Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Timematch 1, game 2.
Brad Rutter — the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of 10,400)
Ken Jennings — the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of 45,000)
James Holzhauer — the setter of 20Jeopardy!records from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of 33,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | — | $8,200 | $15,000 | $30,000 |
$15,000
19 R, 2 W |
| Ken | — | $7,000 | $12,200 | $18,400 |
$10,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Brad | — | $3,800 | $10,000 | $0 |
$16,600
18 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| AMERICAN IDOLS | TOY STORY | GEO-VERSE | NOT AN ARMCHAIR EXPERT | TRIPLE RHYME TIME | GREATEST OF ALL TIME TRAVELERS |
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$200
[28]
(Lionel Richie delivers the clue.) In 2012 I had the honor of singing for my idol, Muhammad Ali, at a benefit for his center that fights this disease--we helped raise $9.1 million that night
Parkinson's
James
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$200
[26]
In 1939 Sawyer's Inc. introduced this, a slide stereoscope
the View-Master
Ken
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$200
[29]
"U" is this nation, "The" is not required; Kuchma was leader, but he's long retired
Ukraine
Brad
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$200
[30]
(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) Paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews, who may have inspired the character of Indiana Jones, discovered the first of these objects that never got to hatch
a dinosaur egg
James
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$200
[23]
Sacred place for your most exceptional bottle of Bordeaux
a fine wine shrine
Ken
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$200
[22]
In Stephen King's "11/22/63", Jake Epping travels back in time to prevent this event from ever happening
the Kennedy assassination
James
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$400
[27]
(Katy Perry delivers the clue.) I will always love this country star, & in 2016 I got to present her with the Tex Ritter Film Award for her "Coat of Many Colors" TV movie
Dolly Parton
Ken
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$400
[25]
The Christmas fad of 1983 was this doll, featured on the cover of Newsweek in December of that year
the Cabbage Patch doll
James
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$400
[19]
"M" is this mountain on Switzerland's fence; Walt Disney built one, but not as immense
the Matterhorn
Ken
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$400
[24]
(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) The pioneering polymer chemist Wallace Carothersdeveloped not only nylon but neoprene, the first successful artificial rubber, while working for this Delaware company
DuPont
Ken
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$400
[20]
A sedate date tree that's the subject of a biblical poem
a calm psalm palm
Brad
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$400
[21]
In this Audrey Niffenegger novel, Clare is married to Henry, who suffers from Chrono-Displacement Disorder
The Time Traveler's Wife
James
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$600
[17]
(Ryan Seacrest delivers the clue.) The legendary Dick Clarkwas an idol of mine growing up; we both started out as D.J.s, me in Los Angeles & Dick in this city where he first hosted "American Bandstand"
Philadelphia
James
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$600
[14]
Thisanimated girl has a doctor's bag & your kids can have a toy version of it
Doc McStuffins
Brad
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$600
[18]
"P" is this forest, you'd go if you could; it's a national park full of agatized wood
Petrified Forest
James
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$600
[10]
(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) A.J.P. Taylor, who taught Michael Palin at Oxford, was a model for the famous historian who's suddenly killed by a knight on horseback in this comedy film
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ken
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$600
[2]
A flexible & enormous customer
a pliant giant client
Ken
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$800
[6]
In this 1969 classic Tralfamadorians abduct the protagonist who has unfortunately become "unstuck in time"
Slaughterhouse-Five
Brad
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$800
[16]
(Luke Bryan delivers the clue.) I've been inspired by this idol since I was 4 years old singing "See See Rider", the first song he performed on his "Aloha from Hawaii" TV special
Elvis
James
Ken
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$800
[13]
An iconic red frame, a magic screen & 2 white knobs are integral to this classic toy
Etch A Sketch
Ken
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$800
[11]
"A" is this desert, dry & horrific; it was the prize in the War of the Pacific
the Atacama
Brad
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$800
[9]
(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) William Maples was an expert in forensic anthropology, working on the bodies of the Romanovs, the Elephant Man &thisU.S. president whose mysterious death in 1850 turned out to be less from arsenic & more from too many cherries
(Zachary) Taylor
James
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$800
[1]
A congenial game bird under glass as a gift
a pleasant pheasant present
Ken
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$1,000
[7]
"Kindred", about an African-American woman transported back to a plantation in antebellum Maryland, is a novel by this author
(Octavia) Butler
James
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$1,000
[15]
(Ryan Seacrest delivers the clue.) I admired Frank Sinatra's spirit & style, especially how he broke with tradition to create his own label, called this, with records people would "play & play again"
Reprise
Brad
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$1,000
[12]
A technique to interlock wood pieces inspired John Lloyd Wright to create these in 1916
Lincoln Logs
James
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$1,000
[4]
"M" is this river, to see it, go forth; it's Canada's longest, so, of course, it flows north
the Mackenzie
Ken
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$1,000
[8]
(Dax Shepard delivers the clue.) Around 1912thisman then working in Manchester, England was the leading expert on nuclear physics; in fact he was the only expert on it, since he'd discovered the atomic nucleus & established the nuclear model of the atom
