Gail Sneyers — an administrative assistant from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Holden Toplin — a graduate student and actor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Randall Eng — a composer from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randall | $6,200 | $8,200 | $22,200 |
$15,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Holden | $1,200 | $5,000 | $14,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,600
18 R, 2 W |
| Gail | $1,200 | $3,800 | $8,800 |
$15,200
New champion: $15,200 |
$11,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE EMERALD ISLE | SHOW BIZ OATHS & EXCLAMATIONS | HISTORY OFTHE NEW YORK TIMES | BRITISH ROYALS IN THE MILITARY | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | INSIDE JOHNNY GILBERT |
|
$200
[24]
With more than 500,000 inhabitants, it's Ireland's most populous city
Dublin
Randall
|
$200
[1]
Discovering Patty is drinking the only beer left, Homer Simpson says this
D'oh!
Gail
|
$200
[6]
In April 1861 the Times began Sunday issues for all the crucial up-to-date news on this
the Civil War
Holden
|
$200
[30]
During World War II, she joined the Women's Auxiliary & drove a military truck in London
Queen Elizabeth II
Holden
|
$200
[11]
Kids in Somerset, England call pumpkins "punkies", & "Punky Night" is their version of this celebration
Halloween
Randall
|
$200
[19]
Seat fit for a king
throne
Gail
|
|
$400
[25]
No surprise--at 88%, it's the most practiced religion in the Republic of Ireland
Catholic
Randall
|
$400
[2]
This show's Colonel Potter knew "Horse hockey!" when he saw it
M*A*S*H
Randall
|
$400
[7]
Of 6, 12, or 18 pounds, it's the record for a Sunday Times paper, spread over 1,612 pages in 1987
12
Gail
|
$400
[29]
In February 2008, word leaked out that this young royal was serving with h is army unit in Afghanistan
Prince Harry
Randall
Holden
|
$400
[12]
If you're in Denmark, you're most likely to see the wee folk called Nisser during this holiday season
the Christmas season
|
$400
[20]
Cardinal compass direction
north
Holden
|
|
$600
[26]
6 counties in Ulster make up this political unit
Northern Ireland
Holden
|
$600
[3]
When things go wrong, this title cartoon guy lets loose with "Barnacles!" or "Tartar sauce!"
SpongeBob SquarePants
Gail
|
$600
[8]
Blogs found at nytimes.com include one by this TV personality & talk show host seen here
(Dick) Cavett
Randall
|
$600
[16]
This British prince was made a vice admiral, an air marshal & a lt. general all on his 54th birthday in 2002
Prince Charles
Holden
Gail
|
$600
[13]
Buying gold jewelry insures good fortune on Akshaya Tritiya, a special day of this religion
Hinduism
Randall
|
$600
[21]
Thin clear soup of concentrated stock
broth
|
|
$800
[27]
The 2 official languages of the Republic of Ireland are English & this one, also known as Irish
Gaelic
Randall
|
$800
[4]
This 1970s Robin Williams show was full of "Shazbot"
Mork & Mindy
Randall
|
$800
[9]
Among its dozens of Pulitzer prizes is one for coverage of this 1986 tragedy, citing "serious design flaws"
the Challenger (explosion)
Randall
|
$1,000
[18]
To begin his training as an army officer, Prince William entered this British military academy in 2006
Sandhurst
Randall
|
$800
[14]
How romantic! Oregon entered the Union in 1859 on this special day
February 14 (Valentine's Day)
Randall
|
$800
[22]
One story told in 3 books
trilogy
Holden
|
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2008 he announced he'd step down after 11 years as Ireland's prime minister
Bertie Ahern
Holden
|
$1,000
[5]
When Steve Carell's chest waxing goes bad in this film, there's only one name to scream--"Kelly Clarkson!"
