Eric R. Backes game 1.
Eric R. Backes — an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas
Karen Bascom Lambiotte — a science writer from Vicksburg, Mississippi
Bif Reiser — a mathematician from Portland, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bif | $2,000 | $4,400 | $24,000 |
$27,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
18 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Karen | $1,000 | $3,000 | $7,000 |
$14,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
11 R, 0 W |
| Eric | $5,800 | $10,200 | $27,800 |
$48,001
New champion: $48,001 |
$26,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SHOW US THE RING | A CLASSIC SETTING | 5 DIAMONDS | SIDE STONES | EMERALD | "ONICS" |
|
$200
[17]
Theengagement ringhe designed for Meghan Markle included 2 diamonds from his late mom
Prince Harry
Bif
|
$200
[11]
This dystopian novel opens in April in London, "chief city of Airstrip One"
1984
Karen
|
$200
[6]
In 1993 & 1994 Mile High Stadium was this N.L. team's home field
the Rockies
Karen
|
$200
[15]
This anatomically named area along the highway is sometimes gravel, but paved is considered safer
the shoulder
Eric
|
$200
[26]
Dorothy & her companions, even Toto, wear special glasses to enter here
the Emerald City
Karen
|
$200
[1]
It means learning to read by recognizing letters & putting them together to understand words
phonics
Bif
|
|
$400
[18]
We wonder if Mel Ferrer bought this actress her stackable engagement ring & wedding bands "at Tiffany's"
(Audrey) Hepburn
Eric
|
$400
[12]
In this classic Buck is shipped off to the Klondike to be trained as a sled dog
Call of the Wild
Eric
|
$400
[7]
A red seat 502 feet from home plate in this ballpark marks the landing spot of a Ted Williams homer
Fenway Park
Eric
|
$400
[22]
Scientists found that when doing this with seaside stones, throwing at a 20-degree angle gives you the most bounces
skipping
Karen
|
$400
[27]
Montserrat is known as the "Emerald Isle" of this sea
the Caribbean
Bif
|
$400
[2]
They moved to become the Oklahoma City Thunder
the Seattle SuperSonics
Bif
|
|
$600
[19]
In 2013, herdiamond & sapphire engagement ring from Napoleon sold at auction for just under $1 million
Josephine
Karen
|
$800
[14]
Gustav von Aschenbach leaves Munich for Italy in this Thomas Mann novella whose title is a spoiler
Death in Venice
|
$600
[8]
Ogren Park, home diamond to this state's Missoula Osprey, has a live osprey nest beyond the outfield fence
Montana
Karen
|
$600
[23]
It's a small bile-storing organ on your right side & stones in it can be very painful
the gallbladder
Eric
|
$600
[28]
"Emerald Dawn" is a graphic novel fittingly featuring this ring-bearing D.C. superhero
the Green Lantern
Eric
|
$600
[3]
It's another word for "amateur dramatics"--sarcastic or not
histrionics
Bif
|
|
$800
[20]
On her 1968 wedding to this tycoon, Jackie Kennedy received the 40-carat Lesotho III diamond ring
(Aristotle) Onassis
Karen
|
$1,000
[16]
This title girl is sent to Trantridge to try to claim kinship with a rich family in a Thomas Hardy classic
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
|
$800
[9]
A huge apartment complex sits on the Brooklyn site that once housed this historic baseball field
Ebbets Field
Eric
|
$800
[24]
The Browne's Hill Dolmen, with its 110-ton capstone, is an Irish roadside attraction from this "new stone" age
Neolithic
Bif
|
$800
[29]
Not actually made of the gem, the statue seenherein a Bangkok temple is called the "Emerald" him
Buddha
Eric
|
$800
[4]
This is the trendier term for aquaculture or tank farming
hydroponics
Bif
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Her third marriage, to producer Mike Todd, included a 29.4-carat emerald-cut diamond ring
(Elizabeth) Taylor
Eric
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
Chapter one of this novel sets the scene:it is Jan. 6, 1482 & church bells are ringing throughout Paris
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Eric
|
$1,000
[10]
A scaled-down version of the one in Chicago, L.A.'s Wrigley Fieldwas the first home of this American League team
the Angels
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
Quarrying produces a heap of rocks called this "pile", also a word for any large supply for future use
a stockpile
Bif
|
$1,000
[30]
Emerald Downs is a lovely one of these in Auburn, Washington
a racetrack
Eric
|
$1,000
[5]
The black box is part of this system on a plane
avionics
Eric
|
| NEWER WORDS | A STATE OF RELAXATION | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION | MOVIE TITLE TUNES | VEGANS & VEGETARIANS | NOT INFIDDLER ON THE ROOF |
|
$400
[3]
It's what parents of little ones do to their homes with items like outlet covers
babyproof
Bif
|
$400
[6]
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Preserve
California
Eric
|
$400
[30]
He was France's king as the revolution began, but his reign & a very important body part got cut off
Louis XVI
Bif
|
$400
[23]
"Who ya gonna call?" This song! No. 1 for 3 weeks in 1984!
