Ken Jennings game 16.(Sarah: We're doing our best for Pan-American relations by bringing you clues fromsouth of the border, next onJeopardy!)
Sarah Jane Woodall — a photographer from Las Vegas, Nevada
Cathy Weber — a veterinarian from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 15-day cash winnings total $486,959)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $7,400 | $11,200 | $30,500 |
$26,000
16-day champion: $512,959 |
$24,400
35 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Cathy | $-200 | $1,400 | $12,200 |
$13,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
12 R, 2 W |
| Sarah Jane | $0 | $1,200 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
8 R, 1 W |
| RICHARD III | MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING | MEASURE FOR MEASURE | HAMLETS | THE "TEMP"-IST | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS |
|
$200
[11]
Richard was crowned king of England at this place of worship
Westminster Abbey
Ken
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$200
[26]
Completes the title of the 1939 book by Agatha Christie "And Then There Were..."
None
Ken
|
$200
[21]
It's considered 1/60 of a teaspoon, so now you can figure out how much one "in a bucket" is
a drop
Ken
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$200
[6]
The word seltzer comes from the name of the small mineral springs hamlet of Nieder-Selters in this country
Germany
Ken
|
$200
[16]
Japanese dish of battered, deep-fried veggies or seafood
tempura
Ken
|
$200
[1]
In 1982 he played Broadway as Cassio to James Earl Jones' Othello (Frasier Crane would be impressed)
(Kelsey) Grammer
Ken
|
|
$400
[12]
One of Richard's foes, Lord Hastings, gained the distinction of being the first person executed at this "Tower"
the Tower of London
Ken
|
$400
[27]
Jamie Oliver is known as this "Chef"
the Naked Chef
Ken
|
$400
[22]
Also a verb, writers know it's 500 sheets of paper
a ream
Sarah Jane
|
$600
[8]
The Spaniards turned the small Native American pueblo of Chuk Shon into this Arizona city
Tucson
Ken
|
$400
[17]
Oscar Wilde once quipped, "I can resist everything except" this
temptation
Cathy
|
$400
[2]
In 1968, in Canada, Christopher Walken got romantic as this member of the Montague family
Romeo
Ken
|
|
$600
[13]
Richard III's death at Bosworth Field is regarded by historians as the end of these dynastic wars
the Wars of the Roses
Ken
|
$600
[28]
In the 1970s Jackson Browne was "Running On" this
"Empty"
Ken
|
$600
[23]
A billion in America has 9 zeroes; a billion in England has this many
12
Ken
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$800
[9]
To see where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, visit this "small" New Jersey town
Weehawken
|
$600
[18]
Total abstinence from alcohol
temperance
Ken
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$600
[3]
Christopher Plummer is seenherein his searing 2004 performance as this mad monarch
King Lear
Ken
|
|
$800
[14]
The century in which Richard lived all 32 years of his scheming life
the 15th
Ken
Cathy
|
$800
[29]
Perseus had a hat & Harry Potter had a cloak that made them this
invisible
Sarah Jane
|
$800
[24]
The measure of brightness of a celestial object; the Sun's apparent one is over -26
magnitude
Ken
Cathy
|
$1,000
[10]
Appropriately, the final resting place of the author of "Last of the Mohicans" is in this New York hamlet
Cooperstown
Ken
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$800
[19]
A prevailing or predominant quality of mind
a temperament
Ken
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$800
[4]
Now an assistant DA on television, he'sseenherein 1968 playing Prince Hal in "Henry IV, Part II"
Sam Waterston
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[15]
He's the man who became the first Tudor king following Richard's death
Henry VII
Ken
Cathy
|
$1,000
[30]
Some psychologists believe babies are born with a tabula rasa, meaning this
a blank slate
Cathy
|
$1,000
[25]
Abbreviated Wb, it's a unit of magnetic flux, not barbeque intensity
a weber
Ken
|
DD
$3,200
[7]
