Stats: Final Jeopardy Questions--Ken Jennings

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Gavdos, an islet administratively part of this larger island, is Europe's southernmost point	Crete	49%
In the NATO phonetic alphabet (Alpha, Bravo, etc.), the 2 that are title Shakespearean characters	Romeo & Juliet	47%
In a last-minute change in his manuscript, Charles Dickens renamed Little Fred this	Tiny Tim	47%
Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution	Think Tank	35%
'Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man...' is the epigraph to this 1818 novel	Frankenstein	31%
In 1901 U.S. Surgeon General Walter Wyman helped establish a hospital in Hawaii for this disease	Leprosy	28%
This title character who debuted in 1999 was created by former marine biology educator Steve Hillenburg	Spongebob Squarepants	28%
This somewhat negative term arose because twisting fibers into thread was mainly a woman's job	Spinster	26%
First designed as a surgical disinfectant, in 1895 it was available to dentists & by 1914 was sold OTC	Listerine	25%
This 1973 thriller was re-released in 2000 with extra footage, including a scene in which Ritalin is prescribed	The Exorcist	25%
She's the first female track & field athlete to win medals in 5 different events at a single Olympics	Marion Jones	24%
In 1960 this new national leader made the longest speech in United Nations history, 4 hours & 29 minutes	Fidel Castro	22%
Phoebe Snetsinger, she of the apropos first name, set a record for this activity, about 8,400 species	Birdwatching	19%
In 1582 the man born Ugo Buoncompagni proclaimed this solar dating system still used today	The Gregorian Calendar	18%
The almost 4-decade collaboration of these 2 Germans began in Paris in 1844	Marx and Engels	15%
This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel	Huckleberry	14%
Of the 8 members of the G-8 industrial nations, the one with the smallest population	Canada	13%
This king was the great-grandfather of France's King Louis XV	Louis XIV	11%
Experts believe that 16th C. Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house	Carrot	10%
The libretto for "William Tell" was in this language, the native tongue of neither the composer, Rossini, nor the subject	French	10%
In 1826 Daniel Webster eulogized these 2 men, saying, "They took their flight together to the world of spirits"	John Adams and Thomas Jefferson	10%
After a 58-year flirtation, this woman called it off temporarily in issue No. 720	Lois Lane	10%
Josephine Cochrane's 1886 version of this consisted of a copper boiler, wire baskets & a pump	A Dishwasher	8%
In 1899 he was released from Devil's Island & pardoned for "treason under extenuating circumstances"	Alfred Dreyfus	8%
In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes	Algeria	8%
The Chinese government, which controls all of these in the U.S., won't let a new one be named until it's 100 days old	Giant pandas	8%
Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God"	Israel	8%
This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs	The Wizard of Oz	8%
Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim	Captain Cook	7%
Her recording career lasted just 8 years, starting in 1955 with "A Church, A Courtroom And Then Good-Bye"	Patsy Cline	7%
In November 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed this 16th century Englishman as the patron saint of politicians	Sir Thomas More	7%
Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year	H&R Block	6%
"I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this	Song of Solomon	6%
With a book about the South, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel	Jimmy Carter	4%
"Somnium", an early work of science fiction, was written by this German & published posthumously in 1634	Johannes Kepler	4%
The 2nd-smallest independent country in area in the Western Hemisphere; in the '80s it was invaded by the 2nd largest	Grenada	3%
Last name of the Chicago cab fleet operator who started the "Drive-Ur-Self" rental system	Hertz	3%
A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author	Joseph Conrad	3%
For his role in writing this 1861 document, Thomas Cobb of Georgia has been compared to James Madison	The Confederate Constitution	3%
Souvenirs sold at this attraction include 1962 World's Fair glassware & mugs boasting "I made it to the top"	the Space Needle	3%
