1992 CelebrityJeopardy!game 1.
Regis Philbin — a TV host fromLive with Regis and Kathie Lee
Donna Mills — an actress fromKnots Landing
Carol Burnett — an actress, comedienne, and star from stage, screen and television
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carol | $1,600 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$2,900
Winner: $10,000 to amfAR |
$5,200
14 R, 1 W |
| Donna | $1,100 | $1,900 | $2,100 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 to the Earth Communications Office (ECO) |
$2,100
6 R, 1 W |
| Regis | $0 | $900 | $3,800 |
$2,300
2nd place: $10,000 to Cardinal Hayes High School |
$4,300
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| EUROPEAN HISTORY | ITALIAN FOOD | WOMEN IN SPORTS | FASHION DESIGNERS | ACTORS ONSTAGE | U.S. STATES |
|
$100
[20]
His family became Christian, but this Viking explorer nicknamed "the Red" remained a pagan
Erik the Red
|
$100
[6]
Don't be alarmed if your lasagne verdi is this color; it's supposed to be
green
Carol
|
$100
[11]
In July 1992 Patty Sheehan beat Juli Inkster in an 18-hole playoff to win this sport's U.S. Women's Open
golf
Carol
|
$100
[12]
Givenchy costumed this actress for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" & even created a perfume for her
Audrey Hepburn
Donna
Regis
|
$100
[1]
Christian Slater played Billy Mowcher in the 1981 musical "Copperfield", based on this novel
David Copperfield
Carol
|
$100
[13]
This state produces over 30% of the nation's cheese
Wisconsin
Regis
|
|
$200
[21]
She sidestepped her other suitors & married her own choice, Ferdinand of Aragon, in 1469
Queen Isabel
Regis
|
$200
[7]
Traditionally, prosciutto is served as a first course with figs or this fruit
melon
Carol
|
— |
$200
[18]
Perry Ellis began his career as a buyer for Miller & Rhoads department store in this Virginia capital
Richmond
Regis
|
$200
[2]
Mildred Dunnock was perhaps best known for creating the role of Linda Loman in this play
Death of a Salesman
Carol
|
$200
[14]
Hawaii's state seal features a shield flanked by the goddess of liberty & this king
King Kamehameha
Regis
|
|
$300
[22]
This small Iberian country became independent in 1143, so it's one of the oldest nations in Europe
Portugal
Regis
|
$300
[8]
The Italian word for "spring", it describes pasta dishes made with fresh vegetables
primavera
Donna
|
— |
DD
$400
[19]
Before he became a couturier, Mainbocher edited the Paris edition of this U.S. fashion magazine
Vogue
Regis
|
$300
[3]
Carol Baker's daughter, Blanche Baker, played this Nabokov nymphet in a 1981 play by Edward Albee
Lolita
Donna
|
$300
[15]
This "Cornhusker" State's name comes from an Indian word for "flat water", a reference to the Platte River
Nebraska
Regis
|
|
$400
[23]
The name of this woman who was executed at Vincennes in 1917 became a synonym for a seductive spy
Mata Hari
Carol
|
$400
[9]
In Italy these shellfish found in pasta sauces are known as vongole
clams
|
— |
$400
[25]
She was 86 when the Broadway musical about her premiered in 1969
Coco Chanel
Donna
|
$400
[4]
Bruce Dern & Rip Torn were in the original cast of this playwright's "Sweet Bird of Youth"
Tennessee Williams
Carol
|
$400
[16]
This "Down East" state is bordered by only 1 state & 2 provinces
Maine
Regis
|
|
$500
[24]
This Scottish queen's second husband, Lord Darnley, was also her first cousin
Mary (Queen of Scots)
Carol
|
$500
[10]
Popular in Northern Italy, it's usually a cornmeal mush but some people make it with chestnut meal
polenta
Donna
|
— |
$500
[26]
Donna Karan was once an associate designer to this woman whose last name also began with the letter K
Anne Klein
Donna
|
$500
[5]
Tyne Daly & Angela Lansbury won Tonys for playing Mama Rose in this musical, but Ethel Merman didn't
Gypsy
Carol
|
$500
[17]
The pecan is the state nut not of Georgia, but of this neighbor to the west
Alabama
Carol
Regis
|
| GENERAL SCIENCE | SONG STANDARDS | HOBBIES | OLD MOVIES | DANCE |
|
$200
[14]
Andres Celsius & Gabriel Fahrenheit invented types of these that use different scales
thermometers
Donna
|
$200
[6]
"When ever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect, and" do this, "so no one will suspect I'm afraid"
"Whistle A Happy Tune"
Carol
|
$200
[11]
Carl Sagan & his "Cosmos" series were credited with creating a renewed interest in this hobby
astronomy
Carol
|
$200
[1]
She was in her teens when she made her first film with Montgomery Clift, "A Place in the Sun"
Elizabeth Taylor
Regis
|
$1,000
[16]
The maxixe, a ballroom dance, evolved in this largest South American country in the 1870s
Brazil
Regis
|
| — |
$400
[7]
Do this "and let me play among the stars; let me see what spring is like on Jupiter and Mars"
"Fly Me To The Moon"
Regis
|
$400
[12]
For hobbyists who explore these, the National Speleological Soc. recommends having a hard hat & lights
caves
Regis
|
$400
[2]
Charley Grapewin who played Grandpa Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" played Uncle Henry in this 1939 classic
The Wizard of Oz
|
— |
| — |
$600
[8]
"And its torment won't be through till you let me spend my life making love to you" then
"Night And Day"
Regis
|
$600
[13]
Someone who dabbles in deltiology collects & studies these "greetings from" around the world
postcards
|
$600
[3]
Appropriately, she sang "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat" in the 1943 musical "The Gang's All Here"
Carmen Miranda
Regis
|
— |
| — |
DD
$700
[9]
It's the question asked in "I Got Rhythm"
Who could ask for anything more?
Regis
|
$1,000
[15]
This term for a coin collector comes from a Greek word meaning "what is sanctioned by law"
numismatist
|
$800
[4]
In 1932 Cary Grant played Lt. Pinkerton in a non-musical film based on this Puccini opera
Madame Butterfly
Carol
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[10]
"The night is young, the skies are clear, and if you want to go walking, dear, it's" this, "it's" this, "it's" this
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's delovely
Carol
Regis
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
Laurence Olivier wanted Vivien Leigh to play his wife in "Rebecca", but this actress got the job
Joan Fontaine
Carol
|
— |
For his licentious behavior, monk Grigori Yefimovich Novykh earned this nickname meaning "debauched one"
Rasputin