Ken Jennings game 47.
Elaine Skopelja — a medical librarian from Carmel, Indiana
John Cook — an urban planner from Corona del Mar, California
Ken Jennings — a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 46-day cash winnings total $1,555,061)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken | $3,800 | $9,000 | $23,600 |
$30,000
47-day champion: $1,585,061 |
$20,400
31 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| John | $-1,000 | $1,600 | $6,200 |
$10,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Elaine | $-400 | $1,000 | $5,800 |
$300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 3 W |
| NEW ZEALAND | SPORTS STARS | SPEAKING IN TONGUES | IT'S IN "DE" DICTIONARY | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES | PICK ONE |
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$200
[6]
Te Papa, the National Museum of New Zealand, is in this city, the capital
Wellington
Ken
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$200
[26]
When he plays for the Lakers he wears a size 23 shoe
Shaquille O'Neal
Elaine
|
$200
[1]
Vostok means "east" in this language
Russian
Ken
|
$200
[16]
Remove a hidden electronic device
debug
Elaine
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$200
[11]
The average time in the 15 largest U.S. cities for this is 24.3 minutes & most people do it by car
commute
Ken
|
$200
[21]
Of hippo, rhino or croc, the one whose common name has the most letters
hippopotamus
Ken
Elaine
|
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$400
[7]
New Zealander who took on the giant task of making 3 films at once about the little hobbits
Peter Jackson
Ken
|
$400
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the courts at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, RI.) From 1978 to 1984 the title of U.S. Open men's singles champ volleyed between John McEnroe &this other volatile lefty
Jimmy Connors
Ken
|
$400
[2]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew speaks in a foreign tongue familiar to us.) Until Vatican II, the Catholic Mass was officially only celebrated in this language
Latin
Ken
|
$400
[17]
Insert 1 letter in "death" to get this word meaning "an insufficient supply"
dearth
Ken
|
$400
[12]
In 2002 U.S. parents adopted 5,053 kids from this country, more than from any other
China
John
|
$400
[22]
Of the Osmonds, the Osbournes or the Oswalds, the family that got MTV its highest ratings
the Osbournes
John
|
|
$600
[8]
New Zealand was named for the Province of Zeeland in this country
the Netherlands
Ken
|
$600
[28]
In 2003 this English soccer star became the first Westerner to appear on ad billboards in Iran since 1979
David Beckham
Ken
|
$600
[3]
Demotic is the common form of this language; Katharevousa, a more purified form
Greek
Ken
Elaine
|
$600
[18]
It's a decorative bottle used for serving wine
a decanter
John
|
$600
[13]
According to the FDIC, A record 222 of these failed or needed aid in 1988
banks
Ken
Elaine
|
$600
[23]
Of Woolworth, Wordsworth or Wadsworth, the one who was a stamp distributor in Westmoreland County
Wordsworth
John
Elaine
|
|
$800
[9]
New Zealand's Black Magic won this trophy in 1995 and 2000
the America's Cup
Ken
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1947 a team from Wiliamsport, Pa. won the very first edition of this youth sports championship
the Little League World Series
Ken
|
$800
[4]
A 1996 Oakland School Board decision made many aware of this term for African-American English
Ebonics
Ken
|
$800
[19]
Meaning socially obligatory, it's from the French for "of strictness"
de rigueur
Ken
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$800
[14]
The median age in California, it's also the speed of an old vinyl record album
33 1/3
John
|
$800
[24]
Of Army, Navy or Marine, the one who began as a columnist for Variety in 1953
Army (Archerd)
Ken
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In WWII this representative and future U.S. Pres. put on a uniform & was sent to New Zealand & Australia
LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
John
Elaine
|
DD
$1,400
[29]
A 2003 USA Today survey of all time great NFL QBs revealed the top 4 all have first names beginning with this letter
J (for Joe Montana, Joe Namath, John Elway, & Johnny Unitas)
Ken
|
$1,000
[5]
The writings of Shenute, an Abbot in 5th century Egypt, are among the earliest in this language
Coptic
Ken
|
$1,000
[20]
In this craft, paper cutouts are glued to furniture or accessories & covered with many coats of varnish
decoupage
Elaine
|
$1,000
[15]
Marley's ghost might be suprised to learn that this was the most popular name given to boys in 2002
Jacob
John
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$1,000
[25]
Of Walter Chrysler, Louis Chevrolet or Ransom Olds, the one who raced in the Indy 500
Chevrolet
Elaine
|
| HISTORICAL PEOPLE | "G" MOVIES | LISTEN TO THE ANIMALS | WE'LL GIVE YOU THE BLUES | MODERN DANCE | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[11]
In 1469 this prince & princess married; within 10 years almost all of what is now Spain came under their control
Ferdinand & Isabella
Ken
|
$400
[1]
1993:Bill Murray flirts with Andie MacDowell over & over & over & over...
