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Ken Jennings’ 75th and last game of “Jeopardy!” from 2004.
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00:00The Seinfeld gang is out of jail and coming to Jeopardy! for a category.
00:04Stay tuned!
00:08This is Jeopardy!
00:12Introducing today's contestants.
00:14A college student from Minneapolis, Minnesota, David Hankins.
00:19A realtor from Ventura, California, Nancy Zurg.
00:24And our returning champion, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah, Ken Jennings,
00:31whose 74-day cash winnings totaled $2,520,700.
00:40And now, here is the host of Jeopardy!, Alex Trebek.
00:46Thank you, Johnny Gilbert. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome.
00:48I know, I know, you're wondering, has Ken Jennings quit his day job yet?
00:54I'll ask him in the interview portion in a little while.
00:56But right now, I want to welcome our newcomers, Nancy and David.
00:58Nice to have you here. Good luck. You know what you're up against.
01:02Ken and our material. I don't know which is tougher right now.
01:05Let's go into the Jeopardy! round and we'll start finding out.
01:09One Daily Double coming up in these categories.
01:12No Soup for You. Festivus. The Contest. Yada, yada, yada.
01:23A category about nothing. And finally, some brain teasers about Seinfeld.
01:30Now, this is in honor of a new DVD release, Volumes 1 and 2, featuring all of the shows
01:36from the first three seasons of Seinfeld.
01:38Now, in that first category that you recognized immediately, No Soup for You, we'll give you a list.
01:44You tell us which one is not a popular soup. Ken?
01:48Let's start with the contest for $200, Alex.
01:50In 1998, Rabbit Hash Kentucky elected Goofy, one of these, as mayor.
01:56Sadly, the mayor had to be put down in 2001.
01:59David?
02:00What is a dog?
02:01Right.
02:01Seinfeld for $200, please.
02:03This Season 7 episode revealed that this store owner was based on a real person.
02:09Very good.
02:10You know something?
02:11No Soup for You!
02:13David?
02:14Who is the Soup Nazi?
02:15Yes.
02:15Seinfeld for $400, please.
02:17A Christmas present.
02:18That's right.
02:18For who?
02:19For you.
02:21Get out of here!
02:22In that scene from Season 3, George's gift to Elaine was this article of clothing.
02:29A bargain because of a flaw.
02:31A small red dot.
02:33Ken.
02:34What's a sweater?
02:35Yes, a cashmere sweater.
02:36Seinfeld for $600.
02:37She tells me that our ex-boyfriend was over late last night and yadda yadda yadda, I'm
02:41really tired today.
02:45What do you think she was tired from?
02:46Well, obviously the yadda yadda.
02:49That was a classic scene from Season 8.
02:52Yadda yadda yadda recently made it into one edition of this venerable British dictionary.
02:58David?
02:59What is the Oxford English Dictionary?
03:00Right.
03:01Seinfeld for $800, please.
03:04I'm out.
03:07When he wrote that classic episode from Season 4, this Seinfeld co-creator turned Kirby and
03:12his enthusiasm into an Emmy.
03:14Nancy?
03:15Who is Larry David?
03:16Right.
03:16Seinfeld for $1,000, please.
03:18All right.
03:18Back to Jerry.
03:19Kramer dated a low talker who designed this, also the title of the episode from Season 5.
03:25I can't wear this!
03:27Hey, this looks better than anything you own.
03:30Nancy?
03:30What is the puffy shirt?
03:31The puffy shirt is right.
03:33Yes.
03:33No soup for you.
03:34$200, please.
03:35Mungo.
03:36Mulligatani.
03:36Menudo.
03:38Ken?
03:39What is Mungo?
03:40Mungo is correct.
03:41No soup for you for $400.
03:42Billy Bee, Billy Doo, Booyabees.
03:45Ken?
03:46What is Biladu?
03:48Yes.
03:48No soup for you for $600.
03:51Poudrette, Stracciatella, Philadelphia Pepper Pot.
03:58Poudrette is a fertilizer.
04:00Ken, back to you.
04:01No soup for you for $800.
04:04Shlodnik, Cockaliki, Qatar.
04:10Qatar is an Indian dagger.
04:13Ken?
04:13No soup for you for $1,000.
04:15Buride, Rond de Jambes, Asopar de Pollo.
04:20David?
04:21What is Buride?
04:22No.
04:23Nancy?
04:24What is Rond de Jambes?
04:24Yes.
04:25Festivus for $200.
04:27Days celebrating people going to heaven include Jesus' Ascension Day and her Assumption Day.
04:35Ken?
04:36Who's the Virgin Mary?
04:36That's right.
04:37Festivus $400.
04:38Bitter herbs are featured on this holiday's Seder plate.
04:42Ken?