(Hi, I'm Ashton Kutcher.) It is the hometown of the man who was president of the United States on the last day of the 1970s
Plains, Georgia
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
A mechanical pattern used in manufacturing
a template
Cathy
|
$1,000
[5]
Quick, name this dame who played Mistress Quickly in Kenneth Branagh's film of "Henry V"
Judi Dench
Ken
|
| MEXICO | THEIR LAST NO. 1 HIT | FITNESS | DEAR JOHN | INSECTIVORES | ON THE "LAM" |
|
$400
[16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew sets down tola cena with four friends in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) In Mexico, you can enjoy the music of this type of band whose name may come from the word "marriage"
mariachi
Ken
|
$400
[1]
"Sledgehammer"
Peter Gabriel
Ken
|
$400
[22]
Fitness buffs in Santa Monica, California love/hate a set of 189 of these at 4th & Adelaide
steps
Cathy
|
$400
[6]
He illustrated "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" but he's better known for his birds
(John James) Audubon
Cathy
|
$400
[21]
Insectivores are principally this, meaning they are most active after dark
nocturnal
Sarah Jane
|
$400
[11]
It often means to cover in clear plastic, like a driver's license or library card
laminate
Sarah Jane
|
|
$800
[17]
State-owned Pemex fuels the nation's economy as a leading producer of this
gasoline (or oil)
Ken
|
$800
[2]
"Cathy's Clown"
The Everly Brothers
Ken
|
$800
[27]
Term for the technique of race walking, from the usual first & last parts of the foot to touch the ground
heel-toe
Ken
|
$800
[7]
In 1997, as he declined to seek a fifth term as Ohio senator, he said, "There is still no cure for the common birthday"
John Glenn
Ken
|
$800
[23]
In insectivores, these gnawing teeth at the front of the mouth are often long & pincerlike
the incisors
Ken
Sarah Jane
|
$800
[12]
It's the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet
lambda
Sarah Jane
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) Carnaval ended yesterday here in Mexico, so today is this day of observance called Miercoles de Ceniza
Ash Wednesday
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
"I'm Henry VIII, I Am"
Herman's Hermits
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
Common 2-word phrase meaning to alternate sets with someone else on one piece of weight equipment
work in
Sarah Jane
|
$1,600
[9]
His "Pilgrim's Progress" was a real best-celler, much of it having been written from his prison cell
John Bunyan
Cathy
|
$1,200
[24]
The star-nosed species of this subterranean insectivore has 22 pink appendages on its nose used as feelers
the mole
Cathy
|
$1,200
[13]
In the names of famous publications it follows Harvard & National
Lampoon
Sarah Jane
|
|
$1,600
[19]
"O" it's the state in southern Mexico with the country's largest indigenous population
Oaxaca
Cathy
|
$1,600
[4]
"I'll Be There"
The Jackson 5
Sarah Jane
|
$2,000
[30]
In this activity revolutions per minute is referred to as cadence
spinning (or cycling)
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
He told of the Bolshevik Revolution in his book "Ten Days That Shook the World"
John Reed
Cathy
|
$1,600
[25]
The largest insectivore, the common tenrec, is found on this African island known for its lemurs
Madagascar
Cathy
|
$1,600
[14]
Consisting of 5 poems, it bemoans the fall of Jerusalem
Lamentations
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1864, this man seenheretook up residence in the old Castle of Chapultepec
Maximilian
|
$2,000
[5]
1987:"La Bamba"
Los Lobos
Ken
|
DD
$2,500
[29]
"White crane spreads wings" & "step back & repulse monkey" are postures in this smooth martial art
tai chi
Ken
|
DD
$3,600
[8]
In 1873 he "plowed" into politics & became the second mayor of Moline, Illinois
John Deere
Ken
|
$2,000
[26]
The smallest mammal & the smallest insectivore, its metabolic rate is the highest of all mammals
the shrew
Cathy
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$2,000
[15]
A synonym for to scold verbally or beat severely
lambaste
Ken
|
In 1826 Daniel Webster eulogized these 2 men, saying, "They took their flight together to the world of spirits"
Thomas Jefferson & John Adams