Responses for Show #4596 - Monday, September 6, 2004

Ken Jennings game 39.
First game of Season 21. New title graphics.

Contestants

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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)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE OLD TESTAMENT
SEAN SONG
CITY WALK
SLOGANEERING
ROOM
"BOARD"
    $200 1
sheep

J.D.
    $200 4
(Sean) Combs

J.D.
    $200 26
Los Angeles

J.D.
    $200 11
Chicken of the Sea

Ken
    $200 21
magazines

Ken
    $200 16
(Ken: What's the Disney board?)
(Alex: Disney board?)

the Disney board of directors

Ken
    $400 2
Adam

Ken
    $400 5
Sean Penn

Ken
    $400 27
Greenwich

Ken
    $400 12
Carl's Jr.

Ken
    $400 22
FDR

Ken
    $400 17
his skateboard (or the blackboard)

Ken
    $600 3
Abraham

Betsey
    $600 8
(Sean) Connery

Ken
    $600 28
Nagano

Ken
    $600 13
Grey Poupon

J.D.
    $4,000 23
(Alex: Oh, boy. You're starting the season the same way you ended the last one.)

smoking

Ken
    $600 18
pre-board

J.D.
    $800 6
(Ken: Who is Jeremiah?)

Isaiah

KenJ.D.
    $800 9
Sean Lennon

Ken
    $800 29
Lhasa

Ken
    $800 14
Big Red

Ken
    $800 24
the basement

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
(Betsey: What is pressboard?)

particle board

BetseyJ.D.
    $1000 7
Potiphar

Ken
    $1000 10
Sean Young

Ken
    $1000 30
Amritsar

Ken
    $1000 15
Shower to Shower

Betsey
    $1000 25
a rug

Ken
    $1000 20
a teeterboard

Triple Stumper

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 responses

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".)
(Alex: And finally, if you do well in that...)
YOU GET AN "A"!
    $400 22
(Ken: ...He's still dead.)
[Laughter]

Francisco Franco

Ken
    $400 1
The Others

Ken
    $400 21
kick

J.D.
    $400 16
a mammal

Ken
    $400 6
Afghanistan

Ken
    $400 11
Alaska

Ken
    $800 27
Burma

Ken
    $800 2
(J.D.: Who is Tony Perkins?)

Roddy McDowall

KenJ.D.
    $800 23
(Betsey: What is coal?)

horses

Betsey
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
a fish

Ken
    $800 7
the Big Bang

Ken
    $800 12
the Amazon

Ken
    $4,800 28
(Alex: [Before wager] Less than a minute to wrap up the game.)

Confucius

Ken
    $5,000 3
(Alex: Ken?)
(Ken: What is Dawn of the Dead?)

An American Werewolf in London

Ken
    $1200 24
(J.D.: What is a torpedo?)

Trident

J.D.
Triple Stumper
    $1200 18
a fish

Betsey
    $1200 8
ad hominem

J.D.
    $1200 13
the ampere

Ken
    $1600 29
the Lancasters

Ken
    $1600 4
Cate Blanchett

Ken
    $1600 25
(Alex: They use [*]. Ken, back to you.)
(Ken: It's going so well. TRANSPORTATION for $2,000)

carbon

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
a bird

Ken
    $1600 9
(Ken: What is his David?)

the Pietà

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
the afterburner

Ken
    $2000 30
Russia

J.D.
    $2000 5
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Ken
    $2000 26
[Laughter upon Alex giving the correct response.]

Le Car

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
a mammal

Ken
    $2000 10
an O'Henry

Ken
    $2000 15
Antwerp

Betsey

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 responses

COMIC BOOKS
(Alex: When I was 10, 11 and 12, I used to collect these comics; I loved them. They cost a little bit more than the regular comic books.)
BetseyWhat is Superman?
$1,801
J.D.What is Superman?
$1,401
KenWhat is Captain Marvel?
$21,599
Classic Comics (or Classics Illustrated)

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:

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

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Game tape date: 2004-04-22
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