Eric R. Backes game 5.
Mark Smith — an environmental scientist from Salem, Ohio
Amanda Holm — a project manager from Livonia, Michigan
Eric R. Backes — an attorney and government relations professional from Round Rock, Texas (whose 4-day cash winnings total $105,602)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $5,400 | $10,300 | $20,300 |
$6,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,400
27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Amanda | $400 | $3,400 | $17,200 |
$13,200
New champion: $13,200 |
$15,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Mark | $-800 | $200 | $6,200 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE WORLD ALMANAC 2019 | WORD PUZZLES | A MATTER OF WIFE & DEATH | BODY PARTS IN LATIN | IT WAS SO FUNNY | YOU HAD TO BE THERE |
|
$200
[1]
A surprising fact from the almanac:Only 5.5% of high schoolers drove after drinking but 40% had done this while driving
text
Eric
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$200
[3]
Kind ofticketyou get if all seats are sold out
standing room only
Mark
|
$200
[13]
She died in England in 1617 while preparing to sail back to Virginia with her husband John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Eric
|
$200
[4]
Cerebrum
the brain
Eric
|
$200
[21]
From this NBC sitcom: "How's life treating you, Norm?" "Like he caught me in bed with his wife"
Cheers
Amanda
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$200
[22]
This summons for a defendant to appear in court comes from Latin for "under penalty"
subpoena
Eric
Mark
|
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$400
[2]
In the offbeat news section:A French theme park has trained 6 of these black birds to pick up bits of trash to earn treats
crows
Amanda
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$400
[9]
Ithas a median in the middle
a divided highway
Eric
|
$400
[14]
In the Old Testament this favorite wife of Jacob died after giving birth to Benjamin
Rachel
Mark
|
$400
[8]
Oculus
the eye
Mark
|
$400
[16]
In this action pic, M'Baku warns, "One more word, & I will feed you to my children... I'm kidding. We are vegetarians"
Black Panther
Amanda
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$400
[23]
The most important difference between a funeral service & a memorial service is the presence of this
a dead body
Eric
|
|
$600
[5]
Top 10 news topics of 2018 include this movement, known by a social media hashtag, leading to legal action for sexual assault
#MeToo
Eric
|
$600
[10]
It's a way some teachers rate their students
grading on a curve
Eric
|
$600
[15]
With her family by her side, this wife of a Beatle lost her battle with cancer in 1998
Linda McCartney
Eric
|
$800
[25]
Pes
feet
Eric
|
$600
[17]
In this film, Amanda Seyfried, one of the Plastics, says to Lindsay Lohan, "I'm kind of psychic... it's like I have ESPN or something"
Mean Girls
Eric
|
$600
[24]
In Michigan, convicts released under this system cannot leave the state without a travel permit
parole
Amanda
|
|
$800
[6]
The World Almanac's editors picked items for a figurative 2018 time capsule, including this furry orange mascot of the Philly Flyers
Gritty
Eric
|
$800
[11]
Said of some economically vitalbusinesses
too big to fail
Eric
|
$800
[27]
His first wife Maria bore him 7 children, including Carl Philipp Emanuel, before she died in 1720
J.S. (or Johann Sebastian) Bach
Mark
|
$1,000
[29]
Genu (as in genuflect)
knee
Eric
|
$800
[18]
On this HBO show Jemaine & Bret sing, "I can tell that you are the most beautiful girl in the room (in the whole wide room)"
Flight of the Conchords
Amanda
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$800
[26]
In 1973, the last year this happened, 646 men were inducted to serve
a draft
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[7]
On Nov. 11 expect a rare one of these events of Mercury--it'll pass between Earth & the Sun & be visible in silhouette
a transit
Mark
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$1,000
[12]
Preoccupied while pondering
lost in thought
Eric
|
$1,000
[28]
This Irish wit & playwright's estranged wife Constance died in 1898 shortly after his release from prison
(Oscar) Wilde
Amanda
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
