Mary Jane Dreyer — a housewife from Ridgewood, New Jersey
Roger Rice — a University of Texas student originally from Waco, Texas
Dan Deacon — a senior marketing and business analyst from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $900 | $2,100 | $13,500 |
$12,500
2-day champion: $20,501 |
$12,100
24 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Roger | $1,000 | $2,600 | $6,200 |
$12,400
2nd place: Broyhill washed finish entertainment center with pull-out TV shelf, 2 VCR boxes & 4 storage drawers + Panasonic HP600 personal cellular phone with 90 minutes of continuous talk time + the Jeopardy! home game or computerized version |
$6,200
18 R, 2 W |
| Mary Jane | $2,100 | $4,200 | $3,400 |
$2,399
3rd place: Whirlpool CleanTop oven/range with sealed-in Ceran black glass-ceramic surface + the Jeopardy! home game or computerized version |
$3,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| ENDANGERED SPECIES | FOLK SINGERS | MONEY | THE IDES OF MARCH | CHILDREN'S BOOKS | 4-LETTER WORDS |
|
$100
[2]
Poachers go after elephants for the ivory & after rhinos for these facial features
the horn
Roger
Mary Jane
|
$100
[1]
This trio won Grammys in 1962 & 1963 for "If I Had A Hammer" & "Blowin' In The Wind"
Peter, Paul & Mary
Roger
|
$100
[11]
As of July 1991, 1 Italian lira was worth almost 2 1/2 of this Mexican unit
the peso
Mary Jane
|
$100
[17]
This man who put the "O" in Jackie O died March 15, 1975
Aristotle Onassis
Mary Jane
|
$100
[22]
This dog's name had a double meaning: it referred to his color & to his yelling bark
Old Yeller
Dan
|
$100
[12]
If you're badly mistaken, you're way "off" this infield item
base
Dan
|
|
$200
[3]
Lack of this food is one of the reasons the giant panda is disappearing
bamboo
Dan
|
$200
[4]
This group's 1st release, "Scarlet Ribbons", didn't chart, but its 2nd, "Tom Dooley", went to No. 1
The Kingston Trio
Mary Jane
|
$200
[24]
Of the Swiss franc, the Belgian franc or the French franc, the one worth the most
the Swiss franc
Dan
|
$200
[18]
"Old Hickory" sticks in our mind as this president, born March 15, 1767
(Andrew) Jackson
Roger
|
$200
[23]
This girl detective goes on safari in East Africa in "The Spider Sapphire Mystery"
Nancy Drew
Roger
|
$200
[13]
Hilton's Horizon or Stein's Generation
lost
Mary Jane
|
|
$300
[8]
6 types of darters, which are these, are on the current U.S. endangered list
fish
Roger
|
$300
[5]
Her 1975 album "Judith" featured the hit single, "Send In The Clowns"
Judy Collins
Dan
|
$300
[27]
The name of the Dutch guilder is derived from the word for this metal
gold
Roger
|
$300
[19]
She opened as a Doolittle on Broadway March 15, 1956 with a future Dolittle--Rex Harrison
Julie Andrews
Mary Jane
|
$300
[25]
In "Jo's Boys", this author wrote that Jo "the Ugly Duckling" became "a golden goose"
Louisa May Alcott
Mary Jane
|
$300
[14]
The back of the neck
nape
Dan
|
|
$400
[9]
Birds endangered in this state include species of hawk, goose & nukupu'u
Hawaii
Mary Jane
|
$400
[6]
A former member of the Limeliters, his 1st solo hit was "Baby The Rain Must Fall" in 1965
Glenn Yarbrough
Mary Jane
|
$400
[28]
The Irish unit of currency is called a punt or this
a pound
Dan
|
$400
[20]
Dr. Bernard Fantus set up the 1st bank of this type in the U.S. March 15, 1937; it had no coins, just corpuscles
a blood bank
Mary Jane
|
$400
[26]
Princess Ozma & Dorothy journey to the Magic Isle of the Skeezers in his book "Glinda of Oz"
L. Frank Baum
Roger
|
$400
[15]
The raised platform in a lecture hall on which the speaker stands
dais
Mary Jane
|
|
$500
[10]
The clouded & snow species of this cat are heading towards extinction in Asia
a leopard
Roger
|
DD
$500
[7]
This folk group evolved from informal songfests in Pete Seeger's home in 1949
The Weavers
Mary Jane
|
$500
[30]
Though it changed its name from Burma, it didn't change the name of its currency, the kyat
Myanmar
