Susan Miner — a systems manager from Charlestown, Massachusetts
Jim Sears — a transit analyst from Brooklyn, New York
Warren Fletcher — a substitute teacher from Alhambra, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | $1,200 | $3,500 | $10,000 |
$7,999
2nd place: Lloyd/Flanders indoor/outdoor furniture set + Ducane gas grill |
$10,800
32 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jim | $2,200 | $3,800 | $6,000 |
$12,000
New champion: $12,000 |
$6,000
15 R, 1 W |
| Susan | $1,000 | $1,200 | $4,800 |
$1
3rd place: Craftmade light & ceiling fan |
$4,800
10 R, 1 W |
| CUBA | SCI-FI TV | FOOD | BIBLICAL PEOPLE | THE 1994 FORTUNE 500 | ANIMAL PHRASES |
|
$100
[16]
When he discovered Cuba in October 1492, the island was inhabited by Taino & Ciboney Indians
(Christopher) Columbus
Warren
|
$100
[1]
The first episode of "The Time Tunnel" was set in part aboard this ill-fated ship
the Titanic
Warren
|
$100
[11]
There are many varieties of this soup, including conch, corn & New England clam
chowder
Jim
|
$100
[6]
Though John's gospel does not tell of this man betraying Jesus with a kiss, the other gospels do
Judas
Susan
|
$100
[26]
First on the list of sales is this Detroit company; it's also first in number of employees
General Motors
Warren
|
$100
[18]
When your nerves are rattled, you may feel like you have "butterflies" here
in your stomach
Warren
|
|
$200
[17]
Fewer than 500,000 of the over 10 million Cubans belong to this, the only legal political party
the Communist Party
Susan
|
$300
[3]
Matt Frewer played reporter Edison Carter & this character, his computer-generated alter ego
Max Headroom
Warren
|
$200
[12]
Sprinkled over osso buco, Gremolata is a tasty mixture of garlic, grated lemon rind & this green garnish
parsley
Warren
|
$200
[7]
This blameless man had the misfortune to become the object of a wager between God & Satan
Job
Warren
|
$200
[27]
The top apparel company on the list in sales, it came in at No. 90, which is much better than No. 501
Levi's (Levi Strauss)
Jim
|
$200
[24]
It's when "the mice will play"
when the cat is away
Warren
|
|
$300
[19]
In 1984 Cuba reached an agreement with this country for the repatriation of some Mariel refugees
The United States
Warren
|
$400
[4]
There was a new Number Two for almost every one of the 17 episodes of this 1960s Patrick McGoohan classic
The Prisoner
Jim
|
$300
[13]
Herkimer, a sharp variety of this cheese is made in Herkimer County, New York
cheddar
Jim
|
$300
[8]
When given the choice by Pilate, the crowd chose to release this convict rather than Jesus
Barabbas
Warren
|
$300
[28]
Number 4 in overall sales, it might not compute that it was also the biggest money loser
IBM
Warren
|
$300
[25]
To bring on a complicated problem is to open a can of these
worms
Warren
|
|
$400
[20]
1 of 2 team sports in which Cuba won Olympic gold medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics
baseball (or women's volleyball)
Jim
|
DD
$500
[2]
Popular group of heroes seen here:
the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Warren
|
$400
[14]
Made in India, jaggery is a coarse, unrefined, brown type of this
sugar
Warren
Jim
|
$400
[9]
For his painting of this mother of Solomon, Rembrandt used his wife Hendrickje as the model
Bathsheba
Susan
|
$400
[29]
Fisher-Price was missing from the 1994 list because it's now part of this toy company
Mattel
|
$400
[22]
Someone who is quite angry is as "mad as a wet" one of these
a hen
Warren
|
|
$500
[21]
This man, overthrown in 1959, died in Spain in 1973
Batista
Warren
|
$500
[5]
1 of the 2 series that featured Oscar Goldman, head of the Office of Strategic Intelligence
The Six Million Dollar Man (or The Bionic Woman )
Susan
|
$500
[15]
Algarroba is another name for this chocolate substitute used to feed livestock
carob
Jim
|
$500
[10]
Mishael was the original name of this man cast into the fiery furnace with Shadrach & Abednego
Meshach
Jim
|
$500
[30]
Of the 4 companies under "Q" in the index, these 2 have Quaker in their names
