James Holzhauer game 23.
Adam Stone — an associate professor of political science from Marietta, Georgia
Jenny Gibbs — a handywoman and gardener from Charlottesville, Virginia
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 22-day cash winnings total $1,691,008)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $7,200 | $12,000 | $49,229 |
$89,229
23-day champion: $1,780,237 |
$32,000
37 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Jenny | $1,200 | $1,800 | $4,600 |
$8,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
11 R, 3 W |
| Adam | $3,400 | $4,200 | $4,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
10 R, 2 W |
| A DEGREE IN LITERATURE | MURPHY, BROWN | LET'S GO TO THAT SPORTS THING | HAMMER TIME | STOCK SYMBOLS | THE DOUBLE L WITH YOU |
|
$200
[30]
"'M.D.' means that" this character "was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot"--including animal language
Dr. Dolittle
James
|
$200
[22]
California's 39th governor, from 2011 to 2019, he was also the 34th
Jerry Brown
James
|
$200
[12]
Rodeo is featured at the Calgary this, a term for a frenzied rush of cattle, & that's no bull
a stampede
Jenny
|
$200
[2]
The implement used in this athletic discipline is actually a metal ball attached to a wire & a handle
the hammer throw
Jenny
|
$200
[29]
For its stock symbol, this company whose brands include Tide & Bounty gets a PG rating
Procter & Gamble
Adam
|
$200
[28]
It takes this community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town
a village
James
|
|
$400
[23]
Preacher Elmer Gantry earns his B.D., or bachelor of this, a quality he lacks
divinity
James
|
$400
[21]
In "Dreamgirls" this funnyman showed off his musical side playing soul singer James "Thunder" Early
Eddie Murphy
James
|
$400
[25]
A long-distance public road race as well as a baseball term for scoring a bunch of runs to make up a deficit
a rally
James
|
$400
[24]
A tiny one of these in the ear is called the malleus or the hammer
a bone
James
|
$400
[17]
For all of your in-house projects & repairs, this company comes to you in HD
Home Depot
James
|
$400
[27]
When talking about the U.S. federal budget, it's 1 followed by 12 zeroes
trillion
James
|
|
$600
[15]
The title of the novel "The Paper Chase", made into a movie & TV series, refers to a diploma from this Harvard institution
Harvard Law School
Adam
|
$600
[20]
Abraham Lincoln called this man's efforts at Harpers Ferry "peculiar", ending "in little else than his own execution"
John Brown
Jenny
|
$600
[18]
The 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships included (probably) the last race for this all-time great, a bronze in downhill
Lindsey Vonn
James
|
$600
[19]
This song contains the lyric "I'd hammer out love between my brothers & my sisters all over this land"
"If I Had A Hammer"
James
|
$600
[16]
We're wild about this 3-letter stock symbol for Harley-Davidson that's also a nickname for their bikes
HOG
Adam
|
$600
[26]
Count 'em up! There are 3 of these in the correct response, & 24 in the entire clue
syllables
James
|
|
$800
[14]
Mary McCarthy graduated from this women's school in New York State in 1933 & wrote "The Group" about women who did too
Vassar
Jenny
|
$800
[13]
He's a creator of "Glee" & "American Horror Story"
Ryan Murphy
James
|
$800
[11]
In 2021 we'll go down to the water & check out the best-of-13 chase for this oldest international sports trophy
the America's Cup
Adam
|
$800
[10]
Hammerfest in this Scandinavian country claims to be the northernmost city in Europe
Norway
James
|
$800
[7]
HLT is Hilton; H by itself is this hotels corporation
Hyatt
James
|
$800
[9]
Causing aversion, like a spray that fights off bugs
repellent
James
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In this author's "Brideshead Revisited", a father says of his son's univ. degree, "No use to me. Not much use to you either"
Evelyn Waugh
James
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Among the items she lost on the Titanic were crates of ancient artifacts that she had acquired for the Denver Museum
Molly Brown
James
|
$1,000
[1]
A bonspiel is a meet where teams from various clubs compete in this Olympic sport; a molson or 2 may get consumed
curling
Adam
|
$1,000
[3]
The first of his name, this13th-century English king was called the Hammer of the Scots
