Ken Jennings game 53.
Al Lindke — a pastor from Montrose, Michigan
Aimee Watson — a mother and erstwhile attorney from Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 52-day cash winnings total $1,778,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $4,400 | $14,000 | $45,000 |
$30,000
53-day champion: $1,808,100 |
$36,400
42 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W |
| Aimee | $600 | $600 | $5,400 |
$5,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
8 R, 1 W |
| Al | $-600 | $200 | $2,600 |
$5,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
4 R, 1 W |
| THE ART WORLD | TOOL TIME | THERE ARE PLACES | SPANIARDS | ACTORS & ACTRESSES | GONE FISHING |
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$200
[1]
Rembrandt sold paintings from his anteroom, usually meeting clients with a chilled glass of this potent potable
wine
Ken
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$200
[26]
This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure seeker
a rake
Ken
Al
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$200
[12]
Mario Lanza & Fabian are among those from this directional part of Philadelphia known for its Italian flavor
South Philly
Aimee
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$200
[11]
This artist was born in Figueras, Spain on May 11, 1904 & died there Jan. 23, 1989
(Salvador) Dalí
Ken
Aimee
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$200
[6]
Humphrey Bogart, Henry Fonda & Jimmy Stewart won Oscars when starring with this lady
Katharine Hepburn
Aimee
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$200
[21]
A tunable laser is one that can be manipulated into emitting its beam over a continuous range of frequencies
tuna (in tuna ble)
Ken
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$400
[2]
In 1966 this Russian painted a pair of large murals for the opening of NYC's Metropolitan Opera House
Marc Chagall
Ken
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$400
[27]
This portable motor-driven tool used to cut wood was employed in a Texas massacre (on film)
a chainsaw
Ken
|
$400
[13]
Its capital has moved about 750 miles inland from Karachi to Rawalpindi to Islamabad
Pakistan
Ken
|
$400
[14]
Madonna drooled over this Spanish-born actor in the 1991 documentary "Truth or Dare"
Banderas
Ken
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$400
[7]
In "Honeymoon in Vegas", poker player James Caan wins a weekend with Nicolas Cage's girl, played by her
Sarah Jessica Parker
Ken
|
$400
[22]
Woodwind instruments include the oboe, clarinet & bassoon
bass (in bass oon)
Ken
|
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$600
[3]
In this Brit's etching "Myself and My Heroes", he pictured himself with Walt Whitman & Mahatma Gandhi
David Hockney
Al
|
$600
[28]
The working tools of a blacksmith include a bellows, a hammer & one of these sturdy, iron hammering blocks
an anvil
Al
|
$800
[19]
Tierra del Fuego is separated from South America by this strait
the Strait of Magellan
Ken
|
$600
[15]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Toledo, Spain.) This great Spanish writer was a soldier, slave & tax collector before publishing his most famous work
(Miguel de) Cervantes
Ken
|
$600
[8]
Hismany roles have ranged from villain to Jesus
Willem Dafoe
Ken
|
$600
[23]
Cortisone shots or wrist splints are some of the treatments recommended for carpal tunnel syndrome
carp (in carp al)
Ken
|
|
$800
[4]
In the late 1700s this painter of "The Family of Charles IV" created designs for tapestries in Madrid
Goya
Ken
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$800
[29]
From old French for "maul", it's a large wooden hammer with 2 flat faces
a mallet
Aimee
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$1,000
[20]
This Florida city was named in 1909 in hopes it would attract canal traffic from Central America
Panama City
Ken
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$800
[16]
This Castilian military leader & national hero is also known as "El Campeador"
El Cid
Ken
|
$800
[9]
Jose Ferrer in 1952 & John Leguizamo in 2001 played this artist
Toulouse-Lautrec
Ken
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$800
[24]
The techniques for jujitsu were codified in the late 19th century when samurai were forbidden to carry swords
cod (in cod ified)
Ken
Aimee
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$1,000
[5]
In 1874 this American moved permanently to France where she developed a friendship with Edgar Degas
Mary Cassatt
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
This term for forceps or pliers also refers to little kids
nippers
Ken
|
DD
$3,800
[18]
To cool off, a seal on the Pribilof Islands can take a dip in this body of water named for a person
the Bering Sea
Ken
|
$1,000
[17]
This Jewish philosopher, rabbi & doctor was born in Cordoba in 1135; his family left the city around 1159
Maimonides
Ken
|
$1,000
[10]
