Ken Jennings game 69.
Jennifer Peebles — a newspaper editor from Madison, Tennessee
Robert Kirkpatrick — an animator from Miami Beach, Florida
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 68-day cash winnings total $2,305,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $7,800 | $13,000 | $24,600 |
$19,200
69-day champion: $2,325,001 |
$28,400
36 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Robert | $-200 | $1,600 | $200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
7 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $1,000 | $1,400 | $1,800 |
$1,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,800
5 R, 1 W |
| THE TRUMAN LIBRARY | DO "TELL" | BOTTOM OF THE NINTH | IF YOU GROW IT, THEY WILL EAT | CHAMPAGNE MUSIC | SHALL WE GDANSK? |
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$200
[16]
One exhibit at the library covers the concert career of this Truman relative
Margaret Truman
Jennifer
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$200
[6]
Give us your best Marlon Brando with this famous 1-word howl from a classic 1951 film
STELLA!
Ken
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$200
[1]
He dedicated his ninth symphony to the King of Prussia
Beethoven
Ken
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$200
[20]
Endive is a member of the same family as this flower, so "give me your answer, do"
daisy
Ken
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$200
[26]
The Eagles mention amenities like champagne on ice & a flexible check-out time at this title place
the Hotel California
Ken
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$200
[11]
The country where you'll find the city of Gdansk
Poland
Jennifer
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$400
[17]
See the satchel Truman took when he signed the charter for this organization on Jun 26, 1945, in San Francisco
the U.N.
Ken
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$400
[7]
Bootes, Orion & Gemini, to name a few
constellations
Ken
|
$400
[2]
It's the chemical element named for the ninth planet from the sun
plutonium
Ken
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$400
[22]
While there are over 5,000 varieties of this fruit, you probably eat the Anjou or Bartlett
a pear
Robert
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$400
[27]
He wrote the song that says, "I get no kick from champagne"
Cole Porter
Ken
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$400
[12]
It's what the Germans called Gdansk when they controlled it
Danzig
Ken
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$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Truman Library in Independence, MO.) Among the library's historic artifacts is thesafety plug from the bomb dropped on this city on August 9, 1945
Nagasaki
Ken
Jennifer
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$600
[8]
It's the governmental organization headed by George H.W. Bush from 1976 to 1977
the Central Intelligence Agency
Robert
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$600
[3]
In 1966 this strongman gave Spain its ninth constitution since 1812
Franco
Ken
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$600
[23]
Though American in origin, the Cape Gooseberry got its name by being cultivated on this South African Cape
the Cape of Good Hope
Ken
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$600
[28]
Ann-Margret sang a song called "Champagne" in the movie version of this rock opera
Tommy
Robert
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$800
[14]
The organization that administered Gdansk as a free city following World War I
the League of Nations
Jennifer
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|
$800
[19]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Truman Library in Independence, MO.)"Family Squabble", a painting by this illustrator, shows how many families argued about the 1948 presidential election
(Norman) Rockwell
Robert
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$800
[9]
It's the flat, movable bone at the front of the knee
the patella
Ken
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$800
[4]
He was our ninth president & his grandson was our twenty-third
William Henry Harrison
Ken
Robert
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$800
[24]
One of the oldest plants cultivated by man, it produces 1 bunch of "hands" & then is cut down
bananas
Jennifer
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$800
[29]
This No. 1 hit with a "Spanglish" title says, "She never drinks the water, makes you order French champagne"
"Livin' La Vida Loca"
Ken
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$1,000
[15]
The river that runs from the Carpathian Mountains to its mouth near Gdansk
the Vistula
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$1,000
[21]
The library has the actual guns used by the men who tried to assassinate Pres. Truman at this residence in 1950
Blair House
Ken
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$1,000
[10]
Small rounds of meat-filled pasta that are shaped into rings & boiled
tortellini
Ken
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$1,000
[5]
Hindus consider Buddha to be the ninth incarnation of this preserver god
Vishnu
Ken
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$1,000
[25]
The California types of these are Mexican-Guatemalan hybrids & include the Hass
avocados
Ken
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$1,000
[30]
In a tropical tune by this singer, a water shortage at the Gull Reef Club means "Champagne Si, Agua No"
Jimmy Buffett
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The body of water on which Gdansk is a major port
the Baltic
Ken
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| YOUR HITTITE PARADE | STAR WARS | GRAY'S ANATOMY | CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' | PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PLAYS | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[1]
Not too far from this present-day Turkish capital you can see the site of the old Hittite capital, Hattusas
Ankara
Ken
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$400
[12]
(Mark Hamill reads.) This villain was portrayed by three different actors: one did his voice, one did his physical acting, & one did his stunts
Darth Vader
Robert
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$400
[17]
From the Latin for "to chew", Gray's calls this bone the strongest bone of the face
the mandible
Robert
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$400
[20]
California produces approximately 98% of the U.S. supply of these "green almond" nuts
pistachios
Ken
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$400
[2]
Frank D. Gilroy:"The Subject Was..."
