Show #4638 - Thursday, November 4, 2004

Ken Jennings game 66.

Contestants

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Jennifer Knapp, a documentation manager from Norfolk, Virginia

Jerry Taggart, a billing administrator from Holiday, Florida

Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 65-day cash winnings total $2,197,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

GUNSMOKE
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER
YOU BET YOUR "LIFE"
WHAT'S MY LINE?
(Alex: You have to identify the character speaking the line.)
FATHER KNOWS BEST
'50s TV
    $200 23
Horace Smith produced the first cartridge revolver pistol with this business partner
    $200 21
Reportedly, the largest of these beaver constructions was over 2,000 feet long & 12 feet high
    $200 6
A beach or pool attendant trained in rescue techniques
    $200 1
"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"
    $200 16
In 1894 Nicholas II succeeded his father, Alexander III, as the ruler of this country
    $200 11
In 1953 Edward R. Murrow gave a TV tour of this network's new West Coast facility, Television City
    $400 24
At noon on July 4, U.S. Army posts fire a salute of this many guns
    $400 22
It should gnaw at you that beavers are members of this largest order of mammals
    $400 7
This TV cable network for women celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2004
    $400 2
"I want to be a lady in a flower shop stead of sellin at the corner of Tottenham Court Road"
    $400 17
During this Jewish ceremony, a father thanks God for being freed of legal responsibility for his son's actions
    $400 12
A building here at Sony Pictures Studios is named for this actor, Jim Anderson on "Father Knows Best"
    $600 25
The pistol used to kill this man is displayed by the Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
    $600 26
In April 1999 several beavers were captured after munching on this city's prized cherry trees
    $600 8
It's paid to your beneficiaries after your death
    $600 3
"Chief among these motives was the overwhelming idea of the great whale himself"
    $600 18
The Encarta Dictionary defines this as "one of the members of the convention that drafted the U.S. Constitution"
    $600 13
During the 1955-56 season, its episodes included "Alice and the Blonde" & "Bensonhurst Bomber"
    $800 29
This U.S. state's official seal shows a man holding a gun & standing on a peninsula
    $800 27
This country put a beaver on its coat of arms & on its 5-cent piece
    $800 9
One-word term for your manner of living
    $800 4
"How all occasions do inform against me and spur my dull revenge!"
    $800 19
The anthem of this country between France & Spain begins, "The great Charlemagne, my father"
    $800 14
In 1950 this comedian brought his radio program to TV along with Rochester & announcer Don Wilson
    $1000 30
In 1974 this man told the U.N. General Assembly he bore "an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun"
    $1000 28
Like baby foxes, the offspring of beavers are known by this term
    $1000 10
A plaster cast made of a person's face
    DD: $1,000 5
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"
    $1000 20
Soren Kierkegaard is considered "the father of" this philosophical movement
    $1000 15
A few years before playing John Robinson in "Lost in Space", Guy Williams played this swashbuckler

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ken Jerry Jennifer
$5,800 $1,600 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Jerry Jennifer
$10,000 $1,800 -$200

Double Jeopardy! Round

KNIGHTS & KNIGHTHOOD
TOP OF THE CHARTS, MA!
"I" LADS
COUNTRY MATTERS
BIBLICAL NAME'S THE SAME
5-LETTER WORDS
    $400 9
A well-equipped knight had several of these, including a palfrey for travel & a fast courser for battle
    $400 1
This singer of the No. 1 hit "Let's Get It On" was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1987
    $400 13
It was the name of 13 popes & one antipope
    $400 19
On April 25, 1898 the U.S. declared war on this country
    $400 2
West,
Smith,
Sandler
    $400 7
Samuel Johnson defined it as "the unctuous or oily part of milk"
    $800 18
A No. 1 song says, "Did you ever know that you're my hero... I can fly higher than an eagle, for you are" this
    $800 14
Popular "Peer Gynt" playwright
    $800 20
Formed by the Nan, Ping, Wang & Yom, the Chao Phraya is this country's main river
    $800 3
Prudhomme,
Gauguin,
Klee
    $800 8
You give a "wide" one to something you're afraid of, or to a fat man in a sleeping car
    $1200 24
Soloists on this 1985 song include Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan & Cyndi Lauper
    $1200 15
Born in Romania in 1912, this absurdist playwright died in 1994
    $1200 21
This African nation is made up of one big island & several smaller ones including Sainte Marie
    $1200 4
Stewart,
Graham,
Grimes
    DD: $7,800 10
It means in a particular area; put a hyphen in the middle & it helps you lose weight
    $1600 28
From the French col, meaning "neck", it was a tap on the shoulder during the knighthood ceremony
    $1600 25
In a No. 1 R&B hit this group wondered, "Say, do you remember... dancing in September"
    $1600 16
His pen names included Launcelot Wagstaffe, Geoffrey Crayon & Diedrich Knickerbocker
    DD: $7,800 22
When the War of the Pacific ended in 1884, this now landlocked country lost its only coastal territory to Chile
    $1600 5
Baker,
LeBon,
Wiesenthal
    $1600 11
Because a false one is used as a disguise, it came to mean someone who's a decoy to divert suspicion
    $2000 27
The last grand master of the Knights Templar, he was burned as a heretic by Philip IV in March 1314
    $2000 26
This Eagles song promises, "Somebody's gonna hurt someone before the night is through"
    $2000 17
In his teens this Neoclassical French artist joined the studio of Jacques-Louis David
    $2000 23
Less than 12,000 square miles, this country is completely surrounded by South Africa
    $2000 6
Meeker,
Cornell,
Pound
    $2000 12
A hidden provision in a deal, or an attractive marital partner

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Jerry Jennifer
$40,000 $9,800 -$2,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. TRAVEL AND TOURISM
Souvenirs sold at this attraction include 1962 World's Fair glassware & mugs boasting "I made it to the top"

Final scores:

Ken Jerry Jennifer
$50,000 $1 -$2,200
66-day champion: $2,247,000 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ken Jerry Jennifer
$27,200 $9,800 -$2,200
36 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 2 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,800

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Game tape date: 2004-08-18
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