Gordon Wean game 4.
John Stiles — a graduate student originally from Schenectady, New York
Madeleine Brown — a foreign service officer from Washington, D.C.
Gordon Wean — a teacher from Cleveland Heights, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $40,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon | $2,300 | $4,900 | $9,700 |
$4,595
4-day champion: $44,895 |
$10,300
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Madeleine | $1,100 | $2,500 | $2,900 |
$3,800
2nd place: Broyhill Fontana living room set & Sanyo 31" stereo TV + Jeopardy! home game + electronic game |
$3,900
17 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $800 | $400 | $7,400 |
$100
3rd place: Robert H. Peterson Co. fireplace accessories + Jeopardy! home game + electronic game |
$7,400
14 R, 1 W |
| GEOLOGY | THE 1994 OSCARS | FOOD & DRINK | PROFESSORS | IRELAND | TAKE IN ORDER |
|
$100
[26]
This mountain range was formed by the Nazca Plate crashing into the South American Plate
the Andes
Gordon
|
$100
[17]
Original Score & Original Song awards went to music from this "roaring" good animated film
The Lion King
Gordon
|
$100
[10]
The blackstrap kind of this syrup is also called mother liquor
molasses
Madeleine
|
$100
[16]
In 1758 William Blackstone became the first professor of English law at this British university
Oxford
Madeleine
|
$100
[6]
The Kerry blue breed of this common house pet originated in County Kerry
a terrier (dog)
Gordon
Madeleine
|
$100
[1]
It's defined as emergency medical treatment given before professionals arrive
first aid
Gordon
|
|
$200
[27]
As volcanologists study volcanoes, these specialists study earthquakes
seismologists
Madeleine
|
$200
[18]
Best Original Screenplay went to this film's Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino
Pulp Fiction
Madeleine
|
$200
[11]
This Japanese alcoholic beverage is traditionally served warm in small porcelain cups
sake
Gordon
|
$200
[22]
In 1948 this discoverer of penicillin became professor emeritus at the University of London
(Alexander) Fleming
Gordon
|
$200
[7]
It's believed that Big Doughty, whom this author saw lift a pony, was the basis for his Brobdingnag farmer
(Jonathan) Swift
John
|
$200
[2]
This part of a watch shows you 1/60 of a minute
the second hand
Madeleine
John
|
|
$300
[28]
One of these moves by internal deformation or basal sliding, usually not more than 6' a day
a glacier
Gordon
|
$300
[19]
She could hired a "Blue Sky" writer to announce her Best Actress win
Jessica Lange
Gordon
|
$300
[13]
In the U.S. the term "blush wine" has nearly replaced this French term for pinkish wines
rose
Gordon
|
$300
[23]
This author of "The Wealth of Nations" was a professor of logic, & later, of moral philosophy
Adam Smith
Gordon
|
$300
[8]
In 1446 Cormac MacCarthy built this castle stone by stone
Blarney
Gordon
|
$300
[3]
Rough questioning
the third degree
Gordon
|
|
$400
[29]
Of the 3 types of rock, most of the earth's crust is made of this one
igneous
John
|
$400
[20]
Lizzy Gardiner picked up her Costume Design award wearing a dress made out of 254 of these cards
American Express cards
Madeleine
|
$400
[14]
This blue, French "king of cheeses" was supposedly a favorite of Charlemagne
Roquefort
Madeleine
|
$500
[25]
Before serving as surgeon general, Joycelyn Elders was a professor at this university's medical school
the University of Arkansas
Gordon
|
$400
[9]
This type of horse race got its name from one in which riders kept the spire of a County Cork church in sight
a steeplechase
Madeleine
|
$400
[4]
Journalists
the fourth estate
John
|
|
$500
[30]
To find out this term for a deep ravine or gulch that's usually dry in summer, ask a "grand dam" in Washington
a coulee
Madeleine
|
$500
[21]
Tom Hanks became the first actor since this man in 1937-38 to win back-to-back Best Actor Oscars
Spencer Tracy
|
$500
[15]
To make this Italian rice dish properly, stir constantly & add the stock a little at a time
risotto
Gordon
|
DD
$800
[24]
This inventor was professor of vocal physiology at Boston University
(Alexander Graham) Bell
Gordon
|
$500
[12]
This town in County Meath is famous for the ancient illuminated book created there
Kells
Madeleine
|
$500
[5]
Franco's sympathizers in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War
the fifth column
Gordon
|
| ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS | CLASSICAL MUSIC | BLACK AMERICANS | U.S. STATES | PSEUDONYMS | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH |
|
$200
[7]
This Philippine first lady was stabbed in 1972
Imelda Marcos
Gordon
Madeleine
|
$200
[2]
This 1742 Handel oratorio uses biblical quotes gathered by Charles Jennens
The Messiah
Madeleine
|
$200
[22]
His 1984 hit "I Just Called To Say I Love You" was his first to reach No. 1 in both the U.S. & U.K.
