Show #4592 2004-07-20 (taped 2004-03-17) Regular

Ken Jennings game 35.Ken surpasses Brad Rutter’s total of $1,155,102 to become the highest-earning player ever on the show.

Contestants

Susan Keller — a community activist from Santa Barbara, California

Christopher Mensel — a writer from Providence, Rhode Island

Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 34-day cash winnings total $1,135,460)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ken	$3,800	$10,800	$40,600	$29,200 35-day champion: $1,164,660	$33,200 45 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Christopher	$0	$2,000	$6,400	$6,399 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 6 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Susan	$200	$200	$2,200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$2,200 2 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

COLONIAL AMERICA	TRAVEL & TOURISM	MOTHER GOOSE NOIR	PEOPLE	IT'S A WEBSITE	ROCK & ROLL
$200 [9] In 1676 this 69-year-old Virginia settlement was burned to the ground during Bacon's Rebellion Jamestown Ken	$200 [26] Popularly called the Met, this museum's collections range from European armor to baseball cards the Metropolitan Museum of Art Ken	$200 [1] He was dead all right; yolk stain central & all the boss' nags & joes weren't bringin' this guy back, either Humpty Dumpty Ken	$200 [6] In 1964 he became the first African American to be named Time magazine's "Man of the Year" Dr. (Martin Luther) King (Jr.) Ken	$200 [21] Mythical warrior woman.com Amazon Ken	$200 [16] After breaking up The Revolution, he formed another backup band, the New Power Generation Prince Ken
$400 [12] The first stagecoach line was established in 1732 between Burlington & Amboy in this colony New Jersey Ken Susan	$400 [27] This largest New Zealand city's museum has over 2,000 Maori artifacts, including an 1830s war canoe Auckland Ken	$400 [2] Smoke from his pipe filled the room, but I wondered... were those 3 violinists packin' heat? Old King Cole Ken	$400 [7] "I kid you not!" was the classic catchphrase of this early 1960s "Tonight Show" host Jack Paar Ken	$400 [22] A filthy brute of Swift's from "Gulliver's Travels".com Yahoo Ken	$400 [17] In early 1981 they rode the wave to No. 1 with the little song heard here"The tide is high but I'm holding on /I'm gonna be..." Blondie Christopher
$600 [13] In 1562 these French Protestants constructed Charlesfort on Parris Island, South Carolina the Huguenots Ken	$600 [28] This capital's O'Connell street, one of Europe's widest, was previously called Sackville street Dublin Ken	$600 [3] Infidelity case; this palooka "kissed the girls & made them cry"--I was gonna make him pay Georgie Porgie Ken	$600 [8] (I am NFL wide receiver and Stanford graduate, Ed McCaffrey.) The first Stanford player to win the Heisman Trophy was this quarterback who led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XV Jim Plunkett Susan	$600 [23] 10 to the hundredth power.com Google Ken	$600 [18] Well, "Cry Me a River", in 2004 he won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Justin Timberlake Christopher
$800 [14] On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island (Roger) Williams Ken	$800 [29] Geyser Gulch, the world's largest tree house, is one of the features at Silver Dollar City in this Missouri tourist mecca Branson Ken	$800 [4] The sparrow sang like a canary, said he went Robin Hood & snuffed this bird "with my bow & arrow". The fly backed it up Cock Robin Ken	$800 [10] Anita, Ruth & June are these singing sisters who hit the pop music charts with "I'm So Excited" The Pointer Sisters Ken	$800 [24] Melville's scrivener.com Bartleby Ken	$800 [19] In 2001 this L.A. group came around with the song heard here"If I could /Then I would /I'll go wherever /You will go..." The Calling
$1,000 [15] In 1740 this Georgia founder & his army attacked the Spanish in St. Augustine but failed to capture the settlement Oglethorpe Ken	—	$1,000 [5] Whippin' a girl "for causing Jack's disaster"? This dame had to go down, & go down hard Dame Dob Ken	$1,000 [11] Occult magician known as "The Beast" Aleister Crowley Ken	$1,000 [25] Singular version of Aurora Borealis.com Northern Light Ken	DD $1,000 [20] The name of this '90s group was partly inspired by an STP motor oil logo Stone Temple Pilots Christopher

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS	GIMME THE 5th	THE PREVIOUS VEEP	____ ON...	IRAQ	ROLE
$400 [1] Molokai wasn't his "Treasure Island"; he called it the "most distressful country that ever yet was seen" (Robert Louis) Stevenson Ken	$400 [11] The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance N Ken	$400 [6] Before Al Gore Dan Quayle Ken	$400 [21] Think about something overnight sleep on it Ken	$400 [26] Iraq's capital, Baghdad, is located on both banks of this historic river Tigris Ken	$400 [16] Melina Kanakaredes of "Providence" once copped the role of Jimmy Smits' girlfriend Benita on this TV series NYPD Blue Ken
$800 [2] In 1914 this author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war" H.G. Wells Ken	$800 [12] Index, pinkie, thumb, middle & this finger form the hand the ring finger Christopher	$800 [7] Lyndon Johnson's predecessor Richard Nixon Ken	$1,200 [23] To be an informer; "your cheatin' heart will" do it tell on (you) Ken	$800 [27] From 1638 until World War I, Iraq was under the rule of this empire Ottoman Empire Ken	$800 [17] James Brolin won an Emmy in 1970 for playing Dr. Kiley on this Robert Young medical series Marcus Welby, M.D. Ken
$1,200 [3] When he died in 1951, his ashes were returned to Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sinclair Lewis Ken	$1,200 [13] This notorious individual completes the royal flushseen here Saddam Hussein Ken	$1,200 [8] Succeeded by Aaron Burr Thomas Jefferson Ken	$1,600 [24] If you say rhubarb is doing this, we hope you mean it's becoming more enjoyable as time goes on growing on you Ken	$1,200 [28] Umm Qasr is Iraq's only port on this body of water Persian Gulf	$1,200 [18] ((Hi. I'm LeVar Burton.) In 1987 I blasted off into space as Geordi La Forge in this incarnation of "Star Trek" Next Generation Ken
$1,600 [4] While writing "Invisible Man", he worked as a jazz trumpeter, waiter & photographer (Ralph) Ellison Ken	$1,600 [14] Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton, Rick Huxley & he were "Glad All Over" in 1964 Dave Clark Ken	$1,600 [9] Immediately pre-Spiro Agnew Hubert Humphrey Ken	$2,000 [25] Knitting starts with this process that loads the first row of stitches on your needles casting on Ken	$1,600 [29] It's the foreign capital city occupied by Iraqi forces in 1990 Kuwait Ken	$1,600 [19] As Big Ed, he's the Big Cheese on TV's "Las Vegas" James Caan Christopher
$2,000 [5] Bedridden much of his life, he died in 1935, the year that his "Life with Father" was published Clarence Day	DD $3,000 [15] Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, & this made up the 5 Civilized Tribes Seminole Ken	$2,000 [10] Alben Barkley was the 35th VP; he was the 34th Harry Truman Susan	DD $7,200 [22] Byron wrote, do this, "thou deep and dark blue ocean" roll on Ken	$2,000 [30] Dangerous for U.S. forces, the area north & west of Baghdad is this religious-named "triangle" Sunni Triangle Ken	$2,000 [20] This native of Waco played the slightly wacky Roz on "Frasier" Peri Gilpin Christopher

Final Jeopardy!

ON THE MAP

In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes

Algeria

Susan "What is Morocco?" — wagered $2,000

Christopher "What is" — wagered $1

Ken "What is Nigeria?" — wagered $11,400

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