Responses for The Greatest of All Time game #5 - Thursday, January 9, 2020

Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 3, game 1.

Contestants

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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

A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
(Ken: You're telling us!)
COMEDIANS
THE ALPS
I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS
PREQUELS & SEQUELS
BUY A VOWEL
    200 30
a nickelodeon

James
    200 29
Denis Leary

James
    200 26
ogre

James
    200 27
a toga

Ken
    200 21
an elevator

James
    200 28
wit & wait

Ken
    400 23
[Alex reads "mil" as "million".]

Cartier

Ken
    400 24
Ricky Gervais

James
    400 25
(Ken: What are firs?)

spruce

JamesKen
    400 19
a kilt

Ken
    400 20
The Hunger Games

James
    400 22
size & seize

Brad
    600 12
Willie Mays

Brad
    600 6
Sarah Silverman

James
    600 2
Mont Blanc

Ken
    600 18
a loincloth

Brad
    600 3
Get Shorty

Ken
    600 17
run & ruin

Ken
    800 13
Action Comics

Brad
    800 10
Steve Coogan

James
    800 1
[James selected the first clue.]
[The circumflex in "Rhône" was not shown in the clue.]

the Po

James
    800 9
archaic

Ken
    800 4
[Ken omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Silmarillion

Ken
    800 16
(Ken: What is [**]?... [*] and [**]?)

ink & oink

Ken
    1000 14
Canton

James
    1000 11
Rudy Ray Moore

Brad
    1,400 7
(James: [Making a pushing motion] For the lawyers, this means 1,400 points, please. [Grins])

Ötzi

James
    1000 8
James I

James
    1000 5
Omoo

Ken
    1000 15
bard & board

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
7,600 6,000 3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WHAT'S IN YOUR BRAIN?
TV GREEN THUMB
GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS
CHARACTERS ON STAGE
WORD ORIGINS
ROAD TRIP!
    400 30
Alzheimer

James
    400 29
Weeds

Ken
    400 23
Mubarak

James
    400 25
the Stage Manager

James
    400 27
hieroglyphics

James
    400 28
the Gateway Arch

James
    800 20
the dendrites

Ken
    800 21
Between Two Ferns

Brad
    800 22
Pahlavi (the Shah)

James
    800 24
(P.T.) Barnum

James
    800 26
āsana

Ken
    800 16
(James: What are wagons?)

schoolhouses

JamesBrad
    1200 19
occipital

James
    1200 8
(Ken: Who is Offred?)
(James: Who is Ofglen?)
...
(Ken: Oh, "wife"!)

Serena

JamesKen
Triple Stumper
    1200 5
the Third Republic

Ken
    1200 18
Marat

Ken
    1200 17
a troika

Ken
    1200 15
UCSD (San Diego)

James
    1600 12
the pineal

James
    1600 9
(Alex: And that would be [*].)
(Ken: Oh, right.)
(Alex: Oh, right, yes, now.)

Morticia Addams

Triple Stumper
    9,200 6
(Alex: [To Ken] You are 400 points off the lead.)
(Ken: I think I have to do it, Alex. 9,200 points.)
(Alex: Uh-oh.)
(Ken: [Shoves both hands forward] All in, baby.)
[James laughs.]
...
(Ken: Wow... I don't wanna do that again.)

Nullification

Ken
    1600 3
Norma Desmond

Brad
    3,400 1
(Brad: What is the Black Plague?)

melancholia

Brad
    1600 14
(James: What is 55?)

61

JamesBrad
    2000 11
the limbic system

Brad
    2000 10
Ray Walston

Ken
    2000 7
Evo Morales

Ken
    2000 4
[Alex reads the quote with a Russian accent.]

Estragon

James
    2000 2
cicatrix

Ken
    2000 13
Denver

Brad

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
13,600 25,600 8,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. POLITICAL HISTORY
(Alex: The three of you began writing even before I completely read the clue!)
...
(Alex: [To James] Did he come up with the correct response? He did indeed. Why am I surprised?)
[James chuckles.]
...
(Alex: Ken is not looking too worried, but--)
(Ken: I can do--I can do a James Holzhauer smile.)
[Ken imitates James's smile.]
(Alex: Let's see. "What are [**]s and [*]?" Yes, three for three! Well done, gentlemen. And Ken...)
[The audience "Ohh"s when Ken's wager is revealed; James high-fives Ken.]
BradWhat are Democratic-Republican and Whig?
8,800
JamesWhat are Whig & Democratic-Republican
13,600
KenWhat are Whigs and Democratic-Republicans?
25,600
Democratic-Republican & Whig

Final scores:

James Ken Brad
27,200 51,200 17,600

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Ken Brad
13,200 18,000 12,200
24 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 11 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: 43,400

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