Ken Jennings game 63.Ken gets his tenth consecutive correct Final Jeopardy! response.
Sandy Grimwade — a publisher from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
Brian Shipley — a historian originally from Toronto, Canada
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 62-day cash winnings total $2,095,301)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $4,800 | $11,000 | $25,600 |
$30,000
63-day champion: $2,125,301 |
$26,600
35 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $200 | $2,600 | $7,000 |
$5,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
10 R, 0 W |
| Sandy | $400 | $800 | $9,600 |
$5,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| DATE & PLACE | GENESIS | YOU ARE SO HOT! | SOUNDS | LIVIN' LA VIDA YOKO | DUDE, WHERE'S MY CARB? |
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$200
[21]
April 9, 1865, Appomattox Court House:These 2 leaders
Lee & Grant
Ken
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$200
[1]
God breathed life into some of this to create Adam & told Adam he'd return to it
dust
Ken
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$200
[6]
The 1987 gov't safety guidelines for these 2-word backyard items included a max temperature of 104 degrees
hot tubs
Brian
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$200
[11]
A loud, resonant sound, or a time of prosperity
a boom
Sandy
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$200
[16]
Yoko Ono married him in 1969
John Lennon
Ken
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$200
[26]
This hormone secreted by the pancreas controls your carbohydrate metabolism
insulin
Brian
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$400
[22]
July 29, 1981, St. Paul's Cathedral:This couple (& 2,700 of their guests)
Charles & Diana
Brian
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$400
[2]
God made Eve while Adam was doing this
sleeping
Ken
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$400
[7]
Some scientists think this "hot Earth" phenomenon is natural; others think it's caused by human activity
global warming
Ken
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$400
[12]
Trucks in reverse do this to signal people behind them; the Rostra obstacle sensing system does it to alert the driver
beep
Ken
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$400
[17]
This son was born in 1975
Sean
Ken
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$400
[27]
A carbohydrate contains 4 of these energy units per gram, as opposed to 9 for a gram of fat
a calorie
Sandy
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$600
[23]
July 20, 1969, Mare Tranquillitatus:These 2 men
Armstrong & Aldrin
Ken
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$600
[3]
In Chapter 41, Pharaoh tells Joseph about his dream about 14 of these, half fat, half lean
cattle
Ken
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$600
[8]
The temperature in Tirat Tsvi in this country reached 129 in 1942 (& you thought the West Bank was a hot spot)
Israel
Ken
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$600
[13]
A baserunner reacting quickly is said to be "off with" this "of the bat"
the crack
Ken
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$600
[18]
The Grammy-winning "Double" album she co-created in 1980
Double Fantasy
Ken
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$600
[28]
The main component of the cell walls of plants, this complex carbohydrate is what termites eat
cellulose
Ken
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$800
[24]
June 25, 1876, the Montana Territory:This lt. col., under Gen. Alfred Terry, & his 200-man unit
Custer
Brian
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$800
[4]
Chapter 1 says God placed the lights in this “of the heaven”
the firmament
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
Also a type of salmon, it's a strong, hot & dry wind that comes from the Rocky Mountains
the Chinook
Sandy
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$800
[14]
A feud ensued in the 1840s when Edwin Forrest made this sibilant sound watching rival actor William Macready
hissing
Ken
Sandy
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$800
[19]
Yoko's song "Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue" was released in this year, 50 years after the first atomic bomb
1995
Ken
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$800
[29]
The name of this variety of complex carbohydrate comes from an Old German word meaning "to be rigid"
starch
Ken
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$1,000
[25]
November 20, 1975, Madrid:This head of state becomes dead; he still is
Francisco Franco
Ken
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$1,000
[5]
We don't know what Noah did before the flood, but afterward he grew these
grapes
Ken
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DD
$2,000
[9]
Temperatures on this planet can range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees in a single day
Mercury
Ken
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$1,000
[15]
Some dictionaries give "thump" as a synonym of this dull sound that's often on the same page
thud (thunk accepted)
Ken
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$1,000
[20]
The current Japanese emperor who was an elementary school classmate of Yoko's
Akihito
Ken
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$1,000
[30]
Carbohydrates are predominantly made up of these three elements
