2019 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 4.
Emma Boettcher — a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois
Eric R. Backes — an attorney and government relations professional from Oviedo, Florida
Josh Hill — a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $1,800 | $4,200 | $12,200 |
$10,597
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$12,200
16 R, 2 W |
| Eric | $1,000 | $3,000 | $13,000 |
$8,000
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Emma | $3,800 | $5,000 | $23,800 |
$23,800
Automatic semifinalist |
$20,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| SINGERS | U.S. ISLANDS | NAME & NUMBER | SPANISH TO ENGLISH RHYME TIME | BUGLE CALLS | LET'S EAT |
|
$200
[6]
This redhead is in the film "Yesterday", telling Himesh Patel's character to change "Hey Jude" to "Hey Dude"
Ed Sheeran
Emma
|
$200
[27]
Orcas Island & Lopez Island are among the most populous of this state's San Juan Islands
Washington
Eric
|
$200
[11]
He married Marie-Antoinette in 1770
Louis XVI
Emma
|
$200
[1]
Doble problema
double trouble
Eric
|
$200
[14]
Thisbugle call is played during military funerals & is also heard at the end of the day
"Taps"
Emma
|
$200
[30]
One of these "ocular" steaks, cut from the outer side of the midsection
a ribeye
Emma
|
|
$400
[26]
Luke Hemmings is the lead singer of this Australian pop outfit known as 5SOS for short
5 Seconds of Summer
Josh
|
$400
[20]
Lahaina & Ka'anapali are popular tourist destinations on this Hawaiian island
Maui
Eric
|
$400
[29]
In 1521 he was named "Defender of the Faith"--oh, the irony!
Henry VIII
Josh
|
$400
[25]
Reina limpia
clean queen
Eric
|
$400
[28]
Let's go, everyone!Thisbugle call often associated with the cavalry is being sounded!
"Charge"
Eric
|
$400
[23]
This pre-cooked offering for a soldier, MRE for short
a Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Josh
|
|
$600
[21]
This singer won a Grammy for her 2012 album "Girl On Fire"
Alicia Keys
Josh
|
$600
[3]
Part of the Overseas Highway, the Seven Miles Bridgelinks islands in this famous chain
the Florida Keys
Emma
|
$600
[22]
From 1963 to 1978 he was Bishop of Rome
Paul VI
Eric
|
$600
[8]
Oro frío
cold gold
Eric
|
$600
[24]
"First Call" heardhereis a warning to soldiers to prepare for a formation & is also commonly used at these contests
horse races
Josh
|
$600
[12]
Grilled bread drizzled with olive oil & topped with chopped tomatoes, with a name from an Italian word meaning "toast"
bruschetta
Emma
|
|
$800
[16]
Their adjacent home states gave country singers Brian Kelley & Tyler Hubbard this name for their country duo
Florida Georgia Line
Emma
|
$800
[2]
This South Carolina island is roughly 12 miles long, 5 miles wide & home to more than 20 championship golf courses
Hilton Head
Eric
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
At least 11 wounds from sharp weapons were found on his skeleton after it was dug up from a Leicestershire parking lot in 2012
Richard III
Emma
|
$800
[10]
Zapato azul
blue shoe
Josh
|
$800
[18]
Thisbugle call means lay off those trigger fingers, the enemy has had enough
"Cease Fire"
Emma
|
$800
[19]
Considered a delicacy, the soft, green tomalley is this internal organ of a lobster
the liver
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[17]
21st century hits from this Canadian crooner include "Home" & "Haven't Met You Yet"
Michael Bublé
Emma
|
$1,000
[5]
Unimak is the largest of these Alaskan islands
the Aleutian Islands
Josh
|
$1,000
[7]
He's better known as Frederick the Great
Frederick II
Emma
|
$1,000
[9]
Canción larga
long song
Eric
|
$1,000
[15]
Wondering what's going on back home on the farm? Then you'll be happy hearing the sequence called this"call"
"Mail Call"
Josh
|
$1,000
[13]
This pudding made from the starch of the cassava plant
tapioca
Josh
|
| JEOPARDY!KEYWORDS, NOT! | THE HUMAN BODY | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS | GHOSTWRITERS | TV TAGLINES | "SCHU" WHO |
|
$400
[28]
This "Paul McCartney band" had hits with "Helen Wheels" & "Band on the Run"
Wings
Emma
|
$400
[27]
The upper jawbone is the maxilla & the lowerjawis called this
the mandible
Josh
|
$400
[5]
Random House says this rhyming word is an "incantation using... magical words", & Presto! You say...
