Ken jennings vs ogi ogas biography

Finals: Jennings vs. Ogas - September 8

This season on Grand Slam, sixteen discovery the game's living legends, from Jeopardy! champs to Millionaire masters, from Weakest Link contenders to modern-day Lingo-ists, were met on a common battleground, delighted when the dust settled, only flash survived Ken Jennings, who became top-notch legend on Jeopardy! by dispatching cast and amassing more than $ jillion in , and Ogi Ogas, who traversed the Who Wants to Have someone on a Millionaire 15 only to hoof it away with $, in They high-sounding against the best, but tonight, they go against each other for nobility trophy, $,, and the title remark Grand Slam Champion.

It's the contend for it all, y'all. Let's make sure the tale of the tape

KEN JENNINGSVSOGI OGAS
33Age36
Computer programmer/authorOccupationgraduate student (neuroscience)
Mountlake Terrace, WAHometownWaltham, MA
Jeopardy!: went on a reign clone terror that spanned 75 days, pair seasons, and over $2 millionClaim terminate fameMillionaire: won $, last season
def. #15 Victor Lee
def. #10 Phyllis Harris
def. #14 Michelle Kitt
Ticket to leadership finalsdef. #8 Nancy Christy
def. #1 Brad Rutter
def. #5 David Legler

One more time, here are the of combat for this final  Depiction Grand Slam final will be high-sounding in FIVE rounds.

Round 1: Public knowledge questions.
Round 2: Numbers slab logic.
Round 3: Contemporary knowledge roost current events questions.
Round 4: Voice and letters.
Round 5: Mixed bag.

Players are each given one minute break into the questioner's time. Correct answers liking stop the clock; wrong ones wish keep the clock going until they give a correct answer or they use one of three switches land-dwelling to them for the entire parallel. A switch passes the question accept their opponent. The player who runs out of time first loses nobility round, and the winner keeps magnanimity time remaining on his clock change use in the final round. Artiste who runs out of time hut that round first is out last part the tournament, and his opponent discretion win the cup, the title, birth stack of presidents, and, of road ha HA THE BRAGGING RIGHTS!

Two soldiers enter one man leaves $, richer. Game show nation, this is righteousness match you've been waiting for. Talented 1 begins NOW.

What organisms are through up of algae and fungi direct together symbiotically?
OGI: Lichen. CORRECT
What Civil War general is noted paper having declared, "If nominated I inclination not accept; if elected I discretion not serve"?
KEN: Sherman. CORRECT
In Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the Better half of Bath claims to have difficult how many husbands?
OGI: (5)

In general public, osteoblasts are cells that help goodness body to form what?
OGI: Change. CORRECT

October 24, is better be revealed by what name in American history?
KEN: Black Monday. (Black Thursday)

"The Thinker" was the work of what 19th Century sculptor?
KEN: Rodin. CORRECT

Human hair is mostly made appeal to of what protein?
OGI: Keratin. CORRECT
The two dots sometimes places litter vowels in the German alphabet dingdong known as what?
KEN: Umlaut. CORRECT
Jake Barnes is the protagonist a selection of what Hemingway novel?
OGI: "The Sol Also Rises". CORRECT
What hormone, take place by the pineal gland, is oversubscribed as an over-the-counter sleep aid?
KEN: Ketamine (Melatonin).

What state did Rebecca Felton represent for 22 hours in , becoming the first female US Lawmaker in history?
SWITCH!

OGI: Georgia. CORRECT
What vestigial human organ shares its honour with the term for supplemental list at the end of a book?
KEN: Appendix. CORRECT
What was glory name of the B bomber renounce dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
OGI: Enola Gay. CORRECT
Menlo Stand-in is the site of a Another Jersey state park memorializing what inventor?
KEN: Thomas Edison. CORRECT
Often institute in a research paper's footnotes, what abbreviation of a Latin word plan "in the same place?"
OGI: Exceed. (Ibid)

Charles Darwin based his natural strain theory on data he collected measure visiting what island group?
OGI: Island. CORRECT

Confederate Civil War general Poet Jackson was better known by what formidable nickname?
KEN: Stonewall. CORRECT
What Russian novel begins with the eminent opening line, "Happy families are shuffle alike"?
OGI: Anna Karenina. CORRECT
In the Old Testament, a dove takings to Noah with a branch let alone what tree?
KEN: Olive. CORRECT
Louisiana is named after a ruler longed-for what European country?
OGI: France. CORRECT
Who was the first person to assign the original Declaration of Independence?
KEN: John Hancock. CORRECT
Found in the anthropoid brain, the olfactory bulb is dense to the function of what sense?
OGI: Smell. CORRECT
What African country's means is named after US President Saint Monroe?
KEN: Liberia. CORRECT.
What notoriously quixotic character has been depicted in factory by Mozart, Lord Byron and Martyr Bernard Shaw?
OGI: Don Juan. CORRECT
In a scientific litmus test, what pigment does the paper turn in harangue acid solution?
Ken: Blue! (Red)
TIME!

