Responses for Show #7996 - Monday, May 20, 2019

James Holzhauer game 23.

Contestants

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Adam Stone, an associate professor of political science from Marietta, Georgia

Jenny Gibbs, a handywoman and gardener from Charlottesville, Virginia

James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 22-day cash winnings total $1,691,008)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A DEGREE IN LITERATURE
MURPHY, BROWN
LET'S GO TO THAT SPORTS THING
HAMMER TIME
STOCK SYMBOLS
THE DOUBLE L WITH YOU
    $200 30
Dr. Dolittle

James
    $200 22
Jerry Brown

James
    $200 12
a stampede

Jenny
    $200 2
the hammer throw

Jenny
    $200 29
Procter & Gamble

Adam
    $200 28
a village

James
    $400 23
divinity

James
    $400 21
Eddie Murphy

James
    $400 25
a rally

James
    $400 24
a bone

James
    $400 17
Home Depot

James
    $400 27
trillion

James
    $600 15
Harvard Law School

Adam
    $600 20
John Brown

Jenny
    $600 18
Lindsey Vonn

James
    $600 19
"If I Had A Hammer"

James
    $600 16
HOG

Adam
    $600 26
syllables

James
    $800 14
Vassar

Jenny
    $800 13
Ryan Murphy

James
    $800 11
the America's Cup

Adam
    $800 10
Norway

James
    $800 7
Hyatt

James
    $800 9
repellent

James
    $1000 5
Evelyn Waugh

James
    $1,000 4
Molly Brown

James
    $1000 1
curling

Adam
    $1000 3
Edward

James
    $1000 6
BID

Adam
    $1000 8
tallow

James

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

James Jenny Adam
$7,200 $1,200 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Jenny Adam
$12,000 $1,800 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ART SCHOOL OF FISH
NEW TO THE SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY
A SHAPELY CATEGORY
A PRINCE AMONG MEN
"O" THE PLACES YOU'LL GO
THE MONTHLY MOVIE TITLE
    $400 29
goldfish

Jenny
    $400 30
frowny

James
    $400 24
asteroid

James
    $400 26
Dracula

Adam
    $400 28
Oxford

Jenny
    $400 18
Born on the Fourth of July

James
    $800 4
the Little Mermaid

Adam
    $800 22
ok

James
    $800 23
an aperture

Jenny
    $800 25
(Alex: Less than a minute.)

Buddha

James
    $800 27
O'Hare (in Chicago)

James
    $800 17
(James: I would have loved to hear it. What is [*]?)
[James did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Hunt for Red October

James
    $1200 3
a shark

Adam
    $1200 21
bestie

James
    $1200 5
serpentine

James
    $1200 7
(Jenny: What is god of war?)

prince of Persia

JamesJenny
    $1200 13
Oceania

James
    $1200 16
April

Jenny
    $1600 2
fog

Adam
    $1600 20
sriracha

Jenny
    $1600 11
20

James
    $9,812 8
Habsburg

James
    $10,617 6
(James: Go Knights Go. $10,617.)

Osaka

James
    $1600 15
August: Osage County

Jenny
    $2000 1
(Adam: Who is van Gogh?)
(Jenny: Who is Cézanne?)

Édouard Manet

JennyAdam
Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
a puggle

James
    $2000 10
(James: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; ruled correct before the Final Jeopardy! Round]

aspect ratio (or display ratio)

JamesJenny
    $2000 9
(Jenny: Who is Pepin the Short?)
[Originally ruled correct; ruled incorrect before the Final Jeopardy! Round. Alex did not give the correct response.]

Pepin

Jenny
Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
(Adam: What is Moscow?)

Odessa

JamesAdam
    $2000 14
Seven Days in May

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Jenny Adam
$49,229 $4,600 $4,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAME THE FRENCH AUTHOR
(Alex: [To Jenny] His famous "I Accuse...!".)
...
(Alex: [To James] $49,229 going into the Final, and his response was correct. And his wager was substantial, I bet.)
[A "woah" issues from the audience when James's wager is revealed.]
(Alex: Yes, $40,000; $89,229, and now, a new total for 23 days of $1,780,237. How long will it take him to reach $2 million? He's got a little ways to go, but join us tomorrow and find out how closer he gets.)
AdamWho is ?
$4,199
JennyWho is Zola?
$4,201
JamesWho is Emile Zola?
$40,000
Émile Zola

Final scores:

James Jenny Adam
$89,229 $8,801 $1
23-day champion: $1,780,237 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Jenny Adam
$32,000 $4,600 $4,200
37 R
(including 3 DDs),
0 W		 11 R,
3 W		 10 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $40,800

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