Ken Jennings game 72.
Whitney Donaghy — an illustrations coordinator from Manassas, Virginia
Philip Graves — an IT consultant from Somerset, New Jersey
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 71-day cash winnings total $2,410,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $6,400 | $12,600 | $38,400 |
$50,000
72-day champion: $2,460,100 |
$29,400
38 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Philip | $-200 | $200 | $2,600 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
4 R, 1 W |
| Whitney | $2,000 | $3,400 | $3,200 |
$3,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| FIRST ELECTED OFFICE | RETITLED CINEMA | A DATE WITH HISTORY | DOUBLE DOWN | AIRPORT CODES | "Z" END |
|
$200
[26]
He was elected to Louisiana's State Railroad Commission in 1918, lost the race for governor in '24 but won in '28
Huey Long
Ken
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$200
[1]
In this 2000 film, Taiwan saw Tom Hanks "Discover New Meaning of Life after Catastrophe"
Cast Away
Ken
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$200
[6]
She was elected Britain's prime minister May 4, 1979
Maggie Thatcher
Ken
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$200
[11]
This constitutional provision protects you from self-incrimination & double jeopardy
the Fifth Amendment
Ken
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$200
[21]
There's an Independence Brew Pub there:PHL
Philadelphia
Ken
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$200
[16]
At an elevation of about 12,000 feet, this South American capital is the world's highest
La Paz
Ken
|
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$400
[27]
This New York junior senator's first elected office was... New York junior senator
Hillary Clinton
Whitney
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$400
[2]
Fans in Poland weighed the merits of "Fatter and Thinner 2" starring this "Nutty Professor"
Eddie Murphy
Ken
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$400
[7]
(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.) One of my first on-air assignments for CNN was on this fateful date, reporting from a rooftop vantage point
September 11, 2001
Ken
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$400
[12]
To reach 2-digit totals in points, rebounds & assists in one basketball game is to achieve this kind of "double"
a triple double
Philip
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$400
[22]
Named for a politician:LGA
LaGuardia
Philip
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$400
[17]
In the Bible he was married to Ruth
Boaz
Ken
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$600
[28]
His first gig was mayor of Palm Springs in 1988 & Congress got him, babe, in 1995
Sonny Bono
Ken
|
$600
[3]
We're not sure how "Unlucky Son-in-Law (To Be) Meets Tricky Daddy", this Ben Stiller film, fit on Thai marquees
Meet the Parents
Whitney
|
$800
[9]
Referred to as "Black Tuesday", it's the date in 1929 that saw the final collapse of the stock market
October 29th
|
$600
[13]
"Double Date with the Sarge" is a classic episode of this 1960s sitcom
Gomer Pyle
Philip
Whitney
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$600
[23]
A regional airport in Texas:ABI
Abilene
Ken
|
$600
[18]
What's the frequency, Kenneth?--& make sure it's in this unit equal to one cycle per second
hertz
Ken
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|
$800
[29]
She was an Ariz. state senator in 1970; Ronald Reagan arranged an "appointment" with history for her in 1981
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ken
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$800
[4]
In Egypt the "2000" sequel to this 1980 film starred Dan Aykroyd as one of "The Naughty Brothers"
The Blues Brothers
Whitney
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$1,000
[10]
John Marshall handed down the decision in this landmark case Feb. 24, 1803
Marbury v. Madison
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$800
[14]
Linus Pauling lost the race against Watson & Crick to determine the structure of this; it turned out to be a double helix
DNA
Ken
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$800
[24]
A friendly ghost town?:CPR
Casper, Wyoming
Ken
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$800
[19]
In the 1910s this auto company introduced its famous Bearcat
Stutz
Ken
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$1,000
[30]
Starting out as Edgefield County's Superintendent of Education in 1929, he retired from the U.S. Senate 74 years later
Strom Thurmond
Ken
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$1,000
[5]
Robin Williams amused Thailand with "Untraditional Doctor, Delighted Patients", known as this in the U.S.
