Ken Jennings game 28.
Darcy Vernier — a college professor from Culver City, California
Kate Carlyle — a records officer from New Lenox, Illinois
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 27-day cash winnings total $868,960)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $9,800 | $12,600 | $37,000 |
$52,000
28-day champion: $920,960 |
$28,600
39 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Kate | $-1,800 | $-2,400 | $1,200 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
2 R, 3 W |
| Darcy | $600 | $2,400 | $5,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| WORLD MUSEUMS | MOVIE MUSIC | MY LIFE AS A DOG | WE THREE KINGS | BOX IT UP | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH |
|
$200
[17]
I visited the national museum founded by King Rama V in this city & all I got was this lousy Thai-shirt
Bangkok
Ken
|
$200
[1]
2 songs from this Civil War epic were nominated for Academy Awards in 2004
Cold Mountain
Ken
|
$200
[13]
In the 1890s British artist Francis Barraud painted his dog, Nipper, listening to one of these
a gramophone (or a phonograph)
Ken
|
$200
[11]
Of King of Glory, King of Hell or King of Prussia, the one that's a city in Pennsylvania
King of Prussia
Ken
|
$200
[26]
It's a pair of sixes on a roll of the dice in craps
boxcars
Ken
|
$200
[6]
In England comedian Carrot Top would refer to this as a reverse charge call
calling collect
Ken
|
|
$400
[18]
The Musee d'Orsay in Paris was built in the Gare d'Orsay, an old one of these
a railway station
Darcy
|
$400
[2]
In the movie "10" Bo Derek seduces Dudley Moore to the strains of this Spanish-influenced classical piece
Ravel's Boléro
Ken
|
$400
[22]
The AIBO is an interactive robot dog from this company
Sony
Darcy
|
$400
[12]
Of England's George I, II or III, the one for whom the U.S. state of Georgia was named in 1733
George II
Darcy
|
$400
[27]
This 1969 Simon & Garfunkel hit begins, "I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told"
"The Boxer"
Ken
|
$400
[7]
The first floor of a building in London is the equivalent of this floor of a building in Boston
a second floor
Ken
|
|
$600
[19]
This museum founded back in 1835 contains the gold coffin of Tutankhamen
the Egyptian Museum
Kate
Darcy
|
$600
[3]
An iconic scene in "Apocalypse Now" features copters flying, blaring this Wagner piece
"Ride Of The Valkyries" ("Ride Of The Valkyrie" accepted)
Ken
|
$600
[23]
Ay, Chihuahua, it's Carlos Alazraqui who gave this restaurant's dog its voice
Taco Bell
Ken
|
$600
[14]
Of the Scottish kings Donald III, Malcolm III or Alexander III, the one who became king after killing Macbeth in 1057
Malcolm
Ken
|
$600
[28]
In demanding suffrage, Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote, "Our 'pathway' is straight to" this
the ballot box
Ken
|
$600
[8]
British parlance for this would make the ex-senator Banknote Bradley
a bill
Ken
|
|
$800
[20]
Works by Venetian masters Titian & Tintoretto are in this other "V" city's Kuns this torisches Museum
Vienna
Ken
|
$800
[4]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew deliver the clue from the broad steps of an art museum in a certain city.) "I walked the avenue 'till my legs felt like stone" is a line from this 1993 Oscar-winning song
"Streets Of Philadelphia"
Ken
|
$800
[24]
This president had a pair of beagles named Him & Her
Lyndon Johnson
Darcy
|
$800
[15]
Of Norway's Haakon VII, Olaf V or Harald V, the one who currently occupies the throne
Harald
Ken
|
$800
[29]
This term for an excessively talkative person dates back to the early 1800s
a chatterbox
Darcy
|
$800
[9]
A turn-up on your trousers there, becomes one of these on your pants here
a cuff
Kate
Darcy
|
|
$1,000
[21]
During its remodeling it moved "The Night Watch" from the main hall to the new Philips Wing
the Rijksmuseum
Ken
|
$1,000
[5]
"2001: A Space Odyssey" memorably used the Strauss piece called "Thus Spake" this guy
