Gary Sullivan — a training manager from Germantown, Maryland
Gayle Gonzalez — a homemaker from Clarksville, Tennessee
Ben Whitlock — a surveyor and musician from Winchester, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $400 | $4,200 | $14,200 |
$28,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Gayle | $3,200 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$12,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
13 R, 1 W |
| Gary | $0 | $2,200 | $19,600 |
$30,000
New champion: $30,000 |
$18,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| EXPLORERS | MONTHS | CELEBRITIES | A REAL DOG & PONY SHOW | TOOLS | TEST YOUR SHORT TERM MEMORY |
|
$200
[1]
On August 3, 1492 he & his crew left Palos, Spain, heading southwest & then west
Christopher Columbus
Gayle
|
$200
[12]
Even in a leap year, it's still the shortest month
February
Gayle
|
$200
[17]
In 1995 a rest stop along I-295 in New Jersey was named for this shock jock
Howard Stern
Gayle
|
$200
[26]
Though the smallest of the British ponies, this breed seen here is very powerful for its size
Shetland pony
Gary
|
$200
[7]
Digging tool to use in the dirt, or the last name of an actor who played Joe Dirt
(David) Spade
Gayle
|
$200
[2]
This short term for naturally occuring liquid hydrocarbons is found before "slick" & "well"
oil
Gary
|
|
$400
[20]
In 1928 she wrote "20 Hrs. 40 Min.", an account of her recent flight from Newfoundland to Wales
Amelia Earhart
Ben
|
$400
[13]
The 2 months in which Easter can fall
March & April
Gary
|
$400
[18]
Called "The Man Who Invented Casual" by Bing Crosby, this cardigan-clad crooner passed away in 2001
Perry Como
Gary
|
$400
[27]
In the 1920s a dog of this breed, named Buddy, became the first seeing eye dog in the U.S.
German shepherd
Gayle
|
$400
[8]
From the Latin trua, it's a bricklayer's tool that's used to smooth things out
trowel
Gayle
|
$400
[3]
It's the short term for the diving hazard decompression sickness
bends
Ben
|
|
$600
[21]
In 1275 Marco Polo, his father & his uncle arrived at the court of this Mongol leader
Kublai Khan
Ben
Gary
|
$600
[14]
It's the title "Morn" in an '80s hit by Neil Diamond
"September Morn"
Gary
|
$600
[19]
Famous for his Polo line of clothes, this fashion designer's real last name is Lifshitz
Ralph Lauren
Ben
|
$600
[28]
This breed seen here may be descended from the harrier
beagle
Ben
|
$600
[9]
Here's the buzz: Stihl's website says it has set the standards for these forest tools for over 70 years
chainsaws
Gayle
|
$600
[4]
The "Legal Thesaurus" lists charlatanism & false representation under this 5-letter word
fraud
Gayle
|
|
$800
[22]
In 1497 Vasco da Gama landed at Mossel Bay at the southern tip of Africa & claimed it for this country
Portugal
Ben
|
$1,000
[16]
Leo & Virgo are both Zodiac signs for this month
August
Gayle
|
$800
[24]
Bally Total Fitness has teamed with this pop star for "Get Your Body Started" hip-hop aerobics classes
Pink
Ben
|
$800
[29]
In the names of breeds, this nationality precedes springer spaniel & mountain pony
Welsh
Ben
Gayle
|
$800
[10]
A rotary tool used to finish holes, it's also a kitchen tool to get the juice out of an orange
reamer
Gary
|
$800
[5]
One-syllable short term that's the equivalent of "Vicar of Christ"
pope
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[23]
Louis Joliet & this Catholic priest explored the Mississippi River during June & July 1673
Marquette
Gary
|
DD
$1,200
[15]
In the Southern Hemisphere summer begins in this month
December
Gary
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1978 this comic appeared on "The Dating Game" as contestant Baji Kimran; "Tenk You Veddy Much"
Andy Kaufman
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
A parson from Devon, England developed this dog breed seen here
Jack Russell terrier
Ben
|
$1,000
[11]
