Elise Beraru game 5.
Stan Ravinsky — a telecommunications specialist from Phoenix, Arizona
Richard Bolton — an investment banker from Miami, Florida
Elise Beraru — an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $44,350)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elise | $500 | $1,300 | $9,600 |
$3,000
5-day champion: $47,350 |
$7,700
18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Richard | $600 | $1,900 | $700 |
$1,400
3rd place: Oneida Silversmiths gift certificate |
$700
9 R, 3 W |
| Stan | $-500 | $500 | $900 |
$1,401
2nd place: Armstrong bedroom suite & Dakotah bedroom ensemble |
$1,400
7 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE CAPITALS | TELEVISION | "SHELLS" | FORMER OCCUPATION | TWINS |
|
$100
[17]
Located 15 miles from its namesake, it was founded by Brigham Young
Salt Lake City
Richard
|
$100
[2]
ABC telecast 180 hours of this summer '84 event
the Olympics
Richard
|
$100
[18]
Tongue twister about lady who peddles pukas on the beach
"She Sells Sea Shells by the Seashore"
Richard
|
$100
[1]
Former N.Y. lawyer who stated his case on Monday Night Football for 13 years
Howard Cosell
Richard
|
$400
[16]
Astrological name for starry twins Castor & Pollux
Gemini
Richard
|
|
$200
[11]
Freddie Cannon's "Tallahassee Lassie" would be from this state
Florida
Richard
|
$200
[3]
Game show that would fall between the dating & anniversary games
The Newlywed Game
Stan
|
$200
[19]
Where Peter, Peter kept his wife
in a pumpkin shell
Elise
|
$200
[8]
Our last president without a bachelor's degree, once a Kansas City haberdasher
Harry Truman
Elise
|
$500
[13]
Twin brothers who brought precious metal to America's Olympic ski team
(Phil & Steve) Mahre
Richard
|
|
$300
[10]
Southwest capital named for mythological self-immolating bird
Phoenix
Stan
|
$300
[6]
Dan Tana's turf
Vegas
Stan
|
$400
[21]
Condition akin to combat fatigue
shell-shocked
Richard
|
$300
[9]
Altar boy & seminarian who became infamous Soviet dictator
Stalin
Stan
|
— |
|
$400
[5]
It was also capital of the Confederacy
Montgomery (or Richmond, Virginia)
Richard
|
$400
[12]
The girls on this series graduated from Eastland School to Langley College
The Facts of Life
Elise
|
$500
[20]
Drinking it would give you a terrible end but a lovely finish
shellac
Elise
|
$400
[14]
Former Washington Senators' pitching prospect, now long-time Caribbean dictator
Fidel Castro
Richard
Stan
|
— |
|
DD
$500
[4]
Only state capital named for a biblical figure
St. Paul, Minnesota
Stan
|
$500
[7]
Bilko's private Harry Speakup or Daktari's Judy
a chimp
Elise
Stan
|
— |
$500
[15]
While observing "God & Man at Yale", this conservative spokesman taught Spanish there
(William F.) Buckley (Jr.)
Elise
|
— |
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | FAMOUS QUOTES | SPORTS SHIFTS | LANGUAGE | POLITICS |
|
$200
[6]
Designers of this instrument were Cristofori & Steinway
piano
Elise
|
$200
[16]
Aesop advised not to "count your chickens" then
not to count your chickens before they're hatched
Stan
|
$200
[5]
Oakland is still fighting to get this team back
the L.A. Raiders
Elise
|
$200
[11]
Predominant language in Canada's Quebec province
French
Elise
|
$1,000
[17]
3rd party, its presidential candidates included Eugene Debs & Norman Thomas
Socialist
Elise
|
|
$400
[7]
"Timely" name of Chopin's D-flat major waltz of Opus 64
the "Minute Waltz"
Elise
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
Whittier wrote, "For all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these"
it might have been
Elise
|
$400
[4]
When Aaron signed they were in Boston, but he played in Milwaukee & Atlanta
the Braves
Elise
|
$400
[12]
The New Testament was originally written in Koine, a common dialect of this language
Greek
Elise
Richard
Stan
|
— |
|
$600
[8]
A string quartet is usually made up of 2 violins, a viola & this
cello
Elise
|
— |
$600
[3]
Minnesota's, not L.A.'s terrain gave this basketball team its aquatic name
the Lakers
Stan
|
$800
[14]
Due to regional disputes, India has retained this as an official language
English
Elise
Richard
|
— |
|
$800
[9]
When he first heard this wind instrument, Handel said, "Thank heavens it hath no smell"
bassoon
Elise
|
— |
$800
[2]
To maintain their baseball rivalry, both left New York in 1957
the Dodgers & the Giants
Elise
|
$1,000
[15]
The only Romance language from an East Bloc country
Romanian
Elise
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
On radio he was the "maestro" of the NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
Elise
|
— |
$1,000
[1]
Under cover of darkness, they left Baltimore for Indianapolis
the Colts
Elise
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
Language in which this#1 song of 1958 was sung
Italian
Elise
|
— |
It has more people than all the other South American countries combined
Brazil