2019 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.
Rachel Lindgren — an astronomy interpreter from Bend, Oregon
Steven Grade — a sports industry consultant from Atlanta, Georgia
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $6,400 | $9,000 | $30,466 |
$30,156
Finalist |
$22,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Steven | $3,000 | $4,600 | $11,400 |
$11,400
2nd place: $10,000 |
$11,400
17 R, 3 W |
| Rachel | $1,400 | $3,200 | $7,200 |
$7,200
3rd place: $10,000 |
$5,600
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| HAIL, CAESAR! | WORLD CAPITAL AIRPORTS | PLACES TO LIVE | MAMMALS | FANTASY FOOTBALL | "X"s & "O"s |
|
$200
[29]
This Canadian singer had huge successes with her multi-year residencies at Caesars Palace starting in 2003 & 2011
Celine Dion
Steven
|
$200
[28]
Narita Airport
Tokyo
James
|
$200
[27]
Yo, this term for a baby bed with high sides is also a slang term for your dwelling
a crib
Rachel
|
$200
[22]
With only about a thousand living in China & Mongolia, the wild Bactrian species of this is critically endangered
a camel
Steven
|
$200
[30]
Imagine if this team had taken Barry Sanders, not Tony Mandarich, with the No. 2 pick in 1989 & had him to pair with Favre...
the Green Bay Packers
Steven
|
$200
[26]
It's the practice of sending U.S. jobs overseas
outsourcing
Rachel
|
|
$400
[23]
The character King Kaiser is based on Sid Caesar in this 1982 Peter O'Toole film set in the world of 1950s TV
My Favorite Year
|
$400
[14]
Jomo Kenyatta International
Nairobi
James
|
$400
[24]
By definition, 3 self-contained housing units all connected together in one building
a triplex
Steven
|
$400
[9]
Canis lupus is the scientific name for the gray this
wolf
James
|
$400
[20]
If this team had just handed it to Marshawn Lynch instead of calling a pass from the 1 in Super Bowl 49...
the Seahawks
James
|
$400
[25]
From Latin for "all devouring", it's the term for an animal that eats both animals & plants
omnivore
James
|
|
$600
[16]
Built by Herod the Great & dedicated to Augustus, Caesarea is a coastal town in this country
Israel
James
|
$600
[13]
Toussaint Louverture
Port-au-Prince
James
|
$600
[21]
This type of residence hall gets its name from the Latin for "sleep"
dormitory
Rachel
|
$600
[8]
Here's this wooly rabbit, prized for its fur
the Angora
Rachel
|
$600
[5]
Dallas players still tell themselves this 49ers QB was trying to throw the ball away on "The Catch" in 1982
Joe Montana
James
|
$600
[19]
From the Greek for "wood", it's plant tissue that conveys water up from the roots
xylem
Steven
|
|
$800
[11]
Scholars believe St. Paul made his appeal to Caesar of Acts 25 in 59 A.D., so the Caesar would have been him
Nero
James
|
$800
[12]
Schiphol
Amsterdam
James
|
$800
[15]
Virginia Military Institute's "old" these, a type of housing, is a national historic landmark
barracks
Steven
|
$800
[7]
At 6 feet tall & weighing up to 2,000 pounds, the eland of Africa is the largest of these graceful mammals
an antelope
Steven
Rachel
|
$800
[3]
In the dreams of this team's fans, their kicker Scott Norwood pulls it back just a bit to the left in Super Bowl 25
the (Buffalo) Bills
James
|
$800
[18]
It's a 9-letter word meaning to banish or exclude someone from a particular group
ostracize
Rachel
|
|
$1,000
[2]
It's where fancy restaurants once served Caesar salad, tossed as you watch; Ken's makes a bottled version of the dressing
tableside
Steven
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Carthage International Airport
Tunis
James
|
$1,000
[10]
The converted outbuilding called a coach house or with this other transport name can be quite comfortable
a carriage (house)
Steven
|
$1,000
[6]
Seen here is the collared species of this pig-like mammal of the U.S. Southwest & South America
a peccary
James
|
$1,000
[4]
In my fantasy Super Bowl, the 18-1 '85 Bears take on Larry Csonka & the rest of this 17-0 1972 squad
the Miami Dolphins
Steven
|
$1,000
[17]
X marks the spot for this word that means shaped like a sword
xiphoid
