James Holzhauer game 29.
Sara Feeney — a stay-at-home mom from Livonia, Michigan
Jim-Bob Williams — a therapeutic humorist from St. Albans, West Virginia
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 28-day cash winnings total $2,195,557)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $8,400 | $12,000 | $41,381 |
$59,381
29-day champion: $2,254,938 |
$32,000
34 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Jim-Bob | $4,200 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$10
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Sara | $0 | $1,000 | $11,600 |
$16,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| HEAVY SCIENCE | 4-LETTER FILL IN THE BLANK | AD SLOGANS | THE EASTERN SEABOARD | GROUP NAMES OF ANIMALS | IT'S TIME FOR DODGER BASEBALL! |
|
$200
[20]
Ask Ozzy Osbourne:cadmium & thallium are among the "heavy" these
metals
Sara
|
$200
[30]
"The handwriting is on the ____"
the wall
Jim-Bob
|
$200
[27]
This sandwich chain has urged us to "Eat fresh" & "Make it what you want"
Subway
James
|
$200
[29]
Newport, Rhode Island is on this bay
Narragansett
Jim-Bob
|
$200
[25]
Part of this creature is seen here; its group names include a muster of them & an ostentation
peacocks
Sara
|
$200
[26]
Sandy Koufax won this annual pitching award with 100% of the first place vote in 1963, '65 & '66
a Cy Young Award
Sara
|
|
$400
[21]
Made with deuterium, an isotope of this element, heavy water has the formula D2O
hydrogen
James
|
$400
[19]
"Don't have too many irons in the ____"
fire
Sara
|
$400
[28]
Nike introduced this 3-word slogan in 1988
"Just do it"
James
|
$400
[23]
This "Beach", a seaside resort, is home to South Carolina's first state park
Myrtle Beach
James
|
$400
[24]
Look quickly--it's called a coalition of these fastest felines
cheetahs
James
|
$400
[14]
Longtime Dodgers catcher Mike Scioscia drove to Orange County to become this team's longtime manager
the Angels
James
|
|
$600
[22]
The heaviest beetle, & maybe heaviest insect, is this 3-ouncer with a biblical name
Goliath
James
|
$600
[18]
"Loose ____ sink ships"
lips
Jim-Bob
|
$600
[17]
"So good" replaced this slogan at KFC that implied its food was eaten with your hands
"Finger-lickin' good"
James
|
$600
[16]
This city on the seaboard is the seat of Chatham County, Georgia
Savannah
James
|
$600
[15]
A group of gorillas can be a troop or one of these; who's on bass?
a band
James
|
$600
[13]
This Dodger co-owner knows how to lend a hand--playing across town, he led the NBA in assists per game 4 times
Magic Johnson
Jim-Bob
|
|
$800
[9]
Heavy ions are created in these devices that produce beams of fast-moving charged particles, like the Large Hadron Collider
accelerators
Jim-Bob
|
$800
[10]
"Don't put the ____ before the horse"
cart
James
|
$800
[11]
Ilon Specht was 3 when she came up with the tagline "Because I'm worth it" for this French-named beauty brand
L'Oreal
James
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
White House hopefuls visit the Red Arrow Diner in this New Hampshire city that's on the Merrimack River
Manchester
Jim-Bob
|
$800
[12]
It's a murder of crows & an unkindness of these related birds
ravens
Jim-Bob
|
$800
[5]
The 1970s Dodgers had the longest-lasting intact this group: Garvey, 1B; Lopes, 2B; Russell, SS; Cey, 3B
an infield
James
|
|
$1,000
[8]
This planet is less dense than water--but it's still 95 times the mass of the Earth
Saturn
James
|
$1,000
[7]
"____ is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul"
hope
James
|
$1,000
[6]
This company has used the slogan "A diamond is forever" for an eternity
De Beers
James
|
$1,000
[2]
New Haven is a port on this sound, an arm of the Atlantic
Long Island Sound
Jim-Bob
|
$1,000
[4]
A group of owls is a wisdom or one of these legislatures
a parliament
James
|
$1,000
[1]
In 1986 this Dodger lefty from Mexico led the NL with a now-mind-boggling 20 complete games
Fernando Valenzuela
James
|
| TIME ZONES | SOLITARY SINGERS | 1950s PEOPLE | "B" SPOKE SHAKESPEARE | IN THE BACKYARD | LET'S MAKE A TREE |
|
$400
[30]
The International Space Station is on this time zone measured from the British Isles
Greenwich Mean Time
Jim-Bob
|
$400
[29]
She mentions her "lonely heart" on her 1987 No. 1 hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
Whitney Houston
James
|
$400
[26]
Israel offered this physicist the presidency in 1952; feeling he didn't have the personality for the job, he declined
Einstein
Jim-Bob
|
$400
[18]
About his crime he says, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"
Brutus
Jim-Bob
|
$400
[27]
How about a water feature, like a pond filled with these Japanese carp?
