2004 Power Players Week game 3.From Washington, D.C.
Aaron Brown — an Emmy Award-winning newsman from CNN's popular primetime newscast
Ashleigh Banfield — a TV correspondent originally from Canada
Ari Fleischer — a former White House Press Secretary from the current Bush administration
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ari | $2,000 | $2,400 | $8,200 |
$6,200
Winner: $50,000 for the March of Dimes |
$7,200
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Ashleigh | $1,000 | $3,200 | $4,400 |
$0
3rd place: $20,000 for the Child Abuse Prevention Center |
$7,600
13 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Aaron | $600 | $3,000 | $3,000 |
$6,000
2nd place: $20,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation |
$4,400
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES | THE UNITED STATES OF ADVERTISING | THE CONSTITUTION | CABLE TALK | PROUD TO BE A SECRETARY |
|
$200
[25]
This president gave the bride away when his niece Eleanor married his cousin Franklin
Teddy Roosevelt
Ashleigh
Aaron
|
$200
[11]
This "advanced medicine for pain" was the first nonprescription brand of ibuprofen in the U.S.
Advil
Ashleigh
Aaron
|
$200
[1]
If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes, then this body shall elect the president
the House of Representatives
Ari
|
$200
[4]
In 2004, 2 years after leaving "Monday Night Football", this former "SNL" star began hosting his own CNBC show
Dennis Miller
Ari
|
$200
[7]
He resigned from Congress in 1969 to join the Cabinet; now he's the Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Ari
|
|
$400
[24]
This 2-time winner of the Best Actor Oscar is related to Abe Lincoln (whose mother was Nancy Hanks)
Tom Hanks
Ashleigh
Aaron
|
$400
[16]
Julie London sang, "Where there's a man there's" this brand of cigarette; I wonder if he was riding his horse?
Marlboros
Ashleigh
|
$400
[2]
On September 17, 1787 this future president became the first person to sign the Constitution
George Washington
Ari
Aaron
|
$400
[12]
He's Sean Hannity's comparatively liberal TV partner
Alan Colmes
Aaron
|
$400
[8]
This former Secretary of State tried to be really in charge, but his 1988 bid for the presidency didn't work out
Alexander Haig
Aaron
|
|
$600
[23]
This daughter of a president went to Graceland to cover Elvis' funeral, & wrote about it for Rolling Stone
Caroline Kennedy
Ari
|
$600
[17]
Caffeine & taurine are the main ingredients in this popular energy drink that "gives you wings"
Red Bull
Ashleigh
|
$600
[3]
The 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale or transportation of this, was repealed in 1933
alcohol (or liquor)
Ashleigh
|
$600
[13]
His "Wall Street" series airs on Fridays on CNBC & then repeats on numerous PBS stations on the weekend
Louis Rukeyser
Ashleigh
|
$600
[9]
This wife of a one-time presidential nominee held 2 secretary posts--labor & transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Aaron
|
|
$800
[22]
Harrison Tyler, who lives at Sherwood Forest Plantation in Va., is the grandson of this pres. who was born in 1790
John Tyler
|
$800
[18]
Bausch & Lomb introduced the "Wayfarer" style of these in 1952
sunglasses
Ashleigh
|
$800
[5]
This smallest state was the only one that didn't send delegates to the Constitutional Convention
Rhode Island
Aaron
|
$800
[14]
His top-rated "Factor" has a "No Spin Zone"
Bill O'Reilly
Aaron
|
$1,000
[20]
This newest cabinet department is secretaried by the former governor of Pennsylvania
the Department of Homeland Security
Ari
|
|
$1,000
[21]
His cousin Jessamyn West's novel "Friendly Persuasion" has a hero based on his great-grandfather Joshua Milhous
Richard Nixon
Ari
|
$1,000
[19]
This product gives you "speedy" relief the morning after
Alka-Seltzer
Ari
Aaron
|
$1,000
[6]
Amendments to the Constitution must be passed by this portion of the states
3/4
Ari
|
$1,000
[15]
