Eric Ahasic game 3.
Tessa Matsuzaki — a graphic designer from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Maggie Sharpe — a high school math teacher from Los Angeles, California
Eric Ahasic — a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $3,600 | $6,600 | $30,600 |
$35,600
3-day champion: $75,601 |
$19,600
26 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Maggie | $1,000 | $800 | $3,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
9 R, 2 W |
| Tessa | $2,000 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$16,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
16 R, 4 W |
| FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS | RECENT SLANG | PUT IT ON WHAT? | ALLITERATIVE SPORTS NO-NO's | LAUREL | CANYON |
|
$200
[11]
This King Louis reigned for 72 years & once owned the Hope Diamond
Louis XIV
Eric
|
$200
[6]
If a teen has a Finsta, it's a secret account on this social media platform, hidden from parents
Instagram
Eric
|
$200
[15]
Food to keep it chilled, or plans that have to be delayed
ice
Eric
|
$200
[5]
It's when a pitcher intentionally hits you with the pitch
a beanball
|
$200
[26]
Restaurant Gordon Ramsay in London won the max 3 stars from this guide as "exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey!"
Michelin
Eric
|
$200
[12]
Enjoy the view of the Alexandra Bridge & Fraser Canyonin this westernmost Canadian province
British Columbia
Maggie
|
|
$400
[10]
Louis XVIII was king from 1814 to 1824, except for the interruption of the "Hundred Days" when this man attempted a return to power
Napoleon
Tessa
|
$400
[22]
To stop all communication, particularly with a romantic partner, often suddenly & without explanation
ghosting
Eric
|
$400
[18]
10 bucks to win at Laurel Park
a horse
Eric
|
$400
[4]
Ask the baby with the bib, bub; this basketball no-no can involve touching the ball twice before it hits the ground
double dribbling
Maggie
|
$400
[27]
Walt Bogdanich won a 2005 Pulitzer for reporting on corporate cover-ups following fatal accidents at these crossings
railroad crossings
Eric
|
$400
[13]
Kings Canyon National Park boasts the grove at Redwood Mountain, an impressive stand of giant these trees
sequoias
Maggie
|
|
$800
[8]
Louis XII couldn't stop warring in Italy & was duke of this main city of Lombardy, not too far from the French border
Milan
Eric
|
$600
[23]
Deriving from an Eminem song, this first name of an overzealous fan also became a verb
Stan
Eric
|
$600
[19]
A Kurt Adler star or angel finial
a Christmas tree
Tessa
|
$600
[1]
In tennis this no-no happens when the server steps over the baseline on a serve
a foot fault
Tessa
|
$600
[28]
In 2014, this music legend seen here, a 7-time Oscar nominee, was awarded the prestigious Spingarn Medal
Quincy Jones
Tessa
|
$600
[14]
Steinbeck could appreciate this nearly 10,000'-deep Submarine Canyon off the Pacific coast, with tributaries in the same-named bay
Monterey
|
|
$1,000
[9]
To build France into a leading European power, Louis XIII worked for 2 decades with this chief minister & clergyman
Cardinal Richelieu
Tessa
|
$800
[24]
Something hot can be this or straight this--it all sounds temperature related but isn't
fire
Maggie
|
$800
[20]
Decca F.11940, released 1964
a turntable
|
$800
[2]
Type 2 of this NBA infraction is "unnecessary and excessive" & gets you an automatic ejection
a flagrant foul
Eric
|
$800
[29]
In 2022 Diébédo Francis Kéré became the first Black winner of this architecture prize in its 43-year history
the Pritzker Prize
Eric
|
$800
[16]
A canyon that got its religious name from Mormons is the main feature of this national park near St. George, Utah
Zion
Eric
Tessa
|
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Louis VIII fought against King John of England & had this nickname, like King John's older brother
the Lionheart
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
Sounds like a mode of transport, but this word can mean fan-based support for the romantic pairing of fictional characters
shipping
Tessa
|
$1,000
[21]
A kepi
your head
Tessa
|
$1,000
[3]
Time out for a penalty in hockey; it's also the name of the group that had the 2001 hit song "Superman"
five for fighting
Eric
|
$1,000
[30]
You likely won't hear him bragging about it, but this reclusive author of "Vineland" won a MacArthur Genius Grant in 1988