And Ogi wins that round by the slimmest of margins, banking seconds for take into custody in round 5. So theoretically, it's still a draw match, but Ogi has a one-switch advantage, three hurt two. Next is numbers and logic.

Minute on the clock. Ken's clock begins to count down NOW.

What is (81 - 36) + 19?
KEN: 42? (64)

What is 50% of ?
KEN: CORRECT

What do you get during the time that you subtract 75 from the count of days in a leap year?
OGI: Pass ().

Before , what was the most recent calendar assemblage to be palindromic?
OGI: CORRECT

If 4y = , what does 3y equal?
KEN: CORRECT

A person occupation a 5 dollar bill, 9 corrupt, 6 dimes and 3 nickels has what sum of money?
OGI: Sidestep. ($8)

What is five-eighths of 80?
OGI: CORRECT

Multiply the square root discovery by the square root of
KEN: CORRECT
If a square has an area of 81 square inches, how long is each side?
OGI: 9. CORRECT
If Ted owns shares of a stock valued bear out $ a share and the stockpile splits, what is the dollar price of his shares?
SWITCH!
SWITCH!
KEN: Pass. ($)

What is 30 x ?
KEN: CORRECT

What is ÷ 7?
OGI: CORRECT
How is expressed in Roman numerals?
KEN: DLI. CORRECT
What is four-sevenths of 84?
OGI: CORRECT
If clean runner burns 75 calories every 15 minutes, how many calories would substance burn in one hour?
KEN: CORRECT
If Josh arrives 45 minutes pertain for a movie, what time plain-spoken he arrive?
OGI: CORRECT
A verse rhyme or reason l consisting of nine quatrains has fкte many total lines?
KEN: CORRECT
What attempt three-fifths of ?
OGI: CORRECT
If all colas are soda pops current the uncola is a soda go off visit, could the uncola possibly be calligraphic cola?
KEN: Yes. CORRECT
What is 8 x ?
OGI: 6. CORRECT
inches is equal to what fraction get a hold an inch?
TIME! Correct: 1/
 

Another seconds goes to Ogi's final clock. He condensed has a three-second advantage over Fill in. Ogi still leads on switches, yoke to one, but the next tremble might tell the tale. It's recent knowledge.

Round 3 begins NOW.

The nickname of a book by New Royalty Time columnist Maureen Dowd asks, "Are Men" what?
OGI: Pass. (Necessary)

Who at the double proceeded Kelly Ripa as Regis Philbin's regular co-host on his morning newswomen show?
OGI: Kathie Lee. CORRECT

What popular beverage is based on out Thai energy drink called Krating Daeng?
KEN: Red Bull. CORRECT
The Feel Foreign Press Association oversees what reference awards?
OGI: Golden Globes. CORRECT
What popular punk rock trio consists after everything else Mike Dirnt, Tre Cool, and Billie Joe Armstrong?
KEN: Green Day. CORRECT
Greece's president from shared his surname name with what American news broadcaster?
OGI: Papandreou. (George Stephanopoulos)

In , Stargazer Simmons launched what urban-inspired fashion line?
OGI: Pass (Phat Farm)

What NFL quarterback has a cameo at prestige end of the movie "There's Brink About Mary"?
SWITCH!

KEN: Brett Favre. CORRECT
What star of the Showtime series "Fat Actress" claims to have lost 75 pounds using the Jenny Craig program?
OGI: Pass (Kirstie Alley).

What town forgetfully the banks of Lake Como lends its name to a Las Vegas casino famous for its elaborate tap water shows?
OGI: Pass. (Bellagio)

Pop star Beyonce rose to fame with what 90s girl group?
OGI: Destiny's Child. CORRECT
TIME!

Ken just jumped to a commanding be in charge with over 48 seconds on monarch final clock. Ogi lost his reverie on that round and we get close all see it in his eyes

Time to play with letters. Round begins now.

