Ken Jennings game 75. Nancy Zerg ends Ken's streak.(Jerry Seinfield: TheSeinfeldgangis out of jail--)(George Costanza: --and coming toJeopardy!--)(Cosmo Kramer: --for a category.)(Elaine Benes: Stay tuned!)
David Hankins — a college student from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nancy Zerg — a realtor from Ventura, California
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 74-day cash winnings total $2,520,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $1,600 | $10,600 | $14,400 |
$8,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$22,400
29 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Nancy | $2,800 | $4,800 | $10,000 |
$14,401
New champion: $14,401 |
$10,000
10 R, 1 W |
| David | $0 | $400 | $-2,800 |
$-2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,800
7 R, 5 W |
| NO SOUP FOR YOU! | FESTIVUS | THE CONTEST | A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING | SOME BRAINTEASERS ABOUTSEINFELD | YADA YADA YADA |
|
$200
[7]
Mungo, mulligatawny, menudo
mungo
Ken
|
$200
[12]
Days celebrating people going to heaven include Jesus' Ascension day & her Assumption day
the Virgin Mary
Ken
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$200
[1]
In 1998 Rabbit Hash, Ky. elected Goofy, one of these, as mayor; sadly, the mayor had to be "put down" in 2001
a dog
David
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$200
[21]
Nothing, as a tennis score
love
David
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$200
[2]
(Jerry Seinfeld reads the clue.) This Season 7 episode revealed that this store owner was based on a real person"Very good. You know something?""Hm?""No soup for you!"
the Soup Nazi
David
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$400
[29]
In a 1775 speech he declared, "I know not what course others may take..." yada yada yada
(Patrick) Henry
Ken
|
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$400
[8]
Billi bi, billet-doux, bouillabaisse
billet-doux
Ken
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$400
[13]
Bitter herbs are featured on this holiday's Seder plate
Passover
Ken
|
$400
[17]
Peter Ueberroth finished sixth in a 2003 race for this state's highest office, just ahead of Larry Flynt
California
Nancy
|
$400
[22]
En espanol
nada
Ken
|
$400
[3]
"A Christmas present?""That's right.""For who?""For you!""Oh! Get out of here!"(Julia Louis-Dreyfus [Elaine Benes] reads the clue.) Inthatscene from Season 3, George's gift to Elaine was this article of clothing, a bargain because of a flaw: a small red dot
a (cashmere) sweater
Ken
|
$600
[28]
In a 1974 national TV address he conveyed, "Our long national nightmare is over..." yada yada yada
Ford
Ken
|
|
$600
[9]
Poudrette, stracciatella, Philadelphia Pepper Pot
poudrette
|
$600
[14]
In 1939 FDR moved this holiday one week earlier in an attempt to please the retail industry
Thanksgiving
Ken
|
$600
[18]
This George W. Bush Cabinet member lost his 2000 Senate race to a man who died a month before the election
John Ashcroft
Ken
|
$600
[23]
The "hour" for a military action to start
zero hour
Ken
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$600
[4]
"She tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and 'yada yada yada', I'm really tired today.'""What do you think she was tired from?""Well obviously the 'yada yada.'"(Jason Alexander [George Costanza] reads the clue.)Thatwas a classic scene from Season 8; "yada yada yada" recently made it into one edition of this venerable British dictionary
the Oxford English Dictionary
David
|
$800
[27]
Before Congress in 1951, he announced, "I now close my military career..." yada yada yada
MacArthur
Nancy
|
|
$800
[10]
Chlodnik, cock-a-leekie, kuttar
kuttar
|
$800
[15]
In 1876 Montreal's Mount Royal Park was officially inaugurated on May 24, a Canadian holiday because it's her birthday
Queen Victoria
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1884 a booster's attack on democratic "Rum, Romanism & Rebellion" backfired on this Down Easter
James Blaine
|
$800
[24]
William Cowper: "What peaceful hours I once enjoyed... but they have left an aching" this
void
Nancy
David
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$800
[5]
"I'm out."(Michael Richards [Cosmo Kramer] reads the clue.) When he wrotethatclassic episode from Season 4, this Seinfeld co-creator turned curbing his enthusiasm into an Emmy
Larry David
Nancy
|
$1,000
[26]
He humbly shared with the British in 1936, "A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as king..." yada yada yada
Edward VIII
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Bourride, rond de jambe, asopao de pollo
rond de jambe
Nancy
David
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1955 the Pope moved the service for this observance, including St. John's Passion, to the afternoon
Good Friday
Ken
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
In 1984 Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. & this state
Minnesota
Ken
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$1,000
[25]
9-letter word for lack of existence, or a person of no importance
a nonentity
David
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$1,000
[6]
(Jerry Seinfeld reads the clue.) Kramer dated a "low-talker" who designed this, also the title of the episode from Season 5"I... I can't wear this!""Hey, this looks better than anything you own."
