Show #4559 - Thursday, June 3, 2004

Ken Jennings game 2.

Contestants

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Carrie Youngblood, an administrative assistant from Montpelier, Vermont

Chad Kaihe, a construction inspector from Nanakuli, Hawaii

Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

EDUCATION
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
NOT A STATE CAPITAL
GOING TO THE DOGS
A GREEN THUMB
A VULGAR DISPLAY OF "POWER"
    $200 8
A 1901 California law abolished this for grades 1-8; what kids did instead with no TV, God knows
    $200 6
She was Robert Wagner's first wife as well as his third
    $200 9
Atlanta,
Anchorage,
Augusta
    $200 21
Its nicknames include the spotted dick & the plum pudding dog
    $200 26
For cutting tall grass, "one" of these curved blades on a long, bent handle "fits all"
    $200 1
This multi-state lottery has peaked over 200 million dollars more than once
    $400 17
Common term for the system that emerged in the '60s to teach more mathematical concepts & fewer times tables
    $400 7
Art students when they met in the late '50s, Cynthia Powell was his first wife & the mother of his son Julian
    $400 10
Springfield,
Helena,
Chicago
    $400 22
It's the breed of dog in the famous logo seen here
    $400 27
If she had used the botanical name for this flower, Janet Fitch would have written "White Nerium"
    $400 2
A period of time in a hockey game where one team has a numerical advantage
    $600 18
(Hi, I'm Chris Matthews.) This religious order runs 28 colleges in the U.S. including Georgetown, Loyola & my alma mater Holy Cross
    $600 14
In a cameo in the movie "The First Wives Club", this wealthy ex advises, "Don't get mad, get everything"
    $600 11
Albuquerque,
Providence,
Charleston
    $600 23
Ask this Chinese dog to stick out its tongue & you'll see that it's bluish-black
    $600 28
We hope you're not at a loess for words & can tell us that loess is a type of this deposited by the wind
    $600 3
Zordon & Alpha recruited the teenagers who became this "Mighty Morphin" group
    $800 19
Restored to its original look, the USA's first public one of these opened in St. Louis in 1873
    $800 15
In Jewish folklore, before Eve, Adam was married to this she-demon
    $800 12
Frankfort,
Birmingham,
Montgomery
    DD: $2,000 24
In ancient times the Celts used these tallest dogs in battle to pull enemies from their horses
    $800 29
You can help plants gro (that's G-R-O) with food or a fertilizer spike from this Scotts Co. brand
    $800 4
Any of several portable G4 computers made by Apple
    $1000 20
In the junior version of this, retired members of the military teach life skills & leadership to high schoolers
    $1000 16
If she was still married to this man, Julia Thorne might have hit the campaign trail, instead of Teresa Heinz
    $1000 13
Montpelier,
Bismarck,
Portland
    $1000 25
This hunting dog seen here is considered one of Japan's national monuments
    $1000 30
The RHS, it sponsors the famous Chelsea Flower Show
    $1000 5
Collective coalition name for Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria & the Ottoman Empire during WWI

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 16):

Ken Chad Carrie
$6,400 $800 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Chad Carrie
$10,000 $1,000 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

POETS & POETRY
COMPLETES THE FILM TITLE
PEOP"L"
THE OLD WEST
COMMUNICATIONS
CAR TALK?
    $400 2
A collection by Joyce Carol Oates is called "Women Whose Lives Are Food, Men Whose Lives Are" this;
ka-ching!
    $400 7
1941:
"How Green Was..."
    $400 12
Although this "Lone Eagle" was a civilian, he flew about 50 combat missions towards the end of World War II
    $400 22
This judge, the "Law West of the Pecos", reportedly once fined a dead man $40 for carrying a concealed weapon
    $400 28
On Sept. 15, 1921 the federal government issued the first of these licenses
    $400 1
A heavy scarf (against cold, not noise)
    $800 3
Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" ends, "If winter comes, can spring be" this
    $800 8
1988:
"My Stepmother..."
    $800 16
This publisher thought it was "Time" for a business magazine so he founded Fortune in 1930
    $800 24
In the 1840s settlers began following this 2,000-mile overland route, which began in Independence, Mo.
    $800 30
It's the Hollywood term for a verbal presentation with lines like "It's 'Psycho' meets 'The African Queen'!"
    $800 18
To grow weary
    $1200 4
For his dying father, this Welshman wrote the poem "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"
    $1200 9
1991:
"Truly, Madly..."
    $1200 17
President of the United Mine Workers for 40 years, he helped found the CIO in 1935
    $1200 25
At the time of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, it was this Earp brother who was the city marshal
    $1200 29
To communicate by doing this, you can speak lyrics over a beat, or tap a code on the wall of your jail cell
    $1200 20
Clothing or equipment, it follows "L.A." in the name of an athletics supply company
    DD: $2,600 5
In Coleridge's poem, it's where Kubla Khan had his "stately pleasure dome"
    $1600 10
1964:
"7 Faces of..."
    DD: $4,600 14
Richard Nixon's running mate in 1960, this Republican lost his Senate seat 8 years earlier to John F. Kennedy
    $1600 23
In 1902 this former peace officer moved to NYC & became a sportswriter for the Morning Telegraph
    $1600 27
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew chalks up some Chinese characters.) Chinese writing began as pictographs; today, the symbol on the left is mu, or "tree"; on the right, lin, this word
    $1600 21
The inedible, fuzzy inner part of the item seen here
    $2000 6
Poet Laureate of the U.S. from 1993 to 1995, she won a 1987 Pulitzer for "Thomas and Beulah"
    $2000 11
1981:
"Cattle Annie and..."
    $2000 13
This biochemist who joined the U.S. space program in 1978 has spent more time in space than any woman in history
    $2000 15
As New Mexico gov. this future "Ben-Hur" author offered to pardon Billy the Kid but the prosecutor nixed the plan
    $2000 26
6-letter term for the path by which NASA sends signals from Earth to satellites & rovers
    $2000 19
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that" does this "and frets his hour upon the stage"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Chad Carrie
$31,000 $2,400 $1,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS
This somewhat negative term arose because twisting fibers into thread was mainly a woman's job

Final scores:

Ken Chad Carrie
$22,000 $3,200 $3,198
2-day champion: $59,201 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ken Chad Carrie
$30,000 $9,000 $1,600
33 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 15 R,
3 W
(including 2 DDs)		 4 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $40,600

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Game tape date: 2004-02-24
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