04:43What is Passover?
04:43Correct.
04:44And that takes you to $1,600.
04:45You're in second place.
04:46And we're taking our first break for these messages.
04:54David Hankins is from Minnesota.
04:56He's a college student.
04:57Some years ago, Dick Clark, on one of his programs, poked fun at me.
05:02They had me at a hotel in Atlantic City for a convention that was completely bogus.
05:09All of the people at that convention were supposed to be Trebekis, Alex Trebek fans.
05:15Are you one of those?
05:16Well, I guess my friends aren't as clever as we thought because, yes, I'm a Trebekie.
05:22They were quite excited, although I think they thought I was trying out for Price is Right
05:25or something like that.
05:26Quite your tongue.
05:27Quite your tongue.
05:28Okay.
05:28Sorry, Alex.
05:29Okay.
05:29Nancy Zerg from Ventura.
05:32A realtor?
05:33Yes.
05:33Who is one of those happy people who went to China to pick up an adopted daughter?
05:38Yes.
05:39My daughter has given me full permission to talk about this.
05:42We went with a large group.
05:44There were 15 children being adopted in our group.
05:46And they tell you the night before the adoption that you should write down any questions that
05:51you have and get ready because your child may not want to have anything to do with you.
05:55She may shut down.
05:56She may be non-responsive.
05:57So there we were waiting for our daughter.
06:00And they brought her in the room, just the second baby.
06:02And there were lights flashing and people clapping and crying.
06:05And I held out my arms to her and she held out her arms to me and climbed in my
06:08lap and
06:09started to play.
06:10How old was she at the time?
06:11She was 14 months old.
06:12I thought she thought, oh, this is my mom.
06:15But then everybody that wanted to hold her, she'd just go like that to anybody.
06:18Okay.
06:19Ken Jennings is our champion.
06:20He's a software engineer.
06:21Have you quit your job?
06:22I actually haven't.
06:24I have a great job and love the people I work with.
06:27I may work fewer hours from now on, you know, but...
06:31Have you thought of buying the company?
06:33All right.
06:34Well, I'm glad to hear that, Ken.
06:35Let's get back into this.
06:36And you have your signaling button ready to go.
06:39And you get to make the selection.
06:40Let's go back to Festivus for $600.
06:42Answer.
06:42In 1939, FDR moved this holiday one week earlier in an attempt to please the retail industry.
06:49Ken?
06:50What is Thanksgiving?
06:51Yes.
06:52After 800.
06:53In 1876, Montreal's Mount Royal Park was officially inaugurated on May 24th.
06:59A Canadian holiday because it's her birthday.
07:03Ken?
07:03Who's Queen Victoria?
07:04Correct.
07:04Festivus for $1,000.
07:06In 1955, the Pope moved the service for this observance, including St. John's Passion,
07:12to the afternoon.
07:13Ken?
07:15What is Good Friday?
07:16Right.
07:16The contest for $400.
07:17Peter Ubaroth finished sixth in a 2003 race for this state's highest office, just ahead of Larry Flint.
07:26Nancy?
07:26What is California?
07:27Correct.
07:28The contest for $600.
07:28This George W. Bush cabinet member lost his 2000 Senate race to a man who died a month before the
07:36election.
07:37Ken?
07:38Who's John Ashcroft?
07:38Correct.
07:38Contest $800.
07:40Answer.
07:40Daily double.
07:42All righty.
07:44All righty then.
07:464,600?
07:48I'll wager $3,000, Alex.
07:50Okay.
07:51Here is the clue in the contest.
07:53In 1984, Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. and this state.
08:01What is Minnesota?
08:01His home state.
08:02You are correct.
08:03$7,600 your total.
08:05Go again.
08:06The contest for $1,000.
08:06In 1884, a booster's attack on Democratic rum, Romanism and rebellion backfired on this downeaster.
08:18And his name was James Blaine.
08:21Blaine.
08:22Ken, back to you.
08:23Category about nothing for $200.
08:25Nothing as a tennis score.
08:28David?
08:28What is love?
08:29Right.
08:30Nothing for $400.
08:32En español.
08:33Ken?
08:34Que es nada.
08:35Nada.
08:36Si.
08:37Category about nothing for $600.
08:38The hour for a military action to start.
08:42Ken?
08:42What is zero hour?
08:43Yes.
08:44Nothing for $800.
08:45William Cowper.
08:46What peaceful hours I once enjoyed, but they have left an aching this.
08:51David?
08:52What is whole?
08:53No.
08:54Nancy?
08:54What is void?
08:55Void is right.
08:56A category about nothing for $1,000?
08:58Nine letter word for lack of existence or a person of no importance.
09:03David?
09:04What is a non-entity?
09:04Good.
09:05With a minute to go.