carbon, hydrogen & oxygen
Brian
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| DAYTON PLACE | BEST DRAMATIC ACTOR TONY WINNERS | THE CIA | PLANT PARENTHOOD | KATZ IN THE CRADLE | "PH"UN WORDS |
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$400
[8]
This famous brother, the younger of the two, flew into the world in Dayton, Ohio on August 19, 1871
Orville Wright
Sandy
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$400
[16]
For "The Odd Couple"(1965)
Walter Matthau
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[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks on the CIA seal in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.) On the CIA seal, the global directions from which information comes are symbolized by this sixteen-pointed star
a compass rose
Sandy
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$400
[1]
The bulb used in cooking rarely produces seeds; most people break it into cloves & plant them
garlic
Brian
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$400
[6]
This former Disney executive has produced films like "Shrek" & "Chicken Run"
Katzenberg
Ken
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$400
[21]
Models of this British motorcycle include the Tiger, Bonneville & Daytona 600
a Triumph
Ken
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$800
[9]
Floridians might be surprised to find Dayton is on a low floodplain of this "Great" river
the (Great) Miami (River)
Ken
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$800
[17]
For "Cyrano de Bergerac"(1947)
Jose Ferrer
Ken
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$800
[27]
Only the President can direct the CIA to start a covert action, & it's usually at the recommendation of this council
the National Security Council
Brian
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$800
[2]
One of these on a rose plant may have over 300,000 stomata, or pores
a leaf
Ken
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$800
[7]
These spunky kids drawn by Rudolph Dirks debuted in the comics in 1897
the Katzenjammer Kids
Brian
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$800
[22]
This clear, watery, circulating fluid removes bacteria & certain proteins from tissues of the human body
lymph
Ken
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$1,200
[13]
Life was "A Bowl of Cherries" for this Dayton-born author, who also penned a column called "At Wit's End"
Erma Bombeck
Brian
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$1,200
[18]
For "Mister Roberts"(1948)
Henry Fonda
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a keyboarded box in a museum exhibit in CIA Headquarters in Langley, VA.)Thiscode machine, whose name is from the Greek for "to speak in riddles", was cracked by the Poles in 1939
the ENIGMA Machine
Sandy
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$1,200
[3]
So named because some mimic animal sensibilities, this plant shares its name with a popular brunch potent potable
a mimosa
Brian
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$1,200
[10]
Both Joel Grey & this "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" actress started out with the last name Katz
Phoebe Cates
Ken
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$1,200
[23]
Named for a god, it can simply be any touring car, or a light, 4-wheeled open carriage drawn by 2 horses
a phaeton
Ken
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$1,600
[14]
In 1879 Dayton's James Ritty made a "mechanical drawer" that was developed into NCR products; NCR, "National" this
Cash Register
Sandy
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$1,600
[19]
For "A Man for All Seasons"(1962)
Paul Scofield
Ken
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$1,600
[29]
This 1950s CIA director was a stern Cold Warrior like his brother the Secretary of State
Allen Dulles
Ken
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$1,600
[4]
It's the genus of the plant known as marijuana
Cannabis
Sandy
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$1,600
[11]
Sir Bernard Katz won a Nobel Prize for his work on these chemicals that send nerve impulses across a synapse
neurotransmitters
Sandy
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$2,000
[25]
Written to an associate, it's the shortest of Paul's epistles
Philemon
Ken
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$2,000
[15]
1995's Dayton Accords aimed to end the conflict in this double-named country
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Ken
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$2,000
[20]
For "Amadeus"(1981)
Ian McKellen
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
The atrium at CIA headquarters has a model of the plane in which this man was shot down by the Soviets in 1960
Francis Gary Powers
Ken
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DD
$2,000
[5]
If you'd like to produce your own saffron, you have to plant a species of this flower
a crocus
Sandy
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$2,000
[12]
New York artist Alan Katz was a leader of this "New" style of art & captured friends on canvas like Elaine de Kooning
the New Realism
Ken
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DD
$2,600
[24]
From the Arabic for "successor", he's the secular & religious head of a Muslim state
the caliph
Ken
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"The Babysitter Murders" was the working title for this 1978 thriller
Halloween