Show #4603 2004-09-15 (taped 2004-04-23) Regular

Ken Jennings game 46.

Contestants

David Fishbach — a consulting program manager from Watertown, Massachusetts

Cara Butler — a stay-at-home mom originally from Hamilton, Ohio

Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 45-day cash winnings total $1,517,461)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ken	$6,000	$11,400	$43,800	$37,600 46-day champion: $1,555,061	$37,000 41 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Cara	$0	$800	$1,700	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$3,200 3 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David	$400	$0	$4,400	$5,000 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 9 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN WILDLIFE	THOSE ROCKIN' '90s	FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	RATED "P.G."	FEMMES FATALES	DANGER, CURVES AHEAD
$200 [21] The African species of this wading bird is scarlet, not pink; colonies may exceed 1 million pairs the flamingo David	$200 [6] Spinal Tap cut 35 songs from its act at a 1992 tribute to this Queen singer; he would've "wanted it this way" (Freddie) Mercury David	$200 [1] O'Neal, Phillippe, Seacrest Ryan Ken	$200 [11] In golf, it's the short-cropped area around the hole the putting green David	$200 [16] So enraptured was Israel's King David with this woman, he deliberately sent her husband into battle where he died Bathsheba Ken Cara	$200 [30] To a batter, a curveball appears to do most of its curving in this ¼ of its trip to the plate its last quarter Ken
$400 [22] This quill-covered insectivore which resembles a porcupine rolls up into a ball when frightened a hedgehog Ken David	$400 [7] In 1996 this band embarked on the "Joker's Choice" tour The Steve Miller Band Ken	$400 [2] Vaughan, Polley, Bernhardt Sarah Ken	$400 [12] In 1775 the Continental Congress certified Ben Franklin as the first person in this job Postmaster General Ken	$400 [17] In Greek legend, Paris was so enamored with this married woman, he stole her away, thus causing a war Helen of Troy David	$400 [26] In grammar, they're a pair of curved lines used to indicate interjected explanatory material parentheses Ken
$600 [23] Tick birds accompany this largest horned mammal, feeding on parasites on the skin & warning of danger a rhinoceros Ken	$600 [8] Sally was the original name of the protagonist of her 1997 hit "Sunny Came Home" Shawn Colvin	$600 [3] Ashbery, Davidson, Cheever John Ken	$600 [13] Among the countries that surround this body of water are Iran, Iraq, Qatar & Kuwait the Persian Gulf Ken	$600 [18] A legendary beautiful woman living on a rock in this river, Lorelei was said to lure sailors to their deaths the Rhine Ken	$600 [27] The 1978 movie "Deadman's Curve" told the story of this musical duo, one of whom passed away in 2004 Jan & Dean David
$800 [24] Although these tailless monkeys are famous for living on the Rock of Gibraltar, most in the wild live in North Africa the Barbary apes	$800 [9] In 1996 Celine Dion recorded this 1976 Eric Carmen hit in both English & Spanish versions "All By Myself" Ken	$800 [4] Wyeth, Young, Carnegie Andrew Ken	$800 [14] An image of this Old West sheriff appears on the logo of the sheriff's dept. of Lincoln County, New Mexico Pat Garrett Ken	$800 [19] Ludwig I's infatuation with the dancer Lola Montez helped ensure his loss of this German kingdom Bavaria Ken	$1,000 [29] These caused a blurring of the image, so Newton replaced one of them with a curved mirror a telescope lens Cara
$1,000 [25] St. Croix Island off this country's Port Elizabeth has the largest colony of jackass penguins (they bray like donkeys) South Africa Ken	$1,000 [10] It completes the title of Rod Stewart's 1993 "live" MTV album "Unplugged..." and Seated	$1,000 [5] Brunell, Messier, Rothko Mark Ken	$1,000 [15] Sadly, a few years before he died in the Marquesas Islands, he attempted suicide by taking arsenic Paul Gauguin Ken	$1,000 [20] Daughter of the man who became Pope Alexander VI, she became infamous for intrigues & poisonings Lucrezia Borgia Ken	DD $2,000 [28] This Midwestern college town was named for its location on a curved part of the Saint Joseph River South Bend David

