Steven Rogitz game 5.
Vickie Stucken — a teacher from Redondo Beach, California
Gary Capra — a freelance sportscaster originally from Boston, Massachusetts
Steven Rogitz — a letter carrier from Gardena, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $30,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,600 | $3,400 | $4,400 |
$800
5-day champion: $31,399 |
$6,800
31 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gary | $0 | $400 | $800 |
$700
2nd place: WhiteWestinghouse refrigerator/freezer + Noritake dinnerware set |
$800
2 R, 1 W |
| Vickie | $-500 | $-200 | $3,000 |
$0
3rd place: La-Z Boy recliner |
$3,500
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| WINES | DOGS | '60s SONGS | MEDICINE | GAMES | "HO" & "HUM" |
|
$100
[12]
This most popular Italian wine is often sold in straw-covered flasks
Chianti
Steve
Gary
|
$100
[11]
Barry, a dog who rescued 40 people lost in Swiss snows, was this breed
St. Bernard
Vickie
|
$100
[1]
This Dean Martin Top 10 hit from '64 became his theme song
"Everybody Loves Somebody"
Steve
|
$100
[23]
There's no evidence that Julius Caesar was born by this abdominal surgical procedure
the Caesarean section
Steve
|
$100
[6]
"Appropriate" countenance for playing 5-card stud
a poker face
Steve
|
$100
[20]
Partnered with pocus
hocus
Steve
|
|
$200
[17]
A bright personality, or type of wine champagne is
sparkling
Steve
|
$200
[13]
About 4,000 B.C., the saluki & pharaoh hound were first bred in this country
Egypt
Steve
|
$200
[2]
Reason Leslie Gore can cry if she wants to
because "It's My Party"
Steve
|
$200
[24]
Test for cancer of the cervix developed by Dr. George Papanicolaou
a pap smear
Steve
|
$200
[7]
Number of red checkers in a checkers game
12
Steve
|
$200
[21]
From Latin for "earth", the opposite of proud
humble
Vickie
|
|
$300
[18]
Nationality of the wine you'd be drinking if you had "some Madeira, my dear"
Portuguese
Steve
Vickie
|
$300
[14]
Literally "Earth dog" in French, a breed such as Airedale or Yorkshire
terrier
Steve
|
$300
[3]
Hit from 1962 & every Halloween after by Bobby "Boris" Pickett
"The Monster Mash"
Steve
|
$300
[25]
Thin, transparent fabric used in bandages, probably named for town of Gaza
gauze
Vickie
|
$300
[8]
Thought to have derived from dice, you can play "sniff" or "Bergen" with these B & W "bones"
dominoes
Steve
|
$300
[22]
An appropriate holiday for camels, or Wednesday's nickname
Hump Day
Steve
|
|
DD
$500
[19]
Kind of wines named for principal grape used, cabernet or chardonnay, for example
varietal
Vickie
|
$400
[15]
Breed that looks like a small greyhound but sounds like a Devo hit
a whippet
Steve
|
$400
[4]
Object of the Shirelles' "Dedication" in '61
"The One I Love"
Steve
|
— |
$400
[9]
The game bridge developed from
whist
Steve
|
$400
[26]
Something dull, boring, monotonous, hackneyed, pointless, banal or uninspired
humdrum
Steve
Vickie
|
| — |
$500
[16]
Laika, a Russian dog, was the first to travel there
into space
Gary
|
$500
[5]
Shirley Ellis got "Right Down To" it in 1964
the Nitty Gritty
Steve
Vickie
|
— |
$500
[10]
Card game where your opponent may shout "Muggins" if you've failed to count "his knobs"
cribbage
Steve
Vickie
|
— |
| SHAKESPEARE | ECOLOGY | MOVIE TRIVIA | U.S. HISTORY | HOLIDAYS |
|
$200
[6]
In his 18th sonnet he asks, "Shall I compare thee" to this kind of day
a summer's day (a summer day accepted)
Steve
|
$200
[18]
Federal agency founded in 1970 to fight pollution
the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Steve
|
$200
[3]
The faithful but clumsy assistant who helped Dr. Frankenstein make his monster
Igor
Steve
|
$200
[13]
In the '84 presidential election, he won the District of Columbia hands down
Walter Mondale
Steve
|
$200
[9]
Hanging parasite that offers an excuse for Christmas kisses
mistletoe
Vickie
|
|
$400
[10]
Mickey Rooney played this woodland sprite when "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was filmed in 1935
Puck
Steve
Gary
|
$400
[19]
Interior Sec'y who described his coal leasing commission as "a Black, a woman, 2 Jews & a cripple"
James Watt
Steve
|
$400
[4]
He was the army's Fatso Judson before he was the Navy's McHale
Ernest Borgnine
Steve
|
$400
[14]
From Dutch "Jan Kees", their term for "John Doe", name for Americans 1st used in Revol. times
Yankees
Steve
|
$400
[11]
The joint celebration of Washington & Lincoln's birthdays
President's Day
Steve
|
|
$600
[1]
In "Othello", Shakespeare calls this "a green-eyed monster"
jealousy
Vickie
|
$600
[20]
People living near this Niagara Falls, NY dump site had to abandon their homes
the Love Canal
Steve
|
$600
[5]
In the '54 movie, 3 coins were thrown into this famous Roman fountain
Trevi Fountain
Steve
Vickie
|
$600
[15]
Term for those who called for an end to slavery
abolitionists
Steve
|
$600
[12]
Club centered in this Penn. town has looked for groundhog shadows every Feb. 2 since 1898
Punxsutawney
Steve
|
|
$800
[2]
Cordelia was this king's favorite daughter, until she dared to tell him the truth
King Lear
Steve
|
$800
[21]
A day in April set aside to call attention to environmental needs
Earth Day
Vickie
|
$800
[7]
The only silent movie that received a Best Picture Oscar
Wings
Steve
|
$800
[16]
Society revived at a meeting on Stone Mountain, Georgia, in 1915
the KKK
Steve
|
— |
|
$1,000
[22]
In his will, all the playwright left his wife was his "2nd best" of this household item
his second best bed
Vickie
|
— |
$1,000
[8]
Drink requested by Garbo in her first line in her first talkie
a whiskey
Steve
|
DD
$2,400
[17]
When the 1st U.S. Census was taken in 1790, this was determined to be the largest city
Philadelphia
Steve
|
— |
On std. touch tone phone, tot. No. of buttons with characters also appearing on top row of a typewriter
12