Kate Winslet was Ophelia to Branagh's Hamlet & she was Ophelia to Mel Gibson's
Helena Bonham Carter
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
"To sleep! Perchance to dream: Ay, there's the rub" is a famous line from a Shakespeare soliloquy
perch (in Perch ance)
Ken
|
| 1920s AMERICA | "Y"s GUYS | IT'S VEGAS, BABY! | FLY ME TO THE MOON | BILLIE HOLIDAY | STRANGE FRUIT |
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$400
[1]
Harry Burt was the man who in 1920 created this famous ice cream bar on a stick
a Good Humor (bar)
Ken
|
$400
[6]
In July 1990 this Russian president stunned his country by resigning from the Communist Party
Boris Yeltsin
Aimee
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$400
[21]
At the Las Vegas Natural History Museum, a 35'-long replica of one of these "tyrant lizards" actually moves & roars
a Tyrannosaurus rex
Al
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$400
[11]
Exiting the LM, Pete Conrad said, "Whoopie!... That may have been a small one for" him "but that's a long one for me"
Armstrong
Ken
|
$400
[23]
Billie's first recording session featured jazz legends Gene Krupa & this "King of Swing" bandleader
Benny Goodman
Ken
|
$400
[16]
A lychee is a rough-shelled red fruit given as a good-luck charm for the New Year in this country of its origin
China
Ken
|
|
$800
[2]
In 1927 he grossed an estimated $105 million, most of it derived from bootlegging
Capone
Ken
|
$800
[7]
In the early 1700s he gave books & other goods to Connecticut's Collegiate School, which was later named for him
Yale
Ken
|
$800
[22]
Vegas Vic is the name of the famous neon sign depicting one of these men; it has lit up Vegas for half a century
a cowboy
Aimee
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$800
[12]
He may have been second to walk on the Moon but he's the guy MTV modeled the "Moon Man" VMA trophy after
Buzz Aldrin
Ken
|
$800
[27]
In 1939 "Lady Day" began a long engagement at Cafe Society, a club in this NYC haven for poets & artists
Greenwich Village
Ken
|
$800
[17]
Missionaries discovered this plant, whose flowers resemble a crown of thorns, in South America
the passion fruit
|
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$1,200
[3]
Like audiences today, 1920s filmgoers roared at the antics of this comedian seen here
Buster Keaton
Ken
|
$1,200
[8]
For capturing a German machine gun nest in WWI, he was awarded the Medal of Honor
Sergeant York
Ken
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$1,200
[24]
You can get really close to Brad Pitt at the Vegas version of this world-famous wax museum
Madame Tussauds
Ken
|
$1,200
[13]
Apollo missions 7-10 were not designed for Moon landings; this mission was, but did not
Apollo 13
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
In 1939 Billie's "Strange Fruit" got her picture in this newsmagazine, which called the song NAACP propaganda
Time
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
The kumquat's name comes from words meaning "golden" this fruit
orange
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The leasing of government-owned oil reserves to private parties in the 1920s caused this notorious scandal
Teapot Dome
Ken
|
$1,600
[9]
On May 8, 1899 the Irish Literary Theatre opened with his play "The Countess Cathleen"
Yeats
Aimee
|
$2,000
[26]
Shark Reef, seen here, is a jaw-dropping attraction at this hotel-casino, whose name makes us think of Burma
Mandalay Bay
Ken
|
$1,600
[14]
The USA's first man in space, he cracked a 6-iron golf shot "miles & miles" on the Moon 10 years later
Alan Shepard
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
With this signature song subtitled "(Oh, Where Can You Be)", Billie helped pioneer her new sound at Decca
"Lover Man"
Aimee
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$1,600
[19]
The cherimoya's name comes from Quechua, a language spoken by the native peoples of Bolivia & this nation
Peru
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[5]
They received life sentences plus 99 years for the kidnap & murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks
Leopold & Loeb
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
The architect of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he was later killed when the Allies shot down his plane
Yamamoto
Ken
|
DD
$2,600
[25]
In a balloon, the Wizard of Oz once hovered over this hotel's main casino
the MGM Grand
Ken
|
$2,000
[15]
On April 12, 1981 John Young (Moon, Class of '72) became the first to command one of these vehicles
a Space Shuttle
Al
|
DD
$6,000
[29]
In 1933 John Hammond signed her to this record company that shares its name with a state capital
Columbia
Ken
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$2,000
[20]
The mangosteen is a strange fruit: the rind contains tannins which are used for dyeing this material
leather
Ken
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"Somnium", an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634
Johannes Kepler