Ken Jennings game 15.
Kelly Parker — an interlibrary loan specialist from Atlanta, Georgia
Rick Faulkner — a law student from Orange, California
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 14-day cash winnings total $471,759)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $5,200 | $9,200 | $22,600 |
$15,200
15-day champion: $486,959 |
$24,400
31 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rick | $200 | $3,000 | $7,000 |
$4,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
12 R, 1 W |
| Kelly | $1,800 | $1,200 | $4,800 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
8 R, 3 W |
| A WOMAN OF THE WORLD | SPORTS BIOS | SECRET SERVICE CODE NAMES | CANADA, EH | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! | GIVE US "Z" ANSWER!!! |
|
$200
[4]
She was in Kenya when she learned she had become queen on February 6, 1952
Elizabeth II
Rick
|
$200
[14]
Originally drafted by Atlanta, he quarterbacked Green Bay to a Super Bowl victory in 1997
Brett Favre
Ken
|
$200
[26]
A rock & roll president:Eagle (not Elvis, as rumored)
Bill Clinton
Kelly
|
$200
[9]
This country is Canada's main import & export business partner
the United States
Kelly
|
$200
[21]
B.I.O.N., Texan David Pay has written over 300 alphabetic characters on a single grain of this!
rice
Ken
Rick
|
$200
[1]
Castor & Pollux are the twin sons of this god
Zeus
Ken
|
|
$400
[10]
An Asian prime minister for 15 years, she was called "Indu" for short
Indira Gandhi
Ken
|
$400
[15]
This American's career grand slam began with his victory at Wimbledon in 1992
Agassi
Ken
Rick
|
$400
[27]
A cowboy president:Rawhide
Reagan
Ken
|
$400
[18]
The scientific name of this high flyer seenhereis Branta canadensis
a Canada goose
Ken
|
$400
[22]
B.I.O.N., herpetologist Bill Haast has been bitten over 150 times by these deadly creatures!
snakes
Rick
|
$400
[2]
This Hungarian enjoyed a single day of wedded bliss with Felipe de Alba in 1982
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Rick
|
|
$600
[11]
In 1767 this "Great" empress called a commission on legal reform
Catherine the Great
Ken
|
$600
[16]
A Detroit Red Wing from 1946 to 1971, it was his records that Gretzky broke
Gordie Howe
Rick
|
$600
[28]
A Baptist president:Deacon
Carter
Ken
|
$600
[5]
Sharing a border with Alaska, it's the Canadian territory that had a record low of -81 F. in 1947
the Yukon
Ken
|
$600
[23]
B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails
the crucifixion
Rick
|
$600
[6]
Leader of the musical Mothers of Invention
Frank Zappa
Ken
|
|
$800
[12]
In 1993 True Path Party leader Tansu Ciller became the first female PM of this large Muslim country
Turkey
Rick
Kelly
|
$800
[3]
In 1984 this gymnast won 2 bronzes, 2 silvers & the Olympic gold medal for women's all-around
Mary Lou Retton
Kelly
|
$800
[29]
Eisenhower was Providence; oddly, this president was General
President Harry Truman
|
$800
[19]
The Royal Tyrrell Museum in this westernmost prairie province is a world leader in dinosaur research
Alberta
Ken
|
$800
[24]
B.I.O.N., because he believes it's possessed by his dead fiancee, a man married one of these dolls!
a Barbie doll
Kelly
|
$800
[7]
A compound of this element, atomic number 30, is used in lotions as a sunscreen
zinc
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[13]
An entirely female unit, the Mariana Grajales Women's Platoon, helped win this country's 1956-58 socialist revolution
Cuba
|
$1,000
[17]
Later a Knick, this basketball center led Georgetown to 3 NCAA finals & the 1984 title
Patrick Ewing
Rick
|
$1,000
[30]
A religious visitor:Halo
Pope John Paul II
|
$1,000
[20]
This league uses 12 players per side, but only 3 plays per series of downs
the CFL (Canadian Football League)
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes!
