Show #7981 2019-04-29 (taped 2019-02-27) Regular

James Holzhauer game 18.

Contestants

Adam Levin — a sports information director from Ashland, Massachusetts

Jasmine Leonas — a social media specialist from Chicago, Illinois

James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 17-day cash winnings total $1,275,587)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
James	$3,000	$6,200	$33,517	$54,017 18-day champion: $1,329,604	$25,600 28 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Jasmine	$2,800	$3,800	$7,800	$7,800 3rd place: $1,000	$7,800 9 R, 0 W
Adam	$3,200	$5,000	$27,000	$53,999 2nd place: $2,000	$17,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

WAIT, SOMETHING'S "OFF"	PUP CULTURE	MOVIE STORES	LODGEPODGE	POTENT PORTABLES	BREAKS & LIVERS
$200 [14] Workers may get dismissed from their jobs in a mass this layoff James	$200 [17] Time to play around with the Pomeranian, Japanese chin & Maltese, breeds in this AKC group toy James	$200 [27] Let's just say a store's dress fitting for a wedding does not go well for Kristen Wiig & friends in this 2011 film Bridesmaids James	$200 [28] AMC's "Lodge 49" was created by ex-"Jeopardy!" staffer Jim Gavin & stars Wyatt Russell, son of Goldie Hawn & this actor Kurt Russell Adam	$200 [29] Amazon's Fire Tablet 7 comes preloaded with this assistant & her soothing voice Alexa James	$200 [30] One of the most commonly broken bones is this one that serves as a strut to support the shoulder a clavicle (or collarbone) Adam
$400 [25] A fashion copy not made by its originator can be a cheap this 8-letter word a knockoff Adam	$400 [26] Sometimes before coming home, you gotta lay down for just a sec, like this agile herding breed here a collie Jasmine	$400 [20] Some forces were beyond control as Natalie Portman managed this 243-year-old character's "Wonder Emporium" Mr. Magorium James	$400 [10] JFK defeated Henry Cabot Lodge for the Senate in 1952 & again in 1960 when Henry was this man's running mate Nixon James	$400 [24] Sony's portable Bluetooth XB10 one of these boasts the "power of extra bass" a speaker James	$400 [23] Each day your liver secretes about a quart of this liquid that helps you digest fats bile Adam
$600 [18] It describes a game-winning home run hit in the bottom of the 9th a walk-off James	$600 [16] Formal breeding of the Alaskan type of this 8-letter northern dog began in 1926 a malamute Adam	$600 [19] In this film Catherine Keener, Steve Carell's long-awaited love, has a store where you can only buy its stuff on eBay 40-Year-Old Virgin Jasmine	$600 [9] The California civil code's definition of a lodger mentions this proverbial pair, a place to sleep & some food to eat room and board Adam	$600 [21] i Bose makes a portable charger with 4 of these that unfold to soak up some rays & power your electronics solar panels James	$600 [22] From the Greek for "bone" & "passage", this condition in older folks can lead to more fragile, brittle bones osteoporosis James
$800 [13] The name of this beef dish topped with a sour cream sauce honors a Russian diplomat (beef) stroganoff Adam	$800 [15] There it is--it being this breed, the emblem of the Westminster Kennel Club & seenherein its classic pose a pointer Jasmine	$800 [6] A Chinatown antique store has certain rules about post-purchase mogwais in this 1984 film Gremlins James	$800 [8] Muskrats build lodges or sometimes squat in the lodges built by these other rodents beavers Adam	$800 [11] The Inspiron line is from this Texas-based company that's been making laptops since 1989 Dell James	$800 [12] A common sign of impaired liver function is this condition, yellowness of the eyes & skin jaundice James
$1,000 [5] Anything given up as pointless, or specifically, an account given up as a loss a write-off Jasmine	$1,000 [7] Newfoundlands rescued from a shipwreck off Maryland led to the retriever breed named for this body of water Chesapeake Bay Jasmine	$1,000 [4] In "The Shop Around the Corner", Margaret Sullavan & this actor bicker at work but are sweethearts by letter Jimmy Stewart	$1,000 [3] In Lakota culture, Inipi is this structure seen here, where steam is used for purification a sweat lodge James	$1,000 [2] San Disk makes a 500-gig external SSD, short for this kind of "drive" that can help you with storage solid state Adam	DD $1,000 [1] The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood the hepatic James

