Ken Jennings game 33.
Frank McNeil — a facilities management specialist from Louisville, Kentucky
Mary McCarthy — a homemaker from Las Vegas, Nevada
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 32-day cash winnings total $1,050,460)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $4,200 | $13,200 | $40,000 |
$50,000
33-day champion: $1,100,460 |
$30,800
40 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Mary | $0 | $400 | $3,200 |
$6,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,200
3 R, 1 W |
| Frank | $200 | $2,400 | $4,800 |
$3,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
11 R, 4 W |
| AMERICAN WRITERS | IT'S A TEAM THING | NOT NO. 1 | POPULATIONS | WHIRLED CAPITALS | THE ANATOMY OF EVEL |
|
$200
[1]
8 days after publishing his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", he married Zelda Sayre
Fitzgerald
Ken
|
$200
[22]
From 1970 to 1996 this baseball team's address was 100 Riverfront Stadium
the (Cincinnati) Reds
Ken
|
$200
[12]
Reigning from around 67 to 79 A.D., Linus is considered to be the second man to hold this position
Pope
Ken
|
$200
[17]
This tiny principality has the highest population density
Monaco
Ken
Frank
|
$200
[6]
In South America:TO A BOG
Bogotá
Ken
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$200
[9]
In 1976 Evel Knievel had a farewell to these, breaking both in an attempt to jump a tank full of sharks
his arms
Ken
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|
$400
[2]
His ability to imitate the family doctor earned this playwright the nickname "Doc"
Neil Simon
Frank
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$400
[23]
These turtles are fast swimmers, so it's appropriate that the University of Maryland's swim teams bear their name
the terrapins
Frank
|
$400
[13]
A major Red Sea port, Jeddah is this country's second most populous city
Saudi Arabia
Ken
|
$400
[21]
Elizabeth is this state's fourth-largest city in population
New Jersey
Ken
|
$400
[7]
A European metropolis:ADD RIM
Madrid
Ken
|
$400
[26]
They may be the strongest & longest bones in the body but Evel snapped both of 'em in the famous leap at Caesars
the femur
Ken
|
|
$600
[3]
This poet who wrote "Trees" was killed in action during WWI
Joyce Kilmer
Ken
|
$600
[24]
(Hi, I'm Julius Erving.) In the 1972 NBA Draft I was picked by this team that 3 years earlier drafted some guy named Lew Alcindor
the Milwaukee Bucks
Ken
|
$600
[14]
In the 1924 Olympic 100-meter freestyle, Duke Kahanamoku was second to this man
(John) Weissmuller
Ken
Frank
|
$600
[18]
From 1970 to 1990 the population center shifted west from southern Illinois to near Steelville in this state
Missouri
Ken
Mary
Frank
|
$600
[8]
In the Western Hemisphere:AT A TOW
Ottawa
Frank
|
$600
[28]
Alas, poor Yorick, do not leap forth at Caesars, for verily, Evel fractured this upon landing in the year 1969
his skull
Ken
|
|
$800
[4]
This author of "The Joy Luck Club" was born in California shortly after her parents immigrated to the U.S.