James
|
| NAVAL GAZING | VISIONARIES | COMMUNICATION | HOW'S YOUR LATIN VOCABULARY? | NOVELS BY CHARACTERS | DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS |
|
$400
[29]
Note the holes in the sails but not the hull ofthisU.S. frigate in a depiction of its 1812fightwith HMS "Guerriere"
the Constitution
Steven
|
$400
[28]
The visions in the Book of Revelation, like a 7-headed beast, are credited to a man with this name, maybe the apostle
John
James
|
$400
[25]
"Memo" is short for this short note
memorandum
Rachel
|
$400
[26]
I'm very "cross" about this Latin word meaning a vital or pivotal point
crux
Rachel
|
$400
[19]
Heathcliff &Edgar Linton
Wuthering Heights
Steven
|
$400
[20]
Elvis: "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out, because I love you too much, baby... we can't go on to-gether, with" these
suspicious minds
James
|
|
$800
[30]
The ships are part of one of these navalescortsthat saved many merchant vessels from German submarines
a convoy
|
$800
[27]
Joan of Arc's visionary instructions were said to come from St. Catherine, St. Margaret & this archangel
Michael
James
Steven
|
$800
[24]
Salman Rushdie survived the fatwa against him for "The Satanic Verses" but Hitoshi Igarashi, who did this job for him, did not
translating
James
|
$800
[22]
Exlex translates as "bound by no" this
law
James
|
$800
[18]
Yuri, Uncle Kolya, Lara
Doctor Zhivago
James
Steven
|
$800
[16]
"No no no no no, oo-eee-hoo, I'll tell you once more, before I get off the floor", this E.L.O. title
"Don't Bring Me Down"
James
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Here's how the charge of HMS Victory & the British fleet must have looked to the French & Spanish at this 1805battle
Trafalgar
Steven
|
$1,600
[4]
With his nation in his name, this 18th c. Stockholm-born author of "Heaven & Hell" used his visions to interpret scripture
(Emanuel) Swedenborg
James
|
$1,200
[23]
This sneaky alliterative baseball action has been done using a telescope (1951) & an Apple Watch (2017)
stealing signs
Steven
|
$1,200
[21]
Nimbus is this 5-letter object of nature
a cloud
James
|
$1,200
[12]
By Zadie Smith:Samad Iqbal & family, Archie Jones & family, the Chalfen family
White Teeth
|
$1,200
[13]
Walk the Moon: "Oh don't you dare look back, just keep your eyes on me, I said you're holding back, she said" do this
shut up and dance with me
James
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Gaze upon the deck of this battleship as it looked on September 2, 1945
the Missouri
James
|
$2,000
[5]
Named for a 12th century Moorish princess, in 1917 this village was the site of visions of the Virgin Mary
Fatima
James
Steven
|
$1,600
[3]
Computer innovator Grace Hopper popularized the saying that it's better to ask forgiveness than this
permission
James
|
$2,000
[2]
Meaning an emergency force, "posse" this
comitatus
|
$1,600
[11]
Nat; Joseph Travis, his master; Judge Cobb
The Confessions of Nat Turner
|
$1,600
[15]
This group: "My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps, my lovely lady lumps"
The Black Eyed Peas
Steven
|
|
$2,000
[7]
In July of 1900 thecrewof a German battleship posed while on their way to help suppress a rebellion in this country
China
|
DD
$9,066
[6]
In 312, before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, this man had a dramatic vision of a cross of light & went on to win the battle
Constantine
James
|
$2,000
[17]
In 2001 the Mass. Supreme Court ruled this often irrational nighttime communication inadmissible as evidence
sleep talking
Steven
|
DD
$3,200
[1]
Someone deeply respected due to their serious nature has a lot of this 8- letter Latin term
gravitas
Rachel
|
$2,000
[10]
Mildred Rogers &the clubfooted Philip Carey
Of Human Bondage
Steven
|
$2,000
[14]
Tom Jones: "His fight goes on & on & on, but he thinks that the fight is worth it all, so he strikes like" this
Thunderball
|
In 2018 Forbes said this "Belt's Demographic Delight is" this other "Belt's Demographic Dilemma"
the Sun Belt & the Rust Belt