Ken Jennings game 17.
Miriam Bamberger — an executive coach and author from Washington, D.C.
Bryan Givens — a history lecturer originally from Dallas, Texas
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 16-day cash winnings total $512,959)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $3,800 | $7,800 | $33,399 |
$40,000
17-day champion: $552,959 |
$33,800
39 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bryan | $800 | $4,400 | $7,200 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Miriam | $3,400 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$3,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
8 R, 1 W |
| KINGS & THEIR CASTLES | THE EMMYS | WEIRD & WONDERFUL GUINNESS RECORDS | KIDDY LIT | LUCKY SEVEN | "HAT" CHECK |
|
$200
[21]
Once the home of King Christian IV, Rosenborg Castle now houses this Scandinavian country's crown jewels
Denmark
Ken
Bryan
|
$200
[6]
1971 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner for playing Rhoda Morgenstern on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Valerie Harper
Ken
|
$200
[26]
With 3,307, Niek Vermeulen holds the record for the largest collection of these bags for people on planes
barf bags
Ken
|
$200
[1]
He created Long John Silver
(Robert Louis) Stevenson
Ken
|
$200
[16]
Symbolized by a pair of scales, it's the seventh sign of the zodiac
Libra
Ken
|
$200
[11]
Legendary feudin' enemies of the McCoys
the Hatfields
Ken
|
|
$400
[22]
William the Conqueror chose the site of this huge castle, one day's march from the Tower of London
Windsor Castle
Ken
|
$400
[7]
1972 Best Supporting Comedy Actor winner who played Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Ed Asner
Ken
|
$400
[27]
Jean Francois Vernetti has the world's largest collection of these, usually found on hotel door handles
"do not disturb" signs
Miriam
|
$400
[2]
His tales include "The Wild Swans", "The Swan's Nest" & "The Ugly Duckling", which is really about a swan
(Hans Christian) Andersen
Bryan
|
$400
[17]
Chronologically within a person's life, it's the first of the seven sacraments of Catholicism
baptism
Bryan
|
$400
[12]
Ms. McDaniel, an Oscar winner for 1939
Hattie
Bryan
|
|
$600
[23]
King James V was not yet 2 when he was crowned king of this country at Stirling Castle in 1513
Scotland
Ken
|
$600
[8]
1973 Best Supporting Comedy Actor winner for playing Ted Baxter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Ted Knight
Ken
|
$600
[28]
Give me the ring, Ting! Ting Ming Siong served as this in 1,089 weddings between 1975 & 1997
best man
Ken
|
$600
[3]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew is out on the court.) In the "Alice in Wonderland" croquet match, the balls are hedgehogs & the mallets are these
flamingos
Miriam
|
$600
[18]
In a famous opera it was the scandalous dance that Salome performed for Herod
the Dance of the Seven Veils
Ken
|
$600
[13]
Eastern North Carolina cape renowned for treacherous weather
Hatteras
Ken
|
|
$800
[24]
Afonso Henriques, this country's first king, captured Palmela Castle from the Moors in the 12th century
Portugal
Bryan
Miriam
|
$800
[9]
1974 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner for playing Phyllis Lindstrom on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Cloris Leachman
Miriam
|
$800
[29]
Collectively the world's longest, these 10 body parts on Lee Redmond of Salt Lake City measured 261 in.
