Battle of the Decades final game 1.
Roger Craig — a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
Ken Jennings — a writer from Seattle, Washington
Brad Rutter — an actor and producer from Hollywood, California
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad | $0 | $2,000 | $14,000 | $10,000 |
$17,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ken | $800 | $3,200 | $12,000 | $7,000 |
$12,000
21 R, 3 W |
| Roger | $2,400 | $5,000 | $-800 | $-800 |
$9,400
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| CHESS DRAMA | OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS | A BLANK EXPRESSION | PARENTING & CHILDREN | U.S. GEOGRAPHY | DOCUMENTARIES |
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$200
[6]
In the 2006 World title match, the challenger accused the champ of consulting a computer during visits to this room
the bathroom
Roger
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$200
[16]
Some small beach birds are called peeps instead of these "pipers"
sandpipers
Brad
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$200
[21]
Take advantage, "make ____ while the sun shines"
hay
Roger
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$200
[26]
It's the gradual accustoming of a child to take nourishment other than by nursing
weaning
Ken
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$200
[11]
This river enters Idaho through the Palisades Reservoir on the Wyoming border
the Snake River
Roger
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$200
[1]
2013's "20 Feet from Stardom" is about women in this musical profession
back-up singers
Brad
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$400
[10]
Aron Nimzovich once jumped on a table & screamed, "Why must I lose to this idiot!"--how like a GM, one of these
a grandmaster
Brad
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$400
[17]
There's a reptile in the name of this small, wild pigeon known for its cooing
a turtledove
Brad
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$400
[22]
No way, no how, "not for all the tea in ____"
China
Ken
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$400
[27]
To be "tied" to these even though someone is grown up means to still be controlled by a parent
the apron strings
Brad
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$400
[12]
Vermont's lowest point is 95 feet above sea level on the shore of this lake
Lake Champlain
Roger
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$400
[2]
"Religulous", featuring this atheistic host of HBO's "Real Time", has just a bit of an agenda
Bill Maher
Ken
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$600
[9]
Some of our champions know how this champion felt when he lost a 1997 match to IBM's Deep Blue computer
Kasparov
Brad
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$600
[18]
Though the emu is taller, this relative is the heaviest bird in Australia
a cassowary
Ken
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$600
[23]
Time flies, in Latin, "____ ____"
tempus fugit
Roger
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$600
[28]
From a Germanic word for "hatching", it's a large group of kids from one family
a brood
Ken
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$600
[15]
This Rockies Ridge splits the waters of the Western U.S. into westward & eastward flowing
the Continental Divide
Roger
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$600
[3]
Emily Stagg, S-T-A-G-G, is one of the stars of this 2002 film
Spellbound
Ken
|
|
$800
[8]
A 1978 match saw claims that this type of 16-letter "beyond the mind" expert was using telepathy to confuse 1 player
a parapsychologist
Brad
|
$800
[19]
Made popular by the movie "Happy Feet", this species was named for the wife of a French explorer
an Adélie penguin
Ken
|
$800
[24]
From Ben Franklin:"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are ____"
dead
Roger
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$800
[29]
Infant wrappers mentioned in the King James Version of Luke 2
swaddling clothes
Ken
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$1,000
[13]
Pasca, a Native American word for bread, gave this Gulf Coast city its name
Pascagoula
Brad
Ken
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$800
[4]
He directed "The Thin Blue Line" & the 2013 Donald Rumsfeld portrait "The Unknown Known"
Errol Morris
Brad
Ken
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|
$1,000
[7]
Cosmo selectedthis22-year-old Norwegian, the new world champ, as one of its Sexiest Men of 2013
Magnus Carlsen
Roger
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$1,000
[20]
All the little birdies go tweet, tweet, tweet because they have this vocal organ, also a name for a panpipe
a syrinx
Roger
|
$1,000
[25]
From Proverbs 11, "He that troubleth his own house shall ____ ____ ____"
inherit the wind
Ken
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$1,000
[30]
Where did the years go? Time to fill out a FAFSA form to help junior do this
apply to college
Brad
|
DD
$3,200
[14]
The snowy dome of this tallest volcano in the lower 48 states is often shrouded in clouds
Mount Rainier
Brad
|
$1,000
[5]
"Harlan County, USA" from 1976 marched with striking coal miners in this state
Kentucky
