Show #4593 2004-07-21 (taped 2004-03-17) Regular

Ken Jennings game 36.

Contestants

Art Borgemenke — an adjunct professor from El Paso, Texas

Liese Tamburrino — an international sales manager from Pahrump, Nevada

Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 35-day cash winnings total $1,164,660)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ken $9,200 $14,000 $26,800 $30,000
36-day champion: $1,194,660
$22,600
40 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Liese $0 $600 $0 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
7 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Art $0 $4,000 $4,400 $8,800
2nd place: $2,000
$4,400
9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

POPULAR SCIENCETOP STORIES OF 2003 FIRST NAME'S THE SAME CRIME TIME STATE NICKNAME FUN I'VE GOT A BEEF WITH YOU YOU'RE MAKING ME "MAD"
$200 [18]
Japanese scientists genetically engineered this type of coffee plant with 70% less jitter than the regular
decaf
Ken
$200 [1]
Close, Frey
Glenn
Ken
$200 [24]
During crime sprees with Clyde Barrow, she took the time to mail samples of her poetry to local newspapers
Bonnie Parker
Art
$200 [6]
These 2 states with a precious metal in their nicknames border each other
California and Nevada
Ken
$200 [16]
When Sizzler has these "all-you-can-eat", they'll stick to yours
ribs
Art
$200 [11]
Dolley Payne married him September 15, 1794
James Madison
Ken
$400 [19]
A weighty issue, but researchers found that eating the "dark" type of this food daily can lower blood pressure
chocolate
Ken
$400 [2]
Herman, Harrelson
Woody
Ken
$400 [25]
He got his "Scarface" after being knifed by a drunk at Frankie Yale's Harvard Inn in Brooklyn in 1917
Al Capone
Ken
$400 [7]
The nickname of this state includes a greeting in a non-English language
Hawaii
Ken
$400 [17]
The cut above the round, it also begins with "R"
rump
Ken Liese
$400 [12]
It became the capital during the reign of Philip II
Madrid
Ken
$600 [20]
A microwave detector put the precise age of this at 13.7 billion years (give or take 1%)
the universe
Ken
$600 [3]
Franklin, Standish
Miles
Ken
$600 [26]
On March 3, 1934 this Public Enemy escaped from Lake County Jail in Crown Point, Ind., allegedly using a wooden gun
John Dillinger
Ken
$600 [8]
A ride at the Albuquerque Int'l Balloon Fiesta might show you why New Mexico is the "land of" this
Enchantment
Ken
$600 [23]
The name of this cut from the side of the animal is also used for the extreme left or right side of an army
the flank
Ken
$600 [13]
Technically, it's bovine spongiform encephalopathy
mad cow disease
Ken
$800 [21]
Oddly, geologists learned that much of the sand in the Grand Canyon came from these mountains between Quebec & Alabama
the Appalachians
Ken
$800 [4]
Rogers, Newton
Wayne
Ken
$800 [27]
William & Emily Harris were members of this radical terrorist group that kidnapped Patty Hearst in Feb. 1974
Symbionese Liberation Army
Art
$800 [9]
Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals
Gopher State
Ken
$800 [29]
The cut of meat between the neck & the shoulder blade; it also is a clamp between the bit & the drill
chuck
Art
$800 [14]
He attributes his TV sports telestrating skills to watching Reagan's doctor diagram where he was shot in 1981
John Madden
Ken
$1,000 [22]
This scientist, a model for Dr. Strangelove, passed away in September at age 95
Edward Teller
Ken Art
$1,000 [5]
Hayes, Newton
Isaac
Ken
$1,000 [28]
In 1965 this former surfing champion was convicted of stealing the Star of India sapphire
Jack Murphy (Murph the Surf)
DD $4,000 [10]
In 2004 a biologist caused great excitement when he photographed an actual wild one of these in Michigan
a wolverine
Ken
$1,000 [30]
From a chicken, it's a breast; from a cow, it's called this & Aunt Esther might make a nice one for Pesach
brisket
Liese
$1,000 [15]
The French made this island a colony in 1896
Madagascar
Art