Stevie Wonder
Gordon
|
$200
[1]
In 1901 oil was discovered at Red Fork, near Tulsa in this state
Oklahoma
Madeleine
|
$200
[19]
Eric Arthur Blair was known by this pseudonym before & after 1984
(George) Orwell
John
|
$200
[9]
It's how the British pronounce the place in which Dr. Frankenstein experiments
a "lah-bor-a-tory"
Madeleine
|
|
$400
[14]
In November 1970 a man with a knife tried to assault this pope in the Manila airport
Paul VI
Madeleine
John
|
$400
[3]
From 1769 to 1781, he was in the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg
Mozart
John
|
$400
[30]
This agriculturist's 1894 college thesis was entitled "Plants as Modified by Man"
George Washington Carver
Gordon
|
$400
[4]
Beaches on this state's Atlantic coast include windy Hill, Seabrook Island & Hilton Head Island
South Carolina
Madeleine
|
$400
[20]
In August 1994 the French arrested terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, better known as this
Carlos (the Jackal)
John
|
$400
[10]
A flex is one of these items that runs between a lamp & the wall
an electrical cord
Madeleine
|
|
$600
[16]
On Oct. 14, 1912 this former U.S. president was shot in Milwaukee
Theodore Roosevelt
Madeleine
John
|
$600
[5]
Technically, this Vivaldi work is known as "Opus 8, Nos. 1-4"
The Four Seasons
John
|
$600
[29]
In 1973 this poet was nominated for a Tony for her role in the play "Look Away"
Maya Angelou
Gordon
Madeleine
|
$600
[15]
Of the 6 New England states, it's the one farthest east
Maine
Gordon
|
$600
[23]
Esther Lederer uses the pseudonym Ann Landers & Pauline Phillips, her sister, uses this name
Dear Abby
Gordon
|
$600
[11]
A landlord may have tenants or may draw you a pint as the operator of one of these
a pub
Madeleine
|
|
$800
[17]
This first president of Cyprus survived 4 assassination attempts
Makarios
John
|
$800
[6]
This Russian wrote "Flight Of The Bumblebee" for his opera "Tsar Saltan"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Gordon
|
$800
[28]
In 1972 this Brooklyn congresswoman campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination
Shirley Chisholm
John
|
$800
[21]
Among this state's nicknames are "Land of Steady Habits", "The Brownstone State" & "The Nutmeg State"
Connecticut
Madeleine
|
$800
[24]
The book of poetry published in 1846 by these sisters under the name Bell sold only 2 copies
the Brontes
Gordon
|
$800
[12]
In England this American TV series would be "CD" for casualty department
ER
John
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Rebels using rockets, bazookas, grenades & rifles tried to kill this Chilean president in 1986
Pinochet
Gordon
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
In an 1829 letter from the Hebrides, he wrote the opening bars of the "Hebrides Overture"
Felix Mendelssohn
Madeleine
|
$1,000
[27]
He served as executive director of the National Urban League from 1972 to 1981
Vernon Jordan
John
|
$1,000
[26]
With a population of less than 500,000, this Rocky Mountain state is the USA's least populous
Wyoming
John
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
Under the pseudonym Constant Reader, she wrote book reviews for The New Yorker 1827-1933
Dorothy Parker
Gordon
|
$1,000
[13]
A pharmacist or druggist is called this
*a chemist (**apothecary)
Gordon
|
This flower's name comes from its use in scenting the ancient Romans' wash water
lavender