Jeopardy! Contestant Gets Second-Lowest Score, But Takes It In Stride
Erin Buker earned the second-lowest score in Jeopardy! history on Monday.
A mother from San Pedro, California, Buker ended her episode with a score of -$7,200, a low that was just in front of contestant Patrick Pearce’s $7,400 in 2021.
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But Buker isn’t worried about appearances. On the show’s Reddit forum, she talked about her experience on Jeopardy!
“It was a day to forget for Erin indeed! Unfortunately, they taped what little I was able to forget about it,” Buker wrote. “When it came to the buzzer, I was my own worst enemy, frequently buzzing in midway through the clue as if my thumb had a mind of its own. There’s something uniquely frustrating about knowing answers, but not having the wherewithal to ring in at the appropriate time to answer them — that was my deficit and I own it entirely.”
But still, “it was still a great experience,” she said. “As the alternate for the week before, I got to know all of the contestants who aired last week really well, and they were truly salt of the earth. I especially found an appreciation for the denizens of the capital to our north, from which two contestants (Kelsey and Jonquil) hailed. It was no surprise then that my fellow contestant, Graham, was another shining example of exceptional wit and character from Ottawa.”
“Thanks to my experiences with these three beautiful souls,” Buker concluded, “Ottawa is now officially on my list of places to travel.”
Buker was pitted against Graham Hicks and returning champ Drew Basile in the episode. Her big fault was often buzzing in too quickly and guessing the wrong answers. She did not progress to Final Jeopardy, and Basile won again.
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