koi
James
|
$400
[23]
The letter "S" deserts a "wet" word, leaving this mighty tree
oak
Sara
|
|
$800
[14]
Egypt has adopted Daylight Saving Time, but suspends its use during this Muslim month
Ramadan
James
|
$800
[28]
In 1976 the NFL's Terry Bradshaw had a hit with Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could" do this
"Cry"
James
|
$800
[25]
In 1950 this sen. said there were 205 Communists in the State Dept. but in Sen. testimony gave no proof of a single card carrier
Joe McCarthy
James
|
$800
[17]
Macbeth tells him, "Your children shall be kings", to which he replies, "You shall be king"
Banquo
Sara
|
$800
[24]
The distaff counterpart to a man cave is this backyard haven with an alliterative name
a she shed
Jim-Bob
|
$800
[22]
A word meaning "well liked" loses its middle "U" & becomes this tree
poplar
James
|
|
$1,200
[13]
In the Mountain Time Zone, it's when the Times Square ball drops
10 p.m.
Jim-Bob
|
$1,200
[10]
"Lonely Boy" was one of the songs on this duo's 2011 album "El Camino"
The Black Keys
James
|
$1,200
[5]
William M. Gaines wasn't worried when he launched this irreverent humor magazine in 1952
Mad
James
|
$1,200
[16]
Before love conquers all in "Much Ado About Nothing", she calls Benedick "the prince's jester, a very dull fool"
Beatrice
Sara
|
$1,200
[20]
A good choice for water-thrifty gardeners is Acacia cognata, also known as this, after a relative of the Addams family
Cousin Itt
James
|
$1,200
[21]
The "D" drops from the front of a short race, leaving this tree at the finish line
ash
Sara
|
|
$1,600
[12]
Markets Fyr, an island in the Gulf of Bothnia, follows 2 time zones because it's split between these 2 countries
Sweden and Finland
James
|
$1,600
[9]
Back in 2010 this one-named Swedish songbyrd was "Dancing On My Own"
Robyn
James
|
$1,600
[6]
Born in New York, she moved with her family to Greece & was back for her Metropolitan Opera debut as Norma in 1956
Maria Callas
James
|
$2,000
[1]
Appropriately, this "Romeo & Juliet" character whose name means "good will" says, "I do but keep the peace"
Benvolio
Sara
|
$1,600
[19]
Get cushions for Adirondack chairs in an outdoor fabric, like this brand that began in the 1960s as an awning canvas
the Sunbrella
|
$1,600
[4]
The "H" is removed from a ship's steering wheel, leaving this 3-letter tree
elm
James
|
|
$2,000
[11]
France has the most time zones, 12, if you count Pacific possessions & this saintly island off Newfoundland near Miquelon
Saint-Pierre
James
|
$2,000
[8]
This 3-named Canadian lass checks into a heartbreak hotel in the video for "Party For One", sort of a break-up song
Carly Rae Jepsen
James
|
DD
$11,381
[7]
In 1954 he ran unoppposed for president of Cuba
(Fulgencio) Batista
James
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
She complains to the shrewish Kate, "Sister, content you in my discontent"
Bianca
Sara
|
$2,000
[15]
Latticework structures for the backyard include the gazebo & this Italian-named one, seen here
a pergola
|
$2,000
[3]
A lord protector is emancipated from the last letter of his first name, becoming this tree
olive
Sara
|
This cartoon character was based on a character in the educational comic "The Intertidal Zone"
SpongeBob SquarePants