Responses for The Greatest of All Time game #6 - Thursday, January 9, 2020

Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 3, game 2.

Contestants

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Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of 17,600)

Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of 51,200)

James Holzhauer, the setter of 20 Jeopardy! records from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of 27,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

JANUARY IN HISTORY
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING
(Alex: It's close enough to the holidays to enjoy some [*], isn't it?)
GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES!
CYBERSECURITY
JUST THE FACTS
AN "OK" CATEGORY
    200 21
the Emancipation Proclamation

James
    200 22
(George) Burns

James
    200 30
pyrite

Ken
    200 29
white-hat

James
    200 27
(Ken: What is [*] negative?)

O

Ken
    200 25
OkCupid

Ken
    400 20
Ford

James
    400 19
The Sound of Music

Ken
    400 23
aquamarine

Ken
    400 28
s

James
    400 26
orchid

James
    400 24
(Ken: I get to say it to Alex! What is [*]?)
(Alex: Thank you!)
[Laughter]
(Alex: [Smiling] Thank you.)

"OK boomer"

Ken
    600 3
Lenin

James
    600 14
Donald Sutherland

Ken
    5,000 7
(James: Ha ha ha!)
(Alex: Ha ha ha, indeed.)
(James: [Waving an imaginary wand] Presto chango, 5,000.)
...
(James: What is... diamond?)
...
(Alex: All right, you're tied with Ken and Brad.)
[Ken laughs because they are all tied at zero.]

garnet

James
    600 18
(Alex: "What is [*]?", not your own booze.)
[James and Ken chuckle.]

bring your own device

Triple Stumper
    600 15
Macau

Brad
    600 12
OK Computer

James
    800 2
Nast

James
    800 17
Jason Robards

Ken
    800 5
amethyst

James
    800 6
Bitcoins

James
    800 13
Charon

Ken
    800 11
OK Go

James
    1000 1
[NOTE: Brad selected the first clue.]

Sukarno

James
    1000 16
(Ken: [Selecting the next clue] I just want to hear the voice!)

Tolstoy

Ken
    1000 4
bloodstone

James
    1000 8
keylogging programs

Triple Stumper
    1000 9
Fujita

James
    1000 10
I'm OK – You're OK

Ken

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
4,200 6,000 600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PLANE SCIENCE
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
IT COMES THIRD
MUSIC & LEGEND
"I" WROTE
(Alex: Notice the quotation marks--each correct response beginning with the letter I.)
THE DAM BILL
    400 30
inclined plane

James
    400 29
metabolism

Ken
    400 28
jumping

Brad
    400 27
(Ken: I also reek of Grieg--uh, cow-turds and super-Norwegianism.)
[Laughter]

the Mountain King

Ken
    400 26
John Irving

Brad
    400 25
the TVA

Brad
    800 18
a fault

Ken
    800 20
health

Brad
    800 21
quartering of troops

Brad
    800 22
(Ken: What is [*]?)
(Alex: Yes.)
(Ken: [**]?)

La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)

Ken
    800 23
Ibsen

Ken
    800 24
Buffalo Bill

James
    1200 17
polarized

James
    1200 3
(James: Uhh, uh-oh... [Chuckles and shakes head])

Iraqi

JamesKen
    1200 6
(Ken: What is Emperor?)
[Ken appears to realize his mistake.]

Eroica

JamesKen
    1200 19
Dido

Brad
    1200 9
(Christopher) Isherwood

James
    1200 10
California

Ken
    1600 16
sines

James
    1600 2
rancor

Ken
    1600 4
El Salvador

James
    3,000 14
(Brad: [To Ken, after selecting the Daily Double and thus keeping James from it] You're welcome.)
[Brad laughs; Ken pats Brad on the back.]
...
(Alex: You're at 6,000 points; you're in second place!)
(Brad: Hey!)

Medea

Brad
    1600 8
(Brad: Who is Irving Stone?)

Walter Isaacson

Brad
Triple Stumper
    1600 7
(James: What is the Columbia?)

the Snake

JamesKen
    2000 15
(James: What's a syzygy?)

the ecliptic

JamesKen
    2000 1
(Brad: [Whispering] Oh, right...)
(James: [Looking at Brad] Don't you work here?)
[Ken and Brad chuckle]

treatment

Triple Stumper
    2000 5
(Chinua) Achebe

Ken
    2000 13
Albéniz

Triple Stumper
    2000 11
Molly Ivins

Brad
    2,000 12
the Grand Coulee Dam

Brad

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
7,400 17,600 10,000
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS
(Alex: [To James] And you wrote down there, "Who is the GHOST? (Greatest Host of Syndicated TV)", and you started to write Pat Sajak, is that right?)
(James: [Looking around and shrugging] What?!)
[Laughter]
(Alex: I wish you had risked more points.)
[James laughs.]
...
(Alex: [After Brad explains his response] Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to welcome you to the Jeopardy! Comedy Hour.)
...
(Ken: [Before his response is revealed] I'm gonna do a tight five minutes on airline food before we...)
[Laughter]
JamesWho is the GHOST? (Greatest Host of Syndicated TV) Pat Saj Alex Trebek
908
BradWho Ken es el hombre ----------- Eagles Super Bowl LII champs
4,133
KenWho are Lee and Gonzalez-Inarritu?
1,200
Ang Lee & Alfonso Cuarón

Final scores:

James Ken Brad
6,492 16,400 5,867

Cumulative scores:

James Ken Brad
33,692 67,600 23,467
2nd place: 1 match point Winner: 2 match points 3rd place

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Ken Brad
12,400 17,600 8,600
22 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 22 R,
1 W		 10 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W

Combined Coryat: 38,600

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