Eric Ahasic game 7.Megan Wachspress game 1.
Megan Wachspress — an attorney from Berkeley, California
Barry Margulies — a professor emeritus at Towson University from Lutherville, Maryland
Eric Ahasic — a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 6-day cash winnings total $160,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $600 | $5,000 | $18,600 |
$17,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,600
19 R, 1 W |
| Barry | $1,800 | $4,600 | $9,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $600 | $1,800 | $10,000 |
$17,201
New champion: $17,201 |
$8,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| THE EARLY 1800s | THE MORAL OF THE FABLE | CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES | SUN UP | WELL, IT'S 5 FOR THE MONEY | 3 FOR THE SHOW |
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$200
[4]
The earliest predecessor of this transport was patented in 1818 & derisively called a "dandy horse"
bicycle
Eric
Barry
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$200
[6]
This avian proverb is the moral of the fable of a lone stork among cranes
birds of a feather flock together
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$200
[11]
Second hand item like a Bulova or Rolex(5 letters)
a watch
Megan
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$200
[23]
Songs he recorded for Sun Records in the mid-'50s included "Milkcow Blues Boogie" & "Mystery Train"
Elvis Presley
Eric
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$200
[15]
This British monetary term dates back to around 775, when 240 coins were minted from this much weight in silver
the pound
Megan
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$200
[8]
Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly & Mo brings plenty landed in Montana
Yellowstone
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$400
[5]
In 1807 Congress passed a law to "prohibit the importation of" these, but it wasn't 100% effective
slaves
Megan
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$400
[7]
"Don't" do this was learned when an accident ruined a girl's plans for a poultry empire
count your chickens before they're hatched
Barry
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$400
[9]
A magical spirit of Arabic lore who might need a good bottle opener(5 letters)
a genie
Barry
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$400
[25]
Also called surya namaskar, this sequence of poses is a way to greet the day or warm up before your daily practice
sun salutations
Megan
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$400
[17]
Ben Franklin was in profile, not facing forward, on the 1st Federal Reserve note for this amount of money when it was issued in 1914
the $100 bill
Barry
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$400
[14]
CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim & Alex Russell
S.W.A.T.
Eric
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$600
[1]
Marking a humane first, the RSPCA, the Royal this, was founded in London in 1824
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Barry
Megan
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$600
[16]
A cockfight victor crows to show he's won, attracting a hungry eagle; as the saying has it, this quality goes before a fall
pride
Barry
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$600
[10]
It follows a midday grace period(5 letters)
lunch
Megan
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$600
[26]
This newspaper was founded in 1837 & once employed TV show creator David Simon
the Baltimore Sun
Megan
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$600
[18]
In 1897 Russia went to a gold standard in switching this monetary unit from silver to gold
the ruble
Eric
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$600
[24]
Ming-na Wen, Jennifer Beals & Temuera Morrison, who opens "The Book of" this mysterious title sci-fi guy
Boba Fett
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$800
[2]
In 1810 this king got control of Kauai & Niihau, bringing all Hawaii under his rule
Kamehameha (the Great)
Eric
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$800
[21]
This one of Aesop's fables, about a disguised member of a flock, teaches the moral that doing mean tricks can backfire on you
the wolf in sheep's clothing
Eric
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$800
[12]
You'll need an ID to get your mail in this Rocky Mountain state(5 letters)
Idaho
Barry
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$800
[27]
One of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World, it was a giant statue of the Greek sun god Helios
the Colossus of Rhodes
Eric
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$800
[19]
Long after telling "The Tale of Genji" in one of the world's oldest novels, Murasaki Shikibu graced the 2,000-this note
yen
Barry
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$800
[29]
Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna & Garcelle Beauvais get "Real"
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Megan
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$1,000
[3]
The French style in fashion, architecture & evendeskswas this, named for the type of vast political unit Napoleon built
Empire
Megan
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$1,000
[22]
A fox stuck in a well tricks a goat into joining him; the goat learned this lesson meaning "take care before you act"
look before you leap
Megan
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$1,000
[13]
The first lady's residence; some believe it was just east of Israel(4 letters)
Eden
Barry
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$1,000
[28]
Retirees enjoying rather than withering? A new concept until Sun City opened near this state capital in 1960
Phoenix
Eric
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DD
$1,000