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Randall
|
$1,000
[10]
While he gave up his political column, he still shares his love of words in his "On Language" column
(William) Safire
Randall
|
DD
$1,800
[17]
In 1982 Prince Andrew flew helicopters during a war against this country
Argentina
Gail
|
$1,000
[15]
Temporary shelters that may be decorated are built for Sukkot, a festival of this religion
Judaism
Holden
|
$1,000
[23]
Last name of one of our last 3 vice presidents
Gore
Holden
|
| THE EMERALD AISLE | BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES | "MAN"-LY LIT | I NEED A FARM VACATION! | A VISIT TO A JAPANESE TEMPLE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
|
$400
[26]
John Boorman's man-returns-to-the-jungle film "The Emerald Forest" takes place mostly in this S.A. country
Brazil
Randall
|
$400
[1]
Film in which Daniel Day-Lewis searches for oil & citrus fruits with dark red flesh
There Will Be Blood Oranges
Randall
|
$400
[2]
A Manolin (a person) & a marlin (a fish) appear in this Hemingway tale
The Old Man and the Sea
Holden
|
$400
[21]
We'll learn how to groom llamas if we stay at Hidden Acres Llama Farm in Jefferson in this Down East state
Maine
Holden
|
$400
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.) Japanese Buddhism is divided into several sects; Kiyomizudera Templerepresents North Hosso Buddhism, brought from this country in the 600s
China
Holden
|
$400
[11]
The Yeti
the Abominable Snowman
Holden
|
|
$800
[27]
Emerald is the birthstone for this month
May
Gail
|
$800
[7]
Film of a typical day in the life of the Beatles, which includes running from bloodthirsty zombie fans in a Romero classic
A Hard Day's Night of the Living Dead
Gail
|
$800
[3]
The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel clarifies that he is not "one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms"
Invisible Man
Gail
|
$800
[22]
Maybe I'll spend a day getting lost at Oakes Farm in Tennessee, in their 11-acre one of these mazes
a corn maze
Randall
Holden
|
$800
[17]
Kiyomizudera is said to have been built in honor of a bodhisattva, one who forgoes advancing to this enlightened state
nirvana
Randall
|
$800
[12]
Tolkien's "There and Back Again"
The Hobbit
Gail
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In the 1940s, this superhero's abilities came from a ring that was fashioned from an emerald lamp
the Green Lantern
Randall
|
$1,200
[8]
Jim Carrey voices an elephant that heads to Toon Town to solve a murder with Bob Hoskins in this animated classic
Horton Hears a Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Randall
|
$1,200
[4]
Stephen Dedalus' formative years in Dublin are the subject of this novel by James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Holden
|
$1,200
[23]
Horseback riding is the rein event at Lady Hawk Farm in this state's Citrus County
Florida
Gail
|
$1,200
[18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.) This is the shoro, or bell tower; you can see theimperial emblemthat features thekiku, this flower symbolizing nobility
the chrysanthemum
Gail
|
$1,200
[13]
Oral defamation
slander
Randall
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Roll out this--emerald is the green variety of it; aquamarine is the blue-green variety
beryl
Gail
|
$2,000
[10]
Boxer Hilary Swank has some tough decisions for Diane Keaton in this film: life or death, career or family
Million Dollar Baby Boom
Holden
|
$1,600
[5]
This play by George Bernard Shaw portrays Don Juan as the quarry, not the hunter
Man and Superman
Gail
|
$1,600
[24]
If I tire of snowshoeing at Ohlers' Acres in this Canadian province, I'll take a side trip to the W. Edmonton Mall
Alberta
Gail
|
$1,600
[19]
Behind Sai-mon, the West Gate, rises Sanju-no-to, the tallest of these structures in all of Japan
a pagoda
Gail
|
$1,600
[14]
Vitamin B2, partner of thiamine & niacin on cereal boxes
riboflavin
Holden
|
|
$2,000
[30]
The hardness of emeralds ranges from 7.5 to 8 on this scale
Mohs
Randall
|
DD
$6,000
[9]
Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones & Javier Bardem go to Alaska to get love advice from Anne Heche in this movie-TV hybrid
No Country for Old Men in Trees
Randall
|
DD
$3,800
[6]
In a pamphlet, Thomas Paine wrote about government founded on "the indefeasible hereditary" these
the Rights of Man
Gail
|
$2,000
[25]
Hey, Sugar, sugaring season is a great time to stay at Shearer Hill Farm in this state
Vermont
Holden
|
$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads once more from outside Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.) Most of the complex here was rebuilt in the 1630s under Iemitsu Tokugawa who had this title, meaning barbarian-subduing general
shogun
Holden
|
$2,000
[15]
The Mexica, ethnically
the Aztecs
|
This city's Olympics were exactly 200 years after the death of the British cabinet secretary it was named for
Sydney