Gail Flemmons — a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
Louis Irizarry — a sales rep from Palmetto Bay, Florida
Chris Norlin — a compliance coordinator originally from Escondido, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $1,200 | $400 | $4,800 |
$2,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
10 R, 3 W |
| Louis | $2,800 | $3,800 | $13,000 |
$25,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
16 R, 3 W |
| Gail | $2,800 | $6,000 | $16,400 |
$26,001
New champion: $26,001 |
$16,200
24 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| ROTTEN POETRY ABOUT GOOD POETS | THEIR GREATEST HITS ALBUMS | PODGE-POURRI | VETERANS' BENEFITS | FUNERAL OFFICIANTS | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
|
$200
[25]
Okay, we've been savin' / His poem, "The Raven" / But to go even deeper / Check out "The Sleeper"
(Edgar Allan) Poe
Gail
|
$200
[8]
"The Immaculate Collection"(1990)
Madonna
Gail
|
$200
[15]
In Esperanto "no man is an" insulo, this
an island
Gail
|
$200
[6]
For eligible vets, the VA offers guaranteed ones of these with competitive rates & little or no down payment
mortgages (home loans)
Gail
|
$200
[21]
Joseph Hopkins Twichell, this man's "Tramp Abroad" traveling companion, conducted his funeral service
Mark Twain
Chris
|
$200
[1]
A great fuss about something trivial is "a tempest in" this, like chip's mother
a teapot
Chris
|
|
$400
[27]
Our New Year's are fine / 'Cause he wrote "Auld Lang Syne" / His pen was hot, man / He's the national poet of Scotland
(Robert) Burns
Gail
|
$400
[11]
"Forty Licks" (2002) & "Hot Rocks: 1964-1971"
The Rolling Stones
Louis
|
$400
[16]
It began in 1986 as a 20-person Summer Solstice Fest at S.F.'s Baker Beach; in 2008, 49,599 went, but to a different place
Burning Man
|
$400
[7]
20,000 veterans of this war marched on Washington in 1932 demanding a war bonus that had been promised them
World War I
Louis
|
$400
[22]
The Archbishop of Canterbury who presided over this royal's 2002 service was the ninth in her long life
the Queen Mother
Louis
Gail
|
$400
[2]
If we could find him, a soldier who's gone AWOL could tell us that AWOL stands for this
Absent Without Leave
Chris
|
|
$600
[28]
Blind by 1652 / 22 years of life remained / Still much for him to do / Like pen "Paradise Regained"
Milton
Gail
|
$600
[12]
"Greatest Hits: Straight Up!" (2007)
Paula Abdul
Gail
|
$600
[17]
Don't take "four score & seven years" to tell us it equals this many total years
87
Louis
|
$600
[9]
In 1988 this president created the cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs
Ronald Reagan
Chris
Louis
|
$600
[23]
In April 2005 Joseph Ratzinger officiated at this man's funeral
John Paul II
Gail
|
$600
[3]
In a song he wrote during WWII Frank Loesser popularized the phrase, "Praise the lord and pass" this
the ammunition
Gail
|
|
$800
[29]
Remember your classes / His "Bells and Pomegranates" collection / Includes "Pippa Passes"
Robert Browning
|
$800
[13]
"My Generation: The Very Best of..." (1996)
The Who
Louis
|
$800
[18]
This composer's Nibelungs stopped working Feb. 13, 1883
Wagner
Gail
|
$800
[10]
The U.S. government expanded veterans' medical benefits following this conflict that ended in 1975
the Vietnam War
Louis
|
$800
[24]
This Arizona senator's sendoff in 1998 was presided over by Rev. Carlozzi & Rabbi Plotkin
Barry Goldwater
Louis
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
From "Casey at the Bat", when there's a letdown or disappointment "There is no joy in" this place
Mudville
Gail
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A 19th c. shut-in / We really don't mean to butt in / Her "A Route of Evanescence" / Would've thrilled Donald Pleasence
Emily Dickinson
Gail
|
$1,000
[14]
"All the Hits: From Surf City to Drag City" (2004)
Jan & Dean
Louis
|
$1,000
[19]
"Dynam" is a combining form meaning this 5-letter word that can precede drill, broker or brake
power
Chris
|
$1,000
[20]
The G.I. Bill is officially the SRA, this group's "Readjustment Act"
Servicemen
Gail
|
$1,000
[26]
Ralph Abernathy conducted his friend Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral service at this church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Gail
