Eric R. Backes game 4.
Mitch Rodricks — an attorney from Oakland, California
Alex Miller Murphy — a public relations specialist from Washington, D.C.
Eric R. Backes — an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $91,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $3,400 | $6,000 | $11,100 |
$14,401
4-day champion: $105,602 |
$15,600
20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Alex | $1,200 | $2,200 | $2,600 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
8 R, 1 W |
| Mitch | $1,000 | $4,800 | $14,400 |
$5,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,600
23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE TOP 25 ROMANTIC COMEDIES | QUOTES OF NOTE | BRANDIMALS | MOUNTAINS & VALLEYS | "URRY" UP | & WAIT TABLES |
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$200
[1]
He stars in No. 4, No. 7 & No. 16:"Bridget Jones's Diary", "Notting Hill" & "Four Weddings and a Funeral"
Hugh Grant
Eric
|
$200
[24]
This female Muppet once wisely quipped, "Never eat more than you can lift"
Miss Piggy
Alex
|
$200
[11]
No bull--we're stuck on this brand whose mascot is seen here
Elmer's Glue
Alex
|
$200
[10]
Glencoe Valley in the highlands of this U.K. country is a paradise for hikers & climbers
Scotland
Alex
|
$200
[15]
In the West the name of this humble powder describes many Indian dishes where it's just one ingredient
curry
Eric
|
$200
[23]
Put patrons in a good mood with an amuse-bouche, a small type of this course
an appetizer
Mitch
|
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$400
[2]
Of this 1995 film starring Alicia Silverstone & Paul Rudd, Vanity Fair asks, "Has there ever been a better teen comedy? As if"
Clueless
Mitch
|
$400
[25]
Winston Churchill opined that this European nation was "always either at your throat or your feet"
Germany
Mitch
|
$400
[12]
A symbol of good fortune, a bat adorns bottled of this brand of rum
Bacardi
Mitch
|
$400
[6]
First class vineyards like Stags' Leap make their home in a valley in this northern California county
Napa
Mitch
|
$400
[19]
A mouse might tell his doctor, "I'm pretty active--I don't work out but I do" do this pretty regularly
scurry
Mitch
|
$400
[27]
We're out of the item you wanted, so it has been given this 2-digit designation--pick something else
86
Alex
|
|
$600
[3]
Even the Oscars fell in love with this film, with wins for Cher, Olympia Dukakis & writer John Patrick Shanley
Moonstruck
Eric
|
$600
[26]
In a much-anticipated 2013 TV interview, this cyclist apologized, saying, "I'm a flawed character"
Lance Armstrong
Mitch
|
$600
[16]
The critter seenhereis integral to this casual shoe brand
Crocs
Eric
|
$600
[8]
Geologically, New York's Catskillsare a part of this mountain chain that stretches from Alabama up into Canada
the Appalachians
Eric
|
$600
[20]
A singer & "American Idol" judge named her cat Kitty this
Purry
Alex
|
$600
[29]
This French phrase means a complete meal with a set cost
prix fixe
Mitch
|
|
$800
[4]
The list kicks off at No. 25 with this film that revealed the joys of Nia Vardalos & the secret powers of Windex
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Alex
|
$1,000
[14]
"A jail is just a nut with a worm in it. The worm can always get out", said this man who escaped in March 1934 & died in July
John Dillinger
Mitch
|
$800
[17]
Since 1989 this elegant bird has been the logo of Swarovski crystal
a swan
Mitch
|
$800
[7]
Mount Nebo, said to be where Moses died, overlooks this river's valley
the Jordan
Eric
|
$800
[21]
Comedian Mitch Hedberg said, "I think Bigfoot is" this. "It's not the photographer's fault"
blurry
Mitch
|
$800
[30]
You can bring your own wine, but we'll charge this fee, named for an element of the bottle
corkage fee
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[5]
VF called this 2001 film starring Audrey Tatou "French whimsy"
Amélie
Eric
|
DD
$2,200
[13]
Napoleon was heard to say that this, which he was part of, is merely "a fable agreed upon"
history
Mitch
|
$1,000
[18]
Here's the logo of this travel site
TripAdvisor.com
Alex
|
$1,000
[9]
In 1965, 6 years after work began, an automotive tunnel named for this mountain connected France & Italy
Mont Blanc
Mitch
|
$1,000
[22]
A mix of solid particles & liquid, this material can be a runny form of concrete or cement
slurry
Eric
|
$1,000
[28]
This name for the waiter's tool seenhererhymes with "summer"
a crumber
Eric
|
| THIS IS 40: LITERARY EDITION | 13-LETTER WORDS | SPACE SCIENCE HISTORY | KIND-OF-PERSON MAGAZINE | HISTORIC SUPREME COURT CASES | TV REBOOTED |
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$400
[24]
Now in their 40s, this title trio returns to fight for justice in Dumas' "Twenty Years After"
the Three Musketeers
Eric
|
$400
[28]
It's a fancy word for rain, snow or sleet
precipitation
Eric
|
$400
[14]
It was the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon, the Luna 2
the U.S.S.R.
