Bruce Naegeli game 5.
Christine Dibble — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Bryce Maritano — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Bruce Naegeli — a librarian from Phoenix, Arizona (whose 4-day cash winnings total $37,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce | $2,100 | $4,600 | $16,800 |
$26,600
5-day champion: $64,200 |
$12,500
29 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Bryce | $700 | $1,200 | $-600 |
$-600
3rd place: Pinseeker golf clubs |
$-600
6 R, 5 W |
| Christine | $400 | $1,800 | $3,400 |
$0
2nd place: Magnavox Video Escort camcorder + Helix double-cassette auto-reverse recorder |
$3,400
14 R, 3 W |
| THE 1940s | PEN NAMES | SPORTS | EARLY MAN | WEDDING TRIVIA | FAMOUS PAIRS |
|
$100
[1]
$90 down & $58 a month for 25 years bought one of these in Levittown
a house
Christine
|
$100
[14]
Name under which John Anthony Burgess wrote "A Clockwork Orange"
Anthony Burgess
Bruce
|
$100
[2]
At 5' 3", Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues is this pro league's shortest player ever
NBA
Christine
|
$100
[5]
Facts on File says the 1st of these were probably bone splinters & sharp sticks; screwdrivers came later
tools
Bruce
|
$100
[21]
In the film "Our Wife", cross-eyed Ben Turpin married Oliver Hardy to this co-star
Stan Laurel
Christine
|
$100
[30]
A very slow way of typing
hunt-and-peck
Bruce
|
|
DD
$300
[10]
Musical which opened on Broadway April 7, 1949 & gave us the followingsong:"Some enchanted evening...."
South Pacific
Bruce
|
$200
[15]
Ford Hermann Hueffer used this pen name, perhaps because his grandfather was the artist Ford Madox Brown
Ford Madox Ford
Christine
|
$200
[3]
In December 1987, Ron Hextall became the 1st NHL goalie ever to do this all by himself
score a goal
Christine
|
$200
[6]
Evolutionist Ernst Haeckel coined the term Pithecanthropus for the missing link between these
apes & man
Bruce
|
$200
[22]
An Elvis impersonator officiated when this "Divine Miss M" became divine Mrs. von Haselberg
Bette Midler
Christine
|
$200
[27]
The manner of a crisp, neat army officer, or what a private used to shine his boots
spit and polish
Bryce
|
|
$300
[11]
From mid 1948-late 1949, an average of 4,000 tons of provisions a day were being flown into this city
Berlin
Bruce
|
$300
[16]
He dropped the "E" from his last name in 1786, when he published his 1st book of Scottish poetry
Robert Burns
Bruce
|
$300
[4]
To reach this governing body, write to the Chateau de Vidy, CH-1007, Lausanne, Switzerland
International Olympic Committee
Bryce
|
$300
[7]
A new find shows man may have reached these continents 30,000 years ago, 20,000 earlier than thought before
the Americas
Bruce
|
$300
[23]
Wedding member whose original task was to provide backup muscle while the groom kidnapped the bride
the best man
Bruce
|
$300
[26]
To kiss & murmur lovingly like the pigeons do
bill and coo
Bruce
|
|
$400
[12]
In June 1948, Stalin broke diplomatic ties with this European Communist country
Yugoslavia
Bruce
|
$400
[17]
British sisters who published a book of poems under the names Currer, Ellis & Acton Bell
the Bronte sisters
Bryce
|
$400
[29]
In 1978 he became the last person Muhammad Ali beat to win the WBA heavyweight championship
Leon Spinks
Bruce
|
$400
[8]
Remains of the Cro-Magnon Man were discovered in 1868 in the Cromagnon cave in this country
France
Bryce
|
$400
[24]
This book of the Old Testament may be a collection of folk songs originally sung at weddings
Song of Solomon
Bryce
|
$400
[20]
With its March 1988 issue, this magazine's title was shortened to "HG"
House and Garden
Christine
|
|
$500
[13]
They were discovered in 1947 by a Bedouin boy looking for a missing goat
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Bruce
|
$500
[18]
Sometimes this Maine poetess wrote under the name Nancy Boyd, 2 words shorter than her real name
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Bryce