Brad
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| ELIZABETHAN PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | MEDICAL TERMS | MISHMASH | HISTORIC DAYS | HATE SONGS | SOUNDS LIKE A NEW ELEMENT! |
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$400
[19]
In "Gorboduc", one of England's earliest plays in this genre, Porrex kills his brother; then their mother kills him
a tragedy
Ken
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$400
[22]
Cerumen is the medical name for this, so be careful with the Q-tips
earwax
Ken
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$400
[25]
The body of this Russian leader has been on display in Moscow since his death in 1924
Lenin
Ken
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$400
[30]
April 14, 1865
the Lincoln assassination
Ken
Roger
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$400
[29]
This Chrissie Hynde band covered The Persuaders' "A Thin Line Between Love & Hate"
The Pretenders
Ken
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$400
[24]
Dullness, sameness, monotony
tedium
Brad
|
|
$800
[18]
Thomas Kyd helped establish the unrhyming form called this verse on the English stage
blank verse
Roger
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$1,200
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chromosome chart on the monitor.) Charted here, a baby typically receives 23 pairs of chromosomes, 1 of each copied from each parent, but when there's anextra copy of chromosome 21, this condition is the result
Down syndrome
Ken
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$800
[26]
Tell T.C. & Rick to keep it down! It's time for this TV show whose theme is heard here
Magnum, P.I.
Ken
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$800
[27]
August 15, 1945
V-J Day
Ken
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$800
[28]
Heroin addiction is a theme of "Hateful", a tune on this band's album "London Calling"
The Clash
Brad
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$800
[23]
This 11-letter part of a funeral home will really burn you up
the crematorium
Brad
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In John Lyly's 1595 play "The Woman in the Moon", shepherds ask Nature to create this first woman of Greek myth
Pandora
Brad
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$1,600
[14]
It might ring a bell that ringing in the ears is known medically by this 8-letter name
tinnitus
Ken
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$1,200
[20]
This Ohio-based company has more than 2,400 stores, including Ralphs & Dillons, in 31 states
Kroger
Brad
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$1,200
[21]
May 29, 1453
the fall of Constantinople
Brad
Roger
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$1,200
[7]
While serving in the Army during WWI, Irving Berlin was inspired to write the song "Oh! How I Hate To" do this
"Get Up In The Morning"
Brad
Ken
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$1,200
[4]
Expensive gasoline, or a sum above the nominal value
premium
Ken
|
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$1,600
[1]
This author of "Every Man in His Humour" was apparently out of humor when he stabbed a man to death in 1598
Ben Jonson
Brad
Roger
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$2,000
[15]
From the Greek for "narrow", it's a narrowing of a duct or canal, especially the spinal canal
stenosis
Roger
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$1,600
[12]
For negotiating an Arab-Israeli truce, thisU.N. diplomat became the first African-American to win a Nobel Peace Prize
Ralph Bunche
Ken
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$1,600
[10]
April 30, 1975
the end of the Vietnam War
Brad
Ken
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$1,600
[8]
This Joan Jett & The Blackhearts hit was the basis for "Waiting All Day For Sunday Night", the "SNF" theme song
"I Hate Myself For Loving You"
Brad
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$1,600
[5]
This arch separates a stage from another new element, the auditorium
proscenium
Roger
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$2,000
[2]
Ian McKellen calls this author's "Edward II" "perhaps the first drama ever written with a homosexual hero"
Christopher Marlowe
|
DD
$10,200
[16]
Doctors use this 5-letter term for swelling or bloating in the body due to an excess build-up of fluid
edema
Roger
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$2,000
[17]
In a Whitman poem, this 3-word title precedes "Blow! Bugles! Blow!"
"Beat! Beat! Drums!"
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DD
$2,000
[11]
December 15, 1791
the ratification of the Bill of Rights
Brad
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$2,000
[9]
This 2010 Gucci Mane song title rhymes with a popular sports drink
"Haterade"
Brad
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$2,000
[6]
Post-dinner convivial meeting for drinking & intellectual conversation in ancient Greece
symposium
Brad
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1 of the 2 movies in the last 30 years, one a drama & one a comedy, to win Oscars for Best Actor & Best Actress
The Silence of the Lambs or As Good as It Gets