Darryl Scott wins with $1.
Kate Marciniak — a storyteller originally from Chicago, Illinois
Darryl Scott — an Air Force lieutenant colonel originally from Washington, D.C.
Nancy Melucci — a therapist from Irvine, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nancy | $1,400 | $2,800 | $8,200 |
$0
2nd place: Gibson refrigerator/freezer, portable dishwasher, & gas stove/range + Regal Flavorite cookware + Jeopardy! '92 home game |
$8,200
18 R, 0 W |
| Darryl | $2,400 | $3,000 | $8,201 |
$1
New champion: $1 + Jeopardy! '92 home game |
$8,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Kate | $700 | $600 | $2,200 |
$0
3rd place: Nemesis Igo Dojo handheld electronic game + Jeopardy! '92 home game |
$3,000
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| "SAVE" | THE EARTH | TV NOSTALGIA | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | MUSEUMS | ANIMALS IN LITERATURE |
|
$100
[3]
In the proverb, it's what a "stitch in time" does
saves nine
Darryl
|
$100
[1]
The Alps are an example of the fold type of these; the Tetons are the fault-block type
mountains
Nancy
|
$100
[16]
She played a Chinese mail-order bride on "Bonanza" before she starred in "That Girl"
Marlo Thomas
Kate
|
$100
[22]
Slices of this pickling vegetable are said to soften skin & soothe tired eyes
cucumber
Nancy
|
$100
[8]
I.M. Pei designed the glass pyramid that crowns an entrance to this Paris museum
the Louvre
Nancy
|
$100
[17]
Russell, a fox, appears in "The Nun's Priest's Tale" of this Chaucer work
The Canterbury Tales
Darryl
|
|
$200
[4]
The first known public performance of this British nat'l anthem was at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1745
"God Save The King"
Darryl
|
$200
[2]
Outside the U.S., the main areas where these spouting hot springs occur are Iceland & New Zealand
geysers
Darryl
|
$200
[27]
In 1992 TBS presented "The Best of Floyd" week as part of a tribute to this TV series
The Andy Griffith Show
Darryl
|
$200
[23]
This vegetable may be named for the white, oval variety, but we know the purple one better
an eggplant
Kate
|
$200
[9]
The Tuskegee Institute has a museum named for this famed scientist who taught at the college
George Washington Carver
Kate
|
$200
[18]
In "The Jungle Book" Raksha, this type of animal, suckles the infant Mowgli
a wolf
Nancy
|
|
$300
[5]
Of great importance to the Chinese, this phrase is another way of saying "avoid embarrassment"
save face
Darryl
|
$300
[13]
The inner core of the Earth is thought to be a solid ball composed mainly of nickel & this metal
iron
Nancy
|
$300
[28]
In "The Patty Duke Show" theme song, this ballpark food item "makes her lose control"
a hot dog
Nancy
|
$300
[24]
The plantain type of this tropical fruit is almost always eaten cooked
a banana
Nancy
|
$300
[10]
Exhibits on Tom Thumb & Jenny Lind are highlights of a Bridgeport, Conn. museum devoted to this man
P.T. Barnum
Darryl
|
$300
[19]
In "The Sign of Four" this sleuth employs Toby the dog to track 2 fugitives
Sherlock Holmes
Darryl
|
|
$400
[6]
Borrowed from boxing, this expression means delivered from an undesirable fate
saved by the bell
Darryl
|
$400
[14]
About a tenth of the Earth's surface is covered by this treeless region of the Arctic
the tundra
Darryl
|
$400
[29]
The folks in Schuyler, Virginia, Earl Hamner's hometown, plan to open a museum devoted to this series
The Waltons
Kate
|
$400
[25]
Loganberries are believed to be a hybrid of the blackberry & this red berry
the raspberry
Kate
|
$400
[11]
A submarine launched by John P. Holland in the 1800s can be seen at the Paterson Museum in this state
New Jersey
Nancy
|
$400
[20]
He wrote of a cross-country trek with a poodle in "Travels with Charley"
John Steinbeck
Kate
|
|
$500
[7]
Jack Lemmon won the 1973 "Best Actor" Oscar for his role in this drama
Save the Tiger
Kate
|
$500
[15]
Triggered by earthquakes, these destructive sea waves have been known to travel at nearly 500 mph
tsunami
Darryl
|
DD
$800
[30]
The 1989 book "Love Is All Around" celebrated the 20th anniversary of the premiere of this sitcom
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Kate
|
$500
[26]
The Seville and bergamot are classified as bitter varieties of this fruit
oranges
|
$500
[12]
This institution's National Museum of Design is not in Washington but in the Carnegie Mansion in New York City
the Smithsonian
Nancy
|
$500
[21]
Kiche is the mother of this title character of a Jack London tale
White Fang
Nancy
|
| THE CONSTITUTION | SEAS | LYRICISTS | THE PLANETS | EMPERORS | QUOTES |
|
$200
[2]
This part begins, "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union..."
