Ken Jennings game 18.
Michael Cudahy — a musician from Los Angeles, California
Chris Edwards — a project manager from Santa Barbara, California
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 17-day cash winnings total $552,959)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $6,400 | $8,700 | $28,200 |
$48,801
18-day champion: $601,760 |
$23,800
27 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Chris | $1,400 | $2,600 | $4,600 |
$4,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
9 R, 0 W |
| Michael | $1,800 | $7,200 | $24,400 |
$44,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| VULTURE CULTURE | ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN | TAILS | GEO. ABBREV. | BARTENDING | WELL, I'LL "B" |
|
$200
[21]
Lack of these on their heads or necks distinguishes vultures from other bird species
feathers
Ken
|
$200
[1]
Deadheads were devastated in 1995 by the death of this icon at age 53
Jerry Garcia
Ken
|
$200
[22]
It's said that the world's largest one of these occurs at the Georgia-Florida football game in Jacksonville
a tailgating party
Michael
|
$200
[11]
lat. & long.
latitude & longitude
Michael
|
$200
[12]
It's a bit of curled lemon peel that Chubby Checker might like added to his drink
a twist
Chris
|
$200
[6]
6-foot 11-inch Kresimir Cosic of Croatia is in this U.S. sport's Hall of Fame
basketball
Ken
|
|
$400
[27]
This Andean vulture is on the coats of arms of 4 South American countries
the condor
Chris
|
$400
[2]
Like Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison & Jimi Hendrix, he was just 27 when he was found dead in Seattle in 1994
Kurt Cobain
Ken
|
$400
[23]
The Earth is believed to have passed through the tail of this in 1910
Halley's Comet
Michael
|
$400
[13]
Bos. and Herz.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ken
|
$400
[16]
Around the bar this 8-letter word precedes "napkin", "shaker", "stirrer" & "waitress"
cocktail
Ken
|
$400
[7]
In the 1850s the conflict over slavery led to such violence that Kansas earned this title
"Bleeding Kansas"
Ken
|
|
$600
[28]
According to legend, an argument over who had seen more vultures led to him killing Remus
Romulus
Michael
|
$600
[3]
She died on a "Monday, Monday" in July 1974 during a visit to London
Mama Cass Elliot
Chris
|
$600
[24]
In "Dumbo", Dumbo follows his friend Timothy, this type of animal, by holding his tiny tail in his trunk
a mouse
Michael
|
$600
[14]
Yorks.
Yorkshire
Chris
|
$800
[19]
During happy hour these inexpensive, house brands of spirits named for the area where they're kept may be even cheaper
the well drinks
Chris
|
$600
[8]
William Marcy Tweed's better known moniker
"Boss"
Ken
|
|
$800
[30]
DNA evidence suggests American vultures are closely related to these long-legged birds, family Ciconiidae
storks
Michael
|
$800
[4]
This singer of "Cupid" & "Another Saturday Night" died under mysterious circumstances in 1964
Sam Cooke
Michael
|
$800
[25]
In the 1600s the Manchu Dynasty introduced this hairstyle for men as a sign of submission to the emperor
the queue (or pigtail)
Michael
|
$800
[15]
S.S.R.
Soviet Socialist Republics
Michael
|
$1,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stirs a beverage.) Mix vodka, Kahlua& light cream to get this drink that might be popular in Moscow
a White Russian
Michael
|
$800
[9]
Not a true fly, the firefly is one of these insects, like the scarab
a beetle
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Because he helped mankind, this mythological figure was chained to a rock where a vulture ate his liver daily
Prometheus
Ken
|
$1,000
[5]
This man, half of the famous duo that had a hit with "Rock And Roll Heaven", passed away in 2003
(Bobby) Hatfield
Ken
|
$1,000
[26]
The coccyx
the tailbone
Michael
|
$1,000
[17]
A.F.B.