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE OF THE STATE PARK	ALLITERATIVE PHRASES	FACTS ABOUT POETS	WHEELY GOOD	CONTROVERSIAL TV	THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
$400 [25] Hearst San Simeon State Park California James	$400 [26] It's unlikely you'll ever meet one of these friends, but you still write to each other a pen pal Adam	$400 [29] From what he wrote about himself in "The Divine Comedy", we know that he was born in 1265 & that he was a Gemini Dante Adam	$400 [30] All the numbers on a standard roulette wheel total up to this "number of the Beast" 666 Adam	$400 [24] When this Kiefer Sutherland show debuted in 2001, the tortured hero became the torturing hero 24 Jasmine	$400 [23] The war began in 1936 as a military uprising in what was called "Spanish" this African country Morocco James
$800 [12] Yuma Territorial Prison State Historical Park Arizona Jasmine	$800 [21] Someone who makes all the decisions appoints himself as these 2 jobs; "executioner" is sometimes added judge and jury Adam	$800 [22] Thispoet went to Columbia University & became friends with Jack Kerouac & William S. Burroughs (Allen) Ginsberg James	$800 [18] Wooden wheels with hanging seats had been popular since c. 1600, but the 1st giant such wheel was built by this man in 1893 Ferris Adam	$800 [2] The "Roseanne" reboot gave way to this Roseanne-less spinoff The Conners James	$800 [7] Pablo Picasso forbade this work depicting the war's horrors from being shown in Spain until the fascists were gone Guernica Adam
$1,200 [9] Platte River State Park Nebraska James	$1,200 [13] This phrase can refer to whatever means necessary, or the 2 possibilities for a ball hit down the line in baseball fair or foul James	$1,600 [28] This "Trees" poet was born in New Brunswick & attended Rutgers Joyce Kilmer James	$1,200 [16] These toy cars from Mattel have been satisfying kids' needs for speed since 1968 Hot Wheels James	$1,200 [1] In 2018 this Brit returned to fool more U.S. politicians on "Who is America?" Sacha Baron Cohen Jasmine	$1,200 [3] As fascist troops neared Madrid, Francisco Franco became commander in chief, or this word, "general" + 6 letters generalissimo Adam
$1,600 [10] James River State Park Virginia Jasmine	$1,600 [19] "La Francais est la langue d'amour" translates as "French is" this the language of love Adam	$2,000 [27] The line "My candle burns at both ends" comes from her poem "First Fig" Edna St. Vincent Millay James	$1,600 [15] In a car's engine, this "shaft" converts the up-&-down motion of the pistons into rotational power for the wheels the crankshaft Adam	$1,600 [4] Adorable nickname of young pageant contestant Alana Thompson Honey Boo Boo James	$1,600 [5] Some 800 American volunteers died fighting for the Loyalists, many as part of a battalion named for this 19th c. president the Abraham Lincoln battalion
$2,000 [11] Franconia Notch State Park New Hampshire Adam	DD $12,000 [20] Ships of yore masked their nationality with these, now a term for any covert act designed to make another entity look guilty a false flag Adam	DD $10,117 [14] Seamus Heaney's 1999 translation of this 1,200-year-old epic poem was a surprise bestseller Beowulf James	$2,000 [17] Martyred by the Romans in the 4th century, this female Catholic saint is the patron saint of wheelwrights Catherine James	$2,000 [8] In 1969 CBS fired these politically outspoken comedy brothers from their own show Smothers James	$2,000 [6] This Spanish poet & playwright of the tragedy "Blood Wedding" was executed by a Nationalist firing squad Garcia Lorca James

Final Jeopardy!

ORGANIZATIONS

The oldest of these business booster groups, formed in Marseille in 1599, uses "de" instead of "of" in the name

a chamber of commerce

Jasmine "What is the Legion of Honor?" — wagered $0

Adam "What is a Chamber of Commerce?" — wagered $26,999

James "What is chamber of commerce" — wagered $20,500

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