Its 1st broadcast, February 24, 1942, said, "The news may be good. The news may be bad. We shall tell you the truth"	Voice of America	3%
The first 2 New York Times headlines set in 96-point type were in these 2 years, 5 years apart	1969 & 1974	1%
After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941	Charles Lindbergh	1%
Born in 1564, he was employed by Elizabeth I's Secretary of State to uncover Catholic plots against her reign	Christopher Marlowe	1%
Before Victoria & Elizabeth II, this was the last British monarch to reign during 2 different centuries	George III	1%
Born in January 1919, the month Teddy Roosevelt died, he was given the middle name Roosevelt	Jackie Robinson	1%
The brother of this leader is believed to be the first known European to have died in the Americas	Leif Ericson	1%
They first teamed up in 1974; one a quiet Latin teacher & the other a former clown college student	Penn & Teller	1%
With only about 575,990 people, it's South America's least populous independent mainland country*	Suriname	1%
Its solo female winner is awarded the Venus Rosewater Dish	Wimbledon	1%
This Monsanto product was developed as a covering to turn asphalt lots in urban areas into playgrounds	AstroTurf	0%
Of the 5 times Congress has declared war, the 3 during the 19th century were against these 3 nations	Britain, Spain & Mexico	0%
In 2002 the Library of Congress had William B. Jones, Jr. speak on this 1941-1971 comic book series in its collection	Classic Comics	0%
The "Playboy Riots" took place in this world capital in 1907 following a theatrical premiere	Dublin	0%
A Spanish dictionary defines it as "circulo maximo que equidista de los polos de la tierra"	Ecuador	0%
On Monday, December 13, 3 people designated these will meet in Cheyenne, Wyoming to help decide the world's future	Electors	0%
Called the 2 most innovative 19th century American poets, one didn't read the other after being "told that he was disgraceful"	Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman	0%
Ford Madox Ford, in the ‘20s, hadn’t “read more than six words” by this man before vowing to “publish everything he sent me”	Ernest Hemingway	0%
In early drafts, the heroine of this novel was named Pansy & her family home was called Fontenoy Hall	Gone With the Wind	0%
"The Babysitter Murders" was the working title for this 1978 thriller	Halloween	0%
In the '20s the alleged spirit powers of Margery caused a rift between these 2 men, a magician & a writer	Harry Houdini & Arthur Conan Doyle	0%
Norma McCorvey recently sought a reversal to her landmark 1973 case in which she had this name	(Jane) Roe	0%
The last thing visitors see in the exhibit area of the Salem Witch Museum is a huge photo of this politician	Joseph McCarthy	0%
After several decades off it, works by this man seen here returned to the New York Times Bestseller List in 2003	J.R.R. Tolkien	0%
The 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage	Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth	0%
The 4 men who went from being either a U.S. senator or congressman directly to the presidency*	Kennedy, Garfield, Harding or Obama	0%
Legend says this musical was inspired by Lunt & Fontanne's backstage bickering during a Shakespeare play	Kiss Me, Kate	0%
Of the Social Security Administration's top 10 boys' names in 2000, the 2, ending in the same letter, on a list of the 12 Apostles	Matthew & Andrew	0%
Aptly, his middle name contained the word "rich"	Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller	0%
Marilyn plots her husband's murder at a honeymoon site in this, her only film with a 1-word title	Niagara	0%
The 2 U.S. presidents whose middle names are also the last names of 2 other presidents	Ronald Wilson Reagan and William Jefferson Clinton	0%
This Fortune 100 company got its name from what it bought from sailors & sold to natural history collectors	Shell Oil	0%
In 1893, as it was disappearing, F.J. Turner wrote a famous essay on "The Significance of" it "in American History"	the Frontier	0%
It began in 1886 as an extension of an upper crust family's list of whose house they'd visit & who they'd receive	The Social Register	0%
Teddy Roosevelt used this boxing phrase to announce his 1912 candidacy & said, "The fight is on & I'm stripped to the buff"	"Throw a hat in the ring"	0%

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