Gingiva
gums
Eric
|
$1,000
[19]
In "The First Wives Club", "There are only 3 ages for women in Hollywood--babe, district attorney & 'Driving'" her
Miss Daisy
Eric
|
— |
| PRESIDENTS' DAYS | HOMOPHONIC PAIRS | FRANZ KAFKA | THAT SONG SOUNDS FAMILIAR | LIQUIDS | WHAT "A" CITY |
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$400
[2]
Starting in 1973, Texas recognized August 27 as this man's birthday statewide
Lyndon Johnson
Mark
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$400
[16]
The mailed perfume
sent scent
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$400
[22]
Kafka was born in 1883 in this city, then still the capital of the country of Bohemia
Prague
Eric
Mark
|
$400
[17]
"Right Round" by this "stately" rapper samples from "You Spin Me Round" by Dead or Alive
Flo Rida
Eric
|
$400
[12]
The main lacrimal glands provide these when stimulated by bright light or a sad movie
tears
Mark
|
$400
[1]
"The Happiest Place on Earth" is in this So. Cal city, unless you're in traffic on the 5 freeway at about 5:45 PM on a Tuesday
Anaheim
Eric
|
|
$800
[3]
Presidents' Day in Alabama honors Washington & this next president from the South
Jefferson
Eric
|
$800
[27]
An unclothed Kodiak
a bare bear
Mark
|
$800
[23]
This story begins, "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning... he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect"
Metamorphosis
Eric
|
$800
[18]
"Gangsta's Paradise" uses Psalm 23:4 & "Pastime Paradise" from this man's "Songs in the Key of Life"
Stevie Wonder
Eric
|
$800
[13]
Rain-X Bug Remover is a brand of this fluid providing clearer vision while driving
wiper fluid
Amanda
|
$800
[5]
Sounding like a home for seabirds, it's New Zealand's largest city
Auckland
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This city celebrates McKinley Day in January & Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony in August
Canton, Ohio
Eric
|
$1,200
[28]
Hidden fabulous treasure of a vast army of nomadic warriors
a horde hoard
Amanda
|
$1,200
[24]
Kafka was a great admirer of this author of "Madame Bovary", calling him one of his literary "blood relatives"
(Gustave) Flaubert
Amanda
|
$1,200
[19]
Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" was adapted into this rapper's "Stronger"
Kanye West
Amanda
|
$1,200
[6]
Once, the South's main industry was this tree product, now used for paint removal but then for pitch & tar on ships
turpentine
Mark
|
$1,200
[4]
After a contest in this city, Margaret Gorman was the first to hold the title Miss America
Atlantic City
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[10]
A 2009 Illinois resolution made every February 6 this 20th century president's day
Ronald Reagan
Eric
|
$1,600
[29]
A wire object for your shirt while servicing an airplane indoors
a hangar hanger
Eric
|
$2,000
[26]
Kafka's last novel is called this, like the one on Hradcany Hill that overlooks his hometown
The Castle
Mark
|
$1,600
[20]
On Eminem's "Sing For The Moment", Joe Perry played the riff from this Aerosmith song with a 2-word title
"Dream On"
Amanda
|
$1,600
[14]
Defending the fortress of Jotapata, Jewish leader Josephus poured this hot stuff on the Romans
boiling oil
Mark
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Today a capital & once part of the Byzantine Empire, it fell to Persians, Romans & Turks
Ankara
Mark
|
|
$2,000
[11]
This state observes Herbert Hoover Day
Iowa
Mark
|
$2,000
[30]
The warlike ceremonial leader of the Rose Parade
the martial marshal
Amanda
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
"In the Empty Courtroom" is a chapter in this novel in which Joseph K. is inexplicably arrested
The Trial
Amanda
|
$2,000
[21]
The yodeling "yeah yeah" from this Canadian punk girl's "I'm With You" was used in "Cheers" by Rihanna
(Avril) Lavigne
Eric
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1943 Norwegian commandos & Allied bombs wrecked the Nazis' production of this A-bomb-making liquid at Rjukan
heavy water
Amanda
|
$2,000
[8]
It's near the confluence of the Pilcomayo & Paraguay Rivers
Asuncion
Eric
|
He spent his life improving a plant-based substance he described as a "vegetable leather" or "elastic metal"
Charles Goodyear