"Ghostbusters"
Bif
|
$400
[20]
Bill Clinton & this VP of his have both gone vegan
Al Gore
Karen
|
$400
[1]
Perchik, yes; this 7-letter word originally coined to make fun of 1950s hipsters, no
beatnik
Karen
|
|
$800
[13]
Of a brassiere, a baseball cap or a belt, it's what a snapback is, saluted by Old Dominion in a country hit
a baseball cap
Eric
|
$800
[7]
Fort Mackinac Historic Park
Michigan
Eric
|
$800
[28]
Early on, 4 years before the Reign of Terror, was the period of panic called La Grande Peur or "The Great" this
fear
Eric
|
$800
[18]
"Everybody cut, everybody cut" this after Blake Shelton & Kenny Loggins sang it at the 2011 CMAs
"Footloose"
Bif
|
$800
[29]
This vegetarian had the creature in her 1818 book say, "I do not destroy the lamb...to glut my appetite; acorns & berries" suffice
(Mary) Shelley
Eric
|
$800
[2]
This type of bag that gave pitcher Leroy Paige his name didn't make it
satchel
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[27]
The simple bunny ears behind the head evolved into this skill of entering a picture without the subject knowing
photobombing
Bif
|
$1,200
[8]
David Crockett Birthplace State Park, with a replica of the birth cabin
Tennessee
Eric
|
$1,600
[15]
In French law clergy was the 1st this, nobles, 2nd & everyone else, 3rd, who of course paid the most taxes & got real mad
estate
Eric
|
$1,200
[16]
In 2008 Meryl Streep was ABBA-solutely fabulous in singing this title tune
"Mamma Mia!"
Bif
|
$1,200
[19]
She refused to give up her seat in 1955 but easily gave up meat in her later years
Rosa Parks
Eric
|
$1,200
[10]
Not quite for this 6-letter word for a human fault that also means the weak part of a sword blade
a foible
Karen
|
|
$2,000
[14]
The popularity of St. Germain liqueur may have gotten Merriam-Webster to add this "flower" of a better-known "berry"
elderflower
Bif
|
$1,600
[5]
Franklin Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site
Georgia
Bif
Eric
|
$2,000
[25]
The Declaration of these proclaimed, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights"
rights of man
Eric
|
$1,600
[17]
The Psychedelic Furs re-recorded a 5-year-old song for this 1986 Molly Ringwald film
Pretty in Pink
Eric
|
$1,600
[22]
He said, "It certainly seemed proper that the author of 'The Jungle' should be a vegetarian, so I became one"
(Upton) Sinclair
Eric
|
$1,600
[11]
One letter off for the name of the matchmaker was this colorful west African cloth
kente
|
|
DD
$4,800
[4]
As a "Machine" it's an archive of taken-down web pages; as part of an SUV, it's the third row of seats
the wayback
Bif
|
$2,000
[9]
In New England, Moose Point State Park
Maine
Eric
|
DD
$8,000
[24]
In May 1793 this bloodthirsty lawyer had a message for the people--"rise in insurrection"
Robespierre
Bif
|
$2,000
[26]
007 was in good musical hands with Adele, who certainly didn't crumble singing this title tune in 2012
"Skyfall"
Bif
|
$2,000
[21]
This late leader of farm workers changed his diet after his dog, Boycott, taught him about animals' feelings
(Cesar) Chavez
Karen
|
$2,000
[12]
Hodel & Mendel, yes; this company that "invented the high-speed rotary tool", no
Dremel
Eric
|
"Complications" was a suggested title for this ABC drama that was renewed for a 15th season in 2018
Grey's Anatomy