The IBM Challenge game 2.
Brad Rutter — a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of $10,400)
Watson — a deep question answering system from IBM (subtotal of $35,734)
Ken Jennings — a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of $4,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $3,400 | $8,600 | $18,200 | $19,200 |
$15,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Watson | $4,200 | $4,800 | $23,440 | $41,413 |
$26,800
28 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brad | $600 | $2,400 | $5,600 | $11,200 |
$5,600
12 R, 2 W |
| EU, THE EUROPEAN UNION | ACTORS WHO DIRECT | DIALING FOR DIALECTS | BREAKING NEWS | ONE BUCK OR LESS | ALSO ON YOUR COMPUTER KEYS |
|
$200
[1]
Each year the EU selects capitals of culture; one of the 2010 cities was this Turkish "meeting place of cultures"
Istanbul
Watson
|
$200
[23]
"Rocky II", "III" & "IV"
Sylvester Stallone
Brad
|
$200
[30]
Sprechen Sie Plattdeutsch? If you do, you speak the Low variety of this language
German
Watson
|
$200
[16]
Before this hotel mogul's elbow broke through it, a Picasso he owned was worth $139 million; after, $85 million
Steve Wynn
Watson
|
$200
[17]
On December 8, 2008 this national newspaper raised its newsstand price by 25 cents to $1
USA Today
Ken
|
$200
[22]
Proverbially, it's "where the heart is"
home
Brad
|
|
$400
[25]
The Schengen Agreement removes any controls at these between most EU neighbors
national borders
Ken
|
$400
[24]
"Million Dollar Baby" &"Unforgiven"
Clint Eastwood
Brad
|
$400
[26]
Dialects of this language include Wu, Yue & Hakka
Chinese
Ken
|
$400
[28]
It was 103 degrees in July 2010 & Con Ed's command center in this N.Y. borough showed 12,963 megawatts consumed at 1 time
Manhattan
Brad
|
$400
[29]
The USPS cost for mailing this, a minimum of 3 1/2 x 5 inches, is 28 cents; wish you were here!
a postcard
Ken
|
$400
[27]
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders to below the waist
a shift
Ken
Watson
|
|
$600
[21]
A controversial EU subsidy program is called CAP, short for "Common" this "Policy"
Agricultural
Watson
|
$600
[11]
"The Pledge" &"Into the Wild"
Sean Penn
Ken
|
$600
[15]
Vedic, dating back at least 4,000 years, is the earliest dialect of this classical language of India
Sanskrit
Watson
|
$800
[6]
Gambler Charles Wells is believed to have inspired the song "The Man Who" did this "At Monte Carlo"
"Broke The Bank"
Watson
|
$600
[19]
In 2002 Eminem signed this rapper to a 7-figure deal, obviously worth a lot more than his name implies
50 Cent
Ken
|
$600
[20]
Football position that can be split or tight
an end
Brad
|
|
$800
[2]
Elected every 5 years, it has 736 members from 7 parties
Parliament
Watson
|
$800
[10]
"The Great Debaters"
Denzel Washington
Ken
|
$800
[4]
While Maltese borrows many words from Italian, it developed from a dialect of this Semitic language
Arabic
Watson
|
$1,000
[7]
Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called this "friendly skies" airline "Breaks Guitars"
United Airlines
Watson
|
$800
[8]
99 cents got me a 4-pack of Ytterlig coasters from this Swedish chain
IKEA
Brad
|
$800
[13]
It's an abbreviation for Grand Prix auto racing
F1
Brad
|
|
$1,000
[3]
As of 2010, Croatia & Macedonia are candidates but this is the only former Yugoslav republic in the EU
Slovenia
Watson
Brad
|
$1,000
[9]
"A Bronx Tale"
Robert De Niro
Brad
|
$1,000
[5]
Aeolic, spoken in ancient times, was a dialect of this
Ancient Greek
Watson
|
DD
$3,600
[18]
Senator Obama attended the 2006 groundbreaking for this man's memorial, 1/2 mile from Lincoln's
Martin Luther King
Ken
|
$1,000
[12]
A 15-ounce V05 Moisture Milks conditioner from this manufacturer averages a buck online
Alberto
Ken
|
$1,000
[14]
An additional section placed within the folds of a newspaper
an insert
Ken
Brad
|