09:06Yada yada yada, $1,000.
09:07He humbly shared with the British in 1936, a few hours ago I discharged my last duty as
09:14king.
09:14Yada yada yada.
09:16Ken?
09:16Who is Edward VIII?
09:18Yes.
09:19Yada yada yada for $800.
09:21Before Congress in 1951, he announced, I now close my military career.
09:27Yada yada yada.
09:30Nancy?
09:31Who is MacArthur?
09:31Right.
09:32$600.
09:33In a 1974 national TV address, he conveyed, our long national nightmare is over.
09:40Yada yada yada.
09:42Ken?
09:43Who is Ford?
09:44Yes.
09:44Yada $400.
09:45In a 1775 speech, he declared, I know not what course others may take.
09:51Yada yada yada.
09:53Ken?
09:53Who is Henry?
09:54Patrick Henry is right.
09:56And we will leave out the last clue.
09:58Ken in the lead.
09:5910,600.
10:00Nancy next.
10:01David going first in the Double Jeopardy round.
10:04When we come back.
10:08Welcome back, folks.
10:10Double Jeopardy time and here are the categories.
10:13First off, zoology, followed by pro sports venues, funny hats, patent pending, grab bag, and slang.
10:26All right, David, you go.
10:27Slang for $400, please.
10:28Wife beater is a controversial slang term for this ribbed white item of apparel.
10:35Ken?
10:35What's a kind of shirt?
10:37Be more specific.
10:38Undershirt?
10:39Be more specific.
10:41Sleeveless undershirt.
10:42Sleeveless undershirt?
10:43Tank top is what we're going for?
10:45We'll accept that.
10:45Is that what the young people were saying?
10:47All right.
10:47Sling for $800.
10:48This kind of fruit is a Bronx cheer.
10:52Ken?
10:52What's a raspberry?
10:53Right.
10:53Sling for $1,200.
10:54This slang term for a fool or dolt is also the name of one of Archie's Riverdale friends.
11:00Ken?
11:01What is Jughead?
11:02Jughead is right.
11:03Sling for $1,600.
11:04A university seminar on slang revealed that an unwelcome follower is known as a hanging this.
11:10Nancy?
11:11What's Chad?
11:11Right.
11:122,000 slang?
11:13From the Latin for duchy, it's slang for money or for a show ticket.
11:19Nancy?
11:20What's ducat?
11:21Correct.
11:21Grab bag for $400, please.
11:22Tom Kelly took the 1949 nude photographs of this actress that later appeared on the calendar
11:28Golden Dreams.
11:30Ken?
11:31Who's Marilyn Monroe?
11:31Yes.
11:32Grab bag $800.
11:33A wavy fabric made by twisting and then relaxing yarn.
11:38It's also found before Duchenne.
11:41Nancy?
11:42What is crepe?
11:42Yes.
11:43$1,200 grab bag.
11:45In 1956, the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Obann, Scotland and Clarenville
11:52in this Canadian province.
11:54Ken?
11:55What is Newfoundland?
11:55Yes.
11:56Let's go over to zoology for $400.
11:59Giraffes are divided by sex into cows and these.
12:04David?
12:04What are bulls?
12:05Right.
12:06Patent pending for $400, please.
12:08In 1909, George S. Patton graduated 46th out of 103 at this institution.
12:15Ken?
12:15What is West Point?
12:16Right.
12:16Back to zoology for $800.
12:18While swimming, the anaconda can close off a valve inside these to keep water out.
12:25Nancy?
12:25What are thighs?
12:26No.
12:27Ken?
12:28What are the ears?
12:29No.
12:31Close off a valve in its nostrils so the water doesn't get in.
12:35Ken, back to you.
12:36Zoology $1,200.
12:37It's the common litter size of llamas, hippos and kangaroos.
12:42David?
12:43What is one?
12:43One is right.
12:44Patent pending $800, please.
12:45Patent placed fifth at the 1912 Olympics in this event that includes swimming, fencing
12:51and the pistol.
12:53Ken?
12:54What is the triathlon?
12:56No.
12:58Nancy or David?
12:59David?
12:59What is a decathlon?
13:00No.
13:03Correct response.
13:04What is the modern pentathlon?
13:06Back to David.
13:08Patent pending $1,200, please.
13:09In 1916, Patent was an acting aide to this man, commander of World War I's American
13:15Expeditionary Forces.
13:17Ken?
13:18Who's Pershing?
13:18Right.
13:19Patent, $1,600.
13:19Answer.
13:20Daily Double.
13:23And at the moment you have a $6,200 lead over Nancy.
13:28I'll wager $5,400 of it, Alex.
13:29All right.
13:30For a $20,000 total, here is your clue.
13:33On December 26th, 1944, Patent's forces relieved this town in Belgium's Ardennes.