the puffy shirt
Nancy
|
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| ZOOLOGY | FUNNY HATS | PATTON PENDING | GRAB BAG | SLANG | PRO SPORTS VENUES |
|
$400
[9]
Giraffes are divided by sex into cows & these
bulls
David
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$400
[19]
This "Grand Ole Opry" comedy star used to wear a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached
Minnie Pearl
Ken
|
$400
[10]
In 1909 George S. Patton graduated 46th out of 103 at this institution
West Point
Ken
|
$400
[6]
Tom Kelly took the 1949 nude photographs of this actress that later appeared on the calendar "Golden Dreams"
Marilyn Monroe
Ken
|
$400
[1]
Wifebeater is a controversial slang term for this ribbed white item of apparel
tank top (sleeveless undershirt accepted)
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
The Detroit Red Wings' rink
Joe Louis Arena
|
|
$800
[11]
While swimming, the anaconda can close off a valve inside these to keep water out
its nostrils
Ken
Nancy
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$800
[20]
Featured in the "Harry Potter" movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts School
the Sorting Hat
Ken
|
$800
[13]
Patton placed 5th at the 1912 Olympics in this event that includes swimming, fencing & the pistol
the modern pentathlon
Ken
David
|
$800
[7]
A wavy fabric made by twisting & then relaxing yarn, it's also found before "de Chine"
crêpe
Nancy
|
$800
[2]
This kind of fruit is a Bronx cheer
a raspberry
Ken
|
$1,600
[27]
The New York Islanders' home ice
Nassau Coliseum
|
|
$1,200
[12]
It's the common litter size of llamas, hippos & kangaroos
one
David
|
$1,200
[21]
Goya liked to paint at night, so he wore a hat rimmed with these
candles
Ken
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1916 Patton was an acting aide to this man, commander of WWI's American Expeditionary Forces
Pershing
Ken
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1956 the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Oban, Scotland & Clarenville in this Canadian province
Newfoundland
Ken
|
$1,200
[3]
This slang term for a fool or dolt is also the name of one of Archie's Riverdale friends
Jughead
Ken
|
$2,000
[26]
...and the home of the (Atlanta) Braves
Turner Field
David
|
|
$1,600
[17]
One type of terrier was specially bred in England to hunt this other member of the dog family
a fox
Ken
|
$2,000
[23]
In Wagner's operas, this eldest Valkyrie is stereotypically dressed in a horned helmet & breastplate
Brunhilde
Ken
|
$2,000
[16]
A few feet of the 998 square miles of this European country are Patton's grave in the American cemetery
Luxembourg
David
|
$1,600
[24]
The most popular color for this November birthstone is a rich orange-yellow, like the color of sherry
topaz
Nancy
|
$1,600
[4]
A university seminar on slang revealed that an unwelcome follower is known as a hanging this
chad
Nancy
|
— |
|
$2,000
[18]
As it's a fave of caribou, the lichen they eat is called this moss
reindeer moss
Ken
|
DD
$4,800
[22]
The name of this often brimless hat, popular in the 1920s, is French for "bell", after the shape of the hat
a cloche
Ken
|
DD
$5,400
[15]
On December 26, 1944 Patton's forces relieved this town in Belgium's Ardennes; the Germans were driven out in January
Bastogne
Ken
|
$2,000
[25]
This Ballets Russes founder had tried to be a composer, but Rimsky-Korsakov told him to stop
Diaghilev
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
From the Latin for "duchy", it's slang for money or for a show ticket
ducat
Nancy
|
— |
Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year
H&R Block