2019 Tournament of Champions final game 2.
Emma Boettcher — a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois (subtotal of $26,400)
James Holzhauer — a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of $49,326)
Francois Barcomb — an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York (subtotal of $1,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francois | $0 | $1,200 | $1,600 | $3,200 |
$1,600
6 R, 1 W |
| James | $6,000 | $8,800 | $17,785 | $27,597 |
$24,800
30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emma | $4,800 | $6,600 | $21,600 | $38,600 |
$13,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| THE NIFTY '50s | MOUNTAINS OF ASIA | WHAT'S BEING MEASURED? | SNAILS | SITCOMS | ALL "STAR"s |
|
$200
[26]
A toast to Coors, which started making its cans with this metal in 1959
aluminum
James
|
$200
[27]
These imposing peaks have a name meaning "abode of snow"
the Himalayas
Francois
|
$200
[30]
Bunders, hectares, jeribs
area
James
|
$200
[28]
The eyes of most land snails are found atop the pairs of long stalks called these, like the limbs of a cephalopod
tentacles
Francois
|
$200
[29]
Randall Park stars in this sitcom about a family of Asian immigrants in the United States
Fresh Off the Boat
Francois
|
$200
[21]
The right side of a sailing ship
starboard
Emma
|
|
$400
[25]
In 1951, this mischievous kid made his comic strip debut
Dennis the Menace
Emma
|
$400
[5]
Rising to almost 13,000 feet, the Pontic Mountains of Northern Turkey bend along the southern shore of this body of water
the Black Sea
James
|
$400
[24]
Knots, Mach number
speed
Emma
|
$400
[23]
Snails are eaten in many countries, including as this Provençal-named delicacy in French cuisine
escargot
Emma
|
$400
[18]
On this 1990s sitcom a well-to-do Southern California family took in a streetwise relative from Philadelphia
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Emma
|
$400
[20]
Judy Greer's memoir is "I Don't Know What You Know Me From: My Life as" this type of actor
a Co-Star
James
|
|
$600
[7]
Cleveland DJ Alan Freed gets the credit for popularizing this term for the music he played on the radio
rock and roll
James
|
$600
[4]
Mount Apo is the highest peak in this Asian nation & its name means "grandfather" in Tagalog
the Philippines
Emma
|
$600
[17]
The Rankine scale, the Réaumur scale
temperature
Francois
|
$600
[22]
Snails make up part of the more than 45,000 species in this class of animals that has a name meaning "stomach foot"
gastropods
James
|
$600
[1]
This series is a spin-off of "The Big Bang Theory" & also a prequel to it
Young Sheldon
Emma
|
$600
[19]
An Olympian who starts running less than a tenth of a second after the gun is guilty of this violation
a false start
James
|
|
$800
[6]
In 1958 the United States entered the space race with the launch of this satellite that shares its name with a Ford SUV
Explorer
James
|
$800
[3]
Reachingalmost 15,000 feet, the Zagros Mountainsstretch along the western border of this nation
Iran
James
|
$800
[16]
Grams per cubic meter
density
James
|
$800
[13]
Be careful around the aquatic cone snail; it produces these "nerve poisons" that can be venomous to humans
neurotoxins
Emma
|
$800
[10]
As grouchy, narrow-minded Calvin, Cedric the Entertainer heads up this show set in a Black area of Los Angeles
The Neighborhood
James
|
$800
[12]
One word meaning not wearing any clothes, in Nottingham
starkers
Emma
|
|
DD
$2,600
[8]
Eating out became easier with the introduction of this first multipurpose charge card in 1950
Diners Club
James
|
$1,000
[2]
These continent-separating mountains stretch 1,550 miles from the Arctic Ocean to Kazakhstan
the Urals
Emma
|
$1,000
[15]
Barrels, fifths, pecks
volume
James
|
$1,000
[14]
Tasmania produces around 25% of the world's wild caught supply of this large edible sea snail, mainly the black lip variety
abalone
|
$1,000
[9]
Eddie Haskell could tell you that in a popular 1950s sitcom, these were the 2 sons in the Cleaver family
Wally and Beaver
James
|
$1,000
[11]
Jesus tells a parable about this seed of condiment fame
a mustard seed
Emma
|
| FEMALE FIRSTS | JIM CLASS | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS | BEFORE, DURING & AFTER | "R"CHITECTURE | MOVIE FOREIGN CITIES |
|
$400
[19]
In July 1923 Italian actress Eleanora Duse became the first woman to grace the cover of this U.S. magazine (issue No. 22)
Time
Emma
|
$400
[30]
On Father's Day in 1964, Jim Bunning (father of 9), tossed one of these for the Phillies; nobody reached base!
