James Holzhauer game 27. James breaks the $2 million mark.
Susan Waller — a K-12 school administrator from Chester, Pennsylvania
Sam Kooistra — a criminal defense lawyer from Tucson, Arizona
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 26-day cash winnings total $1,991,135)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $9,000 | $24,600 | $39,400 |
$74,400
27-day champion: $2,065,535 |
$28,200
37 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Sam | $1,400 | $2,200 | $-2,000 |
$-2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
10 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Susan | $0 | $-600 | $1,800 |
$1,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,800
3 R, 2 W |
| CLUES ACROSS TEXAS | ADVERBS | HIP-HOP TO IT | "GREEN" BOOK | FAMOUS LEFTIES | THE BIG UNIT OF MEASURE |
|
$200
[30]
(Hi, I'm Deborah Knapp for KENS 5.) The Witte Museum's collection includes a fiddle filled with rattlesnake rattles that belonged to this frontiersman & onetime Congressman who met his end at the Alamo
Davy Crockett
James
|
$200
[28]
In an oxymoronic phrase, it precedes "on purpose"
accidentally
James
|
$200
[29]
This Dr. is in:"Got a palace in the hills overlookin' the sea, it's worth 8 but I only paid 5.3"
Dr. Dre
James
|
$200
[25]
The 2 characters in this book are Sam-I-Am & a nameless finicky eater
Green Eggs and Ham
Sam
|
$200
[26]
He uses his left hand to write checks to the charitable foundation named for him & wife Melinda
Bill Gates
Sam
|
$200
[27]
The distance a photon travels in a vacuum in 365 days, this unit is often hyphenated
a light-year
James
|
|
$400
[16]
(I'm Anne Elise Parks with TXA 21.) The George W. Bush Presidential Library is in this city where the president moved back to after the White House
Dallas
James
|
$400
[18]
Merriam-Webster points out that writers like Thackeray have used it to mean its opposite, "figuratively"
literally
James
|
$400
[24]
Just 10 days after its release, "This Is America" by this rapper had over 100 million views on YouTube
Childish Gambino
Sam
|
$400
[21]
A novel by Fannie Flagg is called this food "at the Whistlestop Cafe"
fried green tomatoes
James
|
$400
[15]
He played the classic bass lines for "Michelle" & "Paperback Writer" as a lefty
Paul McCartney
James
|
$600
[14]
In terms of radiation intensity, one crab equals the output of the Crab one of these celestial masses
a nebula
Sam
|
|
$600
[8]
(I'm Pooja Lodhia with ABC 13.) Opened in 1961, KTRKwas the first large domed structure in Houston; a few years later its architect, Hermon Lloyd, designed this bigger one
the Astrodome
James
|
$600
[17]
Without exception; it precedes "Fabulous" in a TV title
absolutely
James
|
$600
[23]
Lil Duval provided a "Smile (Living My Best Life)" with help from this "canine" superstar & Ball Greezy
Snoop Dogg
James
Sam
Susan
|
$600
[19]
"Anne of Avonlea" was the first of 7 sequels to this sentimental 1908 bestseller
Anne of Green Gables
Sam
|
$600
[12]
Steve Young used his left hand to toss 6 TD passes in this team's 1995 Super Bowl rout of the Chargers
the 49ers
James
|
$800
[11]
This number is 10 to the power of a googol
a googolplex
James
|
|
$800
[7]
(I'm Robert Hadlock from KXAN.) You may think the yellow rose is the Texas state flower, but it's actually this one named for its color
the bluebonnet
James
|
$800
[13]
Motherly synonym
maternally
|
$800
[20]
It's the "Mode" Travis Scott was in to go to No. 1 on the pop charts in 2018
"Sicko Mode"
James
|
$800
[4]
The medieval "Sir Gawain and" this foe is often attributed to the Pearl Poet
the Green Knight
James
|
$800
[9]
She used her left hand to point while saying, "You get a car! You get a car!"
