Kelly Dobbin — a tour planner from Brunswick, Georgia
Eric LaForest — a high school history teacher originally from Jacksonville, Florida
Kevin Rainforth — a substance abuse counselor from Orchard Park, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $-1,200 | $-200 | $600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$600
5 R, 4 W |
| Eric | $-400 | $3,400 | $9,800 |
$9,762
New champion: $9,762 |
$10,800
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kelly | $3,200 | $6,800 | $4,600 |
$1,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| 2 "B" OR NOT 2 "B" | SNLACTORS & THEIR CHARACTERS | MOVABLE FEASTS | GOOD O'MEN | CENTRAL PARK STATUES | THE LAST |
|
$200
[6]
2 "B":An outgoing tide
ebbing
Eric
|
$200
[1]
Roseanne Roseannadanna
(Gilda) Radner
Kelly
|
$200
[14]
The 40th day after Easter commemorates this rising of Christ into heaven
Ascension
Kelly
|
$200
[21]
Tip O'Neill was the man of the House of Representatives, holding this post from 1977 to 1986
Speaker
Kevin
|
$200
[26]
Funded by subscriptions to NYC's Il Progresso newspaper & unveiled in 1892, his memorial depicts his 3 ships
Columbus
Eric
|
$200
[11]
Daniel Bakeman of New York, who died in 1869 at age 109, was the last surviving veteran of this war
the Revolutionary War
Eric
|
|
$400
[7]
Not 2 "B":A term for "oily" used of glands
sebaceous
Kelly
|
$400
[2]
The Church Lady
(Dana) Carvey
Kelly
|
$400
[15]
An Orthodox Church movable feast remembers Jesus' entrance into this city
Jerusalem
Kelly
|
$400
[22]
He got his controversial talk show on Fox News in 1996
(Bill) O'Reilly
Eric
|
$400
[27]
His monument, seen here, was sponsored by the Danish-American Women's Association
Hans Christian Andersen
Kelly
|
$400
[12]
It was for Virginia Slims, on the "Tonight Show" Jan. 1, 1971
the last ad for cigarettes
Eric
|
|
$600
[8]
Not 2 "B":Polynesian prohibition
taboo
Eric
|
$600
[3]
Bill Clinton, Chris Matthews &Dick Cheney
Darrell Hammond
Kevin
Kelly
|
$600
[16]
This day when the Holy Spirit descended on the Apostles descends on May 31 in 2009
Pentecost
Eric
|
$600
[23]
John Cardinal O'Connor held this post for New York from 1984 to 2000
archbishop
Eric
|
$600
[28]
One hand of his statue rests on his most famous invention; the other holds a strip of code
(Samuel) Morse
Kelly
|
$600
[13]
Once one of the "big four" U.S. airlines, it flew its last flight, New York to Atlanta, Jan. 18, 1991
Eastern
Kevin
|
|
$800
[9]
2 "B":A biblical test word, or a distinctive characteristic
a shibboleth
Eric
|
$800
[4]
Amber, the one-legged, hypoglycemic reality show contestant
Amy Poehler
|
$800
[17]
As the Jewish religious calendar is lunar, all festivals are movable, including this one with a seder
Passover
Kelly
|
$800
[24]
Future playwright John Casey changed his name to this when he was won over to Irish nationalism
Sean O'Casey
Kelly
|
$800
[29]
The statue of this "Mood Indigo" composer & bandleader has him standing next to an open grand piano
(Duke) Ellington
Kelly
|
$800
[19]
People with this distinction have included Tevfik Esenc (for Ubykh) & Ned Maddrell (for Manx)
the last speaker of their language
Kevin
Kelly
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
2 "B":Site of a July 4, 1976 hostage rescue by Israeli commandos
Entebbe
Eric
|
$1,000
[5]
The Target Clerk & master of one-upwomanship Penelope
(Kristen) Wiig
Kelly
|
$1,000
[18]
Not Monday but this day of the week can be Maundy
Thursday
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
A work titled "The Bush" helped make Bernard O'Dowd a major poet of this country
Australia
Kelly
|
$1,000
[30]
This Union general stands in Grand Army Plaza; a rear hoof of his horse is crushing a Georgia pine branch