Zarathustra
Ken
Kate
|
$1,000
[25]
It's John Steinbeck's famous poodle & traveling companion
Charley
Ken
|
$1,000
[16]
Of Ivan the Terrible, Peter the Great or Nicholas II, the one ruling when Ben Franklin was born
Peter the Great
Darcy
|
— |
DD
$3,800
[10]
The Brits use the Latin curriculum vitae; we use a French word for this document
a résumé
Ken
|
| THE FIRST WORD | GREAT SPORTS | STATES' HIGH POINTS | FOOD & DRINK | KENNEDY FAMILY MEMBERS | FILE UNDER "M" |
|
$400
[7]
In Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog"
You
Ken
|
$400
[16]
This heavyweight boxing champion won all 49 of his professional fights, 43 by knockout
Rocky Marciano
Darcy
|
$400
[19]
The 812-foot Jerimoth Hill, this state's highest point, is in its Providence County
Rhode Island
Ken
|
$400
[6]
This hot chocolate topper is no longer made from the root of the plant that it's named for
a marshmallow
Ken
|
$400
[26]
Was the co-founder & editor of George magazine
JFK Jr.
Ken
|
$400
[1]
It's a plant, or an orange juice & champagne drink
mimosa
Darcy
|
|
$800
[8]
In Genesis
In
Ken
|
$800
[17]
On May 1, 1975 he moved into first place on Major League Baseball's RBI leaders list
Hank Aaron
|
$800
[20]
The wind comes sweeping down its high point, Black Mesa, too
Oklahoma
Ken
|
$800
[12]
Artichoke hearts or spinach & this crumbly Greek cheese make great toppings for a pizza
feta
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
Became First Lady of California in 2003
Maria Shriver
Darcy
|
$800
[2]
Do we have to spell it out?----- .-. ... .-.-.--- -.. .
Morse code
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[9]
In "The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Mine
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
Thiswoman has risen to the top ofherchosen profession
Serena Williams
Ken
|
$1,200
[21]
If Little Red's riding up Mount Hood, she'll be on this state's highest point
Oregon
Ken
|
$1,200
[13]
Eat them alone or dunk these Italian treats seenherein your favorite beverage
biscotti
Ken
|
$1,600
[29]
Was killed during a volunteer bomber mission in WWII
Joseph Kennedy, Jr.
Kate
Darcy
|
$1,200
[3]
In Britain's M1, which opened in 1959 & links north to south, M stands for this
motorway
Darcy
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In the novel "Gone with the Wind"
Scarlett
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
At the 1980 Winter Olympics, this speed skater won gold in all 5 events he entered & set Olympic records in each
Eric Heiden
Ken
|
$1,600
[22]
Big flower after which the highest spot in Kansas is named
a sunflower
Ken
|
$1,600
[14]
The name of this gem precedes both a marble-sized onion & a type of barley
a pearl
Ken
|
$2,000
[30]
Was Maryland's first female lieutenant governor
Kathleen (Kennedy-Townsend)
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
The Alps & the Andes were built up during this epoch 5 million to 23 million years ago
the Miocene (period)
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[11]
In the Dickens novel "A Tale of Two Cities"
It
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
(Hi, I'm Eddie George of the NFL.) For consecutive starts among running backs, I rank second only to this late, great Chicago Bear
Walter Payton
Kate
Darcy
|
$2,000
[23]
Wheeler Peak tops off New Mexico & Guadalupe Peak towers over this state
Texas
Darcy
|
$2,000
[15]
French for "half cup", it's a small coffee cup or the strong, black coffee that's served in it
a demitasse
Darcy
|
DD
$6,400
[27]
Lost the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination to Jimmy Carter
Ted Kennedy
Ken
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
The French equivalent to the Tony Awards are these, named, of course, for a French playwright
Molière
Darcy
|
Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population
Canada