James Holzhauer game 26.
Nate Scheffey — a technology consultant from New York, New York
Laura Schulman — a public defender from Seattle, Washington
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 25-day cash winnings total $1,939,027)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $5,400 | $6,600 | $31,200 |
$52,108
26-day champion: $1,991,135 |
$24,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Laura | $1,400 | $1,600 | $1,200 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
6 R, 2 W |
| Nate | $6,800 | $10,200 | $25,800 |
$35,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| AMERICAN HISTORY | NUMERIC PHRASES | LOS ANGELES IN THE MOVIES | THE COMMON FACTOR | NEWSPEAK | THE 2018 IG NOBEL PRIZES |
|
$200
[29]
This fort that successfully defended Baltimore in 1814 was built in the shape of a 5-pointed star
McHenry
James
|
$200
[28]
The gentleman seenhereis dressed to these
the nines
James
|
$200
[10]
As this film opens, Richard Gere is lost on Hollywood Boulevard & stops to ask Julia Roberts for directions
Pretty Woman
Nate
|
$200
[27]
Track &____ &Stream
field
Laura
|
$200
[16]
Oldspeak referred to this language spoken by about 1.5 billion today
English
James
|
$400
[26]
The Anthropology award went to a report on "cross-species imitation" between these apes & humans at zoos
chimpanzees
James
Nate
|
|
$400
[13]
A carpenter named James Marshall found this in a streambed on January 24, 1848; he tried to keep it a secret, but...
gold
Nate
|
$400
[24]
"12 good men & true" is an idiom describing one of these
a jury
Nate
|
$400
[25]
Interiors of Grant High School (OMG, totally in the Valley!) were used in this film with Alicia Silverstone as Cher
Clueless
James
|
$400
[22]
Arm &____ &sickle
hammer
Nate
|
$400
[23]
Most sex was outlawed, so artsem, short for this, was preferred for reproduction
artificial insemination
Nate
|
$600
[21]
The Lit prize went to a look at whether buyers of complicated products actually do this, RTM for short
read the manual
Nate
|
|
$600
[9]
This project to develop an atomic bomb got started in 1940 with $6,000 for research
the Manhattan Project
Laura
|
$600
[19]
NFL coach Chuck Pagano is known for his exhortation "all you got", this length of time, "don't judge"
60 minutes
James
|
$600
[20]
(L.A. mayor Eric Garcetti gives the clue.) The6th Street Bridge, which we're rebuilding, was featured in many films, including "Terminator 2" & this 1950s-set film in which John Travolta had a big racing scene
Grease
Nate
|
$600
[18]
Brick &____ &pestle
mortar
Nate
|
$600
[17]
Taking place every day after morning wake-up, "physical jerks" were these & were mandatory
exercise
|
$800
[11]
The Economics winners investigated if the use of these dolls was effective against bad bosses
voodoo dolls
Nate
|
|
$800
[6]
In addition to the cotton gin, he developed the idea of mass production of interchangeable parts
Eli Whitney
James
|
$1,000
[4]
Wilson Mizner is credited with the adage "Life's a tough proposition & the first" this many "years are the hardest"
a hundred
Nate
|
$800
[8]
Canoga Park & Van Nuys High Schools subbed for the title institution in this film that had Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
James
|
$800
[15]
Summer &____ &mirrors
smoke
Laura
|
$800
[12]
Pondering unspoken forbidden beliefs was a this crime
thoughtcrime
James
|
$1,000
[7]
Work on the caloric benefits of this anthropophagic diet during the Paleolithic ate up the Nutrition prize
cannibalism
Nate
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1861 this Secretary of State suggested the U.S. provoke a foreign war to distract from civil discord at home
(William) Seward
James
|
DD
$3,400
[14]
Owing to the traditional location of a grave, this term means to get rid of something, especially at sea
deep-six
Nate
|
$1,000
[3]
Los Angeles City Hall plays itself in this iconic film in which Jack Nicholson plays 1930s P.I. J.J. Gittes
Chinatown
Nate
|
$1,000
[1]
Torvill &____ &DeLuca
Dean
James
|
$1,000
[2]