(William Tecumseh) Sherman
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1966 Frederick Lee became the last holder of the British post Secretary of State for these
the colonies
|
| TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE | A SALUTE TO SALLY FIELD | LAKES | VWLLSS VGTBLS | AMERICAN LIT | HAUNTED HOUSEKEEPING |
|
$400
[6]
The number of U.S. colonies of Apis mellifera, this type of bee, declined by about 50% from 1945 to 2005
honeybees
Kelly
|
$400
[8]
These days Sally plays Nora, matriarch of the Walker family on this ABC drama
Brothers & Sisters
Eric
|
$400
[1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Niagara Falls.)Niagara Falls gets is enormous power because the Niagara River's water is rushing between these 2 Great Lakes, which are only 36 miles apart but have a 300-foot difference in elevation
Lakes Erie and Ontario
Kevin
|
$400
[21]
GGPLNT
eggplant
Eric
|
$400
[16]
At the end of his novel "Typee", the hero escapes on a whaler
Melville
Eric
|
$400
[26]
Get a duster with a telescoping handle; these arachnid structures can be high up in the dark rafters
spider webs
Eric
|
|
$800
[7]
A German theory that these devices might disorient bees isn't widely accepted, so don't dump your Sprint plan just yet
a cell phone
Eric
|
$800
[9]
America first fell in love with Sally when she played this role shortly out of high school
Gidget
Kelly
|
$800
[2]
Lanao is the largest lake on this island that also ends "anao"
Mindanao
|
$800
[22]
RTBG
rutabaga
Kelly
|
$800
[17]
This author introduced Natty Bumppo in "The Pioneers"
James Fenimore Cooper
Kevin
Eric
Kelly
|
$800
[27]
On creaking door hinges, use a spray like Pyroil, made from this compound known for its use in implants
silicone
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[13]
British scientists refer to bee vanishings as Mary Celeste syndrome, after one of these found deserted in 1872
a ship
Kelly
|
$1,200
[10]
In this landmark TV movie, Sally played a woman with more than 16 personalities, but she only won 1 Emmy
Sybil
Kelly
|
$1,200
[3]
Minnesota, Wisconsin & New York have lakes called this--thesoundthat follows is a hint
Loon Lake
Kevin
|
$1,200
[23]
LK
leek
Kelly
|
$1,200
[18]
Among his historical novels are "Burr" & "1876"
(Gore) Vidal
Eric
|
$1,200
[28]
In the guest room, drown out the howling with a device for this "noise", with the same intensity at all frequencies
white noise
Eric
|
|
$1,600
[14]
This U.S. ice cream maker with a faux Euro name created a special vanilla flavor to raise awareness of bees' plight
Haagen-Dazs
Eric
|
DD
$1,200
[12]
In 2002 Sally made her Broadway debut in this playwright's "The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?"
(Edward) Albee
Kelly
|
$1,600
[4]
The last house where Kurt Cobain lived was by this lake with a presidential name
Lake Washington
|
$1,600
[24]
KL
kale
Kelly
|
$1,600
[19]
Time put his violent western tale "Blood Meridian" on a list of the 100 best novels since 1923
Cormac McCarthy
Eric
|
— |
|
$2,000
[15]
One major cause of bee losses is the spread of Varroa destructor, a bee-killing type of this tiny parasite
a mite
Kevin
Kelly
|
$1,600
[11]
We must really like her; Sally has won Oscars twice: once for "Norma Rae" & once for this movie
Places in the Heart
Kelly
|
$2,000
[5]
Bacalar in Mexico is called Laguna de los Siete Colores, or lake of these; you can see a couple of them here
seven colors
Kevin
Kelly
|
DD
$5,000
[25]
KR
okra
Kelly
|
$2,000
[20]
In Faulkner's "The Bear", Ike McCaslin hunts down this legendary bear
Old Ben
|
— |
An experiment with mirrors on Mt. Wilson & Mt. San Antonio, Calif. determined what became an accepted figure for this
the speed of light