Groundhog Day
Elaine
|
$400
[21]
Among these creatures, males of the black species share egg-warming duties but trumpeter males don't
swans
Ken
|
$400
[16]
This TV network used to be the NBC Blue Network; now it's the "NYPD Blue" network
ABC
John
|
$400
[26]
In 2003 in works like the oneshown, the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company celebrated the centennial of this
the (Wright Brothers') first flight
|
$400
[6]
Webslinging movie & comic book hero who was the loyal servant of Robinson Crusoe
Spider-Man Friday
Ken
|
|
$800
[12]
This British poet swam the Hellespont on May 3, 1810, performing the feat in one hour, 10 minutes
Byron
Ken
|
$800
[2]
1968:John Wayne leads a Special Forces unit
The Green Berets
Ken
|
$800
[22]
This continent's Sydney funnel-web spider brags that it makes the black widow look like the girl next door
Australia
John
|
$800
[17]
Blue Nun is one of the most famous brands of this "motherly" type of German wine
Liebfraumilch
|
$800
[27]
Modern dance continues to interpret this classical composer, as in Paul Taylor's 1988 "Brandenburgs"
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Ken
|
$800
[7]
Soft-serve current British monarch with a curl on top
Dairy Queen Elizabeth
Ken
|
|
$1,200
[13]
On Dec. 11, 1936 this king abdicated because he couldn't discharge his duties without "the woman I love"
Edward VIII
John
|
$1,200
[3]
1999:Tom Hanks watches a lot of executions
The Green Mile
Ken
|
$1,200
[25]
Just because I'm this physically smallest class of termite, shouldn't mean I have to wait on the others all day
a worker
Ken
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$1,600
[19]
Blue is a popular clothing color for members of this original Moroccan ethnic group
the Berbers
Ken
|
$1,200
[28]
As opposed to the leaps of ballet, Mary Wigman's dances showed gravity's pull & often used this prayerful position
kneeling
Elaine
|
$1,200
[8]
Spanish Fountain of Youth searcher who won the heavyweight title in 1978
Ponce de Leon Spinks
Ken
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Much of the decency that marked Nero's early reign was due to the guidance of this tragedian/tutor
Seneca
Ken
|
$1,600
[4]
1990:Joe Pesci is a bad guy
Goodfellas
Elaine
|
$1,600
[23]
We African elephants are in trouble too, but we're only listed as this, while the Asian ones are endangered
threatened
John
|
$2,000
[20]
He rocked the charts with his band The Blue Notes
Harold Melvin
|
$1,600
[29]
Thisperformer/choreographer was one of the most influential figures in modern dance
Martha Graham
Ken
John
Elaine
|
$1,600
[9]
This patriotic composer said, "Give me liberty or give med-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death, d-death"
Patrick Henry Mancini
Ken
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1094 this Spanish warrior seized Valencia, a Muslim stronghold, & ruled it until his death on July 10, 1099
El Cid
Ken
|
$2,000
[5]
1946:Rita Hayworth teases up a storm in South America
Gilda
Ken
|
$2,000
[24]
The marmot, seen here, wishes it didn't have this name, which means cowardly
yellow-bellied
Ken
|
DD
$2,200
[18]
Methane in the atmosphere is responsible for the blue-green coloring of these 2 planets
Uranus & Neptune
John
|
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DD
$4,600
[10]
It can patch you up after a camping accident & be your guide along the Oregon Trail
a First Aid Kit Carson
Ken
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Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”
Ernest Hemingway