To "rectify" was the euphemism used by this ministry for its deliberate altering of history
the Ministry of Truth
James
Nate
|
— |
| LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS | SCIENCE | MUSICALS BASED ON LITERATURE | MOUNTAINS | CHANGE YOUR M*I*N*D* | NEWS SPEAK |
|
$400
[30]
He shared leadership of the Huns with his elder brother Bleda--until he murdered Bleda
Attila (the Hun)
Nate
|
$400
[21]
2-word name for what in theory is the lowest possible temperature
absolute zero
James
|
$400
[28]
It took only about 350 years for this musical "Man" to ride forth from Cervantes' "Don Quixote"
Man of La Mancha
James
|
$400
[25]
At 3,210 feet, Scafell Pike in Lake District National Park is the highest elevation in this U.K. country
England
James
|
$400
[29]
A floating one is designed to explode on contact
mine
Nate
|
$400
[26]
It's the 4-letter word for a news reporter's area of specialization, like sports or business
beat
James
|
|
$800
[19]
Marie hadn't joined the clan yet when physicist brothers Jacques & Pierre were in aphotoof this family
Curie
James
|
$800
[20]
Chemically, many hormones are peptides, which are molecules structured like these other "P" ones, but smaller
proteins
Nate
|
$800
[27]
In 2018 "Fiddler on the Roof" was staged in NYC in this language of Sholem Alechiem's original stories
Yiddish
James
|
$800
[22]
Snowshoe Mountain is a nearly 5,000-foot ski site in this U.S. "Mountain State"
West Virginia
Nate
|
$800
[24]
It covers a grapefruit
rind
Laura
|
$800
[23]
3-word phrase for information given to a reporter from a source who doesn't want to be named
off the record
Nate
|
|
$1,200
[18]
You know George & Ira, but maybe not their other brother & composer, Arthur this
Gershwin
James
|
$1,200
[17]
You can't use a Carnot engine to power your car--it's an ideal one that loses no heat via this resisting force
friction
Nate
|
$1,200
[16]
Characters from "War and Peace" populate "Natasha", him "and the Great Comet of 1812"
Pierre
|
$1,200
[15]
The second-highest mountain peak in the world, it tops out at 28,251 feet
K2
James
|
$1,200
[1]
Thiscarnivore of the weasel family will feed on frogs, fish & occasionally birds
a mink
Laura
|
$1,200
[14]
The term "hard pass" was in the news in November 2018--it's what reporters need to come & go in this building
the White House
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[5]
From 1943 to 1950 Milton, younger brother of this president, was president of Kansas State College (now University)
Eisenhower
James
|
$1,600
[3]
The last letter of the Greek alphabet represents this unit of electrical resistance
an ohm
Laura
Nate
|
$1,600
[9]
Show your luck & name this musical based on Damon Runyon stories including "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown"
Guys and Dolls
James
|
$2,000
[7]
This "Dome" is the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains & in Tennessee
Clingmans Dome
James
Laura
|
$1,600
[2]
A synonym for darn--the verb
mend
Nate
|
$1,600
[13]
Frank Magid created the action news format, including the now-common "happy talk", banter between these people
anchors
James
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Charles, bro of this Wyo.-born abstract painter, was once thought a better artist but ended up teaching etching at Michigan State
(Jackson) Pollock
Nate
|
DD
$6,000
[4]
Frederic Clements & Victor Shelford coined this 5-letter word for a zone of life, such as desert or deciduous forest
a biome
Nate
|
$2,000
[8]
The musical "Big River" was inspired by this novel first published in the U.S. in 1885
Huckleberry Finn
James
|
DD
$8,200
[6]
All of Romania's mountains are part of this 900-mile-long range
the Carpathian
James
|
$2,000
[11]
To attach the part you shouldn't judge a book by
bind
|
$2,000
[12]
In a newspaper office old clippings, not dead bodies, are kept here
a morgue
James
|
In one account, this song began as directions written out for composer Billy Strayhorn to Duke Ellington's home in Harlem
"Take The 'A' Train"