chimps
Ken
|
DD
$2,200
[8]
It's home to the Croatian Academy of Arts & Sciences
Zagreb
Ken
|
| NOVEL WEDDINGS | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES | A "D" IN HISTORY | ROGER THAT | MATH CLASS | ON A POSITIVE NOTE |
|
$400
[1]
Tara is lit with hundreds of candles for this woman's marriage to Charles Hamilton
Scarlett O'Hara
Ken
|
$400
[26]
Before "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer was in the Wild West as Jesse James in "Frank and Jesse"
Rob Lowe
Kelly
|
$400
[21]
He took office as the mayor of Chicago in 1989
(Richard) Daley
Ken
|
$400
[6]
In 1961 his 61st home run not only broke the record but won a 1-0 game
Roger Maris
Ken
|
$400
[11]
Of 3, 4 or 5, the one that's not a prime factor of 15
4
Ken
|
$400
[16]
PC, as in deeply concerned with social fairness, stands for "politically" this
correct
Rick
|
|
$800
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew has a drink at the Seelbach Hilton.) F. Scott Fitzgerald enjoyed drinking at the Seelbach Hotel & made it the site of Tom & Daisy's bridal dinner in this famous novel
The Great Gatsby
Rick
|
$800
[27]
It's true--hestarred in 1957's "The True Story of Jesse James"
Robert Wagner
Ken
|
$800
[22]
Alcatraz has been called America's version of this notorious French island prison
Devil's Island
Ken
|
$800
[7]
This singer seenherehas also made a name as a stage actor
Roger Daltrey
Ken
|
$800
[12]
When a projectile shot straight up reaches its highest point, its velocity is this
0
Ken
|
$800
[17]
Adverb used as a Hertz slogan
exactly
Rick
Kelly
|
|
$1,200
[3]
2 nights before her wedding to Mr. Rochester, a ghastly figure appears in her room & rips up her wedding veil
Jane Eyre
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
He played Jesse in 2 Republic serials before donning the mask of the Lone Ranger on TV
Clayton Moore
Ken
|
$1,200
[23]
This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers"
the Dominicans
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1934 Roger Tory Peterson published his classic "A Field Guide to" these
Birds
Ken
|
$1,200
[13]
When the Cardinals play baseball, these ordinal numbers are positions on the field
first, second, & third
Ken
Kelly
|
$1,200
[18]
Direction that also means to restore a capsized boat to its normal position
right
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Frankie Adams thinks that she'll get to accompany her brother on his honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel
Member of the Wedding
Ken
|
$1,600
[29]
This 1980 film featured the Carradines as the Youngers & Stacy & James Keach as Frank & Jesse James
The Long Riders
|
$1,600
[24]
On the summit of this hill in Scotland are the remains of Macbeth's castle
Dunsinane
Kelly
|
$2,000
[10]
This Navy pilot was named to the Apollo 1 crew in 1966, but his life ended tragically a year later
Roger Chaffee
Ken
|
$1,600
[14]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew takes us full-circle.) When using this edible type of diagram, proportions are illustrated as sectors of a circle
a pie chart
Kelly
|
$1,600
[19]
Wallace Stevens began a poem, "After the final no there comes a" this
yes
Ken
|
|
DD
$4,200
[4]
In this Steinbeck novel, the evil Cathy drugs Adam Trask on their wedding night & seduces his brother
East of Eden
Ken
|
$2,000
[30]
This co-star of 2003's "Open Range" played Jesse in a 1972 film
(Robert) Duvall
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
During World War II, the Japanese repeatedly bombed this city on Australia's northern coast
Darwin
Ken
|
DD
$5,600
[9]
Roger Baldwin, director of the American Union Against Militarism, transformed it into this "Union"
the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Ken
|
$2,000
[15]
Raising a number to the second power is squaring it; raising it to the third power is this
cubing it
Kelly
|
$2,000
[20]
It's the title of the 1989 hit song heard here"One look from you /I drift away..."
"You Got It"
Rick
|
The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844
Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels