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Jeopardy! Questions James Holzhauer Got Wrong - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 1,102 times
- The average score is 9 of 35
Answer Stats
| Category | Clue | James’s Response | Correct Answer | % Correct |
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| Crazy Weather We're Having! | In 2013 there were 114-degree temps in La Rioja, the wine belt of this South American country. | What is Chile? | What is Argentina? | 67%
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| Let's Go to the Wildlife Refuge | More than 5,000 of these big deer spend winters at the Wyoming national refuge named for them. | What are moose? | What are elk? | 58%
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| We Will Rock You | In 2018 this band "didn't have a dime but I always had a vision, always had high, high hopes." | What is Fall Out Boy? | What is Panic! At the Disco? | 56%
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| Monet-Punny | A common sight was walking around Monet, who worked outdoors, as in a cliff walk in this Channel-side French region. | What is Brittany? | What is Normandy? | 47%
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| The 2018 Ig Nobel Prizes | The Anthropology award went to a report on "cross-species imitation" between these apes & humans at zoos. | What are gorillas? | What are chimpanzees? | 45%
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| Music Festivals | At the Montreux Jazz Festival, you might see smoke on the water of this Swiss lake’s shoreline. | What is Lucerne? | What is Lake Geneva? | 44%
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| The First Winner | In 1903 Maurice Garin was its first winner in 94 hours, 33 minutes, 14 seconds. | What is Paris to Dakur? | What is the Tour de France? | 42%
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| Holidays and Observances | Constitution Day is September 17; this related set is celebrated every December 15. | What is the Articles of Confederation? | What is the Bill of Rights? | 41%
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| Don't Tread on Meme | A 2016 interview with this Batman actor found him looking sad; the internet then made him the meme we deserve. | Who is Christian Bale? | Who is Ben Affleck? | 41%
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| American History | On June 1, 1660, Mary Dyer, one of this religious sect's "Boston martyrs," was hanged on Boston Common. | Who are the Puritans? | Who are the Quakers? | 35%
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| Hey B.B. | Stove placement of lower priority items | What is the bottom burner? | What is the back burner? | 33%
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| Greek Cuisine | Made in the Vytina region, the first type of this sweetener does not crystallize. | What is sugar? | What is honey? | 31%
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| Press your luck | Permanent press is a process where fabric gets chemically treated to make it resistant to these. | What are stains? | What are wrinkles? | 30%
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| Epistolary novels | "The Boy Next Door," a 21st century novel by Meg Cabot, uses this newer form of correspondence | What is texting? | What are e-mails? | 29%
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| Journalists | Often called the first "war" one of these, Crimean war reporter William Howard Russell preferred "special" one. | What is a photographer? | What is a correspondent? | 27%
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| Childish Bambino | Babe had this player leadership position for only 6 days before being stripped of it for going after a fan in the stands. | What is Manager? | What is Captain? | 25%
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| The Civil War | On July 21, 1861, the Union attacked the Confederates near a stone bridge crossing this creek in the first battle of it. | What is The Manassas? | What is the First Battle of Bull Run? | 24%
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| Movies in the DirectTV Guide | "Two hit men, a boxer, a crime boss, and others meet their fates over the course of two days." | What is "Snatch"? | What is "Pulp Fiction"? | 23%
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| World of Sport | The 2018-19 season of auto racing's World Endurance Championship concludes with the 87th running of this event. | What is Paris to Dakur? | What is the 24 Hours of Le Mans? | 19%
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| American Poetry | Frank O’Hara's most famous poem is "The Day Lady Died," in which he reads about this jazz singer’s death in 1959. | Who is Ella Fitzgerald? | Who is Billie Holiday? | 19%
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| State School, That Great School | In 1965 John Irving entered this Midwest school's prestigious writers workshop & worked with Kurt Vonnegut. | What is Indiana? | What is Iowa? | 18%
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| You are a bad sailor | You don't need to howl during the naval watches 4-6 & 6-8, named for this animal--it's just a figure of speech | What is a wolf? | What is a dog? | 16%
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| American History | A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout: "To City: Drop Dead." | Who is Ed Koch? | Who is Gerald Ford? | 15%
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| Tricky Trails | It takes a full day to manage this Yosemite peak. | What is El Capitan? | What is Half Dome? | 13%
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| The Franklin Institute | Beethoven & Mozart wrote for this instrument that Ben Franklin created, which he said gave him the greatest personal satisfaction of all his inventions | What is a glass flute? | What is a glass harmonica? | 10%
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| Phrase Origins | 19th-century exhibitions saw fire brigades competing either using water, or in one of these, now a term for a practice effort. | What is a skirmish? | What is dry run? | 10%
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| Final Jeopardy | This inductee into the Video Hall of Fame sold 17 million copies of a video cassette she released in 1982. | Who is Madonna? | Who is Jane Fonda? | 10%
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| Queen Victoria | Given this new anesthetic to inhale, Queen Victoria felt little or no pain in 1853 when she delivered her eighth child | What is Nitrous Oxide? | What is Chloroform? | 8%
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| Breaks and Livers | The portal vein brings venous blood to the liver, while this artery brings oxygenated arterial blood. | What is Pulmonary? | What is Hepatic? | 7%
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| Don't be afraid of the dark | Shakespeare's Portia says, "How far that little" this "throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world" | What is Sun? | What is a candle? | 6%
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| Route '66 | Modern auto safety took a big step in 1966 as LBJ signed bills mandating seat belts and rupture-resistant these. | What are airbags? | What are fuel tanks? | 5%
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| Science Central | In 1916, the great chemist Gilbert Lewis called the central part of an atom this, a word we use for the seed of an apricot pit. | What is the stone? | What is kernel? | 4%
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| Ballet | The creators of 1943's "Fancy Free" called each other Lenny & Jerry — Leonard Bernstein and this choreographer. | Who is Herman? | Who is Jerome Robbins? | 4%
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| Geographic Terms | A rugged mountain pass is a gap, & an especially rugged gap is a notch, like this one just east of Burlington. | What is Dixville Notch? | What is Smugglers' Notch? | 3%
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| Planes, trains, automobiles, and a boat | This train sung by blues artists got its name from its 12:05 a.m. departure en route to Parchman Penitentiary. | What is Midnight Train to Georgia? | What is The Midnight Special? | 1%
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