier
|
|
DD
$11,381
[8]
Botticelli's "Primavera" has this Roman goddess flanked by the 3 Graces with her son Amor overhead
Venus
James
|
DD
$11,914
[24]
This type of gasoline has had tetraethyl substances removed from it in conformance with regulations
unleaded
James
|
$2,000
[20]
"Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss & others meet their fates over the course of two days"
Pulp Fiction
James
Alix
|
$2,000
[11]
In this novel insurance agent Walter Huff turns to murder after falling for a woman he loves like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake
Double Indemnity
|
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Oddly, mining of this rare earth element with a geographic name, atomic no. 63, is mostly in Asia & with some in South America & Australia
europium