IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "Watson After Jeopardy!"
Keagan Baker — a bank teller and substitute teacher from La Porte, Texas
Rachel LeCroy — a customer service representative originally from Raleigh, North Carolina
Paul Wampler — a web programmer from Knoxville, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $2,600 | $5,000 | $17,200 |
$17,400
2-day champion: $33,401 |
$16,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Rachel | $2,000 | $5,200 | $7,400 |
$7,705
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Keagan | $200 | $1,100 | $7,100 |
$14,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| MOLLUSKS | POPULAR NAMES FOR BOYS & GIRLS | GEOGRAPHIC TITLES | "OPEN" & "SHUT" | DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER | ...FAME IS NOT |
|
$200
[14]
This drink created in 1969 is basically a Bloody Mary mix with a tiny bit of mollusk broth in the recipe
Clamato
|
$200
[18]
Colonial Americans invented this girls' name by combining Sam from Samuel with the Greek for flower
Samantha
Rachel
|
$200
[1]
"Death in ____" & "The Merchant of ___"
Venice
Rachel
|
$200
[4]
A public showing of a residence that's for sale
an open house
Paul
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$200
[20]
Though guiltless, this French queen fell even more out of favor after the 1785 Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Marie Antoinette
Rachel
|
$200
[9]
Andrew Ridgeley of this "Careless Whisper" '80 duo makes surfing goods & lives with a member of Bananarama
Wham!
Paul
|
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$400
[15]
This "chambered" mollusk begins life with about 4 chambers & develops around 30 by adulthood
a nautilus
Keagan
|
$400
[19]
This Irish form of Katherine is currently one of the 100 most popular names for girls
Katelyn
|
$400
[2]
"Shogun: A Novel of ____"
Japan
Paul
|
$400
[5]
Someone who's stuck indoors
a shut-in
Keagan
|
$400
[21]
A 16.37-carat gem is the largest ever discovered by a visitor to this state's Crater of Diamonds State Park
Arkansas
Keagan
|
$400
[10]
Pam Dawber, the "Mindy" of "Mork &..." has been married to this "NCIS" lead actor since 1987
Mark Harmon
Rachel
|
| — |
$600
[25]
Mr. Frome might know it's from the Hebrew for "solid" or "firm"
Ethan
Paul
|
$600
[3]
JFK's thesis, the bestseller: "Why ____ Slept"
England
Paul
|
$600
[6]
9 innings, 6 hits, no runs
a shutout
Paul
Keagan
|
DD
$700
[22]
Under intense heat & in the presence of oxygen, a diamond will burn & form this gas
carbon dioxide
Keagan
|
$600
[11]
He led "The News" to 3 No. 1 hits in the '80s & in 2010 played Johnny Revere on "Hot in Cleveland"
Huey Lewis
Rachel
|
| — |
$800
[26]
Leon means "lion" & this name means "lion bold"
Leonardo
Keagan
|
$800
[16]
"Karma's Embrace: A Novel of ____" & "A Passage to ____"
India
Rachel
|
$800
[7]
A test where you're allowed to use notes
an open book test
Rachel
|
$800
[23]
Acquired by the House of Winston the day before Halloween, a 5.54-carat vivid orange diamond was dubbed this
the Pumpkin Diamond
Paul
|
$800
[12]
Philip Michael Thomas--Tubbs on this '80s cop show--voiced Lance Vance on "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories"
Miami Vice
Paul
|
| — |
$1,000
[27]
It's from the Old Norse for "ruler", whether he has red hair or not
Eric
Rachel
|
$1,000
[17]
Taken from a question Hitler asked: "Is ____ Burning?"
Paris
Rachel
Keagan
|
$1,000
[8]
Public domain land in the 1800s where the buffalo & cattle roamed before the homesteaders fenced them in
open range
|
$1,000
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diamond diagram on the monitor.) In a cut diamond, the band around the widest part is the girdle, the upper part is the crown, & the bottom area that reflects light is called this, like an exhibition building from the French for "butterfly"
pavilion
Paul
|
$1,000
[13]
"Only In My Dreams" would this '80s teen queen of music play Emma in 2009's "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus"
Deborah Gibson
Paul
|
| CONGRESS IS ALL A-TWITTER | MUSICAL TITLE LETTER DROP | A PLACE CALLED CARSON | POPE-POURRI | STATE UNIVERSITY BY ALUMS | "I" SAY |
|
$400
[19]
This senator tweeted: "Payson, AZ now holds the record for my longest town hall meeting - 2:32 mins!"