For 6 years this "Hardball" host served as an aide to Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill
Chris Matthews
Ashleigh
|
DD
$1,400
[10]
During the War of 1812, this future president pulled double duty as Secretary of State & of War
Monroe
Aaron
|
| A EUROPEAN TOUR | SPORTS TALK | IN THE BOOKSTORE | YOU MAKE ME SICK | I'M MORE THAN JUST A SECRETARY | 10-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[1]
Snowboarding is big at Gstaad in this country, but the term apres-snowboard hasn't really caught on
Switzerland
Aaron
|
$400
[2]
On Memorial Day in 1911 Ray Harroun drove into history as the first winner of this auto race
the Indianapolis 500
Aaron
|
$400
[17]
His "How to Get Rich: Big Deals from the Star of 'The Apprentice'" hit bookstore shelves in 2004
Donald Trump
Ashleigh
|
$400
[7]
The best way to prevent this fungal disease, tinea pedis, is to keep your feet dry & cool
athlete's foot
Ari
|
$400
[8]
She filed with style before taking over as editor of Cosmopolitan magazine in 1965
Helen Gurley Brown
Aaron
|
$800
[24]
Handwritten or typed, it's the original text of an author's work that's submitted for publication
the manuscript
Ashleigh
|
|
$800
[13]
Now that it's a hotel, any schlub can stay at storied Dalhousie Castle in this Scottish capital
Edinburgh
Aaron
|
$800
[3]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew knocks 'em over at the Nat'l Bowling Stadium in Reno, NV.) Sort of like in billiards, it's where you want your ball to go so you're more likely to get a strike
the pocket
Aaron
|
$800
[18]
In his recent No. 1 bestseller, Florida doctor Arthur Agatston explains this diet that he developed
the South Beach Diet
Ashleigh
|
$800
[9]
Hay fever neither comes from hay nor is a fever but is an allergic reaction to this in the air, maybe from ragweed
pollen
Ashleigh
|
— |
$1,200
[23]
The name of this transparent blue-green gem comes from the Latin for "sea water"
aquamarine
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Tired of Swedish smorgasbord? Cross the Kattegat for some of this peninsular country's smorrebrod
Denmark
Ari
Aaron
|
$1,200
[4]
In a game of tennis, deuce is the same as 3 points all, which is called this tie score
40-to-40 (or 40 all)
Ashleigh
|
$1,600
[20]
Among the books you'll find by this late author are "Understanding Physics", a "Guide to the Bible" & "I, Robot"
Isaac Asimov
|
$1,200
[10]
Postprandial hypoglycemia is a decrease in blood sugar following this
a meal
Ashleigh
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
A person, like Brigham Young, with 2 or more wives at the same time
a polygamist
Ashleigh
Aaron
|
|
$1,600
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Munich, Germany.) This automaker's Munich office building consists of four 22-story towers representing a four-cylinder engine
BMW
Ari
|
$1,600
[5]
You can sweep up on this one if you know that a besom, used in curling, is one of these
a broom
Aaron
|
DD
$3,200
[19]
She's written biographies of her parents as well as mysteries like "Murder at the Library of Congress"
Margaret Truman
Ashleigh
|
$1,600
[11]
You may get shingles years after recuperating from the same virus which causes this "spotted" illness
chicken pox
Ashleigh
|
— |
$2,000
[21]
The proper way to address bishops & foreign ambassadors is his or her this
your excellency
Ashleigh
|
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
Madrid's Hotel Florida is the main setting for "The Fifth Column", a rare play by this American writer who loved Spain
Ernest Hemingway
Ari
|
$2,000
[6]
In October 2000 his son Brett surpassed him on the NHL's list of top goal scorers
Bobby Hull
Ashleigh
|
— |
$2,000
[12]
Only time can cure the "kissing disease", this exhausting illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus
mononucleosis
Ari
|
— | — |
In 2004 a spokesman announced the "break-up" of this "couple" who had "dated" for 43 years
Ken & Barbie