Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Timematch 4, game 1.
Brad Rutter — the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California
Ken Jennings — the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington
James Holzhauer — the setter of 20Jeopardy!records from Las Vegas, Nevada
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | — | $4,400 | $22,800 | $34,181 |
$22,800
23 R, 0 W |
| Ken | — | $12,800 | $32,800 | $65,600 |
$16,400
22 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Brad | — | $2,400 | $2,000 | $0 |
$6,800
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| MODERN FAMILY | THE BACHELOR | THE GOOD DOCTOR | BLANK-"ISH" | STUMP TOWN | KNIGHT LINE |
|
$200
[30]
Starbucks uses it to describe a drink such as Frappuccino; in families, it describes one with stepsiblings living together
blended
James
|
$200
[29]
In 1693 this physicist & lifelong bachelor said friend John Locke "endeavored to embroil me with women"
Newton
Ken
Brad
|
$200
[28]
He tested his killed polio virus vaccine on himself, but never patented the vaccine or earned any money from its discovery
Jonas Salk
Ken
|
$200
[27]
Gory horror movies are not for these people who are easily nauseated
squeamish
Ken
|
$200
[26]
In the names of Iowa cities, this tree precedes Falls & Rapids
Cedar
Brad
|
$200
[25]
"A verray parfit gentil knight" describes one of a cast of characters created by this poet
Chaucer
James
|
|
$400
[23]
Under the Affordable Care Act, dependent children are covered by mom or dad's health insurance until they reach this age
26
Brad
|
$400
[22]
When fiancee Ann Coleman died soon after breaking off their engagement in 1819, this man returned to politics & never married
(James) Buchanan
Ken
|
$400
[21]
Getting an M.D. at 17, he later joined the Army Medical Corps, where he figured out the cause of yellow fever
(Walter) Reed
Ken
|
$400
[20]
To add fake details to a real story to make it sound better
embellish
Brad
|
$400
[6]
This Florida coastal town incorporated in 1911 says its name comes from coconuts retrieved from the wreck of the Providencia
Palm Beach
Ken
Brad
|
$400
[24]
"Now, Hal, what time of day is it, lad?" is this knight's first line of dialogue
Falstaff
Ken
|
|
$600
[8]
In world news, this policy whose end was announced in 2015 is estimated to have prevented 400 million births
the one-child policy
James
|
$600
[15]
This man was a bachelor during his 3 terms as mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989
Ed Koch
Ken
|
$600
[16]
Le bon docteur René Laënnec invented a monaural version of this instrument, long a staple of the medical kit
a stethoscope
Ken
|
$600
[19]
In a chemical reaction, sulfur combines with silver to create this dark coating
tarnish
Ken
|
$600
[5]
The fabulous skiing of Snowmass is about 10 miles west of this city
Aspen, Colorado
|
$600
[2]
"Where is Becket, the traitor to the king?" say the knights in this 1935 verse play
Murder in the Cathedral
James
|
|
$800
[11]
Among 18- to 34-year-olds, 2/3 of Italians live here, as opposed to 1/3 of Germans & Brits
with their parents
Brad
|
$800
[13]
This unwed artist called his paintings his children & had more than 1,000 with him when he died near Oslo in 1944
(Edvard) Munch
Brad
|
$800
[9]
In the 1790s this English physician figured out that giving people cowpox would protect them against smallpox
(Edward) Jenner
Ken
|
$800
[18]
Estuaries & swamps have this type of water not quite as briny as the ocean
brackish
James
|
$800
[3]
A 3-letter tree is in the name of this Oregon city known for a Shakespeare festival
Ashland
Ken
|
$800
[1]
This knight "blew upon the war-horn in dolor and in pain/ and all the Frenchmen hearkened and the Emperor Charlemagne"
Roland
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[14]
In U.S. marriages with husband & wife working, this is now the case for 29% of wives, up from 18% in the 1980s
they outearn their husbands
Ken
|
$1,000
[12]
The invisible hand of Cupid did not strike this 18th c. Scot who lived with his mother Margaret for much of his life
Adam Smith
James
|
DD
$3,800
[10]
A vizier to Djoser, this Egyptian was one of the few mortals to be completely deified & was worshipped as the god of medicine
Imhotep
Ken
|
$1,000
[17]
This, another word for a fanfare, means the king has arrived
a flourish
Ken
|
$1,000
[4]
Poplar Bluff is in Missouri; this tree Bluff is in Arkansas
Pine
James
|
$1,000
[7]
The Red Cross Knight is "pricking on the plaine" in Book 1 of this long, long 1590 poem ("pricking" meant spurring a horse)
The Faerie Queene
Ken
|
| THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KAREEM | BRITISH STUFF | ALBUMS | HISTORY | JEOPORTMANTEAU! | THE ARTS |
|
$400