|
$1,000
[5]
The future is inevitable, at least according to this phrase translated from the Latin "iacta alea est"
the die is cast
|
| EUGENE O'NEILL | THE HAIRY APE | BEYOND THE HORIZON | AH, WILDERNESS! | MORE STATELY MANSIONS | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH |
|
$400
[12]
In the 1910s O'Neill lived in this region of lower Manhattan where many an artist has found his "voice"
Greenwich Village
Gail
|
$400
[11]
He played a trucker whose sidekick was an orangutan named Clyde in "Every Which Way But Loose"
Clint Eastwood
Chris
|
$400
[1]
Set out like Hemingway on a fishing trip due south from Key West & you eventually reach this nation
Cuba
Gail
|
$400
[6]
O3, aka this, can be detected many miles downwind from urban centers & can harm forest vegetation
ozone
Louis
|
$400
[26]
This mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City
Gracie
Gail
|
$400
[21]
Any edible, aromatic vegetable substance added to food for flavor
spice
Gail
|
|
$800
[13]
O'Neill was furious when this 18-year-old daughter of his married 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin
Oona O'Neill
Gail
|
$800
[17]
This cartoon ape lives at Mr. Peebles' pet store--he won't stay sold
Magilla Gorilla
Louis
|
$800
[2]
Brush up on your kana & kanji if you head due west out of L.A. because you'll need them in this nation you reach
Japan
Gail
|
$800
[7]
This term can refer to a decisive "event" or to an area that drains to a common waterway
a watershed
Louis
|
$800
[27]
Tired of camping in tents at his San Simeon ranch, he told architect Julia Morgan "to build a little something"
(William Randolph) Hearst
Gail
|
$800
[22]
A move in baseball that results in an out for you, but advances any runner on base
a sacrifice
Louis
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1929 O'Neill's play "Strange" this was banned in Boston, so it played in nearby Quincy instead
Strange Interlude
Gail
|
$1,200
[18]
Rod Serling co-wrote the screenplay for this 1968 classic--you damned dirty ape!
Planet of the Apes
Chris
|
$1,600
[4]
Attu island in the Aleutians is only 560 miles due east of this Russian peninsula
Kamchatka
Chris
Louis
|
$1,200
[8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) During rainstorms, forest floors can hold as much as five times their weight in water; the trees' roots hold the saturated soil in place, controlling this
erosion
Chris
|
$1,200
[28]
An official residence of Queen Elizabeth, it's the largest occupied castle in the world
Windsor Castle
Louis
|
$1,200
[23]
From the Latin for "in my view", it's guidance offered to another
advice
Chris
|
|
DD
$1,400
[16]
This epic O'Neill work is based partly on the "Oresteia" of Aeschylus
Mourning Becomes Electra
Gail
|
$1,600
[19]
Alisa Berk played Kala, the primate mother, in this 1984 film subtitled "The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"
Greystoke
Louis
|
DD
$1,800
[3]
Head due east from Washington, D.C. or New York City & you'll first hit this Southern European country
Portugal
Gail
|
$1,600
[9]
In rain forests epiphytes, AKA air plants, grow both in the understory & in this top forest layer
the canopy
Chris
Louis
|
$1,600
[29]
This chateau just outside of Paris was built in 1623 as a hunting lodge for Louis XIII
Versailles
Louis
|
$1,600
[24]
To lure or lead on by exciting hope or desire
entice
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[15]
As a young man O'Neill was fast friends with this reporter & Communist Labor Party co-founder
John Reed
|
$2,000
[20]
He's the wise shaman baboon in "The Lion King"
Rafiki
|
$2,000
[5]
The closest nation to the contiguous U.S. that it doesn't border is this archipelagic country
the Bahamas
Chris
|
$2,000
[10]
Most endangered species become that way because of the loss of this, Latin for "it dwells"
habitat
Louis
|
$2,000
[30]
This 70-room palazzo in Newport, Rhode Island was the Vanderbilts' summer cottage
The Breakers
|
$2,000
[25]
Governor of a province who rules as the representative of his sovereign
a viceroy
Gail
|
On Oct. 14, 1947 in the Mojave Desert the first of these sounds was made by man; it was the byproduct of another first
sonic boom