Ken Jennings game 29.
Jennifer Lajewski — a stay-at-home mom from Oak Park, Illinois
Rich Carroll — an administrative traffic judge from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 28-day cash winnings total $920,960)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $6,200 | $12,400 | $34,400 |
$52,000
29-day champion: $972,960 |
$29,600
42 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Rich | $0 | $400 | $3,200 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
5 R, 1 W |
| Jennifer | $0 | $1,700 | $3,300 |
$300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
8 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE FACTS | COMIC STRIPPERS | BUSY HANDS | THE 1860s | ON THE "ROAD" AGAIN | BETTER ASK FOR DIRECTIONS |
|
$200
[1]
It ranks No. 1 in agriculture & people
California
Ken
|
$200
[6]
Ruff, Mr. Wilson, Dennis Mitchell
Dennis the Menace
Ken
|
$200
[11]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a laptop while looking at a paper sheet labeled "Exercise No. 1".) It's the alliterative 2-word term for theskillI'm trying to master
touch typing
Ken
|
$200
[21]
In 1865 this city succeeded Auckland as capital of New Zealand
Wellington
Rich
|
$200
[16]
There are 4 of them on a Monopoly board
the railroads
Ken
|
$200
[26]
Of north, south, east or west, the direction to travel to get from the U.S. Naval Acad. to the U.S. Military Acad.
north
Rich
|
|
$400
[2]
It was once proposed that this state be called Deseret, meaning "land of honeybees"
Utah
Ken
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$400
[7]
Jughead, Betty, Veronica Lodge
Archie
Ken
|
$400
[12]
Michael Moschen has a ball, often several at once, turning this activity into an art form
juggling
Ken
|
$400
[22]
The oldest of horse racing's Triple Crown races, it was first run on June 19, 1867 at Jerome Park, New York
the Belmont (Stakes)
Ken
Jennifer
|
$400
[17]
This 1942 Hope & Crosby flick was "bound" for North Africa
Road to Morocco
Ken
|
$400
[27]
Direction that also means to swallow liquid hastily
down
Ken
|
|
$600
[3]
It contains the easternmost point in the continental U.S.: West Quoddy Head
Maine
Ken
|
$600
[8]
Aunt May, Dr. Doom, J. Jonah Jameson
Spider-Man
Ken
|
$600
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shuffles the deck.) Pushing is one way of shuffling cards, but this technique is more common & fancier
a riffle
Ken
|
$600
[23]
The drawing accompanying an 1862 weapons patent by this man isseen here
Gatling
Ken
|
$600
[18]
Twin brothers Leigh & Leslie Keno are famous as appraisers on this PBS program
Antiques Roadshow
Ken
|
$600
[28]
Title direction for Arthur Sullivan's "Christian Soldiers"
onward
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1791 this seventh state gave up some of its land to form Washington, D.C.
Maryland
Ken
|
$800
[9]
April O'Neil, Master Splinter, Donatello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Ken
|
$800
[14]
With over 180 locations the In-N-Out Burger chain boasts of always hand-leafing this
their lettuce
Ken
|
$800
[24]
He built a modern sleeping coach with a folding upper berth & a lower berth made from seat cushions
Pullman
Ken
|
$800
[19]
Swift American seen here
the roadrunner
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
In the army, it's an order to move the troops forward, or for a soldier to move up in rank
advance
Ken
Jennifer
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Including Fairfield & litchfield, this state has only 8 counties
Connecticut
Ken
|
$1,000
[10]
Elly, John, Michael, Elizabeth & April Patterson
For Better or For Worse
Ken
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$1,000
[15]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew manipulates a toy.)This Rubik's product is more for the artistic type than the cube is
the (Rubik's) Snake
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[25]
On March 17, 1861 this last king of Sardinia became the first king of Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
AKA "Mad Max 2"
The Road Warrior
Ken
|
DD
$1,300
[29]
From its derivation, if you turn sinister, you've gone in this direction
left
Jennifer
|
| SCIENCE | I'M GIVIN' YA PEARLS! | WHO WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... | RANKS & TITLES | BULLY FOR ENGLAND! | 3-D |
|
$400
[4]
This thermometer developer discovered that the boiling point of a liquid varies with atmospheric pressure
Fahrenheit
Ken
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$400
[28]
This South American soccer great was known as Perola Negra, "The Black Pearl"
Pelé
Ken
|
$400
[29]
...the first female Supreme Court justice took the bench
Reagan
Ken
|
$400
[30]
An adult volunteer in charge of a Girl Scout troop is called this--take me to yours!
a leader
Jennifer
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$400
[14]
This neighborhood in Merton is famous as the home of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club
Wimbledon
Jennifer
|
$400
[9]
It's said Nero did this "while Rome burned" in 64 A.D.
fiddled
Ken
|
|
$800
[5]
Of the noble gases, this one has the lowest atomic weight
helium
Ken
|
$800
[26]
Pearl White became an international film star in 1914 by playing the title role in "The Perils of" this woman
Pauline
Ken
|
$800
[27]
...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals
FDR
Jennifer
|
$800
[19]
Chicago's Francis George is among the few U.S. archbishops also to be this (since February 1998)
a cardinal
Ken
|
$800
[15]
You might say these 5th century invaders who gave the country its name took over England by degrees
the Angles
Ken
|
$800
[10]
An appendix to a book
addendum
Ken
Rich
|
|
$1,200
[6]
From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London
Darwin
Ken
|
$1,200
[25]
Scarlett Johansson poses for Jan Vermeer in this 2003 film
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Ken
|
$1,200
[1]
...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded
Truman
Ken
|
$1,200
[20]
Marc Grossman didn't feel it was beneath him to take the job of this for Political Affairs in the State Department
undersecretary
Ken
|
$1,200
[16]
As its name suggests, this body of water separates the Emerald Isle from England
the Irish Sea
Ken
|
$1,200
[11]
Removed mud & silt from the bottom of a river
dredged
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[7]
This 2-letter-named moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body in the Solar System
Io
Ken
|
$1,600
[24]
Known as "The Pearl", he helped lead the New York Knicks to the NBA championship in 1973
Earl Monroe
Ken
|
$2,000
[3]
...Napoleon became First Consul & began rule as dictator of France
John Adams
Rich
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$2,000
[22]
In the U.S. Navy, if you rise above your petty officer concerns, you can become this "officer" rated W-1 to W-4
warrant officer
Rich
|
$1,600
[17]
In '50s England these tough "Boys" dressed in a style reminiscent of Edward VII's time
the Teddy Boys
|
$1,600
[12]
G'day! It's the aboriginal wind instrumentseen here
a didgeridoo
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Kelp is an especially rich source of this halogen
iodine
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[23]
This 1970 film showed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both sides--Japanese & American
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Jennifer
|
DD
$3,900
[2]
...the Russian Revolution toppled Czar Nicholas II
Woodrow Wilson
Ken
|
DD
$4,100
[21]
London police ranks range from commissioner down to this
constable
Ken
|
$2,000
[18]
This "dark" resort with a pleasure beach claims to be Britain's most popular holiday destination
Blackpool
Ken
|
$2,000
[13]
America took itself off this April 19, 1933
the gold standard
Rich
|
Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God"
Israel