Ken Jennings game 73.
Sanda Kurtz — a price protection manager from Miami Beach, Florida
Andrew Smith — an online high school teacher from Lake Elizabeth, California
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 72-day cash winnings total $2,460,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $7,200 | $12,600 | $40,800 |
$31,600
73-day champion: $2,491,700 |
$31,600
38 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Andrew | $600 | $1,600 | $6,000 |
$6,007
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Sanda | $2,200 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
$1,981
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,000
9 R, 3 W |
| THE 50 STATES | I'M NOT A DOCTOR, BUT I PLAY ONE ON TV | AWARDS | NAME THE DECADE | FRAIDY CAT | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" |
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$200
[2]
It follows Miami in the name of Florida's most populous county
Dade
Ken
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$200
[1]
Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Alan Alda
Andrew
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$200
[21]
Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin & this man were the first astronauts to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Neil Armstrong
Andrew
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$200
[22]
Ford Motors goes public, Dr. Seuss pens "The Cat in the Hat" & Ronald Reagan weds wife No. 2
the 1950s
Ken
Andrew
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$200
[7]
Suriphobia, fear of these, may set a housewife screaming while standing on a kitchen chair
mice
Ken
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$200
[16]
Bram Stoker novel you can "count" on(7)
Dracula
Ken
|
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$400
[12]
As you might expect, its state domestic animal is the dairy cow
Wisconsin
Ken
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$400
[3]
Dr. Michaela Quinn
Jane Seymour
Sanda
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$400
[23]
In 1912 the Int'l Committee of the Red Cross created a medal for nursing named for this 19th century British woman
Florence Nightingale
Andrew
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$400
[27]
(Al Franken reads.) Chernobyl, Iran-Contra & Flock of Seagulls haircuts weren't exactly what I had in mind when I named this decade after me..."Al Franken"
the 1980s
Ken
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$400
[8]
Gallophobia is not a fear of wine, but a fear of this country that produces a lot of wine
France
Andrew
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$400
[17]
Samson's locks-smith(7)
Delilah
Andrew
|
|
$600
[13]
The westernmost town in the lower 48 states is La Push in this state
Washington
Ken
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$600
[4]
Dr. Doogie Howser
Neil Patrick Harris
Ken
|
$600
[24]
The Thailand edition of this CBS series won a 2003 People's Choice Award for best reality program
Survivor
Ken
|
$600
[28]
This decade sees a congressional "compromise", the first Lincoln-Douglas debate & the death of Kierkegaard
1850s
Ken
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$600
[9]
"Erythrophobia is the fear of doing this", he said, showing some embarrassment
blushing
Ken
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$600
[18]
Greek gelt(8)
drachmas
Ken
Andrew
|
|
$800
[14]
The highest temperature ever recorded in this state was 117 degrees on July 5, 1985 in St. George
Utah
Ken
|
$800
[5]
Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy
DeForest Kelley
Sanda
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$800
[25]
The Hugo & Nebula awards are presented to writers in this genre
science fiction
Andrew
|
$800
[29]
Edison invents the phonograph, U.S. Grant is re-elected & Bizet writes "Carmen"
1870s
Ken
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$800
[10]
Hey dude, surfers aren't cymophobic; they don't fear these, man
waves
Ken
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$800
[19]
Perry Mason's Street(5)
Della
Sanda
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This state's Kennebec River meets with its main tributary, the Androscoggin, northeast of Brunswick
Maine
Ken
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$1,000
[6]
Dr. Joe Gannon
Chad Everett
Sanda
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$1,000
[26]
In 1965 this U.N. Secretary-General from Asia became the first to win the Nehru Award for Int'l Understanding
U Thant
Andrew
|
$1,000
[30]
Pre-"The West Wing", the real Josiah Bartlett governs N.H., John Paul Jones gives up the fight & the Jay Treaty is inked
1790s
Ken
Andrew
Sanda
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
A person with ornithophobia & apiphobia may avoid a talk on this subject feared by erotophobics
the birds and the bees (or sex)
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
"American Tragedian" Theodore(7)
Dreiser
Ken
|
| ART HISTORY | & JOAN RIVERS RUNS THROUGH IT | SHAKESPEARE'S SMALL PARTS | COMMON BONDS | THE "K" TEAM | MUSICAL IDIOMS |
|
$400
[8]
6th century B.C. Greece must have been a happy place, as this facial expression is characteristic of its sculpture
a smile
Ken
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$400
[26]
Since 1986 when Joan left "The Tonight Show", this host has reportedly said "No" when asked "Can we talk?"
