Ken Jennings game 7.Ken runs four categories.
Laura Adomunas — a pharmacist from Sayreville, New Jersey
Susan Gress — a marina operator from Portland, Oregon
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 6-day cash winnings total $181,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $5,400 | $9,600 | $40,600 |
$50,000
7-day champion: $231,000 |
$39,200
43 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Susan | $-1,000 | $-600 | $-1,400 |
$-1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,400
1 R, 3 W |
| Laura | $4,000 | $4,600 | $9,800 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE | CLIFF NOTES | VERB FIRST NAMES | "C"OUNTRIES | YOU'RE 21 TODAY | WOULD YOU LIKE A BEVERAGE? |
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$200
[26]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) When completed over this river in 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world
the East River
Laura
|
$200
[1]
Jiminy Cricket! Cliff Edwards was the voice of Jiminy Cricket in this 1940 classic
Pinocchio
Ken
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$200
[12]
To cut oneself slightly while shaving
Nick
Ken
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$200
[6]
In October 1970 this country proclaimed itself the Khmer Republic
Cambodia
Ken
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$200
[21]
Colorful name for the Vegas card game also called 21
blackjack
Ken
|
$200
[11]
A left hook, or a fruit juice beverage
punch
Ken
|
|
$400
[27]
A true symbol of strength, the bridge was the first suspension bridge to have cable wires made of this
steel
Ken
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$400
[2]
On his namesake sitcom, he played obstetrician Cliff Huxtable
Bill Cosby
Laura
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$400
[13]
To send a statement for money owed for goods or services
Bill
Ken
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$400
[7]
It declared independence from Yugoslavia on June 25, 1991
Croatia
Laura
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$400
[22]
On Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists list, this Beatle was No. 21
George
Ken
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$400
[17]
This classic bottled chocolate beverage's label says it's 99% fat free & reminds you to shake it
Yoo-hoo
Laura
|
|
$600
[28]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls the deck of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) In 1884, to show the safety of the Brooklyn Bridge, this showman paraded 21 elephants across it
Barnum
Ken
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$600
[3]
Cliff Arquette was noted for playing this yokel on "Hollywood Squares"
Charley Weaver
Laura
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$600
[14]
To confer, as permission or a wish
Grant
Ken
|
$600
[8]
The rainy season in this Central American country can last from May to November
Costa Rica
Laura
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$600
[23]
The 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is the only one to do this to another amendment
to repeal it
Ken
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$600
[18]
In ancient Peru, only certain priestesses were allowed to brew this beverage they considered very sacred
beer
Ken
Susan
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$800
[29]
One of the supports for the bridge covers the spot on Cherry Street where this couple lived from 1789 to 1790
George & Martha Washington
Ken
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$800
[4]
In "P.T. 109", he played JFK
Cliff Robertson
Ken
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$800
[15]
When followed by "down", to frisk someone, as for concealed weapons
Pat
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
Cameroon, Congo & this country all border the Central African Republic
Chad
Susan
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$800
[24]
Pier 21 National Historic Site is Canada's equivalent to this gateway in the port of New York City
Ellis Island
Ken
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$800
[19]
In Racine, Wisconsin, pay your respects to William Horlick, who invented this grain-flavored drink
malted milk
|
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$1,000
[30]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew looks down from the Brooklyn Bridge in New York.) In this romantic comedy, Meg Ryan & Hugh Jackman travel between the past & present by jumping from the Brooklyn Bridge
Kate & Leopold
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$1,000
[5]
John Ratzenberger went postal as this character on "Cheers"
Cliff Clavin
Ken
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$1,000
[16]
To break off a fragment of a plate or saucer, or make a short lofted golf shot
Chip
Ken
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
On November 11 it celebrates the independence of Cartagena
Colombia
Laura
|
$1,000
[25]
Held between 1962 & 1965, the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was popularly called this
