1999 CelebrityJeopardy!Sports Anchors Night.
Keith Olbermann — an anchorman from Fox Sports News
Robin Roberts — an anchorwoman from ESPN
Bob Costas — a commentator and anchorman from NBC Sports
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob | $2,600 | $4,800 | $15,000 |
$20,000
Winner: $20,000 for Bob Costas Cancer Center |
$15,600
33 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Robin | $800 | $1,300 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: $10,000 for The Genesis Foundation |
$4,000
9 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Keith | $300 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
$5,900
2nd place: $10,000 for Jesuit Jamshedpur Mission |
$3,400
11 R, 2 W |
| WHERE WERE YOU IN '62? | SPORTS STATS | TRUCK STOP | POP MUSIC | AROUND THE USA | ATHLETE'S RHYME TIME |
|
$100
[1]
Steel companies that raised prices $6 a ton were forced to roll them back by this president
John F. Kennedy
Bob
|
$100
[6]
In 1997, his first full year on the PGA Tour, he became the first to exceed $2 million in earnings for a season
Tiger Woods
Bob
|
$100
[21]
A 4-wheel drive vehicle that tows planes into gates is called this, like a boat that tows ships
tug
Keith
|
$100
[11]
Ladies' Home Journal named this "Like A Virgin" singer one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century
Madonna
Bob
|
$100
[16]
This city is the home of Golden Gate University's main campus
San Francisco
Bob
|
$100
[22]
A spotless putting area
clean green
Bob
|
|
$200
[2]
This Warrior scored 100 points in one game
Wilt Chamberlain
Bob
|
$200
[7]
In June 1998 he set a major league record by slugging 20 home runs in a month
Sammy Sosa
Bob
|
$400
[28]
A folding weapon gave us this term for a rig's dangerous "bending" when it stops abruptly
jackknife
Keith
|
$200
[12]
Their rock opera albums "Tommy" & "Quadrophenia" were both turned into films
The Who
Bob
|
$200
[17]
It's Tennessee's state flower, not its state part of the eye
Iris
Keith
|
$200
[23]
An aquamarine rod for billiards
blue cue
Keith
|
|
$300
[3]
It wasn't until almost 2 months after his coverage of John Glenn's flight he got the CBS Evening News anchor seat
Walter Cronkite
Keith
|
$300
[8]
From 1952 to 1955 this Phillie led the National League in wins, complete games & innings pitched
Robin Roberts
Robin
|
$500
[27]
Appropriately, Bigfoot is a famous one of these "scary" trucks whose tires are 5 1/2 feet across
monster trucks
Bob
|
$300
[13]
The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name
Jefferson Airplane
Bob
|
$300
[18]
The National Museum of American Art is in this city's Old Patent Office Building
Washington, D.C.
Keith
|
$300
[24]
A boxing arena monarch
ring king
Keith
|
|
$400
[4]
This Space Age animated family made their network debut in the fall of '62
The Jetsons
Bob
|
DD
$500
[9]
In 1973 he became the first & only horse to break the 2-minute barrier in the Kentucky Derby
Secretariat
Robin
|
— |
$400
[14]
This '60s singer-guitarist called "Foxy Lady" "about the only happy song" he'd ever written
Jimi Hendrix
Keith
|
$400
[19]
The name of this island near Martha's Vineyard may mean "sandy, sterile soil tempting no one"
Nantucket
|
$400
[25]
Your father's protective football gear
dad's pads
Keith
|
|
$500
[5]
In June 1962 the Supreme Court ruled that this in schools violated the First Amendment
prayer
Bob
|
$500
[10]
In his 26 years in pro football, this quarterback-kicker scored a record 2,002 points
George Blanda
Bob
|
— |
$500
[15]
This group was reeling in the '70s with hits like "Reeling in the Years", "Peg" & "Do It Again"
Steely Dan
Bob
|
$500
[20]
Founded in 1850, The Deseret News is the oldest continuously operating business in this U.S. state
Utah
Bob
|
$500
[26]
A plump Louisville Slugger
fat bat
Bob
Robin
|
| COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | THE SPORTS BIZ | BEHIND THE MIKE | OPERA | JOCKS ON FILM | CHAUVINISTIC TERMS FOR WOMEN |
|
$200
[14]
In April 1960 Rio de Janeiro was replaced as capital of this country
Brazil
Robin
|
$200
[9]
This NBA player's $33 million for 1997-98 was the highest single-season salary in sports history
Michael Jordan
Bob
|
$200
[4]
If you find John maddening his partner, this ex-placekicker, may calm you down
Pat Summerall
Keith
|
$200
[22]
Rossini's "William Tell" Overture was used as the theme for this classic TV western
The Lone Ranger
Bob
|
$200
[1]
In 1940 Pat O'Brien played this "All American" Notre Dame coach
Knute Rockne
Robin
|
$200
[21]
Barbie, for example
doll
Keith
|
|
$400
[15]
Muammar al-Qaddafi is this country's head of state but has no official title
Libya
Bob
|
$400
[10]
In 1997 Paul Allen, who made billions as co-founder of this software giant, bought the Seattle Seahawks for $200 million
Microsoft
Bob
|
$400
[5]
After a time out for some legal troubles, this play-by-play man returned to the Knicks in 1998
Marv Albert
Robin
|
$400
[27]
In this opera based on a Grimm fairy tale, the witch lures 2 kids into her gingerbread house
Hansel and Gretel
Bob
|
$400
[2]
In 1969, the same year he played the Sundance Kid, he played an egotistical skier in "Downhill Racer"
Robert Redford
Bob
|
$400
[23]
An infant
babe
Bob
|
|
$600
[16]
Country in the name of the species seen here
India
Robin
|
$600
[11]
On 2/23/94 more U.S. households tuned in to watch Nancy & Tonya in this sport than any other Olympic sportscast ever
figure skating
Bob
|
$600
[6]
He gained fame doing sports on radio station WHO Des Moines, moved into actng & later tried politics
Ronald Reagan
Robin
|
DD
$600
[28]
Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" takes place in the early 1900s in this country
Japan
Bob
|
$600
[3]
James Caan had a "ball" as the champ of a violent future sport in this 1975 flick
Rollerball
Keith
|
$600
[24]
A