Johnny Carson
Ken
Sanda
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$400
[2]
Nym, a minor character, is a follower of this stout fellow in "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Falstaff
Andrew
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$400
[13]
Scope, Lavoris, Listerine
brands of mouthwash
Ken
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$400
[18]
He also said, "Ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
John F. Kennedy
Ken
|
$400
[1]
It's the action heard here; someone talking in fantasies is said to be doing it
whistling "Dixie"
Ken
|
|
$800
[9]
Carlo Carlone's team painted these, originally an Italian term, on palace & church walls across Europe
frescoes
Sanda
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$800
[27]
Ms. R was Miss Piggy's coworker (we can only imagine the office dish) when the Muppets took this title place in '84
Manhattan
Ken
|
$800
[4]
During his brief time on stage, Curtis, this man's aged servant, does get to say "Shrew"
Petruchio
Ken
|
$800
[14]
Coral, krait, moccasin
snakes
Sanda
|
$800
[19]
On Oct. 6, 1951 this magnate died in Battle Creek, Michigan
Kellogg
Sanda
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$1,200
[23]
This expression for what's being done here is found in Psalm 9"You are magnificent, you're marvelous, you're triumphant, and you're grand..."
singing his praises
Sanda
|
|
$1,200
[10]
The frolicsome paintingseenheredates from this century
the 18th
Ken
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$1,200
[28]
Joan voiced Julie, Bruce Willis' new baby sister, in this 1989 comedy
Look Who's Talking
Ken
|
$1,200
[5]
Those portraying a Norwegian captain in this play don't have to worry about memorizing a lot of lines
Hamlet
Ken
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$1,200
[15]
Quicksilver Messenger Service, Hues Corporation, Big Brother and the Holding Company
rock bands
Ken
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$1,200
[20]
On August 10, 1996 Bob Dole picked this man to be his running mate
Jack Kemp
Ken
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$1,600
[24]
This 2-word phrase can mean a counterfeit bill or, when you "strike" it, a mistake in tone
a false note
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[12]
Georges de la Tour mastered candlelight in the type ofpaintingcalled this, also a musical term
Nocturne
Ken
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$1,600
[29]
Joan gave a robotic performance as Dot Matrix in this Mel Brooks "Star Wars" spoof
Spaceballs
Ken
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$1,600
[6]
In this fairy tale, Snug doesn't get the lion's share of lines, but he does get the lion's lines
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ken
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$1,600
[16]
Movies, prospective employees, back doors
things that are screened
Ken
|
$1,600
[21]
This playwright's "Man Who Came to Dinner" character Sheridan Whiteside was such a plum role he even played it himself
George S. Kaufman
Ken
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
To "pay" him is to bear the consequences of your action
the piper
Andrew
|
|
DD
$9,800
[11]
The analytic type of this style broke the world into fragments; the synthetic type put it together
Cubism
Ken
|
$2,000
[30]
Joan narrated The Electric Co.'s "Adventures of Letterman" starring him, though it wasn't in Wonka Vision
Gene Wilder
Ken
|
$2,000
[7]
In Act V, Scene ii Dr. Butts shows up for a couple of lines with Cranmer & this title king
Henry VIII
Ken
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$2,000
[17]
The Rhine Valley, a chessboard, Vernon & Irene's Dance School
things with castles
Ken
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$2,000
[22]
Anita O'Day & June Christy were singers for this man's 1940s big band
Stan Kenton
Sanda
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$2,000
[25]
This 2-word part of the piano is also a verb meaning to downplay something harsh or upsetting
soft-pedal
Andrew
Sanda
|
Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations
Britain, Spain & Mexico