abracadabra
Emma
|
$400
[29]
Movie star Hedy Lamarr sued her own publisher, claiming that much of this book was invented by a ghostwriter
her autobiography
Eric
|
$400
[23]
"Save the cheerleader, save the world"
Heroes
Emma
|
$400
[30]
From 1950 to 2000 this cartoonist worked for "Peanuts"
(Charles) Schulz
Josh
|
|
$800
[26]
This "Dairy State" is the USA's top milk producer, with lots coming from Tulare County in the Central Valley
California
Josh
|
$1,200
[3]
Of the 2 types of glands in the skin, most of these are connected to hair follicles & secrete an oily substance
sebaceous glands
Josh
Eric
|
$800
[25]
Aloha!Thesenuts are full of vitamins & fat
macadamias
Eric
|
$1,200
[2]
Early in his career, this Irish playwright ghostwrote music columns
Shaw
Emma
|
$800
[22]
"When news breaks, we fix it"
The Daily Show
Eric
|
$800
[24]
He teamed up with Richard Simon in 1924 & they helped make paperbacks popular
Schuster
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Born in Braintree, this John was a "Founding Father & president"--of the Continental Congress
John Hancock
Josh
|
$1,600
[6]
From the Greek for "hard", it's the tough, white outer layer of the eye
sclera
Emma
|
$1,200
[8]
An ability to find good fortune by chance occurrence
serendipity
Emma
|
$1,600
[10]
Alexandre Dumas gets the credit for this 1844-45 novel of revenge, but it was Auguste Maquet who outlined the plot
The Count of Monte Cristo
Emma
|
$1,200
[16]
An HBO candidacy: "Boldly running for president. Proudly standing for everything"
Veep
Emma
|
$1,200
[11]
This senator has represented New York in D.C. since his election to Congress in 1980 at age 29
(Chuck) Schumer
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[17]
He's the "March King"--at least of England, based on his 5 "Pomp And Circumstance" marches
(Sir Edward) Elgar
Emma
|
$2,000
[7]
It's the 9-letter medical name for the heel bone, the largest bone in the foot
the calcaneus
|
$1,600
[9]
The act of tossing someone out a window
defenestration
Emma
|
$2,000
[20]
It's fitting that this British occultist was a ghostwriter, penning some of Evangeline Adams' astrological works
Aleister Crowley
|
$1,600
[1]
A 2016 reboot: "No man has done more with less"
MacGyver
Josh
|
$1,600
[12]
This former costume designer directed the movies "Falling Down" & "Batman & Robin"
(Joel) Schumacher
Emma
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Works like the one seen here were created by this Barcelona-born Spanish surrealist
Miró
Eric
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
In Scrabble, this alternate name for the tailbone will get you many more points than "tailbone"
coccyx
Emma
|
$2,000
[14]
Word for Gabriel telling the Virgin Mary she'd conceive Jesus
annunciation
Josh
|
DD
$3,600
[21]
Speechwriter Ted Sorensen admitted that he wrote the first draft of most of this Pulitzer Prize-winning book by JFK
Profiles in Courage
Eric
|
$2,000
[4]
"Your body is no longer your own" & "We will bear no more"
The Handmaid's Tale
Josh
|
$2,000
[18]
Can you hear the drums in "Fernando", an operatic work composed by him in 1815, at about age 18?
(Franz) Schubert
Emma
|
A derisive description of the shape of the houses in the 1908 painting "Houses at l'Estaque" gave this art style its name
Cubism