Ken Jennings game 2.
Carrie Youngblood — an administrative assistant from Montpelier, Vermont
Chad Kaihe — a construction inspector from Nanakuli, Hawaii
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $6,400 | $10,000 | $31,000 |
$22,000
2-day champion: $59,201 |
$30,000
33 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Chad | $800 | $1,000 | $2,400 |
$3,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
15 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Carrie | $400 | $800 | $1,600 |
$3,198
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,600
4 R, 2 W |
| EDUCATION | THE FIRST WIVES CLUB | NOT A STATE CAPITAL | GOING TO THE DOGS | A GREEN THUMB | A VULGAR DISPLAY OF "POWER" |
|
$200
[8]
A 1901 California law abolished this for grades 1-8; what kids did instead with no TV, God knows
homework
Chad
|
$200
[6]
She was Robert Wagner's first wife as well as his third
Natalie Wood
Ken
|
$200
[9]
Atlanta, Anchorage, Augusta
Anchorage
Chad
|
$200
[21]
Its nicknames include the spotted dick & the plum pudding dog
the Dalmatian
|
$200
[26]
For cutting tall grass, "one" of these curved blades on a long, bent handle "fits all"
a scythe
Carrie
|
$200
[1]
This multi-state lottery has peaked over 200 million dollars more than once
Powerball
Ken
|
|
$400
[17]
Common term for the system that emerged in the '60s to teach more mathematical concepts & fewer times tables
the New Math
Ken
|
$400
[7]
Art students when they met in the late '50s, Cynthia Powell was his first wife & the mother of his son Julian
John Lennon
Carrie
|
$400
[10]
Springfield, Helena, Chicago
Chicago
Chad
|
$400
[22]
It's the breed of dog in the famous logo seen here
a basset hound
Ken
|
$400
[27]
If she had used the botanical name for this flower, Janet Fitch would have written "White Nerium"
oleander
Ken
|
$400
[2]
A period of time in a hockey game where one team has a numerical advantage
the power play
Ken
|
|
$600
[18]
(Hi, I'm Chris Matthews.) This religious order runs 28 colleges in the U.S. including Georgetown, Loyola & my alma mater Holy Cross
the Jesuits
Chad
|
$600
[14]
In a cameo in the movie "The First Wives Club", this wealthy ex advises, "Don't get mad, get everything"
Ivana Trump
Ken
|
$600
[11]
Albuquerque, Providence, Charleston
Albuquerque
Ken
|
$600
[23]
Ask this Chinese dog to stick out its tongue & you'll see that it's bluish-black
a chow
Chad
|
$600
[28]
We hope you're not at a loess for words & can tell us that loess is a type of this deposited by the wind
soil
Ken
|
$600
[3]
Zordon & Alpha recruited the teenagers who became this "Mighty Morphin" group
the Power Rangers
Ken
|
|
$800
[19]
Restored to itsoriginal look, the USA's first public one of these opened in St. Louis in 1873
a kindergarten
Carrie
|
$800
[15]
In Jewish folklore, before Eve, Adam was married to this she-demon
Lilith
Ken
|
$800
[12]
Frankfort, Birmingham, Montgomery
Birmingham
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
This hunting dog seenhereis considered one of Japan's national monuments
an Akita
Carrie
|
$800
[29]
You can help plants gro (that's G-R-O) with food or a fertilizer spike from this Scotts Co. brand
Miracle-Gro
Ken
|
$800
[4]
Any of several portable G4 computers made by Apple
PowerBook
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In the junior version of this, retired members of the military teach life skills & leadership to high schoolers
the ROTC
Ken
|
$1,000
[16]
If she was still married to this man, Julia Thorne might have hit the campaign trail, instead of Teresa Heinz
John Kerry
Ken
|
$1,000
[13]
Montpelier, Bismarck, Portland
Portland
Ken
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In ancient times the Celts used these tallest dogs in battle to pull enemies from their horses
the Irish wolfhounds
Chad
|
$1,000
[30]
The RHS, it sponsors the famous Chelsea Flower Show
the Royal Horticultural Society
Chad
|
$1,000
[5]
Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire during WWI
the Central Powers
Ken
|
| POETS & POETRY | COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE | PEOP"L" | THE OLD WEST | COMMUNICATIONS | CAR TALK? |
|
$400
[2]
A collection by Joyce Carol Oates is called "Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are" this; ka-ching!