Eric
|
$400
[1]
Master the toms & cymbals & you could be on the cover of modern this, like Stewart Copeland & Tre Cool
Drummer
Eric
|
$400
[2]
In 1963's Gideon v. Wainwright, the Court said indigent defendants have a right to this guaranteed by the 6th Amendment
representation (or legal counsel)
Alex
|
$400
[25]
When this fashion-aiding program was rebooted, "For the Straight Guy" was left off the title
Queer Eye
Mitch
|
|
$800
[23]
Paris-based Pamela Druckerman's memoir of turning 40 says waiters stopped calling her "mademoiselle" & switched to this
madame
Mitch
|
$800
[29]
One-word job description of a broadcasting preacher, such as Oral Roberts
televangelist
Eric
|
$800
[15]
Part of NASA's first group of women astronauts, Dr. Rhea Seddon flew 3 times in space aboard this
the space shuttle
Mitch
|
$800
[10]
It follows "National Geographic" in the name of a mag with a "Where to Go in 2018" issue
Traveler
Eric
Mitch
|
$800
[3]
Korematsu v. U.S. in 1944 saw the Court uphold the use of these, such as Heart Mountain, "to prevent espionage"
internment camps
Mitch
|
$800
[20]
In a 2018 reboot this Candice Bergen character has Corky & Miles back, plus her grown-up son Avery
Murphy Brown
Mitch
|
|
$1,200
[4]
In an acclaimed 2018 novel by Sheila Heti, a woman closing in on 40 struggles with this basic life decision
to have children
Mitch
|
$1,200
[26]
A place to total up your money; "the king was" there in "Sing A Song Of Sixpence"
the countinghouse
|
$1,200
[17]
Cooper-Conrad & Armstrong-Scott were pairs in this 1960s NASA program
Gemini
Eric
Mitch
|
$1,600
[12]
A 1962 conversation Alex Haley had with Miles Davis became the first of this magazine's famous interviews
Playboy
Eric
|
$1,200
[6]
John Quincy Adams won the freedom of members of Africa's Mendi people when he argued their case in U.S. v. this Spanish slave ship
Amistad
Mitch
|
$1,200
[21]
Michael Strahan hosts this rebooted game show
The $100,000 Pyramid
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Mrs. Wu turns 40 & changes her life in "Pavilion of Women", a China-set 1946 book by this American woman
Pearl Buck
Eric
|
$1,600
[27]
It's named for its composition of smaller bits of wood
particleboard
Eric
|
$1,600
[16]
The first major mission of this agency formed by Belgium, Spain & 8 other members monitored gamma rays
the European Space Agency
Mitch
|
$2,000
[13]
(Hi, I'm Lori Greiner.) The "Shark Tank effect", boosting products from the show, has been noted by magazines like this one founded in 1977 whose title describes business risk-takers
Entrepreneur
Eric
|
$1,600
[8]
In 1998's Clinton v. City of New York, the Court nixed this kind of veto because it gave the president too much power
a line-item veto
Mitch
|
$1,600
[19]
The 2019 reboot of this alien drama has added ", New Mexico" to the title
Roswell
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Many Anne Tyler characters are restless in this city; 40-year-old Delia in "Ladder of Years" gets out
Baltimore
|
DD
$1,700
[30]
Grandstanding verbally & dogmatically, almost as if you were the pope
pontification
Eric
|
$2,000
[18]
In 1997 this spacecraft used airbags to land on Mars, then sent the Sojourner rover on its way
Pathfinder
Mitch
|
DD
$2,800
[11]
A coin collector is likely to also be a collector of this magazine dating back to 1888
Numismatist
Eric
|
$2,000
[9]
Goss v. Lopez sided with suspended students who were deprived of an education without this 2-word safe-guard of rights
due process
Eric
|
$2,000
[22]
Richard Dean Andersonwas this problem-solving hero in the 1980s; Lucas Tillplays him in the reboot
MacGyver
Mitch
|
Named for a soldier killed in 1846 at the start of a war, it was in the news again as a port of entry to the U.S. in 2018
Brownsville