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE	WHO PLAYED 'EM?	PAINTINGS	LONGSHOTS	YUCATAN LINES	WORD "PLA"Y
$400 [11] This bestselling Western author wrote about the Sackett family in more than a dozen novels Louis L'Amour Ken	$400 [6] 2003:Actor Bob Harris, suffering from jet lag in Tokyo Bill Murray Ken	$400 [16] The controversial "Da Vinci Code" suggests that it isn't John seated beside Jesus in this painting but Mary Magdalene The Last Supper Ken	$400 [1] Haru-Urara, a racehorse from this country, is winning hearts & minds even though she's lost over 100 races Japan Ken	$400 [26] Cancun is a popular spot for this "seasonal" trip, as in the 2003 film "The Real Cancun" spring break Ken	$400 [21] A precious grayish-white metallic element, or a term to describe Harlow's blonde hair platinum Ken
$800 [12] This "Age of Innocence" author made her debut in society in 1879 (Edith) Wharton Cara	$800 [7] 2002:Mary Jane Watson, the girl of Peter Parker's dreams Kirsten Dunst Ken	$800 [17] The Manet painting seenhereshows this similarly named artist in his studio boat (Claude) Monet Ken	$800 [2] A British man recently sold all of his belongings, including the shirt off his back, for 1 shot at this casino game roulette David	$800 [30] (Sarah of the Clue Crew crosses a pedestrian bridge over a Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico resort spot.) Atouristy partof the Yucatan is known as this precolumbian people's Riviera the Maya Ken	$800 [22] A "medicine" prescribed simply for the mental relief of a patient a placebo Ken
DD $1,500 [13] "Sons", the second book in a trilogy begun with this work, traces the destinies of the 3 sons of Wang Lung The Good Earth (by Pearl Buck) Cara	$1,200 [8] 2004:Starsky & Hutch Ben Stiller & Owen Wilson Ken	$1,200 [18] Before his geometric designs like "Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue", he was a landscape painter Mondrian Ken	$1,200 [3] This presidential hopeful's running mate, Lloyd Bentsen, reportedly quipped in '88, "The momentum is ours" Dukakis Ken	$1,200 [27] Tikal National Park is in this country that shares the peninsula with Mexico & Belize Guatemala Ken	$1,200 [23] A level of stability, or a relatively flat surface a plateau Ken
$1,600 [14] This Sinclair Lewis doctor attempts to halt an epidemic on a West Indian island with his anti-bacterial serum Martin Arrowsmith Ken	$2,000 [10] 2004:Jesus Christ, during his last 12 hours Jim Caviezel Ken	$1,600 [19] In Rembrandt's "The Abduction of" her, this mythological woman is carried off on a white bull Europa Ken	$1,600 [4] The miraculous 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team beat this country in its final game Finland David	$1,600 [28] Just off the peninsula, this 189-sq.-mi. island attracting divers & tourists is part of Quintana Roo state Cozumel	$1,600 [24] An epidemic with a high rate of mortality, or a novel by Albert Camus a plague Cara
$2,000 [15] In the prologue of a 1952 novel, this author wrote, "I am an invisible man" (Ralph) Ellison Ken	DD $8,400 [9] 2003:Racetrack radio reporter Tick-Tock McGlaughlin William H. Macy Ken	$2,000 [20] An image in Dali's "Persistence of Memory" was apparently based on one in this man's "Garden of Earthly Delights" Hieronymus Bosch Ken	$2,000 [5] "Project Longshot" is a proposed plan to send an unmanned probe to this star system closest to Earth Alpha Centauri Ken	$2,000 [29] (Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from the center of a small town on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico.) Not the glitzy Yucatan, sleepy Puerto Morelos is so sleepy it is sometimes called this, rhyming with Puerto Muerto Ken	$2,000 [25] A commonplace or trite remark a platitude David

Final Jeopardy!

BRITISH MONARCHS

Before Victoria & Elizabeth II, this was the last British monarch to reign during 2 different centuries

George III

Cara "Who was Elizabeth I" — wagered $1,700

David "Who was George III?" — wagered $600

Ken "Who was George IV" — wagered $6,200

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