Responses for The Greatest of All Time game #8 - Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time match 4, game 2.

Contestants

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Brad Rutter, the biggest money winner from Los Angeles, California (subtotal of 0)

Ken Jennings, the winner of 74 consecutive games from Seattle, Washington (subtotal of 65,600)

James Holzhauer, the setter of 20 Jeopardy! records from Las Vegas, Nevada (subtotal of 34,181)

Jeopardy! Round responses

BROADWAY
NONSENSE WORDS
LITERARY TERMS & DEVICES
(Ryan: I'm Ryan Reynolds--in addition to me and Alex Trebek, here are some of...)
THE GREATEST CANADIANS OF ALL TIME
MATH TO ROMAN NUMERALS TO INITIALS TO NAMES
(Alex: Let me give you an example: 1,000 + 100 to this "Wrecking Ball" singer--1,000 and 100, that's MC--Miley Cyrus. We will need both first and last names.)
WELCOME BACK BOYS!
    200 29
Tina Turner

Brad
    200 27
Dr. Seuss

Ken
    200 30
stanza

Brad
    200 23
(Margaret) Atwood

James
    200 7
Maya Lin

Ken
    200 21
[No applause for James's run of the category]

Grover Cleveland

James
    400 28
(Ken: What is You Oughta Know?)

Jagged Little Pill

JamesKen
    400 26
[Alex reads the phrase "classic pranks" in an exaggerated voice.]

Bazinga!

James
    400 24
a Bildungsroman

Ken
    400 22
Marshall McLuhan

James
    400 6
(Alex: Yes--MM.)

Mark McGwire

Ken
    400 20
the Prodigal Son

James
    600 13
Hermes

James
    600 25
a pooh-bah

Ken
    600 8
deus ex machina

Ken
    600 16
Glenn Gould

James
    600 5
(Alex: Yes--CC, 200.)
(Brad: Uhh... let's stick with, uh, ROMAN NUMERALS and... whatnot for 400.)

Clive Cussler

Brad
    600 19
Tool

James
    800 9
Forster

James
    800 12
fiddle-dee-dee!

Ken
    800 1
[NOTE: Ken selected the first clue.]

hyperbole

James
    800 15
(Terry) Fox

Ken
    1,000 3
[Snickers at Ken's look of befuddlement]
(Alex: Hurry.)
(Ken: Who is...)
[The signal sounds.]
(Ken: Charles Lindbergh? [Chortles])
[Laughter]
(Alex: Who--you had the initials right.)
(Ken: Yeah, who is it?)
(Alex: [*]!)
(Ken: Oh, of course! [*].)
(Alex: [*]. All right!)
(Ken: Seattle is gonna love me--they're not fans.)
(Alex: Your score is still up on the board--0.)
[Laughter]

Courtney Love

Ken
    800 18
Steve Jobs

James
    1000 10
Moulin Rouge!

James
    1000 11
snicker-snack

James
    1000 4
(James: What is a dactyl?)

anapest

JamesKen
    1000 14
Lester Pearson

Ken
    1000 2
(Alex: Yes--90, XC.)

Xavier Cugat

Ken
    1000 17
Apollo 17

James

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
8,200 5,600 1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
VICE PRESIDENTS
SURPRISE ME, TREBEK
(Alex: That's a little bit of everything in that category.)
DISPUTED TERRITORIES
PURPLE REIGN
PHRASES & EXPRESSIONS
    400 27
Gower Gulch

Triple Stumper
    400 25
[Brad responds in a mumbled voice, imitating the commercial referenced in the clue.]

Aaron Burr

Brad
    400 1
[Brad imitates Sean Connery when selecting the clue.]

an asteroid

Ken
    400 28
(Alex: Yeah, great place to visit, obviously!)

Denmark

Ken
    400 29
Detroit

James
    400 30
open and shut

James
    800 26
Wings

Ken
    800 24
Dan Quayle

James
    800 23
Andy Richter

James
    800 9
Gibraltar

James
    800 17
Northwestern

James
    800 18
too rich for my blood

James
    1200 6
Frederick's

James
    1200 3
Charles Fairbanks

Ken
    1200 22
Reform

James
    1200 7
Cyprus

Ken
    1200 11
(James: What is [singing] [*]?)
(Alex: [*], yes.)
[Ken silently laughs.]

"Hush"

James
    1200 12
an iron hand in a velvet glove

Ken
    1600 2
the Brown Derby

James
    1600 4
(Hannibal) Hamlin

Ken
    20,200 19
Chad

James
    1600 8
Jammu

James
    1600 14
primogeniture

Ken
    1600 13
a fate worse than death

Triple Stumper
    2000 21
(Alex: [Imitating [*]] A-one, and a-two, a-Lawrence a-Welk-a.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Right.)

Lawrence Welk

Triple Stumper
    5,000 5
(Ken: There is a case to be made for a small wager here.)
(James: No, there isn't!)
[Laughter]

Adlai Stevenson

Ken
    2000 20
the Plains of Abraham

Ken
    2000 10
Georgia

Ken
    2000 15
Tyre

James
    2000 16
the Augean Stables

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Ken Brad
44,000 23,000 1,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES
(Alex: [Revealing Brad's response] Thank you so much!)
(Brad: It's true, and I should get credit for it!)
(Alex: Okay.)
[Laughter and applause]
...
(Alex: ...as we come to James Holzhauer, who could win the match. He had 44,000. Did he come up with [*]?)
[James's response is revealed.]
(Alex: He did not, and it doesn't matter; your wager--44,000. Ken Jennings, you are the champion!)
[Applause and cheering]
...
(Alex: It has taken fifteen years for Ken Jennings to finally answer the question: "Is he as good as he appeared to be in that great run on Jeopardy!?" Brad, James, come on over here, please.)
[Applause]
(Alex: [Raising Ken's hand] The greatest-of-all-time Jeopardy! champion! Thank you so much, so long, everybody.)
BradWho is you're the best, Alex!
0
KenWho is Iago?
0
JamesWho is Horatio?
44,000
Iago

Final scores:

James Ken Brad
0 23,000 1,400

Cumulative scores:

James Ken Brad
34,181 88,600 1,400
2nd place: $250,000 Winner: $1,000,000 + a trophy + the title "The Greatest of All Time" 3rd place: $250,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Ken Brad
25,400 21,000 1,400
30 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 4 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: 47,800

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