Ken Jennings game 51.
Bill Carter — a personal fitness trainer from New York, New York
Kathryn Dorminey — an evaluations analyst from Arlington, Virginia
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 50-day cash winnings total $1,699,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $4,800 | $14,200 | $49,200 |
$38,400
51-day champion: $1,738,100 |
$32,600
41 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Kathryn | $-200 | $-200 | $3,400 |
$6,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,400
4 R, 1 W |
| Bill | $1,600 | $1,400 | $4,600 |
$2,220
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
8 R, 1 W |
| GEOGRAPHY "B" | TV WEAPONS | A YEN FOR JAPAN | FAMILY MEMBERS | THE CHURCH LADY | ISN'T THAT SPATIAL? |
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$200
[11]
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge links this borough & Staten Island
Brooklyn
Ken
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$200
[21]
On "Star Trek" the Bat'leth is a traditional combat sword used by these aliens
Klingons
Ken
|
$200
[6]
It's the Japanese version of horseradish
wasabi
Ken
|
$200
[16]
The family Rosaceae includes roses & these fruits, such as Jonathans
apples
Ken
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$200
[1]
Major General Lorraine Potter was the Air Force's first female one of these religious counselors
chaplains
Ken
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$200
[30]
A multi-unit structure in which the whole building is jointly owned by all the residents
a co-op
Ken
|
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$400
[12]
This Missouri city is "the live music show capital of the world"
Branson
Ken
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$400
[22]
Agents of this criminal group would laugh at Agent 86 whenever he pulled out his gun shaped like a finger
KAOS
Ken
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$400
[7]
Gichin Funakoshi, an Okinawan master, popularized this martial art in Japan early in the 20th century
karate
Bill
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$400
[17]
It's the scientific name of the only extant species of the primate family Hominidae
Homo sapiens
Ken
|
$400
[2]
The Gnostic Gospels depict this woman as a companion of Jesus & a leader of his disciples
Mary Magdalene
Bill
|
$400
[29]
A set of buildings housing soldiers in a garrison
a barracks
Bill
|
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$600
[13]
Zugspitze is the highest point in this mountain range
the Bavarian Alps
Ken
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$600
[23]
Because his boss wouldn't let him carry a loaded gun, this bumbling '60s deputy kept one bullet in his shirt pocket
Barney Fife
Ken
Bill
|
$600
[8]
Japanese warriors believed this, the hara, was the locus of life & character, hence harakiri
the belly (or the stomach)
Ken
|
$600
[18]
If you're looking at a marimba, you probably can figure out it's in this family of musical instruments
percussion
Ken
|
$600
[3]
Seen here, this minister & entertainer helped build the three largest Christian TV networks in the world
Tammy Faye Bakker
Ken
|
$600
[26]
A single residence divided into 3 units
a triplex
Ken
|
|
$800
[14]
The Rhodope Mountains & the city of Sofia are in this country
Bulgaria
Kathryn
|
$800
[24]
One of the large metal-ringed Chakrams that this title female used could kill a god
Xena (Warrior Princess)
Ken
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$800
[9]
On December 7, 1941 the Japanese also attacked this Marianas island that Spain ceded to the U.S. in 1898
Guam
|
$800
[19]
Portuguese & Catalan are part of this Indo-European language family
the Romance languages
Ken
|
$800
[4]
Known as Sister Aimee, this female evangelist founded L.A.'s Angelus Temple in 1923
Aimee Semple McPherson
Bill
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$1,000
[28]
Literally French for "house", it often goes into the name of a restaurant
maison
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This sea off the coast of North America is named for Rear Admiral Francis
the Beaufort Sea
Kathryn
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$1,000
[25]
Yancy Butler as Sara Pezzini wielded this title sword that's a mystical, shape-shifting talisman of power
Witchblade
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
Japan's top honor is to be awarded "The Order of" this flower
the chrysanthemum
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
Safer antibiotics & penicillin have largely replaced this family of drugs first used in the 1930s
sulfas
Ken
|
$1,000
[5]
Judges 4 & 5 tell us that this woman was the chief preacher, evangelist & leader of Israel for 40 years
Deborah
Ken
|
DD
$3,600
[27]
Especially in the form of a tower with several stories, it's a Buddhist temple with upwardly curving roofs