Mary Jane
|
$500
[21]
On March 15, 1917 this czar abdicated in favor of Grand Duke Mikhail, who abdicated March 16
Nicholas II
Dan
|
$500
[29]
Chapter 11 of her book "Little House on the Prairie" is titled "Indians in the House"
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Roger
|
$500
[16]
It's the first 4-letter noun in the rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle"
Moon
Mary Jane
|
| STATE PARKS | MATHEMATICS | PROVERBS | POLITICS | GLASS | EUROPEAN HISTORY |
|
$200
[20]
Many limestone caverns are featured in a Montana state park named for these 2 explorers
Lewis & Clark
Mary Jane
|
$200
[21]
In algebraic equations Ahmes, an Egyptian scribe, used the word "heap" the way we use this 24th letter
X
Dan
|
$200
[1]
"Don't cut off your nose to" do this
spite your face
Mary Jane
|
$200
[10]
A commissioner allegedly called this retirement program "the most complex... God and Congress ever created"
Social Security
Dan
|
$200
[6]
This type of glass can be used to make fishing rods & sports car bodies
fiberglass
Dan
|
$200
[15]
He said, "I found the crown of France lying on the ground, and I picked it up with a sword"
Napoleon
Roger
|
|
$400
[23]
Covering about 6 million acres, Adirondack State Park in this state is the USA's largest
New York
Roger
|
$400
[22]
In trigonometry, sec is secant, sin is sine & cot is this
cotangent
Roger
|
$400
[2]
They "are the devil's books" & if you're "lucky at" them you're "unlucky in love"
cards
Dan
|
$400
[11]
From the Latin meaning "to rest on", it's a candidate for an office who already holds the position
incumbent
Dan
|
$400
[7]
Cobalt added to glass gives it this tint
blue
Mary Jane
|
$400
[16]
From about 970 to 1301, descendants of Arpad, chief of the Magyars, ruled this country
Hungary
Roger
Mary Jane
|
|
$600
[24]
This state's Pancho Villa State Park lies on the site of Villa's 1916 raid
New Mexico
Roger
|
$600
[28]
It's the term for integers greater than 1 that have only 1 & themselves as factors
prime numbers
Dan
|
$600
[3]
"A drowning man will clutch at" one of these
a straw
Roger
|
$600
[12]
In Congress, the assistants to the majority & minority floor leaders are called this
whips
Dan
Mary Jane
|
$600
[8]
In 1915 Corning introduced heat-resistant borosilicate ovenware under this trade name
Pyrex
Dan
|
$600
[17]
On June 17, 1944 this North Atlantic island gained complete independence from Denmark
Iceland
Dan
Mary Jane
|
|
$800
[25]
A state park near Little Falls, Minnesota features the boyhood home of this aviator
Lindbergh
Roger
|
$1,000
[30]
The term for part of a circle formed between 2 radii & the circumference
a sector
Mary Jane
|
$800
[4]
"The more" of these, "the more offenders"
laws
Dan
Roger
|
$800
[13]
It's the fraction of votes needed in the House & Senate to override a president's veto
two-thirds
Dan
Roger
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
The addition of this element to glass makes it sparkle--& makes it heavier
lead
Dan
|
$800
[18]
When King Wilhelm I became emperor of Germany in 1871, this became the German Empire's largest state
Prussia
Roger
|
|
$1,000
[26]
The 2 states in which you'll find a Washington Crossing State Park
Pennsylvania & New Jersey
Dan
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
The square root of 24
4
Dan
|
$1,000
[5]
This Latin proverb can be translated as "In wine there is truth"
In vino veritas
Dan
|
$1,000
[14]
1 of 2 Supreme Court nominees in 1987 for the seat now held by Anthony Kennedy
(Douglas) Ginsburg (or Robert Bork)
Dan
|
$1,000
[27]
Craftsmen from this Italian city made the plate glass for Versailles' Hall of Mirrors
Venice
Mary Jane
|
$1,000
[19]
As a result of this war, Sparta became the strongest Greek city-state in 404 B.C.
the Peloponnesian War
Roger
|
Commissioned in 1916 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it was finally completed in 1972
Stone Mountain