her fingernails
Ken
|
$800
[4]
Bond novelist who also wrote the kids' book "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
(Ian) Fleming
Ken
|
$800
[19]
A plane figure of seven sides & seven angles
a heptagon
Ken
|
$800
[14]
A car with a hinged rear door
a hatchback
Ken
|
|
DD
$2,200
[25]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outside Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.) Sadly, this king of Bavaria, who built Neuschwanstein Castle, didn't live here long; he was declared insane & forced to leave
Ludwig II of Bavaria
Bryan
|
$1,000
[10]
1976 Best Supporting Comedy Actress winner who played Sue Ann Nivens on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
Betty White
Miriam
|
$1,000
[30]
You'll need about 1,400 close friends to all sit down on these "cushions" at the same time to claim the record
whoopee cushions
Ken
Miriam
|
$1,000
[5]
In the story by Alice Rice, it's where "Mrs. Wiggs" is "of"
the Cabbage Patch
|
$1,000
[20]
Group name for Hoffman, Hayden & others, convicted of intent to riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention
the Chicago Seven
Ken
|
$1,000
[15]
From Sanskrit, it's literally "force yoga"
hatha (yoga)
Miriam
|
| NEW YORK GOVERNORS | THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" | GRADUATE SCHOOL | CONTINENTS BY VOLCANO | FAMOUS MEN | 3-LETTER PALINDROMES |
|
$400
[26]
You're in the money if you know that he was elected governor 4 times between 1958 & 1970
(Nelson) Rockefeller
Ken
|
$400
[1]
Unforgettable "Cats" song(6)
"Memory"
Ken
|
$400
[21]
As a teaching assistant, get a bag that holds lots of poorly written essays, as you'll be doing a lot of this
grading
Ken
|
$400
[11]
Azuma, Krakatoa
Asia
Ken
|
$400
[13]
The middle one of 5 brothers, he was on the winning side in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Wyatt Earp
Ken
|
$400
[6]
A young dog, or a brash, inexperienced young man
a pup
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew hangs out on the Brooklyn Bridge.) The Brooklyn Bridge was dedicated in 1883 by President Arthur &this future president, then governor of New York
(Grover) Cleveland
Ken
|
$800
[2]
Yente was one (so was Dolly Levi)(10)
a matchmaker
Ken
|
$800
[22]
The "Big Four" film schools are USC & UCLA in L.A. & NYU & this one in the Big Apple
Columbia
Ken
|
$800
[12]
Santorini, Stromboli
Europe
Bryan
|
$800
[17]
This member of the Marsalis family played sax on "The Dream of the Blue Turtles", Sting's first solo album
Branford
Ken
Miriam
|
$800
[7]
Adam could tell you this word meaning the night before
eve
Bryan
|
|
$1,600
[28]
Lincoln's Secretary of State, he served as New York governor between William Marcy & William Bouck
(William) Seward
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Three Sisters" want to move there(6)
Moscow
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
Harvard's Graduate School of Public Administration evolved into the Kennedy School of this
Government
Miriam
|
$1,200
[14]
Nyiragongo, Fogo
Africa
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
This fashion photographer who died in 2004 defined the "Cosmo Girl", shooting covers for 3 decades
Francesco Scavullo
|
$1,200
[8]
Tattoo artist "Sailor Jerry" Collins created a design with heart, banner & this popular tattoo word
Mom
Bryan
|
|
DD
$1,801
[29]
While governor from 1943 to 1954, this Republican ran for president twice (& lost)
Thomas Dewey
Ken
|
$1,600
[4]
Producer David, or "Elephant Man" John(7)
Merrick
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
The U.S. grad school system was modeled on this European country's universities
Germany
|
$1,600
[15]
Deception Island, Erebus
Antarctica
Ken
|
$1,600
[19]
The big ballpark this man built in Brooklyn opened in 1913
(Charles) Ebbets
Ken
|
$1,600
[9]
Mush fed to babies
pap
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[30]
While in England negotiating a 1794 treaty, this Chief Justice was elected New York's second governor
John Jay
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
Helen's husband, in "Troilus and Cressida"(8)
Menelaus
Ken
|
DD
$2,600
[23]
In 1896 Queen's University awarded Canada's first Ph.D. in this field that all Ph.D.s should be in
philosophy
Ken
|
$2,000
[16]
Kiska, Popocatepetl
North America
Ken
|
$2,000
[20]
In "Green Shadow, White Whale", this sci-fi author recalls writing the "Moby Dick" screenplay while living in Ireland
(Ray) Bradbury
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
He's the gross & stupid king or "Roi" in an 1896 avant-garde work by Alfred Jarry
Ubu
Ken
|
This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed
The Exorcist