Show #7985 2019-05-03 (taped 2019-02-27) Regular

James Holzhauer game 22.

Contestants

Carol Hansen — a retired database administrator from San Francisco, California

Pete Vanderhyden — an airline pilot from Murrieta, California

James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 21-day cash winnings total $1,608,627)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
James	$8,200	$13,200	$47,381	$82,381 22-day champion: $1,691,008	$37,200 43 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Pete	$1,000	$1,400	$4,600	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$4,600 7 R, 2 W
Carol	$1,800	$1,800	$5,800	$2,399 2nd place: $2,000	$5,000 6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

TV SHOWS BY COUPLE	BEGINS & ENDS WITH "W"	CLASSIC LITERATURE	SCI-FI STUFF	NOBODY EXPECTS	THE SPINACH ACQUISITION
$200 [30] Monica & Chandler Friends James	$200 [29] To take money out of an account withdraw Pete	$200 [25] "The horror! The horror!" are Mr. Kurtz' dying words in this novella Heart of Darkness James	$200 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) The latex prosthetic ears worn by this "Star Trek" actor in the late '60s even have some residual makeupleft on them Leonard Nimoy James	$200 [24] It's a hoot the first time a kid gets surprised by the clown emerging from this windup toy a jack-in-the-box Pete	$200 [27] A sailor man might acquire the brand of spinach named for this comic book mariner Popeye James
$400 [22] Carrie & Mr. Big Sex and the City James	$400 [21] It's the interval during which conditions are suitable for the safe launch of a spacecraft a window James	$400 [20] From this French novel: "'But you're one against four!' cried Jussac. 'Stop fighting! I order you to stop fighting!'" The Three Musketeers James	$400 [19] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Thepiecehere is really green cast resin in crystal form, but in "Superman III", it was called this, & appeared onscreen with Christopher Reeve kryptonite James	$400 [23] Surprise is key in this baseball play with a deadly name that aims to score a runner from third a suicide squeeze James	$400 [26] Spinach & beets are part of this alphanumeric drink from Campbell's V8 James
$600 [17] Jim Halpert & Pam Beesly, who hooked up at work The Office James	$600 [7] Native to northern temperate zones, this tree of the genus Salix is valued for shade & erosion control weeping willow James	$600 [16] He wrote such classics as "The Bostonians", "The Portrait of a Lady" & "The Wings of the Dove" Henry James James	$600 [18] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Seen in Dr. Zaius' private chambers, the Lawgiver statue from this 1968 film looks to be stone, but is actually made of cast & carved rigid polyfoam Planet of the Apes James	$600 [15] David Niven & the audience were taken unawares when one of these rushed the Oscars stage in 1974 a streaker James	$600 [13] Get spinach because it's high in the beta-carotene form of this vitamin AKA retinol A James
$800 [8] Luke & Lorelai Gilmore Girls James	$800 [3] It's someone's global perspective or philosophy of life worldview James	$800 [9] This tale by Robert Louis Stevenson says, "I learned to recognize the thorough and primitive duality of man" Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde James	$800 [14] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.)This maquettewas a model for the alien queen who in a classic movie moment faces off against this character, played so powerfully by Sigourney Weaver (Ellen) Ripley Pete	$800 [12] People were surprised when Kadovar volcano erupted in 2018, as it was considered this, from the Latin for "sleep" dormant Carol	$800 [11] Each day Berghoff's restaurant in Chicago makes a giant cauldron of delicious spinach in this form creamed spinach Pete
$1,000 [4] Cory & Topanga, the first time around Boy Meets World James	$1,000 [2] A good boss knows how to manage this, the process of handling tasks workflow Pete	DD $1,000 [1] Part one of "Les Miserables" is "Fantine"; part two is named for this daughter of hers Cosette James	$1,000 [5] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Repurposed black, padded hockey gloves were part of a Cylonfrom this '70s sci-fi show, but balancing out the cool factor, the helmet is outfitted with the awe some red Cyclops eye Battlestar Galactica James	$1,000 [6] This head of state was surprised to receive a back rub from George W. Bush at the 2006 G8 summit Merkel Carol	$1,000 [10] Order a dish prepared this way, after a city in Italy, & you should get some spinach Florentine James