Air Force Base
Ken
|
DD
$1,100
[18]
A tiny amount of soda or water added to a drink, or a popular mermaid movie
a splash
Ken
|
$1,000
[10]
Several James Bond movies feature this diabolical leader of SPECTRE caressing a white Persian cat
Blofeld
Ken
|
| EARLY 19th CENTURY AMERICA | COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES | PLACES FOR PILGRIMS | CLASSIFIED ADS: "HOME"S | WOMEN AUTHORS | COINED WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[18]
Meriwether Lewis served as the midwife when her son, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, was born on February 11, 1805
Sacagawea
Ken
|
$400
[11]
It rolls for the University of Alabama
the Crimson Tide
Ken
|
$400
[6]
To imitate this saint, pilgrims walk barefoot around Lough Derg in Ireland
St. Patrick
Chris
|
$400
[13]
Ranch style, prairie vu, deer & antelope play in area; sky not cloudy all day
"Home On The Range"
Ken
|
$400
[1]
She says that "Blood Canticle" just may be her last Vampire Chronicle
Anne Rice
Chris
|
$400
[30]
Architect Frank Lloyd Wright created this wall-less shed used to shelter an automobile in the 1930s
a carport
Chris
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1809 President Madison appointed this future president the first U.S. minister to Russia
John Quincy Adams
Ken
|
$800
[12]
They crash about for Georgia Tech
the Ramblin' Wrecks
Michael
|
$800
[7]
The great mosque that encloses the Ka'aba is in this city
Mecca
Chris
|
$800
[14]
216.75 sq. in., xlnt access to pitcher's mound
home base (or home plate)
Michael
|
$800
[2]
Sandra Brown titled a recent bestseller this, also the first 2 words of "The Sounds Of Silence"
Hello, Darkness
Ken
|
$800
[24]
Spam is unsolicited commercial e-mail; this is unsolicited commercial messages sent via an instant messaging system
spim
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[21]
His 1809 work "A History of New York" was a tongue-in-cheek history of New Amsterdam
(Washington) Irving
Ken
|
$1,200
[22]
Things might be austere for this team from Michigan State University
the Spartans
Michael
|
$1,200
[8]
Mount Kailas in Tibet & Mount Fuji in Japan are both sacred to this group
Buddhists
Michael
|
$1,200
[15]
Estd. by govt. January 2003; fine view from ridge--Tom Ridge
the Department of Homeland Security
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
After her uncle Salvador was overthrown & died in a military coup, she & her family fled Chile
Isabel Allende
Michael
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1958 columnist Herb Caen coined this word; Maynard G. Krebs on "Dobie Gillis" was one
a beatnik
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[28]
On April 6, 1808 he obtained a charter for the American Fur Company
John Jacob Astor
|
$1,600
[23]
(I'm Troy Brown.) In college I was part of Marshall's "Thundering" one
(the Thundering) Herd
Michael
|
$1,600
[9]
Uluru, also known as this rock, is a sacred site to Aborigines in Australia
Ayers Rock
Ken
|
$1,600
[16]
130 locs. from Springfield, Ma. to Bakersfield, Ca.; lge. kitchen, informal dining rm. "Great choice"
HomeTown Buffet
Ken
|
$1,600
[4]
2003's "Blow Fly" is her twelfth novel to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now a private forensics consultant
Patricia Cornwell
Michael
|
$2,000
[26]
Scientists call planets that are neither too hot nor too cold to support life this, after a fairy tale girl
Goldilocks
Michael
|
|
DD
$5,100
[20]
On March 1, 1803 it became the first state created out of the Northwest Territory
Ohio
Ken
|
$2,000
[29]
Colorful demons of Duke University
the Blue Devils
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
Places Mary has appeared include Tepeyac in Mexico in 1531 & this place in Portugal in 1917
Fátima
Ken
|
$2,000
[17]
'60s Pinter classic w/degenerate family; must-see!
The Homecoming
Michael
|
$2,000
[5]
In "The October Horse", this "Thorn Birds" author recounts the romance of Caesar & Cleopatra
Colleen McCullough
|
DD
$11,200
[25]
A late arrival to manned space flight, this country's space pilots are called taikonauts
China
Michael
|
In 1901 U.S. Surgeon General Walter Wyman helped establish a hospital in Hawaii for this disease
leprosy