Edward
James
|
$1,000
[6]
Appropriately, the stock symbol for Sotheby's auction house is this 3-letter verb
BID
Adam
|
$1,000
[8]
Sheep fat used to make candles
tallow
James
|
| ART SCHOOL OF FISH | NEW TO THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY | A SHAPELY CATEGORY | A PRINCE AMONG MEN | "O" THE PLACES YOU'LL GO | THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE |
|
$400
[29]
The title subject of Henri Matisse's 1914work, these popular pets were introduced to Europe in the 1600s
goldfish
Jenny
|
$400
[30]
This opposite of smiley
frowny
James
|
$400
[24]
As an adjective, this word means star-shaped; as a noun, it's a space rock
asteroid
James
|
$400
[26]
This name of Romanian prince Vlad, who impaled his enemies, comes from the Latin word for "dragon"
Dracula
Adam
|
$400
[28]
Have a magical time at this oldest British university where you can see filming locations from the "Harry Potter" movies
Oxford
Jenny
|
$400
[18]
Oliver Stone co-wrote this 1989 film with Vietnam vet Ron Kovic, the movie's subject
Born on the Fourth of July
James
|
|
$800
[4]
E.S. Hardy's 19th-century depiction of this Hans Christian Andersen character is seen here
the Little Mermaid
Adam
|
$800
[22]
Long awaited by players, this very common 2-letter word of approval
ok
James
|
$800
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a photograph with flare on the monitor.) The shape of a flare in photographs is based on the shape of this camera lens opening
an aperture
Jenny
|
$800
[25]
In the Sutras he gave up being a prince on his journey towards enlightenment
Buddha
James
|
$800
[27]
You can go lots of places flying out of this busiest airport in the Midwest
O'Hare (in Chicago)
James
|
$800
[17]
In 1990 Sean Connery could have sung, "We all live in a non-yellow submarine" in this film, but thankfully, did not
The Hunt for Red October
James
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Shades of Spielberg--John Singleton Copley's scary 1782paintingis titled "Watson and"this beast
a shark
Adam
|
$1,200
[21]
This 6-letter word for your BFF
bestie
James
|
$1,200
[5]
It's the snaky 10-letter word for a zig-zag pattern
serpentine
James
|
$1,200
[7]
You could call Cyrus the Younger, son of Darius II, by this title, also the name of a popular video game series
prince of Persia
James
Jenny
|
$1,200
[13]
You're headed to this island region of the Pacific that includes Melanesia, Micronesia & Polynesia
Oceania
James
|
$1,200
[16]
4 women of the 1920s take to an Italian villa & have the time of their lives in "Enchanted" this
April
Jenny
|
|
$1,600
[2]
A Winslow Homer has this weather condition in the title--thefisherman& his halibut catch are threatened by a bank of it
fog
Adam
|
$1,600
[20]
This spicy pepper sauce, also known as rooster sauce
sriracha
Jenny
|
$1,600
[11]
Called "the decider" in Dungeons & Dragons, anicosahedron diehas this many faces
20
James
|
$2,000
[9]
Charlemagne had a son with this name who found he had "Magic To Do" in Italy
Pepin
Jenny
|
$2,000
[12]
Step on, up or down the Potemkin Stepsin this city
Odessa
James
Adam
|
$1,600
[15]
An all-star cast including Meryl Streep gathers for a funeral in this 2013 adaptation of a Pulitzer-winning play
August: Osage County
Jenny
|
|
$2,000
[1]
This Frenchman, who inspired the Impressionists, painted some controversial works, & hisfish were unorthodox too
Édouard Manet
Jenny
Adam
|
$2,000
[19]
Thiscute canine, a cross of a toy breed & a hound dog
a puggle
James
|
$2,000
[10]
In TV & movies, the shape of the screen is measured by this 2-word term--standard HDTV is 16:9
aspect ratio (or display ratio)
James
Jenny
|
DD
$9,812
[8]
In the mid-19th century, Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg helped restore this Austrian line to prominence
Habsburg
James
|
DD
$10,617
[6]
Pack your bags for this city, Japan's third-largest & the first in Asia to host a World's Fair
Osaka
James
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1964 Burt Lancaster played a general attempting a military takeover of the government in this film
Seven Days in May
|
"I am making myself liable to Articles 30 & 31 of the law of 29 July 1881 regarding the press, which make libel a punishable offense"
Émile Zola