Ken Jennings game 59.Ken breaks the $2 million mark.
Nathan Gordon — a bar manager from New Orleans, Louisiana
Jennifer Harriss — a community counselor from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 58-day cash winnings total $1,976,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $5,800 | $10,400 | $27,200 |
$30,000
59-day champion: $2,006,300 |
$27,800
33 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $-200 | $800 | $5,600 |
$600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
7 R, 2 W |
| Nathan | $2,400 | $3,800 | $11,500 |
$11,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE MOST POPULOUS NATION | SPORTS TERMS | GARDENS | SHIPS | EMILY POST-ER CHILD | SEARCH: LIGHT |
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$200
[6]
Nigeria, Nepal, Norway
Nigeria
Ken
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$200
[16]
"Ribby" refers to this baseball stat
runs batted in
Jennifer
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$200
[17]
Archaeologists found the remains of walls near the Euphrates that may have belonged to this famous project
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Ken
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$200
[1]
Charles Darwin once wrote, "The voyage of" this ship "has been by far the most important event in my life"
the Beagle
Ken
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$200
[11]
These are meant to be used regularly during the meal (just in case you have a milk mustache or something...)
napkins
Nathan
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$200
[23]
Thistype of photoelectric cell converts sunlight to energy
solar
Ken
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$400
[7]
Spain, Mexico, Argentina
Mexico
Nathan
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$400
[18]
(I'm Troy Vincent of the NFL.) Along with 2 safeties, 2 players at this position of mine normally make up the secondary
cornerbacks
Ken
Nathan
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$400
[22]
Thissite has seen more than its share of historic & ceremonial occasions
the Rose Garden (at the White House)
Ken
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$400
[2]
Neither this man nor his flagship the Trinidad completed the circumnavigation of the world in the 1520s
Magellan
Ken
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$400
[12]
These "are still the 'magic' words they've always been", & you should insist your child use them
please & thank you
Nathan
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$400
[24]
Thistype of light can drill holes in diamonds or carry information over long distances
laser
Ken
|
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$600
[8]
Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg
the Netherlands
Ken
|
$600
[19]
"Around the world" is a round of golf with this score, an allusion to a certain novel
80
Jennifer
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$600
[28]
Term given the home vegetable gardens planted by patriotic Americans during WWII
victory gardens
Ken
|
$600
[3]
The Mary Rose, a warship built for this British king, sank in 1545 & was raised in 1982
Henry VIII
Ken
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$600
[13]
Post goes on for over a page on the "the validity of" this 2-letter word, a kid's earliest must-learn concept
no
Nathan
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$600
[25]
A bulb gives off light from this which comes from the resistance of the filament to the electric current
heat
Ken
|
|
$800
[9]
East Timor, North Korea, South Africa
South Africa
Nathan
|
$800
[20]
In basketball, this position that can be either "small" or "power" is sometimes called "cornerman"
forward
Ken
|
$800
[29]
Not the Golden Gate, but the gate seen here, gets you into this garden
the Japanese Tea Garden (in San Francisco)
Jennifer
|
$800
[4]
In 1787 the great cabin of this ship once called the Berthia was converted to house pots to hold breadfruit
the Bounty
Ken
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$800
[14]
Children should learn not to interrupt others' conversations except in the case of one of these
an emergency
Jennifer
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$800
[26]
Light can be have like a particle or, when it bends, like one of these
wave
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
The Dominican Republic, Haiti, the Bahamas
the Dominican Republic
Ken
Jennifer
Nathan
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$1,000
[21]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew comes to a quick stop on the slopes.) A sharp turn perpendicular to the hill is this kind of stop, named for the game played by Brendan Shanahan
hockey
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[30]
It's a garden in which plants are grown for scientific & educational purposes; Brooklyn has one
a botanical garden
Nathan
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
3 torpedoes fired from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped sink this battleship on May 27, 1941
the Bismarck
Ken
|
$1,000
[15]
On formal correspondence, you may address a boy under 7 years old by this title
Master
Nathan
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$1,000
[27]
The photon, a light particle, has momentum & energy but no electric charge or this
mass
Ken
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| LAW REVIEW | OLD SONGS | HOPE YOU'RE WELL READ... | CROSSWORD CLUES "C" | HURRY UP!!! | WHAT'S THE RUSHMORE? |
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$400
[21]
On "The Practice" Rebecca started at this job, not a lawyer but one authorized to use legal skills
a paralegal
Nathan
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$400
[30]
"This Land Is Your Land" is a famous song written by this man, a major influence on folk & rock
Woody Guthrie
Ken
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$400
[6]
In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen & taken to the Klondike
The Call of the Wild
Ken
|
$400
[1]
Lively high-kicking dance(6)
can-can
Ken
|
$400
[16]
The Sixth Amendment guarantees your right to a speedy & public one
a trial
Nathan
|
$400
[11]
A depiction of Mount Rushmore appears on this state's official license plates
South Dakota
Ken
|
|
$800
[22]
In 1817 the first U.S. university law school was established near the Charles River at this school
Harvard
Nathan
|
$800
[29]
Fred Astaire's sister Adele introduced this Gershwin tune
"The Man I Love"
|
$800
[7]
In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" & "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Coleridge
Ken
|
$800
[2]
Picasso's "square" style(6)
Cubism
Ken
|
$800
[17]
"I feel the need... the need for speed!" is a line from this high-octane Tom Cruise movie
Top Gun
Nathan
|
$800
[12]
It's the "dark" mountainous region where you'll find Mount Rushmore
the Black Hills
Nathan
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This voluntary organization of over 350,000 lawyers was founded in 1878 by 75 of them
the ABA (American Bar Association)
Ken
|
$1,200
[26]
In this song standard, Otto Harbach wrote, "Someday you'll find all who love are blind"
"Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"
Ken
|
$1,200
[8]
Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place"
Brewster Place
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[3]
An exact duplicate(6, 4)
carbon copy
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
In France, the TGV is a high-speed one of these
a train
Ken
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$1,600
[14]
Of the 4 men immortalized on Mount Rushmore, the one who was born last
Teddy Roosevelt
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[24]
In the plea known by this 2-word Latin phrase, the defendant doesn't admit or deny the charges
nolo contendere
Ken
|
$1,600
[27]
There was a rush to record this big hit of 1948
"You Call Everybody Darlin'"
|
$1,600
[9]
A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now"
Joshua
Ken
|
$1,600
[4]
Cranky lawn weed(9)
crabgrass
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[19]
When going after prey, this chameleon part can top speeds of 16 1/2 feet per second
its tongue
Ken
|
$2,000
[15]
He's the ambitious & visionary sculptor who designed & oversaw the massive Mount Rushmore project
(Gutzon) Borglum
Nathan
|
|
$2,000
[25]
If a lawyer talks to a judge about a case without opposing counsel present, it's this Latin phrase for "on one side only"
ex parte
|
DD
$1,600
[28]
The 1925 tune about this instrumental female begins, "I saw the splendor of the moonlight on Honolulu Bay"
"Ukulele Lady"
Ken
|
$2,000
[10]
With his Mommy Dearest, this Frances Hodgson Burnett title character moves to England & inherits a title
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
Dental tartar, or branch of math(8)
calculus
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[20]
Cyclotrons & synchrotrons are 2 types of these machines used to increase the speeds of subatomic nuclei
particle accelerators
Ken
|
DD
$2,500
[13]
Of the 4 men on Mount Rushmore, the 2 who were lawyers
Lincoln & Jefferson
Nathan
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The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas
Leif Ericson