(Ernest) Rutherford
James
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$1,000
[3]
In Papeete & the rest of the isle, a signed agreement to quit spray-painting
a Tahiti graffiti treaty
James
|
DD
$2,400
[5]
In Chapter 16 of "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", Hank meets this woman whose first name is the same as his surname
Morgan le Fay
Ken
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| ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN | LET'S JAZZ UP THIS PLACE | ALL IN THE FAMILY: GOVERNMENT EDITION | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES | PHILOSOPHERS | POTPOURRI |
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$400
[25]
Julia Morgan designed this 68,500-square-foot home in San Simeon, California in the Mediterranean Revival style
Hearst Castle
Ken
Brad
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$400
[26]
Thelonious Monk really gets going "'Round" this title hour
midnight
Brad
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$400
[27]
He took over for his brother Fidel & became acting president of Cuba in 2006; he dropped the "acting" 2 years later
Raúl Castro
James
Ken
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$400
[28]
In 2012 the French govt. ended official use of this word for an unmarried woman, deemed sexist since there's no male equivalent
mademoiselle
Brad
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$400
[29]
German philosopher Hegel saw history as progression toward this Declaration of Independence value
liberty
James
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$400
[30]
Arlington has the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; the Brits have the Grave of the Unknown Warrior, found in this building's nave
Westminster Abbey
Ken
|
|
$800
[19]
It's the iconic piece of furniture seen here
an Eames chair
Ken
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$800
[20]
A song called this fruit "Man" became a classic for Herbie Hancock & a movie title for Melvin Van Peebles
Watermelon
Ken
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$800
[21]
This family included a secretary of war under Grant, a president & a senator (from Ohio) nicknamed "Mr. Republican"
Taft
Ken
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$800
[22]
To sing "Happy Birthday", use this phrase "a ti" in Mexico, but reverse the phrase in Chile
feliz cumpleaños
James
Brad
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$800
[23]
In the 18th c., Hume opined on morality, "'tis impossible, that the distinction betwixt" these 2 4-letter words "can be made by reason"
good & evil
James
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$800
[24]
When she said she was leaving "Star Trek", MLK asked her to stay, saying, "through you, we see ourselves and what can be"
Nichelle Nichols
Brad
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$1,200
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Residenzplatz in Salzburg, Austria.) Salzburg's Residenzplatz has one of the largest Baroque fountains outside of Italy; theupper sectionis a replica of this Baroque master's Triton Fountain in Rome
Bernini
Brad
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$1,200
[17]
This man's quartet experiments with time: "Take Five" is in 5/4 meter & "Blue Rondo A La Turk" is in 9/8
Dave Brubeck
James
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$1,200
[4]
In 2006, Lech Kaczyński, president of this country, appointed histwin brother Jarosław prime minister
Poland
Brad
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$1,200
[15]
If God wills, you know this Arabic expression for "if God wills"; T.E. Lawrence was an early adopter
inshallah
Brad
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$1,200
[16]
In 1934 A.J. Ayer set out to show "the Impossibility of" this, a plural noun for the study of the nature of the universe
metaphysics
Ken
Brad
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$1,200
[14]
In the 1920s several elderly men who had worked digging the Big Bend railroad tunnel remembered this hero as a real person
John Henry
Ken
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$1,600
[3]
Frank Gehry not only designed L.A.'s Walt Disney Concert Hall, but also this instrument at the rear of the stage
the organ
Ken
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$2,000
[2]
When he wasn't scoring TV's "Peanuts" specials, this man recorded favorites like "Cast Your Fate To The Wind"
(Vince) Guaraldi
Ken
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$1,600
[6]
Last name of John, who held a Michigan House seat from 1955 to 2015, & of his wife Debbie, who succeeded him
Dingell
Brad
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$1,600
[12]
This Latin phrase for an essential item is literally "without which not"
sine qua non
Brad
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$1,600
[5]
He published 1843's "Fear and Trembling" under the pseudonym Johannes de silentio
Kierkegaard
James
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$1,600
[11]
The world's first of these began as a way for Cambridge U. computer scientists to know if the coffeepot in another room was full
a webcam
Ken
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$2,000
[8]
This Boston-born architect designed the Massachusetts State House & from 1818 to 1829 served as architect of the U.S. Capitol
Bulfinch
James
Ken
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DD
$3,800
[1]
Born in New Orleans, Louis Armstrong performed songs named for these 2 local "B" streets
Bourbon & Basin
Brad
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$2,000
[9]
She succeeded her husband George Wallace as governor of Alabama but died 2 years after winning the office
Lurleen
James
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$2,000
[10]
From words for "self" & "publishing", it was writing circulated in secret in the Soviet Union
samizdat
Brad
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DD
$2,800
[7]
This double-first-name philosopher born in 1842 said that the value of a concept is in its practical consequences
William James
Brad
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$2,000
[13]
This mother of Alexander the Great was in the cult of Dionysus & liked to sleep with snakes
Olympias
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This man's name was given to a comet that crashed into Jupiter in 1994; he's the only human whose remains lie on the Moon
Shoemaker