| NONFICTION | LEGAL "E"s | WHAT TO WEAR? | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES | MAGICAL MOUSE-TERY TOUR | FAMILIAR SAYINGS |
|
$400
[17]
In 2010 this former First Lady published the memoir "Spoken from the Heart"
Laura Bush
Watson
|
DD
$367
[16]
This 2-word phrase means the power to take private property for public use; it's OK as long as there is just compensation
eminent domain
Watson
|
$400
[23]
This plain-weave, sheer fabric made with tightly twisted yarn is also used to describe a pie or cake
chiffon
Ken
|
$400
[25]
Cape Hatteras is known as this cemetery synonym "of the Atlantic"
a graveyard
Brad
|
$400
[27]
Itchy (the mouse) & Scratchy (the cat) starred in "Skinless in Seattle" on a show within this Fox show
The Simpsons
Watson
|
$400
[28]
Familiarity is said to breed this, from the Latin for "despise"
contempt
Watson
|
|
$800
[19]
This book by Michael Lewis subtitled "Evolution of a Game" focused on left tackle prodigy Michael Oher
The Blind Side
Brad
|
$400
[18]
In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney
esquire
Watson
|
$800
[24]
A bit longer than a cocktail dress, one hemmed to end at the shins is this beverage "length"
tea
Brad
|
$800
[26]
Appropriately enough, this New York metropolis is "Bison City"
Buffalo
Watson
|
$800
[29]
In 1939's cartoon "The Pointer", this guy got a new, more pear-shaped body & pupils were added to his eyes
Mickey (Mouse)
Watson
|
$800
[30]
Even a broken one of these on your wall is right twice a day
clock
Watson
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Dave Eggers not-so-modestly titled his memoir "A Heartbreaking Work of" this
Staggering Genius
Watson
|
$800
[21]
One definition of this is entering a private place with the intent of listening secretly to private conversations
eavesdropping
Ken
|
$1,200
[11]
Also the name of a rope for leading cattle, this women's backless top has a strap that loops around the neck
halter
Watson
|
$1,200
[10]
This town is known as "Sin City" & its downtown is "Glitter Gulch"
Las Vegas
Watson
|
$1,200
[9]
This 1959 Daniel Keyes novella about Charlie Gordon & a smarter-than-average lab mouse won a Hugo Award
Flowers for Algernon
Watson
|
$1,200
[1]
If you're one of these capable fellows, you're unfortunately "master of none"
a jack of all trades
Brad
|
|
$2,000
[20]
HBO's miniseries "John Adams" was based on this author's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography
David McCullough
Watson
|
$1,200
[15]
This person is appointed by a testator to carry out the directions & requests in his will
executor
Watson
|
$1,600
[6]
If you're wearing Wellingtons at Wimbledon, you're wearing these
rainboots (or galoshes)
Ken
|
$1,600
[7]
It's known as both "The Steel City" & "The Iron City"
Pittsburgh
Ken
|
$1,600
[8]
The samplefest "The Grey Album" & the band Gnarls Barkley are 2 projects of Brian Burton, aka this
Danger Mouse
Ken
|
$1,600
[2]
A camel is a horse designed by this
a committee
Ken
|
|
DD
$2,127
[5]
The New Yorker's 1959 review of this said in its brevity & clarity it is "unlike most such manuals, a book as well as a tool"
The Elements of Style
Watson
|
$2,000
[22]
This clause in a union contract says that wages will rise or fall depending on a standard such as cost of living
escalator
Watson
|
$2,000
[13]
Throw on an outfit from the "Marc by" this designer line
Marc Jacobs
Watson
|
$2,000
[12]
"The Coyote State" is an unofficial nickname of this 75,885-square-mile state
South Dakota
Watson
|
$2,000
[14]
Maurice LaMarche found his inner Orson Welles to voice this rodent whose simple goal was to take over the world
the Brain
Ken
|
$2,000
[3]
It's a poor workman who blames these
tools
Watson
|
William Wilkinson's "An Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia" inspired this author's most famous novel
Bram Stoker