John Beck game 3.
Jay Porter — a brand strategist from Seattle, Washington
Leigh Barrett — a freelance writer from East Point, Georgia
John Beck — a copywriter from Torrance, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $8,200 | $12,400 | $22,400 |
$26,399
3-day champion: $74,999 |
$20,200
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Leigh | $-200 | $1,200 | $9,200 |
$15,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
10 R, 2 W |
| Jay | $2,600 | $4,600 | $7,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| MONK | SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE | THE SHIELD | TAKEN | 24 | "ER" |
|
$200
[26]
Before his death, this cruel Russian czar joined an order of monks & renamed himself Jonah
Ivan the Terrible
John
|
$200
[11]
Who could forget this funny lady as Lisa Loopner & Baba Wawa
Gilda Radner
John
|
$200
[21]
Monthly fees to groups of physicians for miners' health care evolved into this program in 1939
Blue Shield
John
Leigh
Jay
|
$200
[16]
1 of the 2 current U.S. possessions acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War
Guam or Puerto Rico
John
|
$200
[6]
Its atomic number is 79 & the purest types are said to be 24-karat
gold
John
|
$200
[1]
A short trip somewhere to do something on behalf of somebody else
errand
Jay
|
|
$400
[27]
In the 13th century a Japanese monk named Nichiren founded a branch of this religion based on the Lotus Sutra
Buddhism
Jay
|
$400
[12]
Joe Piscopo was Pokey to his Gumby, dammit!
Eddie Murphy
John
|
$400
[22]
Israel's national emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, is this color shield of David
red
John
|
$400
[17]
After World War I, Czechoslovakia was established on territory formerly belonging to this empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
John
|
$400
[7]
On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock
basketball
John
|
$400
[2]
This small northern weasel is also known as a stoat
ermine
Leigh
|
|
$600
[28]
England's first archbishop of this city was a Benedictine monk named Augustine in the 7th century
Canterbury
John
|
$600
[13]
Sluggo & Mr. Hand were the arch-nemeses of this falsetto-voiced character
Mr. Bill
John
Leigh
|
$600
[23]
From the Old French, it's the heraldic design on the shield seen here
a chevron
Leigh
|
$600
[18]
1848's Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending this war added over 500,000 square miles to the U.S.
Mexican War
|
$600
[8]
In an old nursery rhyme four and twenty of these birds are baked into a pie served to a king
blackbirds
John
|
$600
[3]
From the Latin for "pull up by the roots", it means to completely get rid of something, like a disease
eradicate
Jay
|
|
$800
[29]
This monk tested over 28,000 pea plants between 1856 & 1863
Gregor Mendel
John
|
$1,000
[15]
This "Weekend Update" anchor seenhereis the first female head writer in the show's over-25-year history
Tina Fey
Jay
|
$800
[24]
By law, this state's seal "shall be a shield argent charged with a pine tree with a moose at the foot of it"
Maine
John
|
$800
[19]
This empire lost nearly all of its European territories during the Balkan Wars of 1912 & 1913
Ottoman Empire
Jay
|
$800
[9]
This political party split during Buchanan's presidency & wasn't elected to the presidency for 24 years
Democrats
Jay
|
$800
[4]
This 3-word Gaelic phrase means "Ireland Forever"
"Erin Go Bragh!"
