Monday, September 2, 1968
Ken Jennings game 39. First game of Season 1. New title graphics. Contestants [<< previous game] J.D. Smith, an editor and writer from Washington, D.C. Betsey Casman, an appeal and grievance analyst from Las Vegas, Nevada Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 38-day cash winnings total $1,321,660) [next game >>] Jeopardy! Round THE OLD TESTAMENT SEAN SONG CITY WALK SLOGANEERING ROOM "BOARD" $200 1 Let's all flock to read Psalm 95, in which humans are compared to these animals $200 4 The rap on him is he's sometimes "Puffy" $200 26 In the 1980s this city passed Chicago as the USA's second most populous $200 11 "Ask any mermaid you happen to see, 'What's the best tuna?'", this brand $200 21 Many people have become familiar with "Shape", "Ski" & "Savoy", which are these, in doctors' waiting rooms $200 16 In 2003, Roy E. Disney left it after being on it since 1967 $400 2 Some say the screech owl in the King James Bible is Lilith, the name given his legendary first wife $400 5 Once married to Madonna $400 27 This London borough is the G in GMT, squire $400 12 A fast food chain: "If it doesn't get all over the place, it doesn't belong in your face" $400 22 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Briefing Room at the White House.) The White House briefing room floor covers a swimming pool that was installed for this man in 1933 $400 17 It's where Bart Simpson is often found in the opening of "The Simpsons" $600 3 Hagar, carrying this man's baby, fled into the desert after harsh treatment from his wife $600 8 He won an Oscar for "The Untouchables" $600 28 Thomas Alsgaard won the 15-kilometer cross-country ski event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in this Japanese city $600 13 "Pardon me, but do you have any" of this fancy mustard? DD: $4,000 23 The Titanic has 3 rooms for this--only men were allowed there, as women weren't supposed to do it in public $600 18 At this time we'd like to do this for our first-class passengers & those traveling with small children $800 6 According to this Old Testament book, this "swords into plowshares" prophet walked naked for 3 years $800 9 Yoko's boy $800 29 The Dalai Lama's former residence, the Potala Palace, overlooks this city $800 14 "Kiss a little longer" with this gum $800 24 Officially released in 1975, much-bootlegged tapes of Dylan & The Band were named for this space $800 19 A structural material named for its small wood fragments pressed together & bonded $1000 7 In Genesis, Joseph is imprisoned after accusations by the wife of this Egyptian $1000 10 Android hottie in "Blade Runner" $1000 30 Founded by Ram Das, this city in Punjab state is home to the Golden Temple, the center of the Sikh faith $1000 15 The slogan of this Johnson & Johnson product was "Have you had your sprinkle today?" $1000 25 Decorating experts, & the film "The Big Lebowski", advise that the right one of these really ties a room together $1000 20 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Cirque du Soleil.) When used by acrobats, this structure isn't called a seesaw, but this Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15): Ken Betsey J.D. $4,800 $1,600 $1,800 Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round: Ken Betsey J.D. $13,800 $800 $3,400 Double Jeopardy! Round WORLD HISTORY SPIRITED CINEMA TRANSPORTATION FISH, BIRD, OR MAMMAL PRUFROCKIAN PONDERINGS (Alex: Clues inspired by T.S. Eliot's "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock".) YOU GET AN "A" $400 22 Toledo military academy class of 1910 grad who went on to become a dictator $400 1 Nicole Kidman finds a photo book containing a postmortem image of her current housekeeper in this chiller $400 21 After turning the key, it's the final action with which you start a Yamaha YZ426F 4-stroke motorcycle $400 16 The tapir $400 6 "And how should I begin?" Hmmm, T.S., why not with the alphabetically first country, whose Internet code is .af $400 11 This U.S. state's name comes from an Aleut word meaning "Great Land" $800 27 Mindon, as emperor of this country, set up a new capital in 1857 at Mandalay $800 2 This actor played a medium hired to investigate the Everest of Haunted Houses in "Legend of Hell House" $800 23 The Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad opened in 1836 powered by this, but soon became Canada's first powered by steam $800 17 The lamprey $800 7 "Do I dare disturb the universe?", maybe like this cosmic explosion theory first proposed in the 1920s $800 12 (Jeff Probst, host of Survivor, reads the clue.) This river got its name after a Spanish explorer reported that he had been attacked by female warriors there DD: $4,800 28 His 5 classics were canonized during the Han Dynasty DD: $5,000 3 David's haunted by the decomposing corpse of his friend Jack after being attacked on the British moors in this 1981 film $1200 24 The vessel seen here, the type of missile it carries or a much more low-tech weapon $1200 18 The coelacanth $1200 8 "So how should I presume?" Not with this argumentative fallacy attacking the person & not the facts $1200 13 This basic unit of measure of electric current is named for a French physicist who studied voltage $1600 29 Edmund "Crouchback" founded this branch of the Plantagenets that didn't get on well with the Yorks $1600 4 In "The Gift" this Aussie actress plays a psychic who gets some much needed help from her former client $1600 25 The U.S. company Trek makes Lance Armstrong's bikes from a composite of this often-compounded element $1600 19 The ptarmigan $1600 9 "In the room the women come and go talking of Michelangelo", but do they know this statue was the only 1 he signed? $1600 14 To increase a jet plane's thrust, turn on these that feed fuel into the hot exhaust gases $2000 30 In 1825, the Decembrists attempted a coup in this country--didn't work $2000 5 Rex Harrison is a curmudgeonly sea captain's ghost haunting Gene Tierney's cottage in this 1947 classic $2000 26 In 1980 you could haul brie in the Renault sold in the U.S. under this half-French name $2000 20 The colobus $2000 10 "Do I dare to eat a peach?", & if so, perhaps this kind that sounds like William Sydney Porter's alias $2000 15 There's a cathedral of Notre Dame in this large Belgian port city that's also known for its diamonds Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round: Ken Betsey J.D. $31,600 $3,200 $5,000 (lock game) [wagering suggestions for these scores] Final Jeopardy! Round COMIC BOOKS In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection Final scores: Ken Betsey J.D. $10,001 $1,399 $3,599 39-day champion: $1,331,661 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000 Game dynamics: Game dynamics graph Coryat scores: Ken Betsey J.D. $29,600 $3,200 $5,000 38 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) 4 R, 2 W 10 R, 2 W Combined Coryat: $37,800 [game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]
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