Jeopardy Winner Friday April 19
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Alex Jacob (born October 27, 1984) is a former professional poker player and game show contestant. Jacob is perhaps best known in poker for winning the 2006 main event at the United States Poker Championship, a no-limit Texas hold 'em event televised by ESPN.He has also appeared at televised final tables at the World Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. Recap for Fri., Apr. Gabby, a public affairs manager from Nevada, was bribed by her mom to take Italian with a trip to Italy; James, a professional sports gambler from Nevada, wasn't impressed by the taste of scorpion and the jury's out on the effectiveness of bull testicles. James is an eleven-day champ with winnings of $771,920. Look for today’s full Jeopardy! Recap with the Daily Doubles and more information on Final Jeopardy! Between 2:00 and 3:00 p.m. (Central) right here at Fikkle Fame in the Jeopardy Recaps category. Occasionally, we get preempted. In that case, we’ll let you know and have the recap and results up as soon as possible. (@Jeopardy) April 18, 2019 Family is important to Holzhauer, who has made sure to shout out his late 'Granny' during Final Jeopardy, because he first grew to love the show as a kid by watching it.
Here’s today’s Final Jeopardy answer and question for Wednesday, April 19, 2017:
Alex Trebek, 1940 - 2020. Guest Host Schedule. Play Real Jeopardy! Episodes with Jeopardy! Alex Trebek, 1940 - 2020.
Final Jeopardy! category: HISTORIC U.S. LAWS
Final Jeopardy! clue/answer: By barring holding positions at competing firms, 1914’s Clayton Act plugged gaps in this law
(correct response beneath the contestants)
Today’s contestants:
Diana Ascher, a finance system manager from Englewood, New Jersey | Emmett Robinson, an attorney from Greenwich, Ohio | Jamie Newland, a loan co-ordinator from Chicago, Illinois (2-day total: $29,899) |
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Friday Jeopardy Results
What is the Sherman Act?
The Sherman Antitrust act of 1890 was instituted to regulate monopolies in the United States. The part of the Clayton Act referenced in the clue made it such that a person could not be on the Board of Directors of competing firms, to the degree that if the two firms in question would be ruled a monopoly per US law if they were to merge, one could not be a Director of both companies.
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