John
|
|
$1,000
[30]
Cheers to this blind French monk who is credited with pioneering the making of champagne around 1698
Dom Perignon
Leigh
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
Enid Strict is the rarely used name of this Dana Carvey character
The Church Lady
John
|
$1,000
[25]
The shield of these Catholic "knights", founded in 1882, bears a sword & axe
Knights of Columbus
Jay
|
$1,000
[20]
Following this "long" conflict that ended in 1453, England had lost all its territory on the continent except Calais
Hundred Years' War
John
|
$1,000
[10]
You're within this "circle" if you experience 24 continuous hours of sunlight on June 21
Arctic Circle
John
|
$1,000
[5]
Asmara is this African nation's capital
Eritrea
John
|
| ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS | LET'S GET SMALL | UNUSUAL TREES | INTERNATIONAL LAW | THE AUSSIE POSSE | NOT YOUR EVERYDAY WORDS |
|
$400
[1]
"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"(1907)
Pablo Picasso
John
Leigh
|
$400
[12]
The title of the category is the title of a famous album by this comedian
Steve Martin
John
|
$400
[17]
White fringe tree, named for its fringes of white flowers, is also called "old man's" this facial feature
beard
John
|
$400
[22]
In the 1940s Raphael Lemkin coined this term for destruction of a group, now a crime under international law
genocide
Jay
|
$400
[7]
This actress who plays elf queen Galadriel provides the narration for "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Cate Blanchett
Leigh
Jay
|
$400
[6]
A catechumen is a student getting the basics of Christianity in this question-&-answer form
catechism
Leigh
|
|
$800
[2]
"Irises"(1889)
Vincent Van Gogh
Jay
|
$800
[18]
A dust devil is a small whirlwind in the desert or a small, cordless hand-held brand of these
vacuum cleaners
John
|
$800
[30]
It's the part of the cannonball tree that gives the tree its name
fruit
Jay
|
$800
[23]
The Vienna Conventions codified this principle that protects ambassadors from local prosecution
diplomatic immunity
Jay
|
$800
[8]
We can't get this Aussie singer & soap star out of our heads
Kylie Minogue
John
|
$800
[13]
Rhyming with clasp, it's a clasp for a door or lid that's fastened with a padlock
hasp
John
|
|
$1,200
[3]
"St. Bartholomew", seen here(1661)
Rembrandt
Jay
|
$1,200
[19]
A small place of worship, it was originally the place French kings stored the capella or "cape" of St. Martin
chapel
Jay
|
$1,200
[29]
This follows "shag" in the name of a hickory tree because it breaks up into loosely attached plates as the tree ages
bark
Jay
|
$1,200
[24]
In case of losses, the 1988 Basel Capital Accord makes banks set aside 8 cents on every dollar they make in these
loans
Jay
|
$1,200
[9]
This Melbourne native seenhereplays an American on "Six Feet Under"
Rachel Griffiths
Jay
|
$1,200
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew combs a horse.) Spicy-sounding name for the type of comb I'm using to give Daily Double a good grooming
a curry comb
Jay
|
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Blue Boy"(1770)
Thomas Gainsborough
John
|
$1,600
[20]
It's what's "small" on a black bass that differentiates it in name from the "large" one
mouth
Leigh
|
$2,000
[28]
This tree's odd appearance gave it an odd name from Lewis Carroll, "for the snark was one of these, you see"
boojum tree
|
$1,600
[25]
In 1793, as France & Britain went to war, George Washington proclaimed this status for the U.S.
neutral
John
|
$1,600
[10]
Born in Hawaii to Australian parents, this star of "The Others" moved to Sydney at age 4
Nicole Kidman
Leigh
|
$1,600
[15]
This word starting with "T" means "one who does believe in God" (add an A & you'd get one who doesn't)
theist
Leigh
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
"Napoleon Crossing the Alps"(1800)
Jacques-Louis David
John
|
$2,000
[21]
While you're enjoying the mountain scenery you might spot a tarn, a small one of these left by a glacier
lake
John
|
DD
$5,000
[27]
Hamamelis virginiana gets this common name from the use of its branches to find water, my pretty
Witch-hazel
Jay
|
$2,000
[26]
The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was this type, from the Latin for "many" & "side"
multilateral
Jay
|
$2,000
[11]
He co-wrote & directed the movies "Strictly Ballroom" & "Moulin Rouge!"
Baz Luhrmann
Leigh
|
$2,000
[16]
It's a person of great learning in a variety of subjects, though it sounds like only in trig & calculus
polymath
Jay
|
Disney theme park attractions based on this 1960 film flew the flag seen here
Swiss Family Robinson