a pagoda
Ken
|
| WORLD HISTORY | SONG LYRICS | LITERARY PAIRS | FROM A TO E | ART APPRECIATION | OTHER USES FOR ANIMALS |
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$400
[1]
In the first Punic War, Rome conquered Corsica, Sardinia & this largest island of the Mediterranean
Sicily
Ken
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$400
[5]
"Cheer up Sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to a daydream believer and..." this
a homecoming queen
Bill
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$400
[11]
They "dined on mince and slices of quince which they ate with a runcible spoon"
the Owl & the Pussycat
Ken
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$400
[26]
When it opened in 1965, it was the world's first completely enclosed sports stadium
the Astrodome
Ken
|
$400
[16]
In the 1970s this frizzy-haired singer appeared in the Mike Nichols films "Catch-22" & "Carnal Knowledge"
Art Garfunkel
Kathryn
|
$400
[21]
Join the club, the cricket club, where you swing one of these
a bat
Bill
|
|
$800
[2]
At a 1943 meeting in this N. African city, FDR & Churchill agreed to an invasion of "the soft underbelly of the Axis"
Casablanca
Ken
|
$800
[6]
A hit from 1964 suggests that "If you want to know if he loves you so" it's here
in his kiss
Ken
|
$800
[12]
Introduced by 18th century poet John Byrom, this pair was popularized by Lewis Carroll
Tweedledee & Tweedledum
Ken
|
$800
[27]
It's an amusing yarn or reminiscence; in fact, did I ever tell you about the time...
an anecdote
Ken
|
$800
[17]
Some of his famous science-fiction novels include "Rendezvous with Rama" & "Childhood's End"
Arthur C. Clarke
Bill
|
$800
[22]
You can't beat this 9-tailed whip, or maybe you can
a cat-o'-nine-tails
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1961 this Asian country invaded the small colonies of Daman, Diu & Goa, & defeated the Portuguese
India
Bill
|
$1,200
[7]
This classic from 1969 says, "I feel that ice is slowly melting"
"Here Comes The Sun"
Ken
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$1,200
[13]
Absurdly enough, Tom Stoppard re-dramatized this Shakespearean duo, old school chums of Hamlet turned spies
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
Then there was this time I had to take one of these remedies to counteract a poison
an antidote
Ken
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$1,200
[18]
In 1953 he had 3 TV shows on air with his name in the titles & in 2001 he was inducted into the Ukulele Hall of Fame
Arthur Godfrey
Ken
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$1,200
[23]
Some find this nut on a violin bow--ribbeting
a frog
Kathryn
|
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$2,000
[10]
In 1530 a statement of faith, or "confession", was issued from this German city named for a Roman Emperor
Augsburg
Ken
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$1,600
[8]
This Alice Cooper tune cheers, "No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty looks"
"School's Out"
Ken
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$2,000
[15]
These 2 "Royal" characters from "Huck Finn" end up tarred & feathered after their cons go awry
the Duke & the King
Ken
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$1,600
[29]
Like the opening in a camera, the main opening in the shell of a mollusk is called this
the aperture
Ken
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$1,600
[19]
This French poet's stormy friendship with Paul Verlaine almost cost him his life as Verlaine took a shot at him
(Arthur) Rimbaud
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
Fasten securely to prevent leaking
a seal
|
|
DD
$4,600
[3]
On August 1, 1798 Admiral Nelson delivered a fatal blow to the French fleet near the Rosetta mouth of this river
the Nile
Ken
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$2,000
[9]
Who could forget this Duran Duran song that begins, "Telegram force and ready, I knew this was a big mistake"
"Union Of The Snake"
|
DD
$12,000
[14]
The film title "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" comes from a poem about these ill-fated medieval lovers
Heloise & Abelard
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
Krazy Glue advises if fingers get stuck together soak them in this solvent, or a nail polish remover that contains it
acetone
Ken
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$2,000
[20]
In 1917 this man sent a telegram to the German minister in Mexico, with a means for Mexico to reclaim lost Texas lands
(Arthur) Zimmerman
Kathryn
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$2,000
[25]
A hit with the fist or one swallow of liquor
a slug
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On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future
electors