Final Jeopardy! for Thursday, June 4, 2009 (Winner: Andrew Schwartz - $19787)

Category: European Landmarks

Answer: Completed in 1791, it was reopened in 1989 after being closed for 28 years.

Question: What is the Brandenburg Gate?

because he is smart.

He did lose to Watson. When Brad Rutter played the limit was 5 games do he only had to win 5 games too never lose. Then he won three championships because he was the best player along with Ken Jennings whom he did beat in the championship match.

The category was Middle East Countries

The clue was "In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name"

The answer was What was Jordan

A link to the Jeopardy site that has a record of this game has been added under related links

Jeopardy - 1984 1-30 was released on:

USA: 19 October 1984

you answer using a question because the host gives the answer to the question.

It is the 'gimmick' of the show and can cause you to lose the value of the clue if you forget to phrase your response in the form of a question.

The final category is US Landmarks

The clue was: It contains over 5,000 tons of steel, rises 630 feet in the aie & is in the shape of an inverted Catenary Curve

The answer was: What was The Gateway Arch In St Louis

For the regular show and also a tournament Ken Jennings streak of 74 wins and $2,520,700 was the record until the Ultimate Tournament of Champions. The ultimate tournament of Champions was won by Brad Rutter who had already won a million dollar prize in the Jeopardy Million Dollar Master to add to his Ultimate 2 million prize.

The category was: Fictional Characters

The clue was: Stieg Larsson created the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by imagining this fictional Swedish girl as an adult.

The answer was: Who was Pippi Longstocking

The final category is Languages of Europe

The clue was: A mixture of English and Spanish, LLanito is the language of this territory's 30,000 residents

The answer was: What is Gibraltar

The winner of the match gets to keep his winnings, the second place finisher receives a $2000 consolation prize (regardless of how much money he ended the game with) and the third place finisher receives a $1000 consolation prize (regardless of how much money he ended the game with.) If the returning champion does not win his next match, he keeps his winnings from the previous games plus receives either the $2000 or $1000 consolation prize for the current game. In the event of a first-place tie, the two returning champions play their next game against a new third contestant. Imagine the new contestant wins that game. He keeps his winnings and the departing champions get to keep their winnings from previous games plus the respective consolation prizes for the current game.

Episode #4960 had a Double Jeopardy! round called "Hidden Books of the Bible" in which the name of a Book of the Bible was hidden within the clue, with the letters appearing in order. The $2000 clue was "From answers to questions; that's 'Jeopardy!'" and the correct question was "What is Romans?" (Taking Romans from the first two words of the clue, "From answers...." So, they technically did not ask/answer about Jeopardy, per se, but they have alluded to the show occasionally.

Final Jeopardy! for Thursday, September 18, 2008 - 2008 Kids Week Reunion - Game 4: Category: Plays Answer: In a 16th century work, the feud between these 2 groups is described as an "ancient grudge" Question: Who are the Capulets and the Montagues?

Jeopardy like Wheel of Fortune record a week programs in a day and also work for at least 3 and as many as 5 days in a row when the studios are set up for recording programs. You could then say that they record a months shows at a time, just not on the same day

There are 6 categories and 5 questions or clues under them. The first or Jeopardy round question values are $200, $400, $600, $800, & $1000 and the values amounts are doubled in the second or Double Jeopardy Round to $400, $800, $1200, $1600, & $2000.

When you uncover the Jeopardy spot in a category instead of a question or clue it says Daily double and you can wager from $5 up to your current total on the question that will appear after you determine your wager. The other contestants can not answer and you must answer correctly or lose the amount of wager. Hence the expression Alex I wish to make it a true daily double, when a contestant decides to wager everything and double there current amount or go down to zero. Contestants can also wager more than they have up to $1,000 in the first Jeopardy round and $2,000 in the Double Jeopardy round even if they are in a negative position before the wager.

The final category was 21ST Century EMMY'S

The clue was: As two different characters, she is the first actress to win leading Emmys in both the Drama and Comedy categories

The answer was: Who was Edie Falco

Roger Craig set a new single day record of $77,000 on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 see related link

For more than a single day see related question for the two highest winners

since September 10, 1984, Jeopardy! returned to television as a daily syndicated series with Alex Trebek as host

see related link which is Show #6207 - Tuesday, September 20, 2011

and then go to next game after information has been updated