Quaker Oats & Quaker State oil
Jim
|
$500
[23]
Something that can be accomplished quickly can be done in "Two Shakes of" this
a lamb's tail
Jim
|
| HISTORIC AFFAIRS | LEGENDS OF THE WORLD | U.S. STATES | BALLET | FURNITURE | WRITERS NAMED JAMES |
|
$200
[13]
The Trent Affair of 1861 was a naval incident that almost brought England into this war
the United States Civil War
Warren
|
$200
[1]
This world-famous lake monster has often been "seen" near Urquhart Castle
the Loch Ness Monster
Jim
|
$200
[3]
Its state bird is the Baltimore Oriole
Maryland
Warren
|
$200
[21]
Maria Tallchief played this fairy in her ex-husband George Balanchine's 1954 version of "The Nutcracker"
the Sugarplum Fairy
Susan
|
$200
[26]
It's what a convertible sofa converts into
a bed
Warren
|
$200
[8]
A fact in one of his daughter's school books sparked his interest in writing about a "Shogun"
James Clavell
Warren
|
|
$400
[14]
It led to the resignation of a U.S. president
the Watergate affair
Warren
|
$400
[2]
French-Canadian lumberjacks may have been the first to spread the tall tales about this giant
Paul Bunyan
Warren
|
$400
[4]
Tomatoes rank as Florida's second most valuable crop; this fruit is number one
oranges
Warren
|
$400
[22]
This Moscow ballet company premiered "The Red Poppy", the first important Soviet ballet, in 1927
the Bolshoi
Warren
|
$400
[27]
Equipped with a mirror & several small drawers that hold makeup, one for men was called the Beau Brummel
vanity (dressing table)
Jim
|
$400
[9]
Before tackling Samuel Johnson's entire life, he published a journal of their tour "To the Hebrides"
(James) Boswell
Warren
|
|
$600
[15]
Exposed in 1986, this affair involved, among other nations, the U.S., Nicaragua & Israel
the Iran-Contra affair
Warren
|
$600
[18]
In Norse myth Niflheim is a land of ice & Muspellsheim is a land of this
fire
Warren
Jim
Susan
|
$600
[5]
Kentucky's state song is this Stephen Foster classic
"My Old Kentucky home"
Warren
|
$600
[23]
Mikhail Baryshnikov called her "the most American of all choreographers"
Agnes de Mille
Warren
Susan
|
$600
[28]
For furniture with French names, it precedes Volante, Percee & Longue
chaise
Susan
|
$600
[10]
"Only One Woof" & "Christmas Day Kitten" are among the books this veterinarian has written for kids
James Herriot
Jim
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Elbridge Gerry of gerrymander fame was embroiled in this 1797-98 American-French affair
the XYZ Affair
Warren
|
$800
[19]
In a famous 14th century poem, this nephew of King Arthur beheads the Green Knight
Sir Gawain
Warren
Susan
|
$800
[6]
Though this tree is now rare due to a "Dutch" disease, it's still Massachusetts' state tree
the elm
Warren
|
$800
[24]
A 1971 ballet about this great dancer features characters he played, such as The Rose & the Faun
Nijinsky
Warren
|
$800
[29]
British rococo furniture is also called this "style", after a famous furniture maker of the time
Chippendale
Jim
|
$800
[11]
While a student in Dublin, he wrote an essay titled "My Favourite Hero"; his hero was Ulysses
James Joyce
Jim
|
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
This affair began in 1894 when a Jewish officer was accused of giving information to the Germans
the Dreyfus affair
Warren
|
$1,000
[20]
This paladin of Charlemagne went mad when the fair Angelica ran off with a moor named Medoro
Orlando (Roland)
|
DD
$1,500
[7]
When it joined the Union in 1803, it became the first state west of the Alleghenies
Ohio
Warren
|
$1,000
[25]
Born in 1881, this Russian ballerina was famous for her dragonfly solo as well as for "The Dying Swan"
Pavlova
Susan
|
$1,000
[30]
Mies van der Rohe said it's almost harder to design a good one of these than a good building
a chair
Susan
|
$1,000
[12]
Books like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" earned him a reputation as a "tough-guy" writer
(James M.) Cain
Warren
|
In 1864 the Comm. of Agriculture advocated that the government issue daily ones of these via telegraphs
a weather report