Double Jeopardy! Round

CLASSICAL DANCE MIX	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	WORLD CITIES	A BUNCH OF HOOEY!	THINGS THAT HAPPENED	GETTING ALL SCIENCE "E"
$400 [30] "Waltz of the Flowers" is from this holiday ballet by Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker James	$400 [29] Starting in the 1930s, Elmo Roper was the first to develop the scientific use of these in political forecasting polls James	$400 [6] This capital is conveniently located near Spain's exact geographic center Madrid James	$400 [28] The Mandinka term Maamajomboo was corrupted as this rhyming term mumbo-jumbo James	$400 [27] In the mid-19th century, the U.S. Army imported these creatures from Africa as pack animals--it didn't last camels Pete Carol	$400 [1] This type of plant keeps its leaves all year, as the name implies evergreen James
$800 [16] His Opus 72 is "Norwegian Peasant Dances" Grieg James	$800 [20] Keeping silent is one way to avoid this political speaking "disease", a pun on a real disease of cattle foot-in-mouth disease Pete	$800 [5] Home to more than 1.4 million people, Novosibirsk is the main city in this 5-million-square-mile region of Russia Siberia Carol	$800 [25] This 3-letter word for decay or decomposition is also a very British way to say "hooey" rot Pete	$800 [10] In 1536 Henry VIII fell from a horse; the shock made this second wife miscarry & soon, still sonless, she was executed Anne Boleyn James	$800 [26] This branch of zoology that focuses on insects emerged as a distinct field of study in the early 19th century entomology James
$1,200 [15] "Chatterbox" by Josef Strauss is this type of lively dance later to be featured by Lawrence Welk polka Carol	$1,600 [18] From the Latin for "bring back", it's a direct vote by the people; in 2019 Britons contemplated a second Brexit one a referendum Carol	$1,200 [4] If you're into bridges, this city has more than 400 of 'em, including the Rialto that crosses the Grand Canal Venice James	$1,200 [22] Worthless opinions, or the edible stomach lining of ruminants tripe James	$1,200 [8] A Russian team showed up too late to the 1908 Olympics because they were still using this calendar the Julian James Carol	$1,600 [11] It's the one-word name for a red blood cell erythrocyte James
$1,600 [14] In the 1840s Henryk Szopowicz wrote a collection of mazurkas "a la" this composer Chopin James	DD $2,000 [19] He became U.S. Attorney General in 2019, 27 years after taking the job for the first time (William) Barr Carol	$1,600 [2] If you're gonna lie in the heart of something, make it the gold field of the Witwatersrand, like this huge South African city Johannesburg	$1,600 [21] "Stuff and" this is an idiom to be interjected when you hear something untrue stuff and nonsense	$1,600 [7] Alfred Nobel wrote that it was "the irony of fate" to be prescribed this for his angina late in life nitroglycerin James	$2,000 [23] Hello...hello...hello...it's an ultrasound image of the heart used to diagnose congenital heart disease a echocardiogram Pete
$2,000 [13] One movement of Mendelssohn's "Italian" symphony evokes this dance with an Italian name meaning an arachnid tarantella James	$2,000 [17] The USA's second-longest of these lasted 21 days in 1995-96, over budgets & social program spending a government shutdown James	$2,000 [3] Lesser-known conquistador Pedro de Alvarado founded this capital that's named for Jesus San Salvador James	$2,000 [24] Just like it sounds, this rhyming word really once meant "applause enticement" claptrap James	$2,000 [9] This Central Asian conqueror who died in 1405 was exhumed in Uzbekistan in 1941; his lameness was confirmed Tamerlane (or Timur the Lame) James	DD $11,381 [12] Proprioception is a synonym for this sense of balance equilibrium James

Final Jeopardy!

WORDS OF THE 2000s

In 2008 Time magazine described this new practice as "one part social networking and one part capital accumulation"

crowdfunding

Pete "What online banking" — wagered $4,600

Carol "What is cyber" — wagered $3,401

James "What is Crowdfunding?" — wagered $35,000

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