Oprah Winfrey
Sam
|
$1,000
[1]
In geologic time it's smaller than an eon or era, but the Eocene one still lasted about 20 million years
an epoch
James
|
|
$1,000
[6]
(Hi, I'm Kris Radcliffe from KCEN 6.) The "Branding the Brazos" sculptures depict acattle driveacross Waco's suspension bridge, opened in 1870 as part of this trail; there was a nickel toll for each head of cattle crossing
the Chisholm Trail
James
|
$1,000
[5]
We're heading this way, a non-ly adverb meaning toward the mouth of a river
downstream
James
Susan
|
$1,000
[10]
Following "Licensed to Ill", this second "Ill" album by the Beastie Boys featured "Sabotage"
Ill Communication
James
|
$1,000
[3]
It's Hemingway's chronicle of big game hunting in what's now Tanzania
the Green Hills of Africa
Susan
|
$1,000
[2]
This artist famed for his "impossible constructions" like "Ascending and Descending" constructed them as a lefty
M.C. Escher
James
|
DD
$11,600
[22]
This unit of explosive power is equivalent to detonating 2 billion pounds of TNT
a megaton
James
|
| LET'S GO TO THE OPERA | ACTORS WE MISS | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES & A BOAT | QUEEN VICTORIA |
|
$400
[28]
operabase.com says this city led the world with 632 opera performances in 2017-18, many at the Bolshoi
Moscow
James
|
$400
[27]
John Mahoney came into our homes as Martin Crane, father of this sitcom title character
Frasier
James
|
$400
[26]
A male turkey & guitarist Garcia
Tom and Jerry
James
|
$400
[1]
In Exodus this ruler "charged all his people, saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"
the Pharaoh
Sam
|
$800
[23]
Honda broke through in the U.S. with the 1973 this, a model still made today
the Honda Civic
|
$800
[22]
Victoria set a new fashion trend when she wore a white wedding dress with lace to marry this prince of a guyin 1840
Albert
James
|
|
$800
[16]
A big opera debut of 2017 was John Adams' (not Puccini's) "Girls" (not "Girl") "of the Golden" this
West
James
|
$800
[24]
By Grabthar's hammer, this late, great actor was also a classic "Die Hard" villain
(Alan) Rickman
Sam
|
$800
[25]
Title for a lord's wife & Charlie Chaplin's classic character
Lady and the Tramp
James
|
$800
[19]
In Genesis 1 God encourages population growth, "saying, Be ____, and ____"
be fruitful and multiply
James
|
$1,200
[20]
This train sung of by blues artists got its name from its 12:05 A.M. departure en route to Parchman Penitentiary
the Midnight Special
James
|
$1,200
[21]
After attending this Shakespeare comedy, the queen mentioned "Mendelssohn's beautiful overture" in her diary
A Midsummer Night's Dream
James
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Joan Sutherland used to really nail this character's big mad scene in Lammermoor Castle
Lucia
Susan
|
$1,200
[14]
Tessio in "The Godfather", on the small screen he spun off his show "Fish" from a character he played on "Barney Miller"
Abe Vigoda
James
|
$1,200
[17]
A declaration of victory in a card game & a musical synonym for "keynote"
gin and tonic
|
$1,200
[18]
"No man can" these 3 words; "either he will hate the one, & love the other; or else he will hold to the one, & despise the other"
serve two masters
Susan
|
$1,600
[11]
A biplane called the Vin Fiz left Long Island in 1911 & 16 crashes later, completed the first crossing by plane of this
the United States
|
$1,600
[5]
During a historic visit to Paris in 1855, Victoria had a meet & greet with this emperor III at the Palace of Versailles
Napoleon III
Sam
|
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
The waiting list for the annual Wagner Festival in this Bavarian city can be 10 years long
Bayreuth
Sam
|
$1,600
[13]
A regular in James Cameron films, he appeared in "True Lies", "Aliens" & "Titanic"
Bill Paxton
James
|
$1,600
[12]
A cute-sounding type of promise & what the skull protects
Pinky and the Brain
James
|
$1,600
[7]
The book of Acts reports that this first Christian martyr "did great wonders and miracles among the people"
Stephen
Sam
|
$2,000
[10]
John Cooper made this little British car a force in racing
the Mini (Cooper)
James
|
$2,000
[3]
Given this new anesthetic to inhale, Queen Victoria felt little or no pain in 1853 when she delivered her eighth child
chloroform
James
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Tired of his native Italy, in 1824 this "Barber of Seville" composer moved to Paris, where he was rapturously received
Rossini
James
|
$2,000
[8]
Thishorror movie actor has been listed as a record holder for most screen credits, including the "Lord of the Rings" films
Christopher Lee
James
|
$2,000
[9]
IBM president Thomas & a pain in the neck
Watson & Crick
James
Sam
|
DD
$2,600
[2]
Isaiah prophesied peace, when "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into" these
pruning hooks
Sam
|
— | — |
Astronomy buffs visit Idaho for the USA's first dark sky reserve; oddly, part of it is this resort area with a bright name
Sun Valley