Chris Tharrington — a naval officer from Washington, D.C.
Michael Bowen — an accountant from Monroe, New York
Margaret Robbins — a college professor from New Concord, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret | $500 | $2,100 | $6,400 |
$1
3rd place: Enesco "Small World of Music" + Wheel of Fortune & Jeopardy! games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis |
$5,700
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Michael | $2,100 | $5,900 | $9,900 |
$12,900
New champion: $12,900 |
$7,100
25 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Chris | $0 | $700 | $2,900 |
$5,800
2nd place: Panasonic camcorder + Benrus ladies' watch |
$2,900
9 R, 1 W |
| HISTORIC NAMES | SONG LYRICS | BIRTHSTONES | STATE CAPITALS | WINES | SPIRITS |
|
$100
[21]
Her older sister Berenice IV was queen of Egypt until executed by her father
Cleopatra
Margaret
|
$100
[5]
These 2 items "go together like a horse and carriage"
"Love And Marriage"
Chris
|
$100
[26]
It's lucky Elizabeth Taylor was born in February, because this February birthstone matches her violet eyes
an amethyst
Michael
|
$100
[1]
It's nicknamed the "Mormon's Mecca"
Salt Lake City
Margaret
|
$100
[8]
This adjective describes any wine that's effervescent or bubbly, like Asti Spumante
sparkling
Margaret
Michael
|
$100
[16]
A clairvoyant can "see" into the future & the spirit world; a clairaudient does this
hearing the spirit world
Margaret
|
|
$200
[22]
In 754 he was crowned king of the Franks with his father, Pepin, & his brother Carloman
Charlemagne
Michael
|
$200
[6]
In 1958 the Everly Brothers asked him to "get away from my quail... you're on the wrong trail"
the "Bird Dog"
Michael
|
$200
[27]
Birthstones may be inspired by Aaron's breastplate in the Bible, which had this many stones
12
Margaret
|
$200
[2]
This city's daily morning paper is called The Tennessean
Nashville
Chris
|
$200
[9]
A small wine bottle that holds 6 to 6 1/2 ounces, or a gymnast's feat in which the legs are extended
a split
Michael
|
$200
[17]
A planchette, which spells out messages from beyond, is similar to the pointer of this popular board
a Ouija board
Michael
|
|
$300
[23]
Meaning "he who enlightens", it was the adopted name of North Vietnamese president Nguyen Tat Thanh
Ho Chi Minh
Michael
|
$300
[10]
According to a 1934 song, "It's June in" this winter month "Because I'm in love"
January
Michael
Chris
|
$300
[28]
In Italy this December birthstone is known as la turchese
turquoise
Chris
|
$300
[3]
This capital of Maine stands on the site of an Indian village called Cushnoc
Augusta
Margaret
|
$300
[11]
A diplomat cocktail contains both the dry & sweet types of this aromatic wine
Vermouth
Margaret
|
$300
[18]
Before trying to contact spirits, a medium may "fall into" this sleeplike, partly conscious state
a trance
Margaret
|
|
$500
[25]
To avoid being turned over to Rome, this Carthaginian general killed himself around 183 B.C.
Hannibal
Michael
|
$400
[14]
"Hooray for" him, "the African explorer! Did someone call me schnorer? Hooray, hooray, hooray!"
