2004 Power Players Week game 4.From Washington, D.C.
Keith Olbermann — a news anchor from MSNBC
Gretchen Carlson — a journalist from the CBSSaturday Early Show
Al Franken — an author and radio talk show host from New York City
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al | $3,800 | $5,400 | $8,000 |
$15,201
Winner: $50,000 to the Congressional Hunger Center |
$7,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gretchen | $200 | $-600 | $-1,800 |
$1,800
3rd place: $20,000 to the MacPhail Center for the Arts & Taking a Step |
$-1,800
4 R, 4 W |
| Keith | $400 | $1,200 | $7,600 |
$15,200
2nd place: $20,000 to Bat for the Cure |
$7,600
11 R, 4 W |
| WASHINGTON SCHLEPPED HERE | PRIMARY COLORS | SNLPRESIDENTIAL PLAYERS | POTENT POTABLES | "G" FORCE |
|
$200
[2]
The location of Washington, D.C. was actually chosen by G.W., & it's a nice little commute from this estate of his
Mount Vernon
Gretchen
|
$200
[9]
It was the nickname of comedian Richard Skelton
"Red"
Keith
|
$200
[1]
Chris Elliot, Tim Meadows, Phil Hartman & Darrell Hammond have all played this 42nd president
Bill Clinton
Al
|
$200
[16]
This potent potable's name comes from the Latin for juniper, which is used to flavor it
gin
|
$200
[3]
Delivered November 19, 1863, it began, "Four score and seven years ago..."
the Gettysburg Address
Keith
|
|
$400
[17]
Rumor has it a former owner once let her dog wear this diamond; now it "springs eternal" at the Smithsonian
the Hope Diamond
Gretchen
Keith
|
$400
[12]
Paul Bunyan's Babe was a giant ox of this color
blue
Al
|
$400
[4]
Chevy Chase was known for taking a tumble or two when playing this 38th president
Gerald Ford
Al
|
— |
$400
[8]
After slaying this giant, David cut off his head & took it with him to Jerusalem
Goliath
Al
|
|
$600
[18]
"Rome had... Anita Ekberg splashing in the Trevi Fountain; we got Wilbur Mills and Fanne Foxe" in this "Basin"
the Tidal Basin
Al
|
$600
[13]
Tom Clancy's first 2 novels had this color in their titles
red
Gretchen
|
$600
[5]
In 1976 Dan Aykroyd did his first televised impression of this presidential candidate
Jimmy Carter
Al
|
— |
$600
[10]
Like, oh my God! In the '80s this word mentioned in "Valley Girl" often preceded "to the max"
grody
Keith
|
| — |
$800
[14]
It's the color mentioned in the title of the following
yellow
Al
|
$1,000
[7]
In a cartoon by Robert Smigel, Ford & Bush the First are among these title superheroes (now in paperback)
the X-Presidents
Al
|
— |
$800
[11]
In a word, it's the rock 'n' roll musical set at Rydell High School
Grease
Al
|
| — | — |
DD
$1,200
[6]
Dana Carvey not only played Bush Sr. during the '92 race, he also played this independent Texan challenger
Ross Perot
Al
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
This edible export from Holland comes in "wheels" that may weigh 25 pounds
Gouda
Al
Gretchen
Keith
|
| OH, THE THINGS I KNOW! | 20th CENTURY WOMEN | FRENCH LESSONS | FELINES, WO, WO, WO, FELINES | THE STAR CHAMBER | W M Ds |
|
$400
[3]
Of 1, 3, or 10 miles away, it's the farthest distance from which a polar bear can smell food
10
|
DD
$200
[18]
"Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico
Georgia O'Keeffe
Al
|
$400
[17]
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've heard this way the French pronounce their capital
pah-REE
Al
|
$400
[12]
Mark Twain noted a striking difference between a cat & a lie: "A cat has only" this many "lives"
9
Al
|
$400
[13]
Thisconstellation features the twins Pollux & Castor
Gemini
Al
|
$400
[2]
The boss of Bond, James Bond
M
Al
Keith
|
|
$800
[4]
About her possible entry into politics, the N.Y. Post ran the 1993 headline "Senator Yentl"
Barbra Streisand
Keith
|
$400
[1]
Before taking her seat in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein was Mayor of this California city
San Francisco
Al
|
$800
[21]
If you have more than one French chateau, you don't pluralize chateau with S but with this letter
X
Al
|
$800
[19]
Of the snowshoe, the golf shoe or the tennis shoe, the one that really is a breed of cat
the snowshoe
Gretchen
|
$800
[14]
Sirius, the brightest point of Canis Major, that's Canis, people, is also called this star
the dog star
Keith
|
$800
[5]
The only one that's on the musical scale
D
Al
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The town of Derry is the setting of this author's "It" & "Insomnia"
Stephen King
Keith
|
$800
[15]
Uta Pippig had a "run" of good luck winning this race in 1994, 1995 & 1996; Fatuma Roba won in 1997, '98 & '99
the Boston Marathon
Gretchen
Keith
|
— |
$1,200
[20]
Legend says that the Manx cat lost this feature by slipping into Noah's Ark just as the door was closing
a tail
Al
Gretchen
|
— |
$1,200
[6]
The hunt is on for Peter Lorre in this 1931 Fritz Lang film about a child murderer
M
Al
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1876 this "Wild" West man was killed in the Dakota Territory holding aces & 8s, later known as a dead man's hand
Wild Bill Hickok
Al
Keith
|
$1,200
[16]
New York's Ithaca College awards a scholarship named for this NBC News anchor who died in a tragic auto accident in 1983
Jessica Savitch
Keith
|
— |
$1,600
[22]
Gus the Cat lived in the Carytown book store in this Va. capital for 19 years before going to cat heaven in 2001
Richmond
Keith
|
— |
$1,600
[7]
Roman numeral symbol for 500
D
Al
Gretchen
Keith
|
|
$2,000
[11]
He was "On the Road" in 1957 but found the final exit ramp in 1969
Jack Kerouac
Keith
|
— | — | — | — |
$2,000
[8]
Chemical symbol for tungsten
W
|
Beginning an American tradition, in 1801 Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia & her new husband honeymooned here
Niagara Falls