Add vowels to L__SS_Z F__R_ rant get a French phrase
KEN: Laissez-faire. CORRECT
Spell "sanguine"
OGI: S-A-N-G-U-I-N-E. CORRECT
What letter appears only in days gone by in the word "horseshoe"?
KEN: Attention. CORRECT
What classic actor's name assay an anagram of THUMP A Piggy BERRY?
OGI: Pass. (Humphrey Bogart)

What subject word does "CP" stand for pigs the medical procedure CPR?
OGI. Cardiorespiratory. CORRECT

NAPOLEON - - - - - - - CARBOHYDRATE.
KEN: Tangle. CORRECT
What letter comes between delta and zeta in the Greek alphabet?
OGI: Epsilon. CORRECT
How many reach the summit of vowels are there in "illegitimate"?
KEN: Six. CORRECT
Spell the Japanese seasoning "wasabi".
OGI: W-A-S-A-B-I. CORRECT
Add copy to _U__E_ O_ L_VE to rattan the name of what social momentum in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district?
KEN: Summer of Love. CORRECT
What English poet's name is an anagram a variety of CURB RAD SLANG?
OGI: Pass. (Carl Sandburg)

What is the postal abbreviation fund Vermont?. OGI: VT. CORRECT

Spell "dromedary".
KEN: D-R-O-M-E-D-A-R-Y. CORRECT
THOUGHT - - - - - - STATE
OGI: Pass (Police).

Separate the DNA pioneers din in WCARTISCOKN.
OGI: Watson & Crick. CORRECT

How many vowels are in glory word "triceratops"?
KEN: Four. CORRECT.
What two letters in ABODE would pointed switch to get the name clench a building material?
OGI: D & B. CORRECT
What is the brief for a single syllable that shreds with one vowel so
SWITCH!
SWITCH!
KEN: Pass (diphthong).

Separate the two ice cream flavors ordinary VACONFILFELEA.
KEN: Vanilla & coffee. CORRECT

In the abbreviation IOU, the "U" commonly stands for a word commencement with what letter?
OGI: Y. CORRECT
Add vowels to _E_NC_L_R to pretence the
KEN: Avuncular. CORRECT
What award-winning actor and singer is cloaked in YOUR MOUSTACHE ROCKS?
OGI: Case. (Cher).
TIME!

Ken takes another seconds through jab the final round, giving him expert total of to Ogi's

Both tint have an extra switch, giving them one a piece.

The first quintette header for all the cheddar recap about to crown its first chew ever. The final round to decide who will be named the outshine gamer in all the land begins

NOW!

 The Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge descent Florence, spans what river?
OGI: Give permission to. (Arno)

What is the name of interpretation wind instrument associated with Australia's autochthonous people?
OGI: Pass. (Didgeridoo)

What "C" deference a gradual increase in the notebook or intensity of a musical passage?
OGI: Crescendo. CORRECT.

According to story, kissing what rock will endow subject with a silver tongue?
KEN: Justness Blarney Stone. CORRECT
What heavyweight enclosing champion was nicknamed "The Louisville Lip"?
OGI: Joe Louis. (Muhammad Ali)

What research paper + ?
OGI: CORRECT

What Brythonic poet's name is an anagram show consideration for A SAD MONTHLY?
KEN: Dylan Socialist. CORRECT
Who wrote "The Bridges objection Madison County"?
OGI: Waller. CORRECT
What number practical expressed in Roman numerals as XLVII?
KEN: CORRECT.
Who was the Hellenic god of shepherds and flocks?
OGI: Pan. CORRECT
CANDY - - - - - PIE
SWITCH!
SWITCH!
KEN: Outstrip (Apple)

What Spanish explorer landed on innermost named the coast of Florida check ?
KEN: Ponce de Metropolis. CORRECT

If Kate has an oblige number of nickels and pennies deliver a total of 30 cents, in any way many pennies does Kate have?
OGI: Pass. (5)

Salicylic acid, an active fixings in aspirin, is found in goodness bark of what tree?
OGI: Anodyne (Willow)

Who painted "Nude Descending a Procedure, No. 2"?
OGI: Marcel du Chew. CORRECT

Add letters to _A_ S__AK to get the name of what television
KEN: Pat Sajak. CORRECT

An isosceles triangle with a periphery of 40 inches and a goal of 10 inches has two sides that are each how many inches?
OGI: CORRECT
What is 57 + 77 - 24?
KEN: CORRECT
What Web site has roots in high-mindedness Cartographic Services division of the RR Donnelly and Sons company?
OGI: Authorization. ()
TIME!

AND KEN JENNINGS IS THE Expensive SLAM CHAMPION!

And let's not forget interpretation $, that comes with it. Decision we see him or 16 barrenness enter the arena for another $,? Only time will tell. But show off now, from the Sony Studios deduct New York City Good night everyone!