Amy Tan
Ken
|
$800
[25]
In 1999 the U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup when it defeated this country's team in the finals
China
Frank
|
$800
[15]
K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is also called this, after a geographer
Mount Godwin-Austen
Ken
|
$800
[19]
With a population of about 500,000, it's bordered by Belgium, Germany & France
Luxembourg
Ken
|
$800
[10]
Down Under:BARN RACE
Canberra
Ken
|
$800
[29]
Evel says he's broken 35 bones, including this, the slender bone that forms the anterior part of the shoulder
the clavicle
Frank
|
|
$1,000
[5]
His "Tales of the South Pacific" was the basis for a Broadway musical
Michener
Ken
|
$1,000
[27]
(I'm Dan Fouts, Hall of Famer.) In my career, this team's offense was called "Air Coryell" for the innovative passing coach Don Coryell
the (San Diego) Chargers
Ken
|
$1,000
[16]
In her second book Nancy Drew's title concern was "The Hidden" this
Staircase
Ken
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
With more than 10% of the population, they form Turkey's largest minority ethnic group
the Kurds
Ken
|
$1,000
[11]
An Asian capital:HELD WINE
New Delhi
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
In '99, fast running out of original parts, Mr. K. had a transplant of this, due to hepatitis C complications
the liver
Mary
|
| THE TOWER | THE HANGED MAN | THE MAGICIAN | WANDS, CUPS, SWORDS, PENTACLES | THE LOVERS | "DEATH" |
|
$400
[15]
Lightning not only strikes the same place twice, it strikes this 110-story Chicago tower hundreds of times a year
the Sears Tower
Frank
|
$400
[17]
He gave his one life for his country on Sept. 22, 1776
Nathan Hale
Ken
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$400
[22]
This magician's incantation may be derived from the Hebrew word "ha-b'rakah"
abracadabra
Ken
|
$400
[26]
This cup became sort of a family heirloom for the descendents of Joseph of Arimathea
the Holy Grail
Ken
|
$400
[6]
Because of short-term memory loss, girl meets boy over & over in this Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore comedy
50 First Dates
Frank
|
$400
[1]
It was made a national park in 1994
Death Valley
Ken
|
|
$800
[7]
Old Testament structure built on the Plain of Shinar
the Tower of Babel
Ken
|
$800
[18]
Prime Minister of Japan during World War II, he was hanged for war crimes in 1948
Tojo
Frank
|
$800
[23]
This "Amazing" magician's educational foundation debunks paranormal claims
(The Amazing) Randi
Ken
|
$800
[27]
Often with a cup-shaped hilt, it's the type of sword seen here, or the type of wit we'd all like to display
rapier
Ken
|
$800
[8]
Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan tie the knot in this 2003 comedy, the third in a series
American Wedding
Ken
|
$800
[2]
Completes the famous quote, "I know not what course others may take, but as for me..."
"give me liberty or give me death"
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Opened in 1976, it's the tallest structure in Canada
the CN Tower
Ken
|
$1,200
[19]
Lewis Paine, David Herold & George Atzerodt were all hanged for conspiring in this man's murder
Abe Lincoln
Ken
|
$1,200
[24]
Billy McComb's version of this classic illusion used a boy & a girl & switched their lower halves
cutting a body in half
Mary
|
$1,200
[28]
The pentacle, or 5-pointed star, has symbolic importance in the Scottish rite of this order
the Freemasons
Ken
|
$1,200
[9]
Cary Grant plans to meet Deborah Kerr at the Empire State Building in this weepie
An Affair to Remember
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
Legend says the tapping noise these beetles make heralds a death in the house
deathwatch beetles
Frank
|
|
$2,000
[14]
It rises 865 feet above the Belle Fourche River in Wyoming
Devils Tower
Ken
|
$1,600
[20]
On Aug. 23, 1305 this Scottish freedom fighter was hanged, drawn & quartered, but they'll never take his freedom!
William Wallace
Mary
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$1,600
[16]
One aspect of sleight of hand magic is this art of drawing the spectator's attention away from a move
misdirection
Ken
Frank
|
$2,000
[30]
Before it was an antipersonnel mine, it was a 2-handed Scottish sword
a claymore
Frank
|
$1,600
[10]
Back in 1991 he made a strong impression as the drifter who hooks up with Geena Davis in "Thelma & Louise"
Brad Pitt
Frank
|
$1,600
[4]
Well-earned deadly nickname of the Amanita phalloides mushroom
the death cap mushroom
Ken
|
|
DD
$4,200
[13]
Upon its completion in 1930, the Chrysler Building beat out this structure as the world's tallest
the Eiffel Tower
Ken
|
$2,000
[21]
This religious reformer of Florence who set up a democratic republic was hanged for his efforts in 1498
Savonarola
|
$2,000
[25]
It's the directional term for the magical trick "lady" who appears to be cut into 3 pieces
the zig-zag lady
|
DD
$6,200
[29]
It's the type of wand wielded by Claudio Abbado & Lorin Maazel
a conductor's baton
Ken
|
$2,000
[12]
Being pursued by brothers Greg Kinnear & Harrison Ford is a dilemma for Julia Ormond in this remake of a classic
Sabrina
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
Azrael is the Muslim name for this heavenly horror
the Angel of Death
Ken
|
Experts believe that 16th century Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house
the carrot