Ken Jennings game 39.First game of Season 21. New title graphics.
J.D. Smith — an editor and writer from Washington, D.C.
Betsey Casman — an appeal and grievance analyst from Las Vegas, Nevada
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 38-day cash winnings total $1,321,660)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $4,800 | $13,800 | $31,600 |
$10,001
39-day champion: $1,331,661 |
$29,600
38 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Betsey | $1,600 | $800 | $3,200 |
$1,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
4 R, 2 W |
| J.D. | $1,800 | $3,400 | $5,000 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 2 W |
| THE OLD TESTAMENT | SEAN SONG | CITY WALK | SLOGANEERING | ROOM | "BOARD" |
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$200
[1]
Let's all flock to read Psalm 95, in which humans are compared to these animals
sheep
J.D.
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$200
[4]
The rap on him is he's sometimes "Puffy"
(Sean) Combs
J.D.
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$200
[26]
In the 1980s this city passed Chicago as the USA's second most populous
Los Angeles
J.D.
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$200
[11]
"Ask any mermaid you happen to see, 'What's the best tuna?'", this brand
Chicken of the Sea
Ken
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$200
[21]
Many people have become familiar with Shape, Ski & Savoy, which are these, in doctors' waiting rooms
magazines
Ken
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$200
[16]
In 2003 Roy E. Disney left it after being on it since 1967
the Disney board of directors
Ken
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$400
[2]
Some say the screech owl in the King James Bible is Lilith, the name given his legendary first wife
Adam
Ken
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$400
[5]
Once married to Madonna
Sean Penn
Ken
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$400
[27]
This London borough is the G in GMT, squire
Greenwich
Ken
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$400
[12]
A fast food chain: "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face"
Carl's Jr.
Ken
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$400
[22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Briefing Room at the White House.) The White House briefing room floor covers aswimming poolthat was installed for this man in 1933
FDR
Ken
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$400
[17]
It's where Bart Simpson is often found in the opening of "The Simpsons"
his skateboard (or the blackboard)
Ken
|
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$600
[3]
Hagar, carrying this man's baby, fled into the desert after harsh treatment from his wife
Abraham
Betsey
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$600
[8]
He won an Oscar for "The Untouchables"
(Sean) Connery
Ken
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$600
[28]
Thomas Alsgaard won the 15-kilometer cross-country ski event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in this Japanese city
Nagano
Ken
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$600
[13]
"Pardon me, but do you have any" of this fancy mustard?
Grey Poupon
J.D.
|
$800
[24]
Officially released in 1975, much-bootlegged tapes of Dylan & The Band were named for this space
the basement
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$600
[18]
At this time we'd like to do this for our first-class passengers & those traveling with small children
pre-board
J.D.
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$800
[6]
According to his Old Testament book, this "swords into plowshares" prophet walked naked for 3 years
Isaiah
Ken
J.D.
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$800
[9]
Yoko's boy
Sean Lennon
Ken
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$800
[29]
The Dalai Lama's former residence, the Potala Palace, overlooks this city
Lhasa
Ken
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$800
[14]
"Kiss a little longer" with this gum
Big Red
Ken
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$1,000
[25]
Decorating experts, & the film "The Big Lebowski", advise that the right one of these really ties a room together
a rug
Ken
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$800
[19]
A structural material named for its small wood fragments pressed together & bonded
particle board
Betsey
J.D.
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$1,000
[7]
In Genesis, Joseph is imprisoned after accusations by the wife of this Egyptian
Potiphar
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
Android hottie in "Blade Runner"
Sean Young
Ken
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$1,000
[30]
Founded by Ram Das, this city in Punjab state is home to the Golden Temple, the center of Sikh faith
Amritsar
Ken
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$1,000
[15]
The slogan of this Johnson & Johnson product was "Have you had your sprinkle today?"
