Ken Jennings game 36.
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)
| 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 |
| 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" |
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$200
[18]
Japanese scientists genetically engineered this type of coffee plant with 70% less jitter than the regular
decaf
Ken
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$200
[1]
Close, Frey
Glenn
Ken
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$200
[24]
During crime sprees with Clyde Barrow, she took the time to mail samples of her poetry to local newspapers
Bonnie Parker
Art
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$200
[6]
These 2 states with a precious metal in their nicknames border each other
California and Nevada
Ken
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$200
[16]
When Sizzler has these "all-you-can-eat", they'll stick to yours
ribs
Art
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$200
[11]
Dolley Payne married him September 15, 1794
James Madison
Ken
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$400
[19]
A weighty issue, but researchers found that eating the "dark" type of this food daily can lower blood pressure
chocolate
Ken
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$400
[2]
Herman, Harrelson
Woody
Ken
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$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
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$400
[7]
The nickname of this state includes a greeting in a non-English language
Hawaii
Ken
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$400
[17]
The cut above the round, it also begins with "R"
rump
Ken
Liese
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$400
[12]
It became the capital during the reign of Philip II
Madrid
Ken
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$600
[20]
A microwave detector put the precise age of this at 13.7 billion years (give or take 1%)
the universe
Ken
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$600
[3]
Franklin, Standish
Miles
Ken
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$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
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$600
[8]
A ride at the Albuquerque Int'l Balloon Fiesta might show you why New Mexico is the "land of" this
Enchantment
Ken
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$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
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$600
[13]
Technically, it's bovine spongiform encephalopathy
mad cow disease
Ken
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$800
[21]
Oddly, geologists learned that much of the sand in the Grand Canyon came from these mountains between Quebec & Alabama
the Appalachians
Ken
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$800
[4]
Rogers, Newton
Wayne
Ken
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$800
[27]
William & Emily Harris were members of this radical terrorist group that kidnapped Patty Hearst in Feb. 1974
Symbionese Liberation Army
Art
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$800
[9]
Minnesota may have gotten this nickname from a cartoon showing railroad organizers as tunneling mammals
Gopher State
Ken
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$800
[29]
The cut of meat between the neck & the shoulder blade; it also is a clamp between the bit & the drill
chuck
Art
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$800
[14]
He attributes his TV sports telestrating skills to watching Reagan's doctor diagram where he was shot in 1981
John Madden
Ken
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$1,000
[22]
This scientist, a model for Dr. Strangelove, passed away in September at age 95
Edward Teller
Ken
Art
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$1,000
[5]
Hayes, Newton
Isaac
Ken
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$1,000
[28]
In 1965 this former surfing champion was convicted of stealing the Star of India sapphire
Jack Murphy (Murph the Surf)
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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
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$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
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$1,000
[15]
The French made this island a colony in 1896
Madagascar
Art
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| GERMAN HISTORY | CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS | THE HOUSES SEARS BUILT | WALKING THE DOG | THERE'S A PLACE FOR US | "LA" DEE DA |
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$400
[1]
After the death of President Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler assumed this title meaning "leader"
the fuhrer
Liese
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$400
[11]
Mary Martin, Sandy Duncan & Cathy Rigby have all starred on Broadway in this male role
Peter Pan
Ken
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$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
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$400
[26]
This sporting dog was first bred by German nobles in the court of Weimar in the early 19th century
Weimaraner
Ken
Art
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$400
[21]
You can check Shabbat start times on jpost.com, a website for a newspaper in this city
Jerusalem
Ken
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$400
[6]
The Census Bureau uses "Hispanic", but many of South & Central American heritage prefer this 1-word term
latino
Ken
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$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
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$800
[12]
As a child in the '60s, Pia Zadora played Tevye's daughter Bielke in this Broadway musical
Fiddler On The Roof
Ken
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$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
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$800
[27]
This toy dog seems to be named for a Mediterranean island, but might be named for Melita, Sicily
Maltese
Ken
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$800
[22]
George H.W. Bush has a home in Tanglewood, a neighborhood of this Texas city
Houston
Ken
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$800
[7]
It's the exciting activity seen here
lawn bowling
Liese
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$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
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$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
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$1,200
[18]
One of the models has the same name as this film capital where many of these cottages still exist
Hollywood
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
3 AKC-recognized breeds have "miniature" in their names: miniature pinscher, miniature bull terrier & this
miniature schnauzer
Ken
Art
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$1,200
[23]
You'll discover this city is home to the main campus of the Ohio State University
Columbus
Ken
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$1,200
[8]
This company's Blue is one of the top-selling imported beers in the U.S.
Labatt
Liese
Art
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$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
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$1,600
[14]
Natasha Richardson, Molly Ringwald & Brooke Shields each played this role in "Cabaret" on Broadway
Sally Bowles
Ken
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$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
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$1,600
[29]
This terrier is known as a westie for short
West Highlands Terrier
Liese
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$1,600
[24]
Belgium has 3 federal regions, Wallonia, Flanders & this one, which includes the capital
Brussels
Ken
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$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
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$2,000
[5]
In 1631, during this decades-long war, Sweden's army marched to the Rhine
Thirty Years' War
Liese
Art
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$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
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DD
$3,200
[20]
The Princeville & the Avalon models are an example of this bungalow type whose name means "artisan"
a craftsman
Ken
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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
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$2,000
[25]
St. Paul was born as Saul in this city
Tarsus
Ken
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$2,000
[10]
This Hamburg native who's designed for Chloe & Fendi is known as "King Karl"
Karl Lagerfeld
Ken
Liese
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Her recording career lasted just 8 years, starting in 1955 with "A Church, A Courtroom And Then Good-Bye"
Patsy Cline