Roses
Ken
Robert
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$400
[7]
Revolutionary War traitor who also told "True Lies" to film fans
Benedict Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jennifer
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$1,600
[28]
A great battle was fought at the Hittite stronghold of Kadesh against this Egyptian pharaoh, husband to Nefertari
Ramses the Great
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$800
[13]
(R2-D2 "reads".) In "Star Wars", the term used for robots like C-3PO & myself is this 5-letter shortening of another word
droid
Ken
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$800
[18]
Gray's describes this as the longest & largest bone in the arm
the humerus
Ken
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$800
[23]
In 1848 this large migration began with a valuable discovery at Sutter's Mill
the Gold Rush
Ken
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$800
[3]
Paul Zindel:"The Effect of Gamma Rays on..."
Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Ken
|
$800
[8]
"Rollin' On The River" CCR tune that founded Christian Science
Proud Mary Baker Eddy
Ken
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|
DD
$5,200
[27]
The Chalybes of the Hittite Empire us here d in this "Age" with advancements like tempering & forging
the Iron Age
Ken
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$1,200
[14]
(A stormtrooper reads.) Infiltrating the Death Star, these 2 characters dress up like storm troopers to rescue Princess Leia
Han & Luke
Ken
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DD
$1,000
[19]
This artery is in the thigh, as its name indicates
the femoral artery
Robert
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$1,200
[24]
During the 1999 World Cup Soccer final in Pasadena, she did her famous victory strip
Brandi Chastain
Ken
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$1,200
[4]
John Patrick:"The Teahouse..."
of the August Moon
Ken
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$1,200
[9]
Portly Yankee slugger who became a more svelte Supreme Court Justice
Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ken
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$1,600
[15]
(Chewbacca "reads".) I am Chewbacca, this type of creature from the planet Kashyyyk
a Wookiee
Ken
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$1,600
[21]
Types of these in the foot include transverse, lateral, medial & fundamental longitudinal
arches
|
$1,600
[25]
Yountville & St. Helena are towns in this Central California wine-producing county
Napa
Ken
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$1,600
[5]
William Inge:
Picnic
Ken
Robert
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$1,600
[10]
John Gray's "planetary" relationship book that won tennis' U.S. Open in 2001
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus Williams
Ken
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| — |
$2,000
[16]
(I'm Anthony Daniels.) I play C-3PO, a droid specializing in this political etiquette used at official ceremonies & occasions
protocol
Ken
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$2,000
[22]
Gray's says this largest ductless gland is "highly vascular" & "dark purple"
spleen
|
$2,000
[26]
The Dead Sea Scrolls might still be under wraps if this Ca. library hadn't leaked them to the public in 1991
the Huntington Library
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$2,000
[6]
Marsha Norman:"'Night,..."
Mother
Ken
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$2,000
[11]
Horatio Alger's 1868 novel that became the current vice president
Ragged Dick Cheney
Ken
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This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors
Shell Oil