|
$500
[28]
The Chiefs were the 1st in 1967, followed by the Raiders in '68, then the Colts, then the Vikings
to lose the Super Bowl
Christine
|
$500
[9]
The Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found in 1974 in eastern Africa was "Desi"gnated this
Lucy
Bruce
|
$500
[25]
Mozart opera in which Marcellina plots to marry the title character until she finds out he's her son
The Marriage of Figaro
Bruce
|
$500
[19]
It's a tap dance with vigorous hopping, leg flinging & heel clicking
buck-and-wing
|
| EUROPE | THE CABINET | ACTORS OF THE PAST | BALLET | "MAN"LY WORDS | WOMEN |
|
$200
[3]
What Italians call Piazza San Pietro, Americans call this, with the Pope's blessing
St. Peter's Square
Bruce
|
$200
[8]
1 of 2 cabinet members Ford inherited from Nixon & kept for his entire administration
William Simon or Henry Kissinger
Bryce
|
$200
[13]
Matinee idol Edwin Booth temporarily retired from the stage after his brother did this
the assassination of President Lincoln
Christine
|
$200
[27]
The ballet "Who Cares?" features songs by this composer, including "The Man I Love" & "I Got Rhythm"
George Gershwin
Bruce
Bryce
|
$200
[26]
A tiger with a hunger for humanity
man-eating tiger
Bruce
|
$800
[24]
In 1986, she became the 1st black woman to win the world figure skating championship
Debi Thomas
Christine
|
|
$400
[4]
According to an old Dutch saying, "God created the world, but the Dutch" did this
created Holland
Bruce
|
$400
[9]
This cabinet department is responsible for establishing weights & measures
Commerce
Bruce
|
$400
[14]
Drew Barrymore's grandfather
John Barrymore
Christine
|
$400
[2]
Anges de Mille's 1942 ballet about a ranch full of rip-roarin' raucous ropers & wranglers
Rodeo
Bruce
|
$400
[22]
Handcuffs
manacles
Bryce
|
$1,000
[23]
Subject of the book "Woman in the Mists", she was the murdered author of "Gorillas in the Mist"
Dian Fossey
|
|
$600
[5]
Established in 930 A.D. by Norse chieftains, the Althing in Iceland is the oldest of these in the world
legislative body (parliament)
Bruce
|
$800
[11]
2 of 4 presidents, 2 Republicans & 2 Democrats, in whose cabinets Henry L. Stimson served
F. Roosevelt, Truman, Taft &/or Hoover
Bruce
|
$600
[15]
This queen of the French stage gave birth to the illegitimate son of a prince in 1864
Sarah Bernhardt
Christine
|
$600
[18]
This ballet boasts giant rats, a lilac fairy & the dreaded spindle
The Sleeping Beauty
Christine
|
$600
[1]
An organ keyboard, or a handbook on how to play it
manual
Christine
|
DD
$3,400
[28]
Emma Lazarus' most famous sonnet is inscribed on a plaque here
(the pedestal at the) Statue of Liberty
Bruce
|
|
$800
[6]
Moravia, Freud's birthplace, is now part of this country
Czechoslovakia
Bruce
|
$1,000
[12]
He was Nixon & Ford's defense secretary & Carter's energy secretary
James Schlesinger
|
$800
[16]
This sex symbol was Astaire's partner in 2 films, "You Were Never Lovelier" & "You'll Never Get Rich"
Rita Hayworth
Christine
|
$800
[19]
Traditionally, 1 ballerina plays both Odette & Odile in this ballet
Swan Lake
Bruce
|
$800
[20]
From the Latin "to chew", it's used to chew
mandible
Bruce
Bryce
|
— |
|
$1,000
[7]
This country, not France, is the biggest European exporter of apparel to the U.S.
Italy
Bryce
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
The 2 presidents whose cabinet members were subjects of D. Halberstam's "The Best & the Brightest"
John F. Kennedy & Lyndon Johnson
Bruce
|
$1,000
[17]
Noel Coward wrote the play "Design for Living" for this married couple, who co-starred in it with him
Lunt & Fontanne
Christine
|
$1,000
[25]
The 1st performance of this Stravinsky ballet about human sacrifice caused a near riot in Paris
The Rite of Spring ( Le Sacre du printemps )
Bruce
|
$1,000
[21]
Formal emancipation from slavery
manumission
Bruce
Christine
|
— |
The 2 states that begin with "M" whose capitals begin with "J"
Mississippi (Jackson) & Missouri (Jefferson City)