1997 Power Players Week game 5.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Bill Maher — a comedian and author fromPolitically Incorrect
Andrea Mitchell — a foreign affairs correspondent from NBC News
Oliver North — a radio talk show host from theOliver North radio show
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver | $600 | $100 | $100 |
$200
3rd place: $10,000 for the Freedom Alliance (scholarship fund), Joe Gibbs' Youth for Tomorrow, and the Salvation Army |
$700
8 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrea | $700 | $2,600 | $6,600 |
$7,100
Winner: $15,000 for the University of Pennsylvania |
$5,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Bill | $500 | $1,300 | $3,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: $10,000 for the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary |
$4,700
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| 1974 | CLASSIC DISNEY FILMS | SET 'EM UP, JOE | POLITICALLY INCORRECT | FIRST LADIES | MORE STUPID ANSWERS |
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$100
[8]
In 1974 this organization granted the PLO observer status & suspended South Africa
United Nations
Bill
|
$100
[15]
The title fawn in Disney's 1942 film is this deer
Bambi
Andrea
|
$100
[14]
On St. Patrick's Day, customers clamor for Joe's Irish Shillelagh, which features this "Irish" liquor
Irish whiskey
Oliver
|
$100
[3]
R.J. Reynolds dropped this drawn character after drawing complaints it drew kids to cigarettes
Joe Camel
Andrea
|
$100
[7]
In her book "My Turn", she points out that Eleanor Roosevelt was criticized for ordering new china, too
Nancy Reagan
Oliver
Andrea
|
$100
[1]
The American Heritage Dictionary defines this word as "one who digs graves"
Gravedigger
|
|
$200
[9]
The Braves tried to bench this player so he'd break the Babe's record in Atlanta, but was ordered to play him
Hank Aaron
Andrea
Bill
|
$200
[19]
Monstro is the monstrous whale who swallows Geppetto in this beloved film
Pinocchio
Oliver
|
— |
$200
[4]
From its start in 1993, this Steven Bochco show has been attacked by the Christian Family Network
NYPD Blue
Andrea
|
$200
[11]
She donated the net proceeds of her dog Millie's book to her Foundation for Family Literacy
Barbara Bush
Oliver
|
$200
[2]
Queensland & New South Wales cover eastern Australia & this state covers western Australia
Western Australia
Bill
|
|
$300
[10]
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped this heiress & demanded food for the poor as a ransom
Patty Hearst
Andrea
|
$300
[20]
Mowgli finds out it's a jungle out there in this film based on Kipling's classic
The Jungle Book
Andrea
|
— |
$300
[5]
In July 1997 the National Federation for the Blind urged a halt to a live-action version of this cartoon
Mr. Magoo
Oliver
|
$400
[16]
This Texas-born conservationist headed the First Lady's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital
Lady Bird Johnson
Bill
|
— |
|
$400
[17]
John Connally "got" trouble from campaign contributions he "got" from producers of this product
milk
Andrea
|
$400
[21]
The Mickey Mouse version of this Dickens classic features Goofy as the ghost of Jacob Marley
A Christmas Carol
Andrea
Bill
|
— |
$400
[6]
A 1989 protest by a Michigan housewife against this Fox sitcom only boosted its popularity
Married... With Children
Andrea
|
$500
[18]
She started wearing those famous bangs while living in the Panama Canal Zone with her military husband
Mamie Eisenhower
Andrea
|
— |
|
$500
[22]
The Western Hemisphere's first female head of state was this country's Isabel Peron
Argentina
Andrea
|
$500
[23]
Famous voices in this film include Ed Wynn as the Mad Hatter & Jerry Colonna as the March Hare
Alice in Wonderland
Andrea
|
— |
$500
[12]
Ira Zimmerman led a protest of the mocking of Michael Palin's stuttering in this 1988 film
A Fish Called Wanda
|
DD
$600
[13]
First Lady seen here when she was a young girl:
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Oliver
|
— |
| WASHINGTONIANS | TAKING THE FIFTH | WHO WON THE OSCAR? | NONFICTION | IT CAME FROM SEATTLE | MR. AVERAGE |
|
$200
[3]
He was born in the capital Nov. 25, 1960, 17 days after his dad was elected president
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Andrea
|
$200
[8]
A spare on a car, or an extra person on a double date
Fifth wheel
Andrea
|
$200
[2]
Robert De Niro, for "Cape Fear"; Anthony Hopkins, for "The Silence of the Lambs"; Warren Beatty, for "Bugsy"
Anthony Hopkins
Andrea
|
$200
[1]
In "Paper Lion" George Plimpton reported on his attempt to play this sport
Football
Bill
|
$200
[17]
Seattleites Bill Gates & Paul Allen started this company in Albuquerque, then moved home to Washington
Microsoft
Bill
|
$200
[21]
Middle initial of John Public, or of sixth president John Adams
Q
Andrea
|
|
$400
[4]
Lisa Halaby, born in D.C. in 1951, married King Hussein & became Queen Noor of this country
Jordan
Bill
|
$400
[13]
On the fifth day God created these, like the one that swallowed Jonah
Fish
Oliver
|
$400
[19]
Rosie Perez, for "Fearless"; Holly Hunter, for "The Firm"; Anna Paquin, for "The Piano"
Anna Paquin
Oliver
|
$400
[9]
A 1996 history of this substance includes sections on bakelite, polyethylene & cellophane
Plastic
Oliver
|
DD
$1,700
[18]
The Melvins, heard here, were an early band in this rock genre that swept America in 1992:
grunge
Bill
|
— |
|
$600
[5]
He was born in Washington on Jan. 1, 1895 & became the FBI's director at 29
J. Edgar Hoover
Bill
|
$600
[14]
On this date in 1776 the Declaration of Independence was mailed to towns across the colonies
July 5th
Andrea
|
$600
[20]
Vanessa Redgrave, for "Howards End"; Joan Plowright, for "Enchanted April"; Marisa Tomei, for "My Cousin Vinny"
Marisa Tomei
Oliver
|
$600
[10]
Frank McCourt put his mother's name in the title of this bestselling memoir
Angela's Ashes
Andrea
|
— | — |
|
$800
[6]
This TV journalist, who longed for parenthood, is the 10th child of a Chinese diplomat
Connie Chung
Andrea
|
$800
[15]
A fifth of liquor is one-fifth of this measure
Gallon
Oliver
Andrea
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
Song that's the title of Robert Dallek's book on "The Making and Unmaking of American Presidents"
"Hail to the Chief"
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[7]
Washington-born "Crossfire" host & 1996 presidential candidate
Pat Buchanan
Bill
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1967 they rose to the Top 10 singing "Up, Up And Away In My Beautiful Balloon"
The 5th Dimension
Oliver
Bill
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[11]
The title of this 1994 book about group differences in intelligence refers to a shape on a graph
The Bell Curve
Andrea
|
— | — |
In September 1997 this branch of the U.S. Armed Services celebrated its 50th anniversary
U.S. Air Force