Responses for Show #4583 - Wednesday, July 7, 2004

Ken Jennings game 26.

(Sarah: We'll go beyond the burrito to show you some Mexican delicacies today on Jeopardy!)
(Sofia: ¡Buen provecho!)

Contestants

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Vanessa Osborne, a graduate student from Woodland Hills, California

Michael Vance, an information security analyst from Fishers, Indiana

Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 25-day cash winnings total $788,960)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES
INDEPENDENT FILMS
MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK
WHAT'S THE NEXT LINE?
(Alex: We want you to provide it.)
SMART CHOICES
BROWN
    $200 21
FDR

Ken
    $200 1
Fargo

Ken
    $200 11
a tamale

Michael
    $200 6
"...oh my darling Clementine"

Ken
    $200 16
(Michael) Jordan

Ken
    $200 26
lunch

Michael
    $400 22
(Ken: Who is Clinton?)

Jimmy Carter

KenMichael
    $400 2
Memento

Michael
    $400 12
a tostada

Michael
    $400 7
(Alex: I'm trying to read it in a very flat way so that you will not be helped too much by my excellent singing.)

"...and smile, smile, smile"

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Noah

Ken
    $400 27
Brown Sugar

Vanessa
    $600 23
JFK

Ken
    $600 3
The Apostle

Ken
    $600 13
(Michael: What is ¡[*]!?)
[Laughter]
(Michael: MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK for 8, please.)
(Alex: O-kay!...)

tequila

Michael
    $600 8
"...and we'll have a barrel of fun"

Michael
    $600 18
Nabisco

Ken
    $600 28
Susan

Michael
    $800 24
Eisenhower

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
clerks

Vanessa
    $800 14
carnitas

Ken
    $800 9
"...We have no bananas today"

Ken
    $800 19
Michael Douglas

Michael
    $800 29
Fat Albert & the Cosby Kids

Ken
    $1,800 25
(Alex: [Before wager] And we have about a minute left in the round.)
...
(Alex: [*]. Independence, Missouri.)

Harry Truman

Ken
    $1000 5
Far from Heaven

Ken
    $1000 15
(Alex: And we're going to take our first break right now, and I'm eager to talk to Michael about ¡tequila!, when we come back.)

ceviche

Vanessa
    $1000 10
"...over the hills and everywhere"

Michael
    $1000 20
Joe Lieberman

Ken
    $1000 30
test tube

Ken

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

Ken Michael Vanessa
$3,600 $3,200 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Michael Vanessa
$9,800 $5,200 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE VICTORIANS
MARVEL COMICS HEROES
SUBWAY STOPS
PHARM TEAM
MILITARY MATTERS
5 IN A "ROW"
    $400 12
(Ken: Uh, who is her consort? ...[*]?)

(Prince) Albert

Ken
    $400 2
the Hulk

Ken
    $400 17
Moscow

Ken
    $400 1
aspirin

Ken
    $400 26
gunpowder

Michael
    $400 7
a furrow

Ken
    $7,200 13
(Ken: I sort of like this category. I'm going to wager... $7,200.)

a parlor

Ken
    $800 3
Spider-Man

Ken
    $800 18
Circus

Vanessa
    $800 22
a pregnancy test

Michael
    $800 27
a Bronze Star

Ken
    $800 8
the borrower

Ken
    $1200 14
birth control

Ken
    $1200 4
the X-Men

Ken
    $1200 19
Queens

Michael
    $1200 23
(Ken: What's the liver?)
...
(Alex: [*], right. Bile-producing.)
[ERRATUM: In subsequent rebroadcasts Alex gives the following disclaimer during the closing credits: "Since this show's first broadcast, we have been made to realize we mistakenly described the gallbladder as 'bile-producing' rather than 'bile-storing'. We regret the error. Luckily, it did not affect the outcome of the game."]

the gallbladder

KenMichael
    $600 28
(Ken: Gotta do some quick math. I will wager... $600, Alex.)

Panzers

Ken
    $1200 9
escrow

Michael
    $1600 15
the Crimean War

Ken
    $1600 5
Daredevil

Ken
    $1600 20
(Ken: Oh good.)

Pope Pius IX

Ken
    $1600 24
Zantac

Michael
    $1600 29
Quantico

Michael
    $1600 10
Harrow

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
Aubrey Beardsley

Vanessa
    $2000 6
[Applause for Ken's run of the category]
(Alex: Ken, have you done anything except read comics and watch television?)
(Ken: Being a nerd, you know, it pays off sometimes.)
(Alex: By gosh, it sure does. But you're no nerd.)

Iron Man

Ken
    $2000 21
(Pierre Charles) L'Enfant

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
cyclosporine

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
the Knights Templar

Ken
    $2000 11
(the Lady) Rowena

Ken

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Michael Vanessa
$34,000 $13,200 $5,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WRITERS
(Ken: [Shaking hands with his opponents] It was a great game. You two were really good.)
...
(Alex: And he gets to keep playing. Is he gonna make it to $1,000,000? Who knows? Come back and see us tomorrow. He's well on his way.)
VanessaWho was John Donne
$4,700
MichaelWho was Marlowe?
$3,199
KenWho is Marlowe?
$6,000
(Christopher) Marlowe

Final scores:

Ken Michael Vanessa
$40,000 $16,399 $300
26-day champion: $828,960 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ken Michael Vanessa
$27,400 $13,200 $5,000
33 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 17 R,
0 W		 5 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $45,600

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Game tape date: 2004-03-10
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