James Holzhauer game 31.
Rob Wolf — a family physician from Newark, Delaware
Megan Browndorf — a librarian from Washington, D.C.
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 30-day cash winnings total $2,323,971)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $12,000 | $14,800 | $41,612 |
$58,612
31-day champion: $2,382,583 |
$26,000
32 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Megan | $800 | $1,400 | $12,200 |
$7,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
12 R, 1 W |
| Rob | $1,800 | $3,200 | $8,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
12 R, 1 W |
| REPLICAS | WORLD FACTS | ON THE BEACH | "IT" ME | BOOK TITLES | CHILDISH BAMBINO |
|
$200
[30]
Here's a half-size version of this landmark, just outside Chicago, originally built to store water
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Rob
|
$200
[27]
An ice sheet covers more than 80% of this largest island in the world
Greenland
Megan
|
$200
[26]
This sport became an Olympic event in 1964; the beach version had to wait until 1996
beach volleyball
Rob
|
$200
[24]
A newspaper publisher's opinion article
editorial
James
|
$200
[28]
In the title of a 1934 novel, he "Always Rings Twice"
the postman
James
|
$200
[22]
In a 1917 game Babe Ruth argued with this official about balls & strikes & punched him in the head
the umpire
James
|
|
$400
[29]
In 1997 "Henry V" & "The Winter's Tale" opened the season at this newly reconstructed London venue
the Globe
James
|
$400
[17]
It's the very short name for the longest river in Italy
the Po
James
|
$400
[25]
Gold Beach was at the center of the 5 designated landing areas during this 1944 military operation
D-Day (or the invasion of Normandy)
Megan
|
$400
[23]
As its name implies, this belt stops any thought of hanky panky
a chastity belt
Rob
|
$400
[20]
In a classic kids' book by Judith Viorst, it follows "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible..."
no good, very bad day
James
|
$400
[21]
Of this teammate's ongoing streak, Babe Ruth said, "He ought to learn to sit on the bench & rest"
Lou Gehrig
James
|
|
$600
[18]
Near Alliance, Nebraska, 39 old cars arranged in a circle replicate this monument across the pond
Stonehenge
Megan
|
$600
[16]
The only active volcano on the European mainland, it had its first recorded eruption in 79 A.D.
Vesuvius
Megan
Rob
|
$600
[7]
There's a Barbie doll based on this 1990s TV show about beautiful & fit lifeguards on L.A. County beaches
Baywatch
James
|
$600
[11]
Vocal range of opera's Lawrence Tibbett
baritone
James
|
$600
[19]
The French title of this epic 7-part novel literally translates to "In Search of Lost Time"
Remembrance of Things Past
James
|
$600
[15]
Babe had this player leadership position for only 6 days before being stripped of it for going after a fan in the stands
captain
James
|
|
$800
[8]
Nashville's art museum is housed in a full-scale replica of this Athenian temple
the Parthenon
James
|
$1,000
[1]
The Black Sea is the northern border of the Asian part of Turkey, this region
Asia Minor (or Anatolia)
James
|
$800
[6]
Sanibel Island on this U.S. state's west coast has great beaches to collect shells or just stroll the sand
Florida
Rob
|
$800
[10]
To certify a college has met all official standards
accredit
Megan
|
$800
[13]
The title of this '70s Stephen King novel was inspired by a line in the chorus of John Lennon's "Instant Karma"
The Shining
James
|
$800
[14]
When Babe Ruth was told that his 1930 salary of $80,000 was more than that of this president, Babe said that he had a better year
Hoover
James
|
|
$1,000
[4]
In 2011 3D printing company EOS produced a replica of one of this Italian master's violins
Stradivarius
James
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
This African country is known in German as Elfenbeinküste
Cote d'Ivoire (or the Ivory Coast)
James
|
$1,000
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chemical formula on the monitor.) Making up the sand on most beaches is this compound, chemical formula SiO2, in the form of tiny crystals of the mineral quartz
silicon dioxide (or silica)
James
|
$1,000
[9]
Synonym for heartburn or anxiety
agita
Rob
|
$1,000
[12]
Stephen Crane considered calling this work "Private Fleming: His Various Battles"
The Red Badge of Courage
James
|
$1,000
[3]
In 1921, jailed for a day for speeding, Babe got out at 4 p.m. & promptly sped to these grounds for a game
the Polo Grounds
James
|
| SOME OF THE TEA IN CHINA | FILL IN THEIR DATES | CLIMATE | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS | WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? | KOWALSKI, FILM ANALYSIS |
|
$400
[26]
A tea fertilized by the droppings of these "bears" has sold for a reported $200 a cup
pandas
James
|
$400
[27]
Julius Caesar:circa July 13, 100 B.C. -March ____, 44 B.C.