Shower to Shower
Betsey
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
The Titanic had 3 rooms for this--only men were allowed there, as women weren't supposed to do it in public
smoking
Ken
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$1,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Cirque du Soleil.) When used by acrobats, this structure isn't called a seesaw, but this
a teeterboard
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| WORLD HISTORY | SPIRITED CINEMA | TRANSPORTATION | FISH, BIRD OR MAMMAL | PRUFROCKIAN PONDERINGS | YOU GET AN "A"! |
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$400
[22]
Toledo military academy class of 1910 grad who went on to become a dictator
Francisco Franco
Ken
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$400
[1]
Nicole Kidman finds a photo book containing a postmortem image of her current housekeeper in this chiller
The Others
Ken
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$400
[21]
After turning the key, it's the final action with which you start a Yamaha YZ426F 4-stroke motorcycle
kick
J.D.
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$400
[16]
The tapir
a mammal
Ken
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$400
[6]
"And how should I begin?" Hmmm, T.S., why not with this alphabetically first country, whose Internet code is .af
Afghanistan
Ken
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$400
[11]
This U.S. state's name comes from an Aleut word meaning "Great Land"
Alaska
Ken
|
|
$800
[27]
Mindon, as emperor of this country, set up a new capital in 1857 at Mandalay
Burma
Ken
|
$800
[2]
Thisactor played a medium hired to investigate the Everest of haunted houses in "Legend of Hell House"
Roddy McDowall
Ken
J.D.
|
$800
[23]
The Champlain & St. Lawrence RR opened in 1836 powered by this, but soon became Canada's first powered by steam
horses
Betsey
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$800
[17]
The lamprey
a fish
Ken
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$800
[7]
"Do I dare disturb the universe?", maybe like this cosmic explosion theory first proposed in the 1920s
the Big Bang
Ken
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$800
[12]
(Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, reads the clue.) This river got its name after a Spanish explorer reported that he had been attacked by female warriors there
the Amazon
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Edmund "Crouchback" founded this branch of the Plantagenets that didn't get on well with the Yorks
the Lancasters
Ken
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$1,600
[4]
In "The Gift" this Aussie actress plays a psychic who gets some much needed help from her former client
Cate Blanchett
Ken
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$1,200
[24]
This word can refer to the vessel seen here, the type of missile it carries or a much more low-tech weapon
Trident
J.D.
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$1,200
[18]
The coelacanth
a fish
Betsey
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$1,200
[8]
"So how should I presume?" Not with this argumentative fallacy attacking the person & not the facts
ad hominem
J.D.
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$1,200
[13]
This basic unit of measure of electric current is named for a French physicist who studied voltage
the ampere
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
In 1825 the Decembrists attempted a coup in this country--didn't work
Russia
J.D.
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$2,000
[5]
Rex Harrison is a curmudgeonly sea captain's ghost haunting Gene Tierney's cottage in this 1947 classic
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Ken
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$1,600
[25]
The U.S. company Trek makes Lance Armstrong's bikes from a composite of this often-compounded element
carbon
|
$1,600
[19]
The ptarmigan
a bird
Ken
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$1,600
[9]
"In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo", but do they know this statue was the only 1 he signed?
the Pietà
Ken
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$1,600
[14]
To increase a jet plane's thrust, turn on these that feed fuel into the hot exhaust gases
the afterburner
Ken
|
|
DD
$4,800
[28]
His 5 classics were canonized during the Han Dynasty
Confucius
Ken
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
David's haunted by the decomposing corpse of his friend Jack after being attacked on the British moors in this 1981 film
An American Werewolf in London
Ken
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$2,000
[26]
In 1980 you could haul brie in the Renault sold in the U.S. under this half-French name
Le Car
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$2,000
[20]
The colobus
a mammal
Ken
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$2,000
[10]
"Do I dare to eat a peach?", & if so, perhaps this kind that sounds like William Sydney Porter's alias
an O'Henry
Ken
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$2,000
[15]
There's a cathedral of Notre Dame in this large Belgian port city that's also known for its diamonds
Antwerp
Betsey
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In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection
Classic Comics (or Classics Illustrated )