the Preamble
Nancy
|
$200
[3]
The greatest depth in this arm of the Mediterranean is about 7,000' just north of Crete
the Aegean
Kate
|
$200
[1]
"Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" won 1969 Oscars for Burt Bacharach and this lyricist
Hal David
Darryl
|
$200
[8]
On March 1, 1982 the USSR's Venera 13 probe landed on this planet & sent back the 1st color photos
Venus
Kate
|
$200
[6]
Shih Huang-ti is known for 2 things: burning the books in his realm & building this
the Great Wall of China
Darryl
|
$200
[9]
Henry IV said he wanted no peasant so poor that he couldn't have one of these "in his pot every Sunday"
a chicken
Darryl
|
|
$400
[23]
The Constitution gives this body the "sole power of impeachment"
the House of Representatives
Darryl
Kate
|
$400
[21]
The Crimean Mountains form the only cliffs found on the northern coast of this sea
the Black Sea
Kate
|
$400
[4]
She & Adolph Green have been partners for over 50 years
Betty Comden
Kate
|
$400
[13]
Its orbit takes about 248 Earth years, the longest of any planet in the solar system
Pluto
Kate
|
$400
[7]
He founded a big city & made Christianity a lawful religion in the western Roman Empire
Constantine
Nancy
|
$400
[14]
A favorite saying of W.C. Fields was "You can't" do this to "an honest man"
cheat
Darryl
|
|
$600
[24]
No person shall be convicted of treason without the testimony of this number of witnesses
two
|
$600
[27]
Major ports on this sea include Jidda, in Saudi Arabia, & Port Sudan
the Red Sea
Nancy
|
$600
[5]
E.Y. Harburg, who wrote the words to "Over The Rainbow", had this nickname
Yip
|
$600
[16]
Although the next planet out from Jupiter, it's almost twice as far from the Sun as Jupiter
Saturn
Kate
|
$600
[10]
Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines changed the name of his part of Hispaniola to this
Haiti
Darryl
|
$600
[15]
William Hazlitt said of this "Ivanhoe" author, "His worst is better than any other person's best"
(Sir Walter) Scott
Nancy
|
|
$800
[25]
The 18th amendment which was later repealed prohibited the manufacture & sale of this
alcohol (liquor)
Darryl
|
DD
$601
[29]
This sea was named for a cannibalistic tribe that inhabited the Lesser Antilles
the Caribbean Sea
Darryl
|
$800
[17]
Bernie Taupin co-wrote many of this singer's hits including "Island Girl" & "Bennie And The Jets"
Elton John
Kate
|
$800
[19]
American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered this planet's 2 moons in 1877
Mars
Nancy
|
DD
$800
[11]
The first & last emperors of Germany shared this name
William (or Wilhelm) (Hohenzollern accepted)
Darryl
|
$800
[18]
"People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise", he wrote in "Of Human Bondage"
Somerset Maugham
Nancy
|
|
$1,000
[26]
This amendment requires due process of law & prohibits double jeopardy
the 5th Amendment
Kate
|
$800
[28]
The cities of Rimini, Italy & Dubrovnik, Croatia lie on this sea
the Adriatic
Darryl
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
Presently the farthest planet from the Sun, it has 1500-mph winds, some of the strongest in the solar system
Neptune
Nancy
|
$1,000
[12]
When named Roman emperor he was hiding; Caligula had just been killed & he thought he was next to die
Claudius
Nancy
|
$1,000
[22]
The reason George Mallory gave when asked "Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?"
"Because it's there"
Darryl
|
His books "No Easy Walk to Freedom" & "The Struggle Is My Life" were published during his imprisonment
Nelson Mandela