(Thomas) Pynchon
Eric
Maggie
|
$1,000
[17]
The ancestral Puebloans once lived in this canyon that despite the spelling, rhymes with "bay", not with "belly"
Canyon de Chelly
Tessa
|
| FICTIONAL PLACES | AROUND THE WORLD | 5-LETTERS, ENDS IN "O" | ELEMENTS & THEIR USES | STORIES OF THE SAINTS | LAUREL CANYON |
|
$400
[17]
In the world of this author, District 1 provided luxury items; District 5, power & electricity
(Suzanne) Collins
Maggie
|
$400
[6]
You don't have to go to Antarctica; Boulders Beach in South Africa has the African type of this flightless bird, with pink "eyebrows"
penguins
Tessa
|
$400
[1]
Culturally off limits
taboo
Tessa
|
$400
[13]
This second-lightest gas is mixed with oxygen for use in scuba diving
helium
Maggie
|
$400
[20]
This apostle & letter writer was a tent maker by trade, so he moved easily around the ancient world with tools & cloth
Paul
Eric
|
$400
[23]
The "Love Street" in a 1968 song by this band was Laurel Canyon's Rothdell Trail, where Jim Morrison lived
the Doors
Eric
|
|
$800
[18]
John Updike had a devil of a time coming up with "The Witches of" this fictional Rhode Island town
Eastwick
Tessa
|
$800
[7]
Modern-day Druids visit this Mystic circle north of Salisbury, England that's thousands of years old
Stonehenge
Eric
|
$800
[2]
It's orbited by Charon
Pluto
Eric
|
$800
[14]
Okay, we've heard about it regarding "fire & brimstone", but this element is used as a fungicide & in vulcanizing rubber
sulfur
Maggie
|
$800
[21]
The story of Martin de Porres, the 1st Black saint in the Americas, includes this skill, letting him hover before the altar
levitation
Eric
|
$800
[24]
The "N" in CSNY, he wrote the 1970 hit "Our House" about the Laurel Canyon home he shared with Joni Mitchell
(Graham) Nash
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This author created Magrathea, which worked to create a second earth, as the first was destroyed by Vogons to create a galactic bypass
(Douglas) Adams
Eric
|
$1,200
[8]
This ancient Israeli fortress was the site of a 1st century siege after the fall of Jerusalem
the Masada
Eric
Tessa
|
$1,200
[3]
"Top Chef" channel
Bravo
Tessa
|
$1,600
[15]
A 1954 report noted this lightest of the solid elements "appears to offer a useful alternative" to electro-convulsive therapy
lithium
Maggie
|
$1,600
[22]
Story goes the patron saint of Wales, St. David, lived on nothing but water & these onion relatives
leeks
Maggie
|
$1,200
[25]
Stars flocked to the 1970s football & poker nights at the "Kirkwood Casino", the home of this late Eagles singer
Glenn Frey
Tessa
|
|
$1,600
[26]
Norton Juster wrote up Dictionopolis & ran the numbers on Digitopolis, rival cities in this children's classic
The Phantom Tollbooth
|
$1,600
[9]
Rio de Janeiro is home to this soccer stadium that held its second World Cup final in 2014
Maracana
Tessa
|
$1,600
[4]
Cannon fire volley
a salvo
Eric
|
$2,000
[16]
A pacemaker can use heat from this radioactive element, No. 94, as it decays to generate the electricity that stimulates the heart
plutonium
Maggie
|
$2,000
[30]
St. Francisco Marto, one of 3 children who saw the Virgin Mary in this Portuguese town in 1917, died in the flu pandemic in 1919
Fátima
Tessa
|
$1,600
[28]
An epicenter of the 1960s Laurel Canyon scene was the house of Cass Elliot, big-voiced star of this group
The Mamas & the Papas
Tessa
|
|
$2,000
[27]
In an H.G. Wells book, this doctor has established a camp for creepy scientific research on a volcanic island
Doctor Moreau
Tessa
|
$2,000
[10]
The northern lights are cool, but at Mt. Wellington in Tasmania, you can see the southern lights, also called the "aurora" this
australis
Eric
|
$2,000
[5]
Slow & dignified, musically
largo
Tessa
|
DD
$7,000
[11]
Predynastic Egypt used this element in glassmaking; today, we'd be pretty lost without it as a semiconductor in computers
silicon
Eric
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
In a vision on the wall of her room, St. Clare witnessed a mass & so today is the patron saint of this modern invention
television
Eric
|
$2,000
[29]
Looking out from her daughter's dining room, Joni Mitchell's mom was shocked by goings-on at this man's place next door
(Frank) Zappa
Eric
|
A participant in this 1773 event recalled, "Some of our numbers jumped into the hold... I never labored harder in my life"
the Boston Tea Party