Responses for The Greatest of All Time game #1 - Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 1, game 1.

Contestants

Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California

Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington

James Holzhauer, the setter of 20 Jeopardy! records from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
THE SHAKESPEARE PLAY, & I QUOTE...
SCHOOL DAYS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
THE TOTALLY RAD 1980s
THE OSCARS
    200 29
Arches

Ken
    200 22
Romeo and Juliet

Ken
    200 20
civics

Brad
    200 30
(Alex: I don't think you guys missed any clues.)
[Applause]
(Alex: And that's a good sign for this tournament.)

a trombone

Brad
    200 26
a Walkman

Ken
    200 24
12 Years a Slave

Ken
    400 28
Carlsbad Caverns

James
    400 21
The Tempest

Ken
    400 19
sloppy joe

James
    400 27
maracas

Ken
    400 25
Vans

James
    400 23
The Revenant

James
    600 5
Vernal

James
    600 2
A Midsummer Night's Dream

Ken
    600 16
Class Clown

Ken
    600 14
recorder

Brad
    600 1
[Ken won the toss and selected the first clue.]
(Ken: Well, this is my era. Let's go with THE 1980s for 600 points, Alex.)

Chariots of Fire

Brad
    600 8
Peter Farrelly

Brad
    800 4
the General Sherman

James
    800 11
[Ken omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Taming of the Shrew

Ken
    800 17
linear equations

Ken
    800 13
a zither

Ken
    800 3
Eruzione

James
    800 9
Pickford

Ken
    1000 6
Lake Powell

James
    1000 12
Troilus and Cressida

James
    1000 18
charter schools

James
    1,800 15
(Brad: [Selecting the next clue] SCHOOL DAYS for 600--not my favorite subject!)

Moog

Brad
    1000 7
(Patrick) Nagel

Ken
    1000 10
Three 6 Mafia

James

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
7,800 7,000 4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

DANCING WITH THE CZARS
(Alex: ...not the stars.)
DAVID MUIR COVERS THE WORLD
THE "SAT"s
POP CULTURE BOOKSHELF
BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
(Alex: And our final category will be presented by a special guest--the category is...)
CHEMISTS
    400 22
Romanov

James
    400 30
the Taliban

Ken
    400 29
a satellite

Ken
    400 28
Jupiter

James
    400 19
(Alex: You didn't seem thrilled with that clue.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: I like those!)

"Blame Canada" Goose Gossage

Ken
    400 27
(Alex: Our thanks to Bryan Cranston for that category.)

organic

James
    800 21
the Crimean War

James
    800 23
Guantánamo Bay

Ken
    800 24
saturation

Ken
    800 25
Demi Moore

Ken
    800 17
Goodnight Moon "Over Miami" Dolphins

James
    800 26
Marie Curie

James
    1200 15
Ivan the Terrible

Brad
    1200 14
cataracts

James
    1200 10
a saturnalia

Ken
    1200 13
Van Allsburg

Ken
    8,600 4
(Ken: This is not where I feel comfortable, but I am gonna go... all in. 8,600, please, Alex.)
[Applause]
...
(Alex: And there are no more Daily Doubles.)
(Ken: Thank goodness, I don't think I can do that again.)

Lewis & Clark Clifford Odets

Ken
    1200 16
mustard gas (or poison gas)

Ken
    4,000 1
(Brad: Who is Vronsky?)

Grigory Potemkin

Brad
    1600 3
lead

Ken
    1600 8
(Brad: [No response])

a satsuma

KenBrad
    1600 12
Cary Elwes

Ken
    1600 5
The Facts of Life, the Universe and Everything Bagel

Brad
    1600 18
Mendeleev

Ken
    2000 2
Boris Godunov

James
    2000 7
Anbar Province

Brad
    2000 9
satori

Ken
    2000 11
Felicia Day

Ken
    2000 6
Sonnets from the Portuguese Man o' War Machine

James
    2000 20
Lavoisier

Brad

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
16,600 33,200 5,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTS & THE BIBLE
[A more intense remix of the "Think!" music plays.]
(Alex: I suppose as you might expect, because of the caliber of these three champions on Jeopardy! today, the "Think!" music seemed to go a lot faster.)
[Brad chuckles.]
BradWhat is In the beginning was the Word?
5,200
JamesWhat are In the beginning was the Word
16,600
KenWhat is In the beginning was the word?
11,800
"In the beginning was the Word"

Final scores:

James Ken Brad
33,200 45,000 10,400

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Ken Brad
16,600 25,800 8,400
20 R,
0 W		 29 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 10 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 50,800

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