[21]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) I've shared the court with many great players, but one of the best was Oscar Robertson, who as my teammate on the 1971 NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks wore this number appropriate for a point guard
1
James
|
$400
[30]
The Radcliffethis, from a Latin word for a chamber, isn't photo equipment but areading roomat Oxford
Camera
Ken
|
$400
[23]
With its debut album featuring "Who Can It Be Now?", this band went to No. 1 on at least 2 continents
Men at Work
James
|
$400
[29]
Francis Drake became Sir Francis in April 1581 in the presence of this monarch
Elizabeth I
James
|
$400
[28]
A kyber crystal-powered weapon plus baseball statistics analysis system of Bill James
lightSabermetrics
James
|
$400
[27]
In 1957 Danish architect Jørn Utzon won a contest to design this; his winning entry featured sail-like shells
the Sydney Opera House
James
|
|
$800
[20]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) "Give kids a shot that can't be blocked" is the mission of my educational foundation for children named for this, my signature basketball move
the skyhook
James
|
$800
[24]
In 2019 the venerable travel firm named for this man suddenly collapsed, stranding 150,000 Brits abroad on holiday
Cook
Ken
|
$800
[22]
"Follow God" & "Closed On Sunday" are tracks on this 2019 Kanye West album
Jesus Is King
|
$800
[4]
Making it tough on the pres. seeking re-election, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time low of 41.22 in this year
1932
Brad
|
$800
[25]
Sentient creature like Olaf or Frosty plus "the #1 kosher wine brand in America"
snowManischewitz
Brad
|
$800
[26]
Ceramicist Beatrice Wood was nicknamed "The Mama" of this art movement
Dada
James
|
|
$1,200
[19]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) My heroes include this man killed in 1770 who's been lauded as "the first to defy, the first to die" & "the first to pour out his blood as a precious libation on the altar of a people's rights"
Crispus Attucks
James
|
$1,200
[17]
You'll find an amphibian in the name of this classic English dish that features sausage & Yorkshire pudding
toad in the hole
Ken
|
$1,200
[18]
"You go back to her" but Amy Winehouse goes elsewhere on this title track
"Back To Black"
James
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1976 a military junta seized power in Argentina not from Eva Peron but from this widow
Isabel Perón
Ken
|
$1,200
[15]
Small, oblong Chinese citrus fruit plus rhymed verse employed by Omar Khayyam & Nostradamus
a kumquatrain
Brad
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1605 this Brit wrote "Advancement of Learning"; the "Screaming Popes" is a series by a British artist of the same name
(Francis) Bacon
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[9]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) As a U.S. cultural ambassador for the State Department I visited several of these Brazilian shanty towns with a Portuguese name & spoke about the importance of education in fighting poverty
favelas
James
|
$1,600
[6]
This historic center for cutlery making is represented by the Blades in Premier League soccer
Sheffield
Brad
|
$1,600
[5]
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go" was an appropriate song for this album; soon afterward, Mick Jones left The Clash
Combat Rock
James
|
$1,600
[1]
A heroic last stand at the Battle of Camaron in Mexico holds a special place in the lore of this French group founded in 1831
the Foreign Legion
James
|
$1,600
[14]
Gradual increase in the intensity of a musical piece plus a dental professional who specializes in the pulp of your teeth
crescendodontist
James
|
$2,000
[12]
In the movie "Fur" Nicole Kidman played this photographer of people on the edge of society
(Diane) Arbus
James
|
|
$2,000
[16]
(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) I became a stronger, faster & more intense basketball player through my training with the great Bruce Lee, who pioneered mixed martial arts with the hybrid fighting style he called this, abbreviated JKD
Jeet Kune Do
|
DD
$4,800
[7]
One of Britain's greatest minds was this 19th century physicist & author of "A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism"
James Clerk Maxwell
Brad
|
$2,000
[8]
From 1968, the "Village Green Preservation Society" album is often considered this British band's masterpiece
The Kinks
James
|
$2,000
[3]
In 1967 part of Nigeria broke off & declared its independence as this land
Biafra
James
|
$2,000
[13]
Insidious pandemic culprit of 1918 plus delightfully foamy Italian custard
influenzabaglione
|
DD
$15,200
[11]
In this 1951 play, Serafina's dead husband sports the title ink on his chest
The Rose Tattoo
Ken
|
This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues"
Arcadia