Double Jeopardy! Round

GERMAN HISTORY CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS THE HOUSES SEARS BUILT WALKING THE DOG THERE'S A PLACE FOR US "LA" DEE DA
$400 [1]
After the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler assumed this title meaning "leader"
the fuhrer
Liese
$400 [11]
Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan & Cathy Rigby have all starred on Broadway in this male role
Peter Pan
Ken
$400 [16]
Sears issued its first book of modern homes in 1908, the same year Henry Ford introduced this car to the public
the Model T
Ken
$400 [26]
This sporting dog was first bred by German nobles in the court of Weimar in the early 19th century
Weimaraner
Ken Art
$400 [21]
You can check Shabbat start times on jpost.com, a website for a newspaper in this city
Jerusalem
Ken
$400 [6]
The Census Bureau uses "Hispanic", but many of South & Central American heritage prefer this 1-word term
latino
Ken
$800 [2]
Nickname of Duke Henry, who fought Albert the Bear to control Saxony in the 1100s; only Ulrich the Tiger was missing
"the lion"
Ken
$800 [12]
As a child in the '60s, Pia Zadora played Tevye's daughter Bielke in this Broadway musical
Fiddler On The Roof
Ken
$800 [17]
Sears homes can be found in all the 48 contiguous states; Carlinville SW of Springfield in this state has the most
Illinois
Art
$800 [27]
This toy dog seems to be named for a Mediterranean island, but might be named for Melita, Sicily
Maltese
Ken
$800 [22]
George H.W. Bush has a home in Tanglewood, a neighborhood of this Texas city
Houston
Ken
$800 [7]
It's the exciting activity seen here
lawn bowling
Liese
$1,200 [3]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Berlin, Germany.) Completed in 1894, the Reichstag dates from this numerical Reich in German history
the Second Reich
Ken
$1,200 [13]
There should be an "ABBA"-dabba honeymoon for Sophie, the bride-to-be in this musical full of ABBA songs
Mamma Mia!
Ken
$1,200 [18]
One of the models has the same name as this film capital where many of these cottages still exist
Hollywood
Ken
$1,200 [28]
3 AKC-recognized breeds have "miniature" in their names: miniature pinscher, miniature bull terrier & this
miniature schnauzer
Ken Art
$1,200 [23]
You'll discover this city is home to the main campus of the Ohio State University
Columbus
Ken
$1,200 [8]
This company's Blue is one of the top-selling imported beers in the U.S.
Labatt
Liese Art
$1,600 [4]
Though the uprising called the Peasants' War was partly based on this man's ideas, he came out against it in 1525
Martin Luther
Ken
$1,600 [14]
Natasha Richardson, Molly Ringwald & Brooke Shields each played this role in "Cabaret" on Broadway
Sally Bowles
Ken
$1,600 [19]
For $11,500 you could purchase plans & materials for this type of building even if it wasn't little or red
a schoolhouse
Ken
$1,600 [29]
This terrier is known as a westie for short
West Highlands Terrier
Liese
$1,600 [24]
Belgium has 3 federal regions, Wallonia, Flanders & this one, which includes the capital
Brussels
Ken
$1,600 [9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA.) The lower this number for Foucault pendulum's location, the slower its rate of rotation
latitude
Ken
$2,000 [5]
In 1631, during this decades-long war, Sweden's army marched to the Rhine
Thirty Years' War
Liese Art
$2,000 [15]
Sutton Foster won a Tony for playing the title flapper in this musical based on a Julie Andrews film
Thoroughly Modern Millie
Liese Art
DD $3,200 [20]
The Princeville & the Avalon models are an example of this bungalow type whose name means "artisan"
a craftsman
Ken
DD $6,600 [30]
2 puppies rescued from a British brig off the coast of Maryland in 1807 are the ancestors of this retriever
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Liese
$2,000 [25]
St. Paul was born as Saul in this city
Tarsus
Ken
$2,000 [10]
This Hamburg native who's designed for Chloe & Fendi is known as "King Karl"
Karl Lagerfeld
Ken Liese

Final Jeopardy!

SINGERS

Her recording career lasted just 8 years, starting in 1955 with "A Church, A Courtroom And Then Good-Bye"

Patsy Cline

Art "Who is Patsy Cline" — wagered $4,400
Ken "Who is Patsy Cline?" — wagered $3,200

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