1997 CelebrityJeopardy!game 5.
Mike Piazza — a catcher from the Los Angeles Dodgers
Donna D'Errico — a model and actress fromBaywatch
Reggie White — a minister and defensive end from the Green Bay Packers
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reggie | $200 | $700 | $900 |
$1,500
2nd place: $10,000 for Urban Home |
$1,000
7 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Donna | $1,300 | $1,400 | $3,200 |
$200
3rd place: $10,000 for Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children |
$3,200
10 R, 0 W |
| Mike | $800 | $1,900 | $6,900 |
$12,900
Winner: $17,900 for Children's Hospital of Los Angeles |
$9,700
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE BIBLE | VIVA LAS VEGAS | THE GRAMMYS | ANNUAL EVENTS | RHYMES WITH JOCK |
|
$100
[1]
The gospel according to Mark doesn't mention this husband of Mary by name
Joseph
Mike
|
$100
[2]
This hotel's pink & white big top is home to acrobats, daredevils & trapeze artists
Circus Circus
Donna
|
$100
[15]
In 1997 she became the 1st first lady to win a Grammy, for "It Takes a Village"
Hillary Clinton
Reggie
|
$100
[20]
Celebrated May 1, Lei Day is a statewide holiday in this state
Hawaii
Donna
|
$100
[7]
Foot warmer
sock
Reggie
|
|
$200
[3]
The book of Ecclesiastes is traditionally ascribed to this wise king
Solomon
Reggie
|
$200
[12]
You enter this hotel's castle via the drawbridge over its moat
Excalibur
Mike
|
DD
$100
[17]
Singer seen here, she won 2 Grammys, including Best New Artist:
LeAnn Rimes
Reggie
|
$200
[21]
Pella, Iowa celebrates its heritage from this country during its Tulip Time Festival in May
Holland (the Netherlands)
Mike
|
$200
[8]
Members of a church, or a group of birds
flock
Donna
|
|
$300
[4]
David was instantly taken with this woman after he saw her bathing
Bathsheba
Reggie
|
$300
[13]
Its 10 "Fantasy Suites" feature Roman, Egyptian or Pompeian decors
Caesars Palace
Donna
|
$200
[16]
This British rocker proved himself a "Phenomenon", winning 2 Grammys for "Change The World"
Eric Clapton
|
$300
[23]
Lent begins on this day of the week
Ash Wednesday
|
$300
[9]
A tress of hair
lock
Donna
|
|
$400
[5]
He was the Bible's first murder victim
Abel
Reggie
Donna
|
$400
[14]
In 1996 this hotel shut down its King Tut's Tomb to move it, so you'll have to wait to see your mummy
the Luxor
Mike
|
$400
[18]
With good reason, her "Give Me One Reason" won the award for Best Rock Song
Tracy Chapman
|
— |
$400
[10]
A type of coat, or another word for a smock
frock
|
|
$500
[6]
In Acts 15:14 this apostle is referred to as Simeon
Simon (Peter)
Mike
|
$500
[22]
This new hotel's Coney Island Pavilion is home to a Nathan's Hot Dogs; mmmmmmmmmmm
New York-New York
Mike
|
$500
[19]
Nominated for 12 Grammys, he picked up 3 for Producer of the Year, Record of the Yeat & Best R&B Song
Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Reggie
|
— |
$500
[11]
This strong, sweet German beer can be light or dark
bock
|
| U.S. HISTORY | MOVIE DEBUTS | MAGAZINES | GEOGRAPHY | NUTRITION | NONFICTION |
|
$200
[1]
This western state sent its first refrigerated trainload of oranges back east February 14, 1886
California
|
$200
[26]
"Oh! What a lovely war" marked the film debut of this lovely actress, now TV's "Dr. Quinn"
Jane Seymour
|
$200
[16]
Steffi Graf posed in a bikini for this magazine's 1997 swimsuit issue
Sports Illustrated
Reggie
|
$200
[6]
Venezia is the Italian name for this city
Venice
Mike
|
$200
[8]
This nutritious outer layer of kernels of grain is lost in refining but is found in raisin cereals
bran
Reggie
Mike
|
$200
[21]
"I'm Only One Man!", as co-host Kathie Lee Gifford can attest, & he tells all about it in his autobiography
Regis Philbin
Donna
|
|
$400
[2]
On December 6, 1847 this future president took his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Mike
|
$400
[27]
This "Dirty Dancing" star did some dirty skating in his first film, "Skatetown, U.S.A."
Patrick Swayze
Reggie
Donna
|
$400
[17]
With scented ads for 4 of these, the February 1997 Elle could have been called Smelle
perfumes
Mike
|
$400
[7]
Famous for its pyramids, Giza is a suburb of this city
Cairo
Mike
|
$400
[9]
Helping the body use protein, the B6 type of this is as least half as important as B12
vitamin
Mike
|
$400
[22]
You can read all about the way it was with this former CBS anchor in his recent book "A Reporter's Life"
Walter Cronkite
Mike
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1956 Jonas Salk & Leonard Scheele said Salk's vaccine should eliminate this disease within 3 years
polio
Donna
|
$600
[28]
He had hair in his 1st movie, "Port of New York", but not in his 2nd released film, "The King and I"
Yul Brynner
Mike
|
$600
[18]
A story on lower death rates from heart disease brightened a recent issue of the journal of this, the AMA
American Medical Association
|
$600
[13]
You'll find this highest mountain in the world about 100 miles northeast of Katmandu
Mount Everest
Mike
|
$600
[10]
Starches like potatoes are the "complex" type of these compounds
carbohydrates
Donna
|
$600
[23]
In 1996 this former Lakers center shared his love of history in "Black Profiles in Courage"
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Reggie
|
|
$800
[4]
This president commuted Patty Hearst's jail sentence & was instrumental in a Mideast peace treaty
Jimmy Carter
Mike
|
— |
$800
[19]
The cover of its 1995 Hollywood issue showed actresses in their underwear; for 1997's, they wore gowns
Vanity Fair
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
This country borders every other country in South America except Ecuador & Chile
Brazil
Mike
|
$800
[11]
Reputed to be aphrodisiacs, these shellfish are rich in zinc, which is crucial to testosterone production
oysters
Mike
|
$800
[24]
You'll find the largest aquarium & the tallest woman in this book that's celebrating its 40th anniversary
The Guinness Book of World Records
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Name given to the module that landed the first men on the moon July 20, 1969
the Eagle
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
Publications named for people include Forbes, Harper's & this woman's magazine founded by a man named James
McCall's
|
$1,000
[15]
Montego Bay has been called the resort capital of this Caribbean island
Jamaica
Mike
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Antioxidants like beta carotene prevent cell damage by these products of oxygen breakdown
free radicals
Mike
|
$1,000
[25]
Between his novels "Congo" & "Sphere", he published "Electronic Life: How to Think About Computers"
Michael Crichton
|
Announced by Ole Romer in 1676, the first measurement of this was 140,000 miles per second
the speed of light