James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher: Who won Day 2 of the 'Jeopardy!' Tournament of Champions Final?
The rematch is over.
WARNING: JEOPARDY! SPOILERS AHEAD! DO NOT SCROLL DOWN UNLESS YOU’VE WATCHED THE NOV. 15 EPISODE OR WANT IT SPOILED!
Are we all ready?
Okay.
It’s all over. James Holzhauer vs. Emma Boettcher II is done, with one of the players emerging from 2019 Tournament of Champions with the title after a two-day final. Francois Barcomb, the Teacher’s Tournament champ who made it through to the final, was also part of the trio who competed.
So how did they do on the last day of the two-day final?As we did this week, we’ll tweak our Holzhauer tracker and tell you what happened (and again: SPOILER ALERT! Everything is below this photo of Alex Trebek):
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Who won?
Holzhauer — who had a lead of nearly $23,000 after Day 1 — did, with Boettcher in second place and Barcomb in third.
So does that mean Holzhauer won the whole tournament?
It does! The two-day total he accrued was more than that of his other two opponents.
Cash totals
Holzhauer finished with $76,923 over two days, Boettcher ended with $65,000 and Barcomb had $5,000.
Final Jeopardy!
Ahead of the final round, Boettcher had a lead in the second day (although all that counted was the two-day total) with $21,600, Holzhauer had $17,785 and Barcomb had $1,600. The category was “International Disputes.” Here was the clue:
A dispute over Etorofu, Habomai, Kunashiri & Shikotan has kept these 2 countries from ever signing a WWII peace treaty.
The answer?
What is Russia and Japan?