(John) McCain
Paul
|
$400
[11]
Good luck when you ask the singers "What I Did For Love"; they never tell the truth in this musical
A Chorus Lie
Paul
|
$400
[25]
Carson, California is home base for "Spirit of America", one of this company's blimps
Goodyear
Paul
|
$400
[6]
Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope of this nationality in nearly 1,000 years
German
Keagan
|
$400
[1]
Laura Bush, Michael Dell, Moon walker Alan Bean
(University of) Texas
Paul
|
$400
[16]
People often remark, "I hate to say" this phrase meaning "you were warned" (but they still say it)
I told you so
Paul
|
|
$800
[20]
He tweets under his own name & @GOPLeader
John Boehner
Paul
Keagan
|
$800
[12]
NASA astronaut Mr. Grissom gets to gamble, sing & dance as Nathan Detroit in this updated version
Gus and Dolls
Paul
|
$800
[26]
Carson, Wash. is just above the Columbia River, less than a mile from a highway named for these explorers
Lewis & Clark
Rachel
|
$800
[7]
His 34-day reign in 1978 was one of the shortest in papal history
Pope John Paul I
Keagan
|
$800
[2]
Walter Reed, Edgar Allan Poe, George F. Allen (who later was governor & a U.S. senator)
Virginia
Paul
|
$800
[17]
This 1972 feminist anthem was a No. 1 hit for Helen Reddy
I Am Woman
Paul
|
|
$1,200
[21]
This House speaker was "Very joyful court ruled against Prop. 8, it is a stain upon the CA Constitution"
(Nancy) Pelosi
Paul
|
$1,200
[13]
"Ol' Man River" sung by pigs! Count me in!
Sowboat
Rachel
|
$1,200
[27]
Kit Carson Peak is one of this mountainous state's many 14ers
Colorado
Keagan
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
Clement VII, born into this powerful family, was raised by his uncle Lorenzo the Magnificent
the de' Medicis
Rachel
|
$1,200
[3]
Bob Dylan, man of the heart Dr. Christiaan Barnard, Alan Page (for law school)
The University of Minnesota
Keagan
|
$1,600
[24]
Will Rogers is famous for this sentence of goodwill about all those he encountered
I never met a man I didn't like
Paul
|
|
$1,600
[22]
This state's Sen. Claire McCaskill talked sports with "Congrats to Chiefs for surprising Denver today"
Missouri
Rachel
|
$1,600
[14]
Embrace the atoms as Simba & company lose & gain electrons en masse in this production
The Ion King
Keagan
|
— |
$1,200
[8]
During the reign of Alexander III, it was established that the pope would be elected exclusively by this body
the College of Cardinals
Keagan
|
$1,600
[4]
James Carville, Donna Brazile, Pete Maravich (but only one averaged 44.2 points per game there)
Louisiana State University (LSU)
Paul
|
DD
$2,200
[18]
First title "Poem of the Body", this "charged" Walt Whitman poem got its present 5-word title in 1857
"I Sing the Body Electric"
Paul
|
|
$2,000
[23]
Referring to his wife, this Ohio rep urged, "Please vote for Elizabeth in Week 2 of Cleveland Dancing show"
Dennis Kucinich
Rachel
|
$2,000
[15]
Drop an "L" from a Rodgers & Hammerstein roundabout & you get to do this, drunkenly revel
Carouse
Paul
|
— |
$1,600
[9]
There have been 12 popes with this devout name, the first during the second century, the last from 1939 to 1958
Pius
Rachel
|
$2,000
[5]
Phil Knight (of Nike fame), Bill Bowerman (of Nike fame), Steve Prefontaine (of Nike fame)
Oregon
Keagan
|
— |
He said, "to leave this stream uncrossed will breed manifold distress for me; to cross it, for all mankind"
Julius Caesar