13:41The Germans were driven out in January.
13:47What is...
13:53Verdun?
13:53No.
13:54No.
13:55What is Bastogne?
13:56God.
13:56Remember, Bastogne was encircled by the German forces and Brigadier General McAuliffe said,
14:02nuts, in response to the surrender attempt.
14:06Ken, back to you.
14:07Patent pending $2,000.
14:08A few feet of the 998 square miles of this European country are Patton's grave in the American
14:15cemetery.
14:16David?
14:17What is France?
14:17No.
14:18Nancy or Ken?
14:19He's buried in Luxembourg.
14:21Ken, back to you.
14:21Zoology, $1,600.
14:23One type of terrier was specially bred in England to hunt this other member of the dog family.
14:29Ken.
14:30What's a fox?
14:30Right.
14:31Zoology, $2,000.
14:33As it's a fave of caribou, the lichen they eat is called this moss.
14:38Ken.
14:39What is reindeer moss?
14:40Reindeer moss, yes.
14:42Funny hats for $400.
14:43This grand old Opry comedy star used to wear a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached.
14:51Ken.
14:51Who's Minnie Pearl?
14:52Minnie Pearl.
14:53Howdy.
14:53Funny hats for $800.
14:54Featured in the Harry Potter movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts
15:00school.
15:01Ken.
15:01What's the sorting hat?
15:02Right.
15:03Funny hats $1,200.
15:04Goya liked to paint at night, so he wore a hat rimmed with these.
15:08Ken.
15:09Candles?
15:10Candles, correct.
15:10Funny hats $1,600.
15:11Answer.
15:12The other Daily Double.
15:14About a minute to go now, Ken.
15:18Try it again.
15:19$4,800, please.
15:20Alright.
15:20The name of this often brimless hat popular in the 1920s is French for Belle after the shape
15:27of the hat.
15:34What is a campan?
15:36No, women would know this.
15:38What is a cloche?
15:39A cloche hat.
15:40You're at $10,400.
15:41Go again.
15:42Funny hats $2,000.
15:42In Wagner's operas, this eldest Valkyrie is stereotypically dressed in a horned helmet and breastplate.
15:50Ken.
15:50Who's Brunhelda?
15:51Correct.
15:52Let's go to grab bag $1,600.
15:53The most popular color for this November birthstone is a rich orange yellow, like the
15:58color of sherry.
16:00Nancy.
16:00What is Topaz?
16:01Yes.
16:02$2,000 grab bag.
16:02This Ballet Russe founder had tried to be a composer, but Rimsky Korsakov told him to
16:07stop.
16:09Ken.
16:10Who's Diaghilev?
16:10Good.
16:10Let's go to pro sports venues for, let's go down to $2,000, please.
16:15And the home of the Atlanta Braves.
16:18David.
16:19What is Turner Center?
16:20No.
16:22Nancy or Ken?
16:23What is Turner Field?
16:25Turner Field.
16:26Ken, pick again.
16:27Pro sports venues $1,600.
16:29The New York Islanders home ice.
16:34That would be the Nassau Coliseum.
16:36Ken.
16:37Venues $1,200.
16:38The Detroit Red Wings rink.
16:44That is Joe Lewis Arena.
16:46A lot of big sports fans among our contestants today, I see.
16:51Ken.
16:51Not a runaway game.
16:53He has a $4,400 lead over Nancy.
16:57David, unfortunately, finishing in the red, you won't be around, so it'll be a two-person
17:02final Jeopardy!
17:03with this category.
17:05Business and industry.
17:06The clue in a moment.
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17:29The category is business and industry, and here is the clue, ladies and gentlemen.
17:32Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only four months a year.
17:4030 seconds.
17:42Good luck.
17:57Thank you very much, so…
18:13Nancy, you wrote down your response rather quickly, I thought.
18:16I hope it's correct.
18:17Let's take a look.
18:18What is H&R Block?
18:21You're right.
18:22Your wager, 4,401, taking you up to $14,401.
18:27You have a $1 lead over Ken Jennings right now.
18:30And his final response was FedEx.
18:36His wager was 5,601.
18:40He winds up in second place with $87.99.
18:44And Nancy Zerg, congratulations.
18:46You are indeed a giant killer.
18:50Our new Jeopardy champion, $14,401.
18:54Ken, take a look at the audience.
18:57The audience is paying tribute to not only Nancy, but to you as well.
19:02All good things have to come to an end, don't they?
19:05Well, too bad for Ken, but he's going home with a lot of money.
19:08He's going home with a $2.5 million.
19:11Congratulations, young man.
19:13Nancy will be back tomorrow to defend for the first time.
19:17We will see her, two new players, and you then.
19:20So long, everybody.
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