Vatican II
Ken
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$1,000
[20]
Perrier's "475 parts per million total dissolved solids" makes it this type of water
mineral water
Susan
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| THE MIND | THEY ALL PLAYED COUNTRY SINGERS | JUNE BUGGED | OBSERVATIONS & CELEBRATIONS | PULITZER PRIZES | A RUNNING "TAB" |
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$400
[1]
Every year in the 1990s, women scored higher on this S.A.T. section than on the other
Verbal
Ken
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$400
[6]
Beverly D'Angelo played her in "Coal Miner's Daughter" & Jessica Lange played her in "Sweet Dreams"
Patsy Cline
Ken
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$400
[11]
Zut! On June 22, 1815, 4 days after Waterloo, Napoleon had to do this officially for the second time
abdicate
Ken
Laura
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$400
[12]
Chinese New Year for kids is a red envelope day; they get 'em stuffed with this
cash (money)
Ken
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$400
[21]
This city's Globe newspaper, founded in 1872, won Pulitzers for Public Service in 1966, 1975 & 2003
Boston
Laura
|
$400
[26]
A striped or mottled kitty
a tabby
Ken
|
|
$800
[2]
This substance whose formula is C2H5OH affects the neocortex so you're less inhibited
alcohol
Ken
|
$800
[7]
Annette O'Toole, seenherein the audience at "Jeopardy!", played this singer in the TV movie "Stand by Your Man"
Tammy Wynette
Ken
|
$800
[13]
A June 1967 Encyclical affirming that priests must maintain this may have disappointed some
celibacy
Ken
|
$800
[17]
In 2003 Christmas was celebrated during this Jewish holiday
Hanukkah
Ken
Susan
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$800
[22]
When his "Arrowsmith" won for Fiction in 1926, he declined the prize
Sinclair Lewis
Ken
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$800
[27]
Lurid or sensational journalism is called this type
tabloid
Ken
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|
$1,200
[3]
In a famous 1848 case, Phineas Gage's personality was altered by damage done to his left frontal one
lobe
Ken
|
$1,200
[8]
Before "The Larry Sanders Show", this actor seenhereplayed a ruthless country singer in the 1972 film "Payday"
Rip Torn
Ken
|
$1,200
[14]
This league MVP didn't talk to reporters after the 76ers lost out on the NBA crown June 15, 2001
(Allen) Iverson
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
The Queen of England's "official" one is on the 2nd or 3rd Saturday in June
her birthday
Ken
|
$1,200
[23]
Nicknamed "Black Jack", his memoir "My Experiences in the World War" won the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for History
General Pershing
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
A Middle Eastern bulgur wheat salad
tabbouleh
Ken
|
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
Leonardo da Vinci supposedly had an eidetic memory, today more commonly called this type
a photographic memory
Ken
|
$1,600
[9]
He wrote & performed his own songs (& won a Best Actor Oscar) when he starred in "Tender Mercies"
Robert Duvall
Laura
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$1,600
[15]
June 10, 1985 was a cloudy day for the prosecution, as this man was acquitted of trying to kill his wife Sunny
(Claus) von Bülow
Ken
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$1,600
[19]
Buddhists celebrate 3 anniversaries of Buddha: the day of his birth, the day of his death, & the day of this
his enlightenment
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
This "seasonal" ballet earned Aaron Copland the 1945 prize for Music
Appalachian Spring
Ken
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$1,600
[29]
To arrange information in columns & rows
tabulate
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[4]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew explains a graph on the chalkboard.) Contrary to common use, a steep one of these indicates rapid mastering of a skill
a learning curve
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
Best known as "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia" on "The Brady Bunch", shestarred in the 1997 TV movie bio of Barbara Mandrell
Maureen McCormick
Laura
|
DD
$4,000
[16]
On June 28, 1914 the Kaiser's yacht race was interrupted by news from this Balkan city
Sarajevo
Ken
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$2,000
[20]
When giving your pennies to UNICEF on Halloween, hold one back for this "Guy" 5 days later (if you're British...)
Guy Fawkes
Ken
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$2,000
[25]
Margaret Edson won the 1999 award for Drama for this 3-letter heartbreaking play about a dying woman
Wit
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
An Evangelical place of worship
a tabernacle
Ken
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This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg
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