[20]
Oklahoma's Wilma Mankiller, the 1st female principal chief of this Native American nation, appeared on a U.S. quarter in 2022
the Cherokee
Barry
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$1,000
[30]
John Cena (not exactly living up to the title), Danielle Brooks & Jennifer Holland
Peacemaker
Eric
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| ISLES OF THE BRITISH ISLES | PARTNERS IN RHYME | MAMMALS | COMMUNICATIONS | SONGS OF INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE | 3 LETTERS, E IN THE MIDDLE |
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$400
[11]
Mainland is the name of the largest of these islands 130 miles off the coast of Scotland & famous for their wee equines
Shetland
Eric
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$400
[21]
Countee Cullen & Claude McKay were influential poets in this "Renaissance"
(the) Harlem (Renaissance)
Megan
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$400
[26]
This largest mammal tips the scales at 150 tons
a blue whale
Eric
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$400
[15]
The 1906 International Radiotelegraph Conference replaced the signal CQD, for "all stations, distress", with this
SOS
Barry
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$400
[27]
"Hey Joe" & "The Wind Cries Mary" are on this guitarist's 1967 debut album "Are You Experienced"
Jimi Hendrix
Megan
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$400
[1]
To request alms of a stranger
beg
Barry
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$800
[7]
Lundy, an island in the Bristol Channel between England & this U.K. country, is a breeding ground for seabirds like puffins & razorbills
Wales
Eric
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$800
[12]
Seen here is this 2021 inaugural poet partnering with the Boston Pops
(Amanda) Gorman
Eric
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$800
[25]
Looking "like a small watermelon on little, tiny legs", a baby pygmy one of these made its debut at a Sydney Zoo in 2021
a hippopotamus
Megan
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$800
[13]
"Telstar", a 1962 instrumental hit, was named for a pioneering communications one of these
a satellite
Barry
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$800
[28]
Andrew Bird called a song "Near" this "Experience Experience"
Death
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$800
[3]
A floral necklace
a lei
Barry
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$1,200
[8]
In 1897 this guy experimented & sent a radio transmission from the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England
Marconi
Eric
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$1,600
[23]
Ezra Pound helped publish this T.S. Eliot poem that rhymes, "In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Eric
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$1,600
[17]
Hereare these burrowing mammals of Africa on high alert, watching for predators
meerkats
Eric
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$1,200
[16]
The oldest known recipes, including one for pigeon stew, are found on Babylonian clay tablets in this writing system
cuneiform
Barry
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$1,200
[14]
Perhaps her "Summertime Sadness" was caused by the "Innocence Lost" she sang of on her 2012 "Paradise" EP
Lana Del Rey
Megan
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$1,200
[4]
It means cool; a 1990s & 2000s hip-hop music label was "So So" this
Def
Barry
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$1,600
[9]
This isle in the Irish Sea is not part of the U.K. but has been a personal possession of the British monarch since 1828
the Isle of Man
Eric
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$2,000
[24]
In 1997, this British poet laureate collaborated with Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney on editing a poetry anthology
Ted Hughes
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DD
$2,000
[2]
The state marine mammal of Florida is a subspecies of the West Indian this
a manatee
Barry
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$1,600
[18]
Still important in the developing world, this long-distance radio format uses frequencies between AM & FM
short wave
Eric
Megan
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$1,600
[29]
In a 1983 song & album, this piano man was "An Innocent Man"
Billy Joel
Eric
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$1,600
[5]
To cut something down with a broadsword, or build something up with tough effort
hew
Barry
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$2,000
[10]
Tresco & Bryher are 2 of the Scilly Isles about 30 miles off this county at the southwestern tip of Britain
Cornwall
Eric
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DD
$3,000
[22]
Aiding Coleridge in creating this poem, Wordsworth wrote he "suggested the navigation of the ship by the dead men"
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Megan
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$2,000
[20]
Sadly, one of these colorful carnivores that famously made its way into Calif. from Oregon died in 2021 after it was struck by a vehicle
a grey wolf
Megan
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$2,000
[19]
Towers & hilltop stations with pivoting arms were used to send messages in this system, from Greek for "sign bearing"
semaphore
Megan
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$2,000
[30]
"I hold just one breath here within my chest / Just like innocence", these grunge rockers sang on their 1996 No. 1 album "No Code"
Pearl Jam
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$2,000
[6]
It'sused in photography & filmmaking to adjust color
a gel
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In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors"
Richard Nixon