Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Game Recap and Discussion (SPOILERS)
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2019 8:53 am
Game Recap for Show #7982, 2019-04-30
James Holzhauer game 19.
CONTESTANTS
Libby Wood, a marketing writer from Seattle, Washington
Jason Lai, a financial risk consultant from Duluth, Georgia
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 18-day cash winnings total $1,329,604)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our program. I'm sure many of you noticed at the end of yesterday's show that I was so excited over the closeness of the score at the end of Final Jeopardy! that I forgot to give James' 18-day total. But you just heard it, so enough about that. Jason and Libby, welcome aboard, and good luck. Here we go. Now the categories. First off...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
U.S. PRESIDENTS (5/5)
THAT'S A NOVEL PLACE (4/5)
"SUPER" ENTERTAINMENT (5/5)
TASTE SENSATIONS (4/5)
BROOKLYN (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
9...9 (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
James: 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Libby: 5 R, 0 W
Jason: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $800
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
James found the Daily Double on the 1st clue. James had no money, Jason was scoreless, and Libby had nothing in the bank. James wagered $1,000.
BROOKLYN $1000: The edifice built as Brooklyn City Hall is now called this, reflecting Brooklyn's status within New York City
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
James: $9,600
Libby: $1,600
Jason: $1,400
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Libby Wood is a marketing writer from Washington, who I think has attended a rock and roll camp for ladies. Am I correct?
Libby: Yes, I have. It's this great camp that's--you show up Friday morning. You don't have to have any musical experience.
Alex: Oh.
Libby: They teach you how to play an instrument. You form a band. You write your own song, and you have a show at a rock club on Sunday evening.
Alex: How many bands have you been a member of?
Libby: I've been in six different ones.
Alex: Okay. A different instrument with each band?
Libby: I've played the bass, I've sang, and I've played the drums.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Alex: Jason Lai is from Duluth, Georgia. You are a risk consultant, and you're obviously a young man who enjoys taking risks.
Jason: Yes.
Alex: Because you've been bungee jumping, skydiving, and you also rode the fastest roller coaster in the country. Where is it? Is that the one in Ohio?
Jason: It's Kingda Ka in Jackson, New Jersey. I actually did it to pre-game for when I was going skydiving.
[Laughter]
Alex: Double-dipping, huh? Boy, you are a courageous young man. I don't know if I would do that.
Alex: James, let's talk about your daughter. I know she's precocious, but she has a story she likes to tell about you and a llama?
James: Oh, it's her favorite story ever. We were at a petting zoo in Ireland, and, you know, they gave us some animal feed to feed all the animals. They didn't tell us which ones liked the food and which ones don't, so I'm like, trying to force-feed this llama, and the llama had enough of it, and he spit in my face not once but twice. So she wants to tell the whole world, "Tell the story about llama spitting on Papa", you know.
Alex: I wanna meet that young lady.
James: Yeah.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
TASTE SENSATIONS $400: Big, full-bodied, jammy &, dare we say, unsubtle red wines are called these "bombs"
THAT'S A NOVEL PLACE $400: A rum drink, or a 1998 Elmore Leonard novel
(Jason: What is Yuma?)
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
James: $12,600
Libby: $3,000
Jason: $1,200
James Holzhauer game 19.
CONTESTANTS
Libby Wood, a marketing writer from Seattle, Washington
Jason Lai, a financial risk consultant from Duluth, Georgia
James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 18-day cash winnings total $1,329,604)
OPENING REMARKS
Alex: Thank you, Johnny. Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our program. I'm sure many of you noticed at the end of yesterday's show that I was so excited over the closeness of the score at the end of Final Jeopardy! that I forgot to give James' 18-day total. But you just heard it, so enough about that. Jason and Libby, welcome aboard, and good luck. Here we go. Now the categories. First off...
JEOPARDY! ROUND CATEGORIES
U.S. PRESIDENTS (5/5)
THAT'S A NOVEL PLACE (4/5)
"SUPER" ENTERTAINMENT (5/5)
TASTE SENSATIONS (4/5)
BROOKLYN (5/5, including 1 correct Daily Double)
9...9 (5/5)
THE RIGHTS & THE WRONGS
James: 20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Libby: 5 R, 0 W
Jason: 3 R, 1 W
Clues revealed: 30
Triple Stumpers: 2
Jeopardy! Round Potential Lach Trash: $800
JEOPARDY! ROUND DAILY DOUBLE
James found the Daily Double on the 1st clue. James had no money, Jason was scoreless, and Libby had nothing in the bank. James wagered $1,000.
BROOKLYN $1000: The edifice built as Brooklyn City Hall is now called this, reflecting Brooklyn's status within New York City
SCORES AT THE FIRST BREAK
James: $9,600
Libby: $1,600
Jason: $1,400
CONTESTANT INTERVIEWS
Alex: Libby Wood is a marketing writer from Washington, who I think has attended a rock and roll camp for ladies. Am I correct?
Libby: Yes, I have. It's this great camp that's--you show up Friday morning. You don't have to have any musical experience.
Alex: Oh.
Libby: They teach you how to play an instrument. You form a band. You write your own song, and you have a show at a rock club on Sunday evening.
Alex: How many bands have you been a member of?
Libby: I've been in six different ones.
Alex: Okay. A different instrument with each band?
Libby: I've played the bass, I've sang, and I've played the drums.
Alex: Okay. Good for you.
Alex: Jason Lai is from Duluth, Georgia. You are a risk consultant, and you're obviously a young man who enjoys taking risks.
Jason: Yes.
Alex: Because you've been bungee jumping, skydiving, and you also rode the fastest roller coaster in the country. Where is it? Is that the one in Ohio?
Jason: It's Kingda Ka in Jackson, New Jersey. I actually did it to pre-game for when I was going skydiving.
[Laughter]
Alex: Double-dipping, huh? Boy, you are a courageous young man. I don't know if I would do that.
Alex: James, let's talk about your daughter. I know she's precocious, but she has a story she likes to tell about you and a llama?
James: Oh, it's her favorite story ever. We were at a petting zoo in Ireland, and, you know, they gave us some animal feed to feed all the animals. They didn't tell us which ones liked the food and which ones don't, so I'm like, trying to force-feed this llama, and the llama had enough of it, and he spit in my face not once but twice. So she wants to tell the whole world, "Tell the story about llama spitting on Papa", you know.
Alex: I wanna meet that young lady.
James: Yeah.
TRIPLE STUMPERS IN THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
TASTE SENSATIONS $400: Big, full-bodied, jammy &, dare we say, unsubtle red wines are called these "bombs"
THAT'S A NOVEL PLACE $400: A rum drink, or a 1998 Elmore Leonard novel
(Jason: What is Yuma?)
SCORES AT THE END OF THE JEOPARDY! ROUND
James: $12,600
Libby: $3,000
Jason: $1,200