Responses for Show #4589 - Thursday, July 15, 2004

Ken Jennings game 32.

Contestants

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Tom Vanderloo, a law librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee

Lou Ascatigno, a teacher from Concord, California

Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah (whose 31-day cash winnings total $1,022,460)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AN "A" IN HISTORY
FRUIT
UNICEF
A FORD IN YOUR FUTURE
SPANISH CLASS
STRONG MEN
    $200 1
the Alamo

Ken
    $200 8
the peel (or the skin)

Tom
    $200 26
vaccinations

Ken
    $200 7
Henry Ford

Lou
    $200 6
invert it

Tom
    $200 17
(Ken: What are books?)
(Alex: Be more specific.)
(Ken: [*].)

phone books

Ken
    $400 2
Andersonville

Ken
    $400 14
a peach

Ken
    $400 27
(Ken: What is Education?)

Emergency

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
Betty Ford

Ken
    $400 13
(Tom: [*]--What is [*])
[Tough to tell whether this was Sofia or Sarah.]

How much does it cost?

Tom
    $400 19
steroids

Ken
    $600 3
the Aleutian Islands

Tom
    $600 16
iron

Tom
    $600 28
Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
John Ford

Ken
    $600 15
Que sera, sera

Lou
    $600 21
the snatch

Ken
    $800 4
Crispus Attucks

Ken
    $800 22
the tangerine

Triple Stumper
    $800 29
Peter Ustinov

Lou
    $800 11
Whitey Ford

Lou
    $800 18
[The full mural can be seen here.]
[Tough to tell whether this was Sofia or Sarah.]

cerveza

Tom
    $800 24
Willie McCovey

Lou
    $1000 5
Abilene

Ken
    $1000 23
(Ken: What's a grapefruit?)

lemon

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $500 30
(Alex: Without realizing it, Lou, you have adopted one of Ken's techniques. You have phrased your response in a questioning manner, as well as in question form. It paid off.)

the Concert for Bangladesh

Lou
    $1000 12
Ford Madox Ford

Ken
    $1000 20
corazon

Lou
    $1000 25
(Lou: What is Gold?)
...
(Alex: Minute to go, now.)

Weider

LouTom

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

Ken Lou Tom
$4,800 $1,600 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Lou Tom
$4,800 $3,700 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LATIN AMERICA
MOVIE STARS OLD & NEW
BEASTLY NOVELS BY CHARACTER
INDUSTRY LEADERS
"S" TOUGH
STRONGMEN
    $400 15
Castro

Ken
    $400 1
Gary Cooper

Lou
    $400 7
(Tom: Uh... who is... uh, Stuart Little?)
(Alex: No.)
(Tom: No.)

Animal Farm

KenTom
    $400 26
(Ken: Uh, what's a hospital?)

laboratories

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $400 21
the serfs

Ken
    $400 4
Eduard Shevardnadze

Ken
    $800 16
Managua

Ken
    $800 2
The Rock

Ken
    $800 8
The Wind in the Willows

Ken
    $800 27
(Tom: What are straws?)

cans

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
Somalia

Tom
    $6,000 11
(Tom: Let's see... what was... um... what was... [winces] what was [*]?)
(Alex: Yes! You're doing the same thing. You're learning from Lou and Ken. "I am not sure, but I'm gonna phrase it... 'What was...'")

Croatia

Tom
    $1200 17
Belize

Ken
    $1200 3
Brendan Fraser

Tom
    $1200 9
Charlotte's Web

Ken
    $1200 28
electric motors

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
the saxophone

Ken
    $1200 12
Assad

Tom
    $1600 18
(Tom: What is Brazil?)

Ecuador

Tom
Triple Stumper
    $1600 5
Garbo

Ken
    $1600 10
Babe

Tom
    $1600 29
[Alex adds to the end of the clue: "or the initials YKK".]

the zipper

Tom
    $6,400 24
(Alex: Minute to go.)
(Ken: Yeah. I'm gonna wager... it's gonna sound dumb, but I'm gonna wager $6,400, Alex.)
(Alex: Doesn't sound dumb at all. I knew you were gonna say that. I'm beginning to read your mind. You've been around long enough.)
(Ken: We have this thing.)
(Alex: Gonna name--name my next child for you.)
...
(Alex: Less than a minute, now.)

Secretariat & Seattle Slew

Ken
    $1600 13
Suriname

Ken
    $2000 19
(Tom: Uh, who are the... the, uh, Aztecs?)

the Olmecs

KenTom
    $2000 6
Vince Vaughn

Ken
    $2000 14
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

Ken
    $2000 30
(Tom: What are [**]?)
(Alex: [**] or...)
[Alex looks at the judges.]
(Alex: Ohh... give me a... no.)
(Tom: Wh--what--)
...
(Alex: I'm not sure they make [**]. The, uh, reaction I'm getting from the judges is [*], not [**].)
[Reversed before Final Jeopardy! because "Wolverine does make [**]"]

shoes (boots accepted)

Tom
    $2000 25
(Ken: What is Scribner?)

Simon & Schuster

Ken
Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
(Ken: It's a bummer for that guy. Uh, let's do... let's do "S"TOUGH for $400.)
(Alex: We'll tell him you said that.)

(Omar) Bongo

Ken

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ken Lou Tom
$27,600 $4,100 $13,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
(Alex: [To Lou] You're right. It's called The Hornet's Nest.)
[Ken's toothy smile drawing]
...
(Alex: He's on his way to setting the all-time record. Will he make it? Well, tune in tomorrow to find out. So long.)
LouWho is Jimmy Carter
$4,099
TomWho was JFK
$5,000
KenWho is Carter? [drawing of a toothy smile]
$400
Jimmy Carter

Final scores:

Ken Lou Tom
$28,000 $8,199 $8,400
32-day champion: $1,050,460 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ken Lou Tom
$22,800 $4,600 $8,200
29 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $35,600

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Game tape date: 2004-03-16
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