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Final Jeopardy

2. $100 Question from Early Life
Walt Whitman was the ___ of ___ children.

3. $100 Answer from Early Life
Second (of) nine.

4. $200 Question from Early Life
Who were his parents?

5. $200 Answer from Early Life
Walter Whitman (Sr.) and Louisa
Van Velsor Whitman.

6. $300 Question from Early Life
Who kissed him on the cheek as
a child?

7. $300 Answer from Early Life
The Marquis De Lafayette.

8. $400 Question from Early Life
At what age did Whitman conclude
formal schooling?

9. $400 Answer from Early Life
Eleven.

10. $500 Question from Early Life
Name Walt Whitman’s three brothers
who were named after famous
American leaders.

11. $500 Answer from Early Life
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson

12. $100 Question from Random Knowledge
Walt Whitman was considered the
father of what?

13. $100 Answer from Random Knowledge
“Free Verse”.

14. $200 Question from Random Knowledge
Whitman opposed the extension of
___________.

15. $200 Answer from Random Knowledge
Slavery.

16. $300 Question from Random Knowledge
Whitman, looking back, called his
novel, “Franklin Evans” this:

17. $300 Answer from Random Knowledge
“A damned rot!”

18. $400 Question from Random Knowledge
Did Whitman invent free verse?

19. $400 Answer from Random Knowledge

20. $500 Question from Random Knowledge
When was Walt Whitman born?

21. $500 Answer from Random Knowledge
May 31, 1819.

22. $100 Question from Writing
What was the name of his most
popular work?

23. $100 Answer from Writing
“Leaves of Grass”.

24. $200 Question from Writing
What did Whitman title his
temperance novel?

25. $200 Answer from Writing
“Franklin Evans”.

26. $300 Question from Writing
His two most popular (and frowned
upon for being so sexual) works are
____________ and __________.

27. “I Sing the Body Electric” (and) “Song of Myself”.
$300 Answer from Writing
“I Sing the Body Electric” (and)
“Song of Myself”.

28. $400 Question from Writing
How many poems are in “Leaves of
Grass”?

29. $400 Answer from Writing
Twelve.

30. $500 Question from Writing
Some of Whitman’s writings were
influenced by what religion?

31. $500 Answer from Writing
Deism.

32. $100 Question from Work/Jobs/Controversy
What was the name of the
newspaper he founded?

33. $100 Answer from Work/Jobs/Controversy
The Long Islander.

34. $200 Question from Work/Jobs/Controversy
What was controversial about
Whitman’s sexuality?

35. $200 Answer from Work/Jobs/Controversy
He was bisexual.

36. $300 Question from Work/Jobs/Controversy
“Leaves of Grass” was labeled as
___________ and _________.

37. $300 Answer from Work/Jobs/Controversy
Pornographic (and) obscene.

38. $400 Question from Work/Jobs/Controversy
What do we think may have
contributed to Whitman’s sexuality?

39. $400 Answer from Work/Jobs/Controversy
His only “happy moment as a child”
being when he was kissed on the
cheek by the Marquis De Lafayette.

40. $500 Question from Work/Jobs/Controversy
Who did Whitman’s boss, Samuel
E. Clements, dig up from the grave?
Why?

41. $500 Answer from Work/Jobs/Controversy
Elias Hicks, to make a plaster mold
of his head.

42. $100 Question from Social/Love Life
Was Walt Whitman ever married?

43. $100 Answer from Social/Love Life
No.

44. $200 Question from Social/Love Life
Whitman claimed he had how many
children?

45. $200 Answer from Social/Love Life
Six.

46. $300 Question from Social/Love Life
To whom did Whitman give a ring?

47. $300 Answer from Social/Love Life
Harry Stafford.

48. $400 Question from Social/Love Life
What did Whitman disguise his
lover’s (Peter Doyle) initials as
in his writings?

49. $400 Answer from Social/Love Life
16.4.

50. $500 Question from Social/Love Life
Who was the love of Whitman’s
life?

51. $500 Answer from Social/Love Life
Peter Doyle.

52. There seems to be a strong transcendentalist
Final Jeopardy
There seems to be a strong transcendentalist
influence on Whitman’s most famous poem,
“Song of Myself”, a theory somewhat
validated by _________’s enthusiastic letter
praising the first edition of “Leaves of
Grass”.

53. Final Jeopardy Answer
Ralph Waldo Emerson.