15
Megan
|
$400
[28]
With its own TV channel, this is the short term (minutes to weeks) manifestation of climate
weather
James
|
$400
[29]
Thisbreed takes its name from a valley along the River Aire in Yorkshire, England
Airedale Terrier
James
|
$400
[30]
Developed by 2 17th century thinkers & rivals, it's used to calculate rates of change & to torment high school students
calculus
Rob
|
$400
[23]
Marlon Brando was stellar as Stanley Kowalski in this 1951 film
A Streetcar Named Desire
Rob
|
|
$800
[16]
Dong fang mei ren, or "Oriental beauty", is grown in Hsinchu County on this island of 24 million
Taiwan
James
|
$1,200
[3]
Anne Frank:June 12, 1929 -the early part of this year
1945
|
$800
[17]
Within these long periods in Earth's history are warmer interglacial cycles & colder glacial cycles
ice ages
James
|
$800
[25]
On the Shannon River there's an Irish town that's given its name to this verse of renown
Limerick
Megan
Rob
|
$800
[24]
"We are all Daffy Ducks... and Coyotes inside", wrote this animator in "Chuck Amuck"
Chuck Jones
Rob
|
$800
[22]
In "Gravity" he plays Matt Kowalski, who leaves for a bit, but then it's as if he comes back again
George Clooney
James
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Despite its name, you can't use this green tea rolled into pellets to fire a cannon
gunpowder
Megan
|
$1,600
[2]
William Shakespeare:Traditionally, April ____, 1564 -April ____, 1616
23rd
|
$1,200
[9]
The EPA says in summer, pavement can be 90 degrees warmer than the air, so urban areas are called this type of "island"
a heat island
Rob
|
$1,200
[5]
A river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo lends its name to this deadly virus
Ebola
Megan
|
$1,200
[6]
Chapter 1 of the U.N. Charter mentions self-this, a people's right to form a state & govern itself
self-determination
Rob
|
$1,200
[21]
Dan Foglerfirst showed up as Jacob Kowalski, a friend of Newt's, in this magical film from 2016
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
James
|
|
$1,600
[13]
Chinese teas are the base for the signature Earl Grey of this famed English "T" company founded in 1706
Twinings
Megan
|
$2,000
[11]
Elizabeth I:September 7, 1533 -March 24, ____
1603
|
$1,600
[8]
Because a fair-skinned population moved to a sunny climate, Australians guard against this cancer of pigment-producing skin cells
melanoma
James
|
$1,600
[7]
The Moroccan city where "The Sheltering Sky" was written gave its name to this citrus fruit
tangerine
James
|
$2,000
[12]
This French "father of modern philosophy" fathered the idea that the mind & body are different kinds of substance
Descartes
Megan
|
$1,600
[20]
Big nose & all, this funnyman helps a friend woo Roxanne Kowalski in a 1987 movie
Steve Martin
Megan
|
|
$2,000
[15]
A famous smoky tea from the Wuyi Mountains is called Lapsang this
Souchong
Megan
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
Martin Luther King:____ 15, 1929 -April 4, 1968
January
James
|
$2,000
[10]
Drought worsens the reduction of the land's productivity in arid & dry areas, a process known by this 15-letter word
desertification
Rob
|
$2,000
[1]
Thisstructure takes its name from a military base in Rhode Island, where it was first built during World War II
a Quonset hut
James
|
DD
$9,812
[4]
Atomistic is the opposite of this -istic view that an event or condition must be studied in its entirety
holistic
James
|
$2,000
[19]
Walt Kowalski, played by Clint Eastwood, has this title car almost stolen by this neighbor Thao in a 2008 film
Gran Torino
James
|
Its anthem was adopted in 1947 to replace one by Joseph Haydn that had been tainted by association with Nazis
Austria