1997 Power Players Week game 1.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. — an attorney and professor from Pace University School of Law
Dee Dee Myers — a journalist fromVanity Fair
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. — a congressman from the U.S. House of Representatives
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse | $900 | $1,400 | $3,600 |
$6,600
3rd place: $10,000 for two colleges in the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois |
$3,600
10 R, 2 W |
| Dee Dee | $100 | $1,900 | $6,400 |
$10,900
Winner: $15,000 for Share Our Strength |
$4,800
15 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Robert | $800 | $1,100 | $4,500 |
$9,000
2nd place: $10,000 for Riverkeeper |
$4,500
14 R, 2 W |
| REPUBLICANS | THEY ALSO RAN | WORD PROCESSING | BORN IN THE U.S.A. | LAKES & RIVERS | THE BOD SQUAD |
|
$100
[1]
In 1954 he became the first & only U.S. senator elected by a write-in vote; he's still there
Strom Thurmond
Jesse
|
$100
[11]
This world record-holding sprinter is the star of the video "The Flo-Jo Workout"
Florence Griffith Joyner
Dee Dee
|
$100
[19]
This featuer will catch the error in the first line of our clue but not in the final lion
Spell checker
|
$100
[15]
Marketed as the soap that floats, it was born in Cincinnati in 1879
Ivory soap
Dee Dee
|
$100
[4]
In this state you can Kissimmee once, twice & once again, as it's a river, lake & city
Florida
Robert
|
$100
[21]
Beezer, sneezer, schnoz
Nose
Robert
|
|
$200
[2]
In 1996 this Mississippian succeeded Bob Dole as Senate majority leader
Trent Lott
Jesse
|
$200
[12]
In May 1954 it took Roger Bannister 3 minutes 59.4 seconds to cover this distance
Mile
Dee Dee
|
$200
[20]
This 2-part process of moving text can be done with scisssors & glue or with commands
Cut & paste
Robert
|
$200
[16]
The American version of rugby, it was first played at college level in 1869 when Rutgers beat Princeton
football
Jesse
|
$200
[5]
At its north end, the Dead Sea receives this river
Jordan
Robert
|
$200
[22]
Choppers, grinders, ivories
Teeth
Dee Dee
|
|
$300
[3]
This California governor has defeated 2 Democratic women, Dianne Feinstein & Kathleen Brown
Pete Wilson
Jesse
Robert
|
$300
[13]
He won 5 Olympic golds in running events not to mention 4 consecutive long jump medals
Carl Lewis
Dee Dee
|
— |
$300
[17]
Mid-19th century Chinese cooks working on the western railroads devised this dish of odds & ends served over rice
Chop suey
Jesse
|
$300
[6]
The James, Potomac & Chester Rivers all flow into this bay
Chesapeake Bay
Robert
|
— |
|
$400
[9]
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, he succeeded George Bush in Texas' 7th District
Bill Archer
Jesse
|
$400
[14]
Now an Anaheim Angel, this outfielder has led the American League in steals for 11 seasons
Rickey Henderson
|
— |
DD
$500
[23]
From the company that made it famous, it's the nickname of the "sound" heard here("Baby Love", for example)
Motown
Dee Dee
|
$400
[7]
It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon
the Colorado River
Robert
|
— |
|
$500
[10]
In the 1993 film "Born Yesterday", this future U.S. senator played a U.S. senator
Fred Thompson
Jesse
|
$500
[18]
On Oct. 31, 1996 this race horse retired after "smoking" the tracks with 19 wins
Cigar
Dee Dee
|
— | — |
$500
[8]
The river known as the "Great Man-Made River" in Libya reaches into this desert
Sahara
Robert
|
— |
| DEMOCRATS | POWER PLAYS | CAPTAIN KANGAROO | BIG ISLANDS | EURONEWS | ALLITERATION ALL AROUND |
|
$200
[12]
South Carolina senator Ernest F. Hollings shares this nickname with fellow Democrat Walter Mondale
"Fritz"
Dee Dee
|
$200
[2]
In this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, an actress becomes the most powerful woman in Argentina
Evita
Jesse
|
$200
[21]
This Lumpy Brannum character was created as the "Mr. Outdoors" to the Captain's "Mr. Indoors"
Mr. Green Jeans
Robert
|
$200
[1]
The shore of this island is indented by numerous bays including Donegal Bay & Belfast Lough
Ireland
Dee Dee
|
$200
[10]
On Dec. 11, 1996 this country agreed to search its banks for the assets of Holocaust victims
Switzerland
Dee Dee
|
$800
[25]
Samuel Blanc founded this company during the Depression to make troubles go "down the drain"
Roto-Rooter
Dee Dee
|
|
$600
[14]
This West Virginian has served in the U.S. Senate longer than any current Democrat--38 years
Robert Byrd
Jesse
|
$400
[3]
Sophocles wrote 2 plays about this title king who "wrecks" his life by marrying his mother
Oedipus
Robert
|
$800
[23]
Terrytoons created this hero & Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog especially for the show
Tom Terrific
|
$400
[4]
Over 700,000 square miles, or about 84%, of this island is covered by an icecap
Greenland
Jesse
Dee Dee
Robert
|
$400
[11]
A German court convicted her father of failing to pay taxes of $7.4 million on tennis earnings
Steffi Graf
|
$1,000
[24]
It's a subtle way of promoting brands by having movie characters drive, wear or drink them
Product placement
|
|
$800
[15]
This Nebraskan is vice chairman of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Bob Kerrey
Robert
|
$800
[7]
A famous D.C. address, it was the title of a 1976 musical; Lerner felt low when it flopped
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Robert
|
$1,000
[22]
Bunny Rabbit liked to trick the Captain out of carrots; Mr. Moose liked to drop these on him
ping-pong balls
|
$600
[5]
The largest & most westernmost island in the West Indies, it's the world's largest sugar exporter
Cuba
Dee Dee
Robert
|
$600
[16]
Philippe Bourguignon left the chairmanship of Eurodisney to join this resort "club"
Club Med
Robert
|
— |
|
$1,000
[19]
In 1994 this incumbent Florida governor narrowly beat GOP challenger Jeb Bush
Lawton Chiles
Dee Dee
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
This classic musical about a 19th C. ruler returned to Broadway in 1996; it features the following:("Shall We Dance")
The King and I
Dee Dee
|
— |
$800
[8]
In 1891 the first fossils of Homo erectus were discovered on this Indonesian island
Java
Robert
|
$800
[17]
In 1997 Tony Blair's new government gave this bank control of interest rates
Central Bank of England
Jesse
|
— |
|
DD
$1,500
[13]
This Ohioan is flying high as the ranking Democrat on the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
John Glenn
Dee Dee
|
$1,000
[20]
As a character in "Annie", this president sings "A New Deal for Christmas" with Daddy Warbucks
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dee Dee
|
— |
$1,000
[9]
L'Anse aux Meadows on this eastern Canadian island is the first authenticated Viking site in North America
Newfoundland
|
$1,000
[18]
In July 1996 a war crimes warrant was issued for this political leader of Bosnia's Serbs
Radovan Karadzic
Jesse
|
— |
This 19th century speech included the line "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here..."
the Gettysburg Address