Ken Jennings game 1.
Julia Lazarus — a fundraiser from New York, New York
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
Jerry Harvey — a freelance educator originally from California, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $70,002)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry | $0 | $1,800 | $7,400 |
$7,401
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ken | $4,600 | $8,000 | $20,000 |
$37,201
New champion: $37,201 |
$19,600
27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Julia | $2,000 | $4,800 | $18,600 |
$14,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| BIOGRAPHY SUBTITLES | LET'S CLEAN UP | PARDON ME | QUOTABLE RECENT MOVIES | PLAY TIME | "EPI"SODES |
|
$200
[7]
A president:"Remembering Jack"
John Kennedy
Jerry
|
$200
[26]
If you're using a leaf skimmer, you're probably keeping this clean
your pool
Ken
|
$200
[21]
He was presidentially pardoned September 8, 1974
Nixon
Ken
|
$200
[12]
2002:"Nice Greek girls who don't find a husband work in the family restaurant"
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Ken
|
$200
[6]
In pinochle, an A-K-Q-J-10 of trump is a royal sequence; in poker, it would be a royal this
a royal flush
Jerry
|
$200
[1]
A fast-spreading outbreak of a disease
an epidemic
Jerry
|
|
$400
[8]
A Frenchman:"The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind"
(Louis) Braille
Ken
|
$400
[27]
In Pittsburgh, "redd up" means tidy up & is usually applied to one of these, like a teenager's
a bedroom
Julia
|
$400
[22]
Though Thomas Blood stole this object important to Charles II from the Tower of London, Charles pardoned him
his crown
Ken
|
$400
[13]
2003:"I shall take you to the Black Pearl and your bonny lass"
Pirates of the Caribbean
Ken
|
$400
[17]
Chutes & Ladders began as a Hindu game of these & ladders
snakes
Ken
|
$400
[2]
A short section at the end of a book
an epilogue
Ken
|
|
$600
[9]
A Revolutionary War figure:"Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy"
John Paul Jones
Jerry
|
$600
[28]
For some light cleaning, it's the 2-word name of the item seen here
a feather duster
Ken
|
$600
[23]
In 1992 President Bush pardoned 6 Iran-Contra figures, saying this was their main motivation
patriotism
Ken
|
$600
[14]
2001:"Keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change"
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Ken
|
$600
[18]
One of the tiles in the first word put on a Scrabble board must cover the square with this symbol on it
a star
Julia
|
$600
[3]
From the Greek for "seizure", it's a medical condition involving abnormal electrical brain activity
epilepsy
Jerry
|
|
$1,000
[11]
A '60s civil rights leader:"By Any Means Necessary"
Malcolm X
Julia
|
$800
[29]
Men wielding these windshield-cleaning implements are a negative indicator of quality of life in NYC
a squeegee
Julia
|
$800
[24]
This country singer who did time in San Quentin was pardoned by Governor Reagan in 1972
Merle Haggard
Jerry
|
$800
[15]
2003:"God doesn't take vacations... does He?... Do Ye?"
Bruce Almighty
Ken
|
$800
[19]
A Parcheesi player begins with 4 pieces & can move a maximum of this many of them on one roll of the dice
2
|
$800
[4]
A witty saying or expression
an epigram
Ken
|
|
DD
$1,800
[10]
An entrepreneur:"Bargain Billionaire"
Sam Walton
Jerry
|
$1,000
[30]
It means "scrub vigorously" & 3M makes Scotch-Brite pads to do it
to scour
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
He fought against Julius Caesar, who pardoned him; a mistake, as he then conspired with Brutus in Caesar's murder
Cassius
Jerry
|
$1,000
[16]
2002:"There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?"
Signs
Julia
|
$1,000
[20]
The French call this floor or table game jeu de puce, "the flea game", as the disks act like jumping fleas
tiddlywinks
Julia
|
$1,000
[5]
The best example of something
the epitome
Ken
|
| "H" NAMES | ACTRESSES & PLAYWRIGHTS | VOCABULARY | SENATORIAL SUCCESSORS | COUNTRY TIME | LEMON AID |
|
$400
[11]
In 1919 this winner of the Iron Cross joined what would become the Nazi Party
Hitler
Ken
|
$400
[6]
He never forgave Mrs. Patrick Campbell for going off on her honeymoon while rehearsing his "Pygmalion"
Shaw
Jerry
|
$400
[1]
Bovine means resembling cattle; this word that's 1 letter shorter means resembling sheep
ovine
Julia
|
$400
[16]
2000:Replaces New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Hillary Clinton
Julia
|
$400
[25]
Nepal's western, eastern & southern boundaries are with this country
India
Jerry
|
$400
[21]
Mash avocado, add onion, lemon juice & some tomato to get this chip dip
guacamole
Julia
|
|
$800
[12]
This mythical hero stole Hippolyta's girdle as one of his labors
Hercules
Julia
|
$800
[7]
As a student at Brown University, this actress appeared in a play written by her father, Romulus Linney
Laura Linney
Julia
|
$800
[2]
When in England, if asked to snog, be aware it means this
to kiss
Ken
|
$800
[17]
1988:Succeeds Connecticut's Lowell Weicker
Joseph Lieberman
Jerry
Ken
|
$800
[30]
The U.S. Ambassador to Samoa is stationed in Wellington in this country
New Zealand
Julia
|
$800
[22]
In "Over The Rainbow", "troubles melt like" these, "away, above the chimney tops"
lemon drops
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Born in Dublin, Texas in 1912, this 4-time U.S. Open winner had his own line of golf equipment
Ben Hogan
Ken
|
$1,600
[9]
Appropriately, his wife Armande Bejart made her stage debut in his 1662 play "The School for Wives"
Molière
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
This word for circumstances that lessen a punishment comes from the Latin for "soft"
mitigating
Jerry
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
1986:Replaces Arizona's Barry Goldwater
John McCain
Jerry
|
$1,200
[28]
In April 1939 this country absorbed Albania
Italy
Jerry
Ken
|
$1,200
[23]
This girl sold lemonade to reporters during her father's 1976 presidential campaign
Amy Carter
Julia
|
|
$1,600
[14]
This man took office as the 19th president of the U.S. in 1877
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
This author of the play "Purlie Victorious" co-starred in it on Broadway with his wife, Ruby Dee
Ossie Davis
Ken
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
Prefab metal sheets used to print newspapers gave us this term for standard wording, as in contracts
boilerplate
Ken
|
$1,600
[19]
2002:Follows North Carolina's Jesse Helms
Elizabeth Dole
Jerry
Ken
|
$1,600
[27]
A child prodigy, violinist Yehudi Menuhin was born in this country
the United States
Jerry
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
He's the only Lemon in Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame
Bob Lemon
Jerry
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In Genesis 16 this handmaid of Sarah flees the household
Hagar
Ken
|
DD
$5,000
[8]
Chapter One of her life with Neil Simon began in 1973, when she was cast in his play "The Good Doctor"
Marsha Mason
Julia
|
$2,000
[5]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew holds up a fencing sword.) The weak part of the blade is the foible; thestrong parthas this "F" name that can also mean what you're best at
a forte
Ken
|
$2,000
[20]
1998:Replaces New York's Alphonse D'Amato
Chuck Schumer
Julia
|
$2,000
[26]
What was long ago called Cush, part of Nubia, is considered to be this African country today
Ethiopia
Jerry
|
$2,000
[29]
According to a children's rhyme, "Oranges and lemons say the bells of" this church
St. Clement's
Julia
|
She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics
Marion Jones