Patch Adams
Ken
|
DD
$2,200
[8]
Many still remember that it was on this December date in 1941 that the U.S. officially entered World War II
December 8
Ken
|
$1,000
[15]
In the "Niebelunglied" this hero defeats the dwarf Alberich twice & takes his cloak of invisibility
Siegfried
Ken
|
$1,000
[25]
It's in the Northeast:BGR
Bangor, Maine
|
$1,000
[20]
This strategically important strait connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman
Hormuz
Whitney
|
| ASIA | ROLLING STONE'S 50 GREATEST ARTISTS | NOBEL CATEGORIES BY WINNER | CAPTAIN O' THE SHIP | BOOK BINDINGS | ADD TWO LETTERS |
|
$400
[6]
Yongbyon in this country is the home of a nuclear reactor that may be used to make weapons
North Korea
Ken
|
$400
[1]
Good golly! The only artist to write his own tribute was this one, No. 8, whose first hit came in 1956
Little Richard
Ken
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$400
[11]
George Marshall
Peace
Whitney
|
$400
[18]
The H.M.S. Bounty: in 1787 before all the trouble
William Bligh
Ken
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$400
[21]
O'Neill, 1922 & Tolstoy, 1875-77:"Anna ____" & "Anna ____"
Christie & Karenina
Ken
|
$400
[26]
To seep slowly through a hole; add two letters & you nap through the entire ordeal
ooze & snooze
Ken
|
|
$800
[7]
India & Pakistan have disputed this region since 1947 & sometimes China gets into the act
Kashmir
Whitney
|
$800
[2]
Bono wrote of him, No. 3 after The Beatles & Dylan, that he "ate America before America ate him"
Elvis Presley
Ken
|
$800
[12]
Frederick Banting
Medicine
Ken
|
$800
[19]
Looking for a NW Passage, sandwiched between a rock & a Hawaiian hard place:The Resolution
(Captain) Cook
Ken
|
$800
[22]
Tolkien (a trilogy), 1954-55 & Golding, 1954:"Lord of the ____"
Rings & Flies
Philip
|
$800
[27]
The wood used to immobilize a fractured bone & two letters later, the less painful result of part of it in your skin
splint & splinter
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2003, after a struggle, the British gained control of this Southern Iraqi city, the country's main port
Basra
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
No. 11, he "came from the poverty & injustice of Jamaica, & that manifested itself in his rebel sound"
Bob Marley
Ken
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$1,600
[17]
Paul Samuelson
Economics
Philip
|
$1,200
[20]
A knighted Englishman:The Golden Hind
(Sir Francis) Drake
Ken
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$1,200
[23]
Ellison, 1952 & Bradbury, 1951:"____ Man"
Invisible & Illustrated
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
It's the season to which you add two letters to get this last name of Cincinnati's mayor in 1977
Spring & Springer
Whitney
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Shymkent, Kazakhstan is just north of this capital of Uzbekistan, Central Asia's largest city
Tashkent
Ken
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$1,600
[4]
Someone "managed to combine R.E.M. & Metallica", wrote Vernon Reid after he heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by this band, No. 27
Nirvana
Ken
|
$2,000
[13]
Peter Agre & Roderick MacKinnon (C'mon, it was just last year...)
Chemistry
Whitney
|
$1,600
[15]
Pirate & War of 1812 hero:The Pride
Jean Lafitte
Ken
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$1,600
[24]
Fitzgerald, 1925 & Conroy, 1976:"The Great ____"
Gatsby & Santini
Whitney
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$1,600
[29]
Add two letters to this term for a small house in the woods & you get this piece of woodwork inside it
cabin & cabinet
Ken
|
|
DD
$6,200
[8]
If you plan to walk from Beijing to Ulan Bator, take lots of water, as you'll be crossing this land region
the Gobi Desert
Whitney
|
$2,000
[5]
"Without" No. 46, this Texan, "there would be no Melissa Etheridge... no Chrissie Hynde, no Gwen Stefani"
Janis Joplin
Whitney
|
DD
$8,600
[16]
Ernest Lawrence
Physics
Ken
|
$2,000
[14]
3-time America's Cup winner:Freedom & Stars and Stripes
Dennis Conner
Whitney
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$2,000
[25]
Hawthorne, 1850 & Poe, 1844:"The ____ Letter"
Scarlet & Purloined
Ken
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$2,000
[30]
New or fresh; add two letters & you get this adjective for an early inhabitant of Australia
original & Aboriginal
Ken
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Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff"
(my) hat is in the ring