Tom Nichols

Tom Nichols
Birth Hometown:	Chicopee, Massachusetts
Occupation:	Professor
Years active:	1994, 2005
Known for:	Appearances on Jeopardy!

Tom Nichols is a professor originally from Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Jeopardy! Run

Game No.	Air Date	Final score	Cumulative Winnings	Additional Notes
1	January 31, 1994	$14,100	$14,100
2	February 1, 1994	$10,100	$24,200
3	February 2, 1994	$7,500	$31,700
4	February 3, 1994	$13,990	$45,690
5-A	February 4, 1994	$11,190	$45,690	For finishing in 2nd place, he won a trip to Quail Lodge Resort, Carmel, California and a Panasonic camcorder
5-B	October 10, 1994	$11,990	$57,680	He returned to the show because of a "clue discrepancy" Co-champions with Dorothy Mallonee.

Tournament of Champions

In the following month, he went against Jean Grewe and Matt Morris, answered 25 right responses (including a Daily Double) and five wrong responses. However, in the FJ!, there was a Triple Stumper, and he lost $6,300 and missed out on the semifinals.

Ultimate Tournament of Champions

In the 32nd game of the first round, he went against 5-time champion and 1987 ToC 2nd runner-up Eugene Finerman and 1999-B Teen Tournament winner Chacko George, answered 18 right responses and nine (including 2 Daily Doubles) wrong responses. However, in the Final, he got it right, added $6,999, but it was not enough to beat Finerman, who advanced to Round 2.

Trivia

• Tom won 4 games ($45,690), losing his 5th, in games aired January 31 to February 4, 1994. 8 months later, he returned to the show on October 10, 1994 (because of a "clue discrepancy") whereupon he won an additional $11,990 to become a 5-time champion, just in time for the 1994 Tournament of Champions, which aired the following month. (Had he not won his return game, his 4-day total was high enough that he’d have qualified for the Tournament of Champions anyway.)
• He is the first champion among the contestants to sit in every position once.