a perfect game
James
|
$400
[28]
This Arthur Miller character makes his way "on a smile and a shoeshine"
Willy Loman
James
|
$400
[25]
AMC zombie spin-off about the last thing Wild Bill was dealt, an antiseptic cleansing agent
Fear the Walking Dead Man's Hand Sanitizer
James
|
$400
[26]
They're the beams supporting a sloping roof; having them exposed can give a funky industrial look
rafters
James
|
$400
[27]
1958:"Seven Hills of ____"
Rome
James
|
|
$1,200
[4]
250 years after Magellan's expedition, Jeanne Baret became the first woman to do this
circumnavigate the Earth
James
|
$800
[29]
Jim Lovell was aboard Apollo 8, the 1st manned craft to make this circuit; aboard Apollo 13, Jim made the same trip--unplanned
rounding the Moon
James
|
$800
[10]
The role of Pale, in "Burn This" by Lanford Wilson, is a showcase for young actors--John Malkovichin 1987 &this man in 2019
(Adam) Driver
Emma
|
$800
[24]
2011 NYC protest movement composed of the Jets or Sharks & Mao's elite quartet
Occupy Wall Street Gang of Four
James
|
$800
[23]
Edward Durell Stone was the architect of this theater at Rockefeller Center with the fabulous interior by Donald Deskey
Radio City Music Hall
Emma
|
$800
[22]
1964:"The Umbrellas of ____"
Cherbourg
Emma
|
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1919 this "Lady", the former Nancy Langhorne of Virginia, was the first woman to sit in the British Parliament
(Lady) Astor
James
|
$1,200
[11]
He'd assumed Mexican citizenship years before, but his exploits as a colonel in the Texas Army in 1836 made him famous
(Jim) Bowie
James
|
$1,200
[7]
In this Jason Miller drama, members of a high school basketball team celebrate the 20th anniversary of their state title
That Championship Season
James
|
$1,200
[18]
"Rug-cutting" 1984 Bruce Springsteen tune about Sophie Turner's title X-Men character who plays NBA hoops in Arizona
"Dancing In The Dark" Phoenix Suns
Francois
|
$1,200
[2]
This drawing of a proposed building can be much more detailed than a blueprint, including little people & trees
a rendering
James
|
$1,200
[21]
2007:"The ____ Limited"
Darjeeling
Francois
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, riding into the heavens on the 6th launch in this Soviet space program
Vostok
James
|
$1,600
[12]
This Marine Corps general was the first Defense Secretary in the Trump administration
Mattis
Emma
|
$1,600
[6]
In 1933 his play "Ah, Wilderness!" opened in New York with George M. Cohan as one of the leads
(Eugene) O'Neill
James
|
$1,600
[17]
The singer who voiced the Ape King in "The Jungle Book" was a leading female opera soloist & the "Queen of Disco"
Louis Prima Donna Summer
James
|
$2,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C.) The Castle, the Smithsonian Institution's main building, was designed by this prolific 19th century architect, who would go on to design St. Patrick's Cathedral
James Renwick
|
$1,600
[1]
1989:"Jesus of ____" (not in the Holy Land)
Montreal
James
|
|
DD
$8,600
[9]
Kathryn Bigelow became Oscar's first female Best Director for this film with only one named female character
The Hurt Locker
Emma
|
$2,000
[13]
This former district attorney of New Orleans was played by Kevin Costner in "JFK"
(Jim) Garrison
James
|
$2,000
[8]
Junk dealer Harry Brock hires a tutor to give his mistress Billie Dawn some culture & class in this play
Born Yesterday
Emma
|
$2,000
[16]
Andrew Lloyd Webber collaborator whose flooded Asian crop field won an Oscar for writing "Network"
Tim Rice Paddy Chayefsky
James
|
DD
$8,615
[14]
As a style, it was early 19th century British; as a building, it's the Atlanta Hyatt that began the hotel atrium era
Regency
James
|
$2,000
[20]
1959:"____, My Love" or "mon amour", if you prefer
Hiroshima
Francois
|
A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty
Japan & Russia