The Final Jeopardy question (10/10/2013) in the category “Literary Illustrations” was:

Émile Bayard’s illustration of this character, seen here, first appeared in the 1860s.

Two day champ Jason Idalski has won $35,998 so far. To win some more, he’ll have to defeat these two players: William Bernhardt, from Midwest City, OK; and Kate Kwiatkowski, from Champaign, IL.

William found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “The Mamas.” He was in second place with $200, $2,800 behind Jason’s lead. He bet the $1,000 allowance and after giving the correct answer, said “excuse me, who is Mary,” and — Ouch! — that was WRONG!

When Anne Boleyn was beheaded, she left this 2-year-old daughter & future queen. show

WHO IS ELIZABETH I?

Jason finished in the lead with $5,600. William was second with $2,600 and Kate was last with $1,400.

Kate found the first Double Jeopardy Daily Double in “American Islands.” She was in third place with $1,000, $9,400 behind Jason’s lead. She bet $2,000 and said “Ten Mile Island,” forgetting to phrase it in the form of a question. It was WRONG anyway.

This island in the Susquehanna River is named for its distance from the town square in Middletown, Pennsylvania. show

WHAT IS THREE MILE ISLAND?

William found the last Daily Double in “One Letter Only.” He just got in the lead with $9,000, $600 more than Jason in second place. He bet $2,000, and he was RIGHT.

Tony the Tiger’s stock symbol. show

WHAT IS K?

William finished in the lead with $11,800. Jason was next with $10,400. Kate was in the hole for $2,200 so it was the end of the game for her.

Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.

WHO IS COSETTE?

French artist, Émile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891) started out as a cartoonist at age 15, going on to work with charcoal drawings, paintings, water colors, woodcuts, engravings, and lithographs. In 1864 he began to work primarily for magazines, and illustrated current events, such as the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). In addition to Victor Hugo’s “Les Misérables,” Bayard also illustrated Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” and Jules Verne’s “From the Earth to the Moon,” among others. Alex should have said the illustration of Cosette was from “Les Misérables,” not “Les Miz.” Even though the illustration was adapted as a logo for the musical, Bayard never heard of “Les Miz.”

Just the fact that Jason was still writing when time ran out didn’t bode well if you knew it was a one word answer. He wrote down “Little Orphan An” going for Annie. That cost him $1,600 and he finished with $8,800.

William got it right and bet $9,001, winning the game with $20,801.

It was a painful game with a lot of triple stumpers, missteps and bad guesses, but nothing was more painful to watch than the Southern Bookstore category, unless you happen to like Alex Trebek’s imitation of a Southern accent.