It's an iron spike that attaches to the shoe to stop a climber from slipping
crampon
|
$1,000
[6]
As the last name of Jack, "tiny ice crystal covering" doesn't sound as good as this short term
Frost
Gayle
|
| BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY DISTRICTS | WHERE THEY PLAY | FAMOUS FOLK | TRICKY QUESTIONS | THEATRE | "MIS"QUOTES |
|
$400
[26]
The large area of this largest Scottish city includes Ballieston & Rutherglen
Glasgow
Ben
Gary
|
$400
[6]
Sammy Sosa
Wrigley Field
Gary
|
$400
[11]
This scandalous 11th century lady was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia
Lady Godiva
Gary
|
$400
[18]
Total number of pool balls used in a game of 8-ball
16
Ben
Gary
|
$400
[1]
Jessica Lange went to London in 2000 to play the drug-addicted mom in his play "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Eugene O'Neill
Gayle
|
$400
[16]
"Art is a jealous" one
mistress
Gayle
|
|
$800
[27]
A Leicestershire district shares its name with this field where Richard III met his end
Bosworth
Gary
|
$800
[7]
Brett Favre
Lambeau Field
Ben
|
$800
[12]
This man's tenure as U.N. Secretary-General may have been subject to KGB manipulation due to a hidden Nazi past
Kurt Waldheim
Gary
|
$800
[22]
Russians celebrate the October Revolution of 1917 during this month
November
Gary
|
$800
[2]
Written in 405 B.C., this comedy by Aristophanes really is all it's "croaked" up to be
The Frogs
Gary
|
$800
[17]
"For Satan finds some" this "still for idle hands to do"
mischief
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The Welsh constituency of Caerphilly is best known for having originated a type of this food
cheese
|
$1,200
[8]
Karl Malone
Delta Center
Ben
|
$1,200
[13]
Reportedly, every 25 years Venezuela's president opens this man's casket to confirm that his remains are still there
Simon Bolivar
|
$1,200
[23]
Total number of vertices on the polygon (star) seen here
10
Gary
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1997 in Vienna, he directed the musical "Dance of the Vampires", based on his 1967 film "The Fearless Vampire Killers"
Roman Polanski
|
$1,200
[19]
A 1929 song says, "Ain't" doin' this, "I'm savin' my love for you"
Misbehavin'
Gary
|
|
$2,000
[30]
This historic county includes the constituencies of Canterbury, Dover & Tunbridge Wells
Kent
Ben
|
$1,600
[9]
Pedro Martinez
Fenway Park
Ben
|
$1,600
[14]
In La Haye, France on March 31, 1596 this philosopher might have remarked, "I think, therefore I am born"
Rene Descartes
Gayle
|
$1,600
[24]
According to the Gregorian calendar, it's the full date of the first day of the second millennium
January 1, 1001
Ben
|
$1,600
[4]
Mary-Louise Parker was awesome in this play that won David Auburn a Pulitzer Prize in 2001
Proof
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew at Ralph Waldo Emerson's house in Concord, Massachusetts) Emerson wrote his essays here, including the line "To be great is to be" this
misunderstood
Gary
|
|
DD
$3,000
[28]
Alphabetically, this sport district falls between Wiltshire North & Winchester
Wimbledon
Gary
|
$2,000
[10]
Kurt Warner
the TWA Dome (or the Edward Jones Dome)
Ben
|
$2,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in San Francisco) When this great French actress stayed here at the Palace Hotel in 1887, she was accompanied by her pet baby tiger
Sarah Bernhardt
Gary
|
$2,000
[25]
When doubled, this number between one & ten equals its half plus nine
6
|
$2,000
[5]
This South African playwright starred in his own autobiographical play "The Captain's Tiger" in 1998
Athol Fugard
Gary
|
$2,000
[21]
"It is a folly unsurpassed by any other to try to improve the world" is from this Moliere play
The Misanthrope
Gary
|
A line in her first novel reads, "I am to replace my mother, whose seat at the mah jong table has been empty"
Amy Tan ( The Joy Luck Club )