A JEOPARDY! TEXTBOOK
Jennings Sweeps Daily Doubles, Hits $1.1 Million with 33rd Straight Win
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If ever a textbook Jeopardy! performance was delivered, Friday's was it by Ken Jennings. In the tradition of Frank Spangenberg, Jerome Vered and Brian Weikle, Jennings dominated from start to finish to earn his 33rd consecutive victory.
The sensation, who has earned international media attention, added another $50,000 to his record regular season purse. His total of $1,100,460 moves him likely within two wins of supplanting Million $ Masters champion Brad Rutter as syndicated television's all-time top game show winner.
Jennings rocked to a 91 percent success rate (40 of 44), including 19 of 20 in Double Jeopardy!
He swept all three Daily Doubles, earning $13,400---his largest total during his nearly seven weeks on the big-money answers.
At the end of Jeopardy!, the Murray, Ut., software engineer held his biggest first-round lead to date, up $13,200 to $2,400 for Frank McNeil of Louisville and $400 for homemaker Mary McCarthy of Las Vegas.
Jennings reached $40,000 at the end of Double Jeopardy!, more than $10,000 above his previous average pre-Final Jeopardy! total.
Final category: Food. Answer: experts belive that 16th Century Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house.
McCarthy and Jennings were both correct with: what is the carrot? McNeil had the correct color: what is orange? (but not the correct question).
McCarthy nearly doubled her $3,200 total to $6,300. McNeil fell back to $3,199.
Jennings pocketed an additional $10,000 for his 50 grand finish. His daily winnings are back to $33,347.
Said host Alex Trebek: "Who knows? He may have his own condo in Los Angeles soon." |