Money
Chad
|
$400
[7]
1941:"How Green Was..."
My Valley
Ken
|
$400
[12]
Although this "Lone Eagle" was a civilian, he flew about 50 combat missions towards the end of World War II
Charles Lindbergh
Chad
|
$400
[22]
This judge, the "Law West of the Pecos", reportedly once fined a dead man $40 for carrying a concealed weapon
Roy Bean
Chad
|
$400
[28]
On Sept. 15, 1921 the federal government issued the first of these licenses
a radio (broadcast) license
Ken
Chad
Carrie
|
$400
[1]
A heavy scarf (against cold, not noise)
a muffler
Ken
|
|
$800
[3]
Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" ends, "If winter comes, can spring be" this
far behind
Ken
|
$800
[8]
1988:"My Stepmother..."
Is an Alien
Chad
|
$800
[16]
This publisher thought it was "Time" for a business magazine so he founded Fortune in 1930
Luce
Ken
|
$800
[24]
In the 1840s settlers began following this 2,000-mile overland route, which began in Independence, Mo.
the Oregon Trail
Chad
|
$800
[30]
It's the Hollywood term for a verbal presentation with lines like "It's 'Psycho' meets 'The African Queen'!"
a pitch
Ken
|
$800
[18]
To grow weary
to tire
Chad
|
|
$1,200
[4]
For his dying father, this Welshman wrote the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
Dylan Thomas
Ken
|
$1,200
[9]
1991:"Truly, Madly..."
Deeply
Ken
|
$1,200
[17]
President of the United Mine Workers for 40 years, he helped found the CIO in 1935
(John L.) Lewis
Carrie
|
$1,200
[25]
At the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, it was this Earp brother who was the city marshal
Virgil
Chad
|
$1,200
[29]
To communicate by doing this, you can speak lyrics over a beat, or tap a code on the wall of your jail cell
rap
Ken
Chad
|
$1,200
[20]
Clothing or equipment, it follows "L.A." in the name of an athletics supply company
Gear
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[6]
Poet Laureate of the U.S. from 1993 to 1995, she won a 1987 Pulitzer for "Thomas and Beulah"
Rita Dove
Ken
|
$1,600
[10]
1964:"7 Faces of..."
Dr. Lao
Ken
|
$2,000
[13]
This biochemist who joined the U.S. space program in 1978 has spent more time in space than any woman in history
(Shannon) Lucid
Chad
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1902 this former peace officer moved to NYC & became a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph
Bat Masterson
Ken
|
$1,600
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew chalks up some Chinese characters.) Chinese writing began as pictographs; today, thesymbolon the left is mu, or "tree"; on the right, lin, this word
forest
Ken
|
$1,600
[21]
The inedible, fuzzy inner part of the item seen here
the choke
|
|
DD
$2,600
[5]
In Coleridge's poem, it's where Kubla Khan had his "stately pleasure dome"
Xanadu
Ken
|
$2,000
[11]
1981:"Cattle Annie and..."
Little Britches
|
DD
$4,600
[14]
Richard Nixon's running mate in 1960, this Republican lost his Senate seat 8 years earlier to John F. Kennedy
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Chad
|
$2,000
[15]
As New Mexico gov. this future "Ben-Hur" author offered to pardon Billy the Kid but the prosecutor nixed the plan
Lew Wallace
Ken
|
$2,000
[26]
6-letter term for the path by which NASA sends signals from Earth to satellites & rovers
the uplink
|
$2,000
[19]
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that" does this "and frets his hour upon the stage"
struts
Ken
|
This somewhat negative term arose because twisting fibers into thread was mainly a woman's job
spinster