2004 Power Players Week game 5.From Washington, D.C.Senator John McCain reads Final Jeopardy!
Tavis Smiley — a talk show host from PBS'sThe Tavis Smiley Show
Christie Whitman — a former governor from New Jersey
Tim Russert — a moderator fromMeet the Press
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $1,000 | $1,000 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $20,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Washington, D.C. |
$3,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Christie | $1,600 | $2,600 | $21,400 |
$13,400
Winner: $50,000 to the Upper Raritan Watershed Association & Far Hills Country Day School |
$18,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Tavis | $-1,200 | $-400 | $6,000 |
$0
2nd place: $20,000 to the Tavis Smiley Foundation |
$6,000
6 R, 2 W |
| MEET THE PRESS | "D.C." | CURRENT EVENTS | IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID! | WAAAAAAH! | I WANT MY ______E |
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$200
[1]
In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to this newspaper's Neil Sheehan
The New York Times
Tim
Christie
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$200
[11]
This Dickens character is the first full name mentioned in J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"
David Copperfield
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$200
[6]
The ocean current named for this most populous state flows south at a slow, you might also say mellow, pace
California
Tavis
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$200
[9]
Of $3.75, $5.15 or $7.25, the current federal minimum hourly wage
$5.15
Christie
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$200
[14]
This 4th century B.C. Macedonian king supposedly "wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer"
Alexander the Great
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$200
[16]
You might've noticed this 132-room building on an 18-acre plot a few doors down
the White House
Christie
|
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$400
[2]
This 108-year-old magazine that covers hunting & fishing is "The soul of the American outdoors"
Field & Stream
Tim
Tavis
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$400
[12]
This legendary frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right--then go ahead!"
Davy Crockett
Christie
|
$400
[7]
Blend the north & south equatorial currents, add a splash from west of Florida & you've got this "stream"
the Gulf Stream
Christie
|
$400
[10]
The value of all goods & services produced within a country during a year makes up this, the GDP
the gross domestic product
Tim
|
$400
[15]
In 1949 this country legend sang, "The midnight train is whining low, I'm so lonesome I could cry"
Hank Williams
|
$400
[17]
"Earthy" term for an overwhelming election victory
landslide
Tim
|
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$600
[3]
The logo of this humorous newspaper is seen here
The Onion
Christie
|
$600
[13]
In terms of electricity, it flows steadily in one direction
direct current
Christie
|
$600
[8]
A dip in the Arctic current named for this, the world's largest island, would certainly be invigorating
Greenland
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$600
[18]
Created in 1914, this agency issues cease & desist orders against firms engaging in unlawful practices
the Federal Trade Commission
Tim
|
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$800
[4]
This magazine has been giving its seal of approval since 1909
Good Housekeeping
Christie
|
$800
[19]
This epic poem by Dante is divided into 3 sections: the Inferno, the Purgatorio & the Paradiso
the Divine Comedy
Christie
|
$800
[20]
Spanish for "the child", it's the warm back eddy of the chilly Peru Current
El Niño
Christie
|
$800
[22]
Its past chairmen have included Thomas McCabe, Arthur Burns & Paul Volcker
the Federal Reserve
Christie
Tavis
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$1,000
[5]
It calls itself "The newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955"
Roll Call
Tavis
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— |
$1,000
[21]
The Falkland Current flows for hundreds of miles up the east coast of this country
Argentina
Tim
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$1,000
[23]
The full title of Adam Smith's monumental 1776 work is "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this
the Wealth of Nations
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| MEET THE PREZ | WHAT EXIT ARE YA FROM? | THE "HOT" SEAT | FORBES' BILLIONAIRES | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? | NUCLEAR PHYSICS |
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$400
[2]
In California, February 6, 2004 was proclaimed this president's "Day" in honor of his 93rd birthday
Ronald Reagan
Tim
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$400
[7]
Exit 61B: I may be conservative on the Supreme Court but take me hunting & I shoot liberally
Justice Scalia
Tim
|
$400
[8]
Sexy nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan on "M*A*S*H"
"Hot Lips"
Christie
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$400
[1]
Poised to unseat Bill Gates as numero uno is this Berkshire Hathaway man, now ranked No. 2
Warren Buffett
Tim
|
$400
[9]
If you're genuphobic, you're afraid of these lower body parts that bend
knees
Christie
|
$400
[18]
In 1905 at his house in Switzerland, this German physicist wrote his theory of relativity
Einstein
Christie
|
|
$1,200
[4]
His presidential library sells aprons with the motto "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"
Harry Truman
Tim
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$800
[11]
I'm on first, Exit 102. What's on second? My partner Costello, Exit 155P
Abbott
Christie
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$800
[12]
When business is good, things are "selling like" these pan-fried foods
hotcakes
Christie
|
$800
[16]
The Donald tied for No. 205 with the Steven--this director
Steven Spielberg
Christie
|
$800
[10]
If you've got musophobia, you may yell "Eek!" on seeing one of these small animals
mice
Christie
|
$800
[24]
Splitting atoms to release energy is called fission; combining atoms to release energy is called this
fusion
Christie
|
|
$1,600
[5]
At over 330 pounds, you might say this Wilson predecessor had a huge impact on the presidency
Howard Taft
Tavis
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$1,600
[19]
Exit 100B down the shore: You're in for a beat-down if you don't know I'm the male actor with the most Oscar nominations
Jack Nicholson
|
$1,200
[14]
As a verb, it means to perform difficult stunts; as a noun, it's something you eat at the ballpark
hot dog
Christie
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$1,200
[20]
5 members of this retail family made the Top 10, including Jim & John (shouldn't that be Jim-Bob & John-Boy?)
the Waltons
Tavis
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$1,200
[23]
Gephyrophobia is a fear of crossing these structures & we'll do it when we come to it
a bridge
Christie
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$1,200
[27]
Chemical symbol U, this metallic element is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors & weapons
uranium
Tim
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
He was the fifth Harvard grad to become president, & the first Roman Catholic
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Tim
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
Born off the Ohio Pike:I invented so much stuff in N.J. they named a township for me (take Exit 10 & 287)
(Thomas) Edison
Christie
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$1,600
[15]
To start a car by short-circuiting the ignition
hotwire
Tim
Christie
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$1,600
[21]
Ironically, Dhanin Chearavanont made a fortune with this kind of "feed", slang for a small amount of money
chicken feed
Tavis
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$1,600
[25]
If you've got dendrophobia, a fear of these, you probably can't see the forest for them
trees
Christie
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— |
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$2,000
[6]
Of the first 5 U.S. presidents, he was the only one who wasn't born in Virginia
Adams
Christie
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— |
$2,000
[17]
A heated building usually with glass walls where delicate plants are raised
the hot house
Christie
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$2,000
[22]
There's no potter's field in the future for this creator of Harry Potter; she's No. 552
J.K. Rowling
|
$2,000
[26]
Hopefully Noah didn't have antlophobia, a fear of these natural disasters
floods
Tavis
|
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In the year 1958, the U.S. Senate was made up of this many members
96