Captain Spaulding
Michael
|
$400
[29]
This March birthstone is perfect for a hematologist
a bloodstone
Margaret
|
$400
[4]
It's the capital of the "Cornhusker State"
Lincoln
Michael
|
$400
[12]
Vouvray comes from this valley that's famous for its chateaux
the Loire Valley
Margaret
|
$400
[19]
In the 1800s the Fox sisters were famous for getting spirits to make this noise to communicate
knocking
Chris
|
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
This explorer's attempt to go around the world ended with his death in the Philippines in 1521
Magellan
Michael
|
$500
[15]
"The New Year's Eve we did the town, the day we tore the goalpost down, we will have" these
moments to remember
Michael
|
$500
[30]
Citrine is a semiprecious yellow stone that resembles this other November birthstone
topaz
Margaret
|
$500
[7]
Happy Jack Road is a 38-mile scenic byway that runs between Laramie & this capital city
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Michael
|
$500
[13]
Richard III's brother was allegedly drowned in Malmsey, a type of this Portuguese wine
madeira
Margaret
Michael
|
$500
[20]
A parapsychology laboratory was founded at this North Carolina university in the 1920s
Duke
Michael
|
| WORLD FACTS | ART | PRESIDENTS | PROTEINS | WORD ORIGINS | LITERATURE |
|
$200
[9]
After China, India is the world's largest producer of this grain
rice
Margaret
|
$200
[8]
Pablo Gargallo learned cubism from this artist & in turn introduced him to metal sculpture
Picasso
Margaret
|
$200
[1]
In 1913 William Howard Taft was elected president of this organization of lawyers
the American Bar Association
Michael
|
$200
[16]
Myosin & actin are the 2 main proteins that make these parts of the body contract
muscles
Chris
|
$200
[2]
This word for a little white lie may be derived from "fable"
a fib
Chris
|
$200
[22]
After jumping ship in Tahiti in 1842, this "Moby Dick" author worked there as a field laborer
Melville
Michael
|
|
$400
[10]
This large coral structure off the coast of Australia is believed to be over 30 million years old
the Great Barrier Reef
Margaret
|
$400
[14]
Because of his painting of the "Naked Maja", he was called before the Inquisition
Goya
Margaret
|
$400
[3]
His wife Edith was said to be a descendant of Pocahontas & John Rolfe
Wilson
Michael
|
$400
[18]
In chromosomes, this genetic material can be found wrapped around a protein called histone
DNA
Michael
|
$400
[4]
From the Hebrew for "to rest", it's a period of leave granted to a teacher for rest or travel
a sabbatical
Chris
|
$400
[23]
In addition to 14 "Oz" books, he wrote 24 books for girls under the pseudonym Edith Van Dyne
Frank Baum
Margaret
|
|
$600
[11]
In Spanish, this currency is libras
pounds
Michael
|
$600
[15]
He hadn't perfected his pointillist technique when he painted "A Bathing Place" around 1884
Seurat
Michael
|
$600
[17]
His less famous ranch was called Haywood; he purchased it from Texas Christian University
LBJ
Michael
|
$600
[19]
This protein makes you red-blooded as opposed to another color
hemoglobin
Margaret
|
$600
[5]
From a Gaelic word meaning "war cry", it's a catch phrase or motto used to advertise a product
a slogan
Margaret
|
$600
[24]
In 1835 this "Frankenstein" author published "Lodore", an autobiographical novel
(Mary) Shelley
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[13]
The majority of the world's Muslims belong to this sect
Sunni Muslims
Michael
|
$800
[29]
A group of studies & figures from his "The Burghers of Calais" is in the Brooklyn Museum
Rodin
|
$800
[25]
He was the father-in- law of actress Faye Emerson, who married his son Elliott in 1944
Franklin Roosevelt
Chris
|
$1,000
[21]
All living cells contain these proteins that act as biological catalysts
enzymes
|
$800
[6]
This Italian sausage derives its name from myrtle, which was originally used to flavor it
mortadella
Michael
|
$800
[27]
This 1929 Thomas Wolfe novel is subtitled "A Story of the Buried Life"
Look Homeward Angel
Michael
|
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
Albania's largest minority is made up of people from this neighboring Balkan country
Greece
Michael
|
$1,000
[30]
This Edward Hopper painting of a diner was inspired by a restaurant on Greenwich Avenue
Nighthawks
Michael
|
$1,000
[26]
His favorite horse, General, is buried on the grounds of his Virginia estate, Sherwood Forest
John Tyler
Margaret
|
DD
$1,500
[20]
Generally, this protein acts to reduce the amount of glucose in the blood
Insulin
Margaret
|
$1,000
[7]
This adjective often describing a charming old village or inn ultimately comes from the Latin for "to know"
quaint
Michael
|
$1,000
[28]
This James A. Michener book about the Holy Land was the bestselling hardcover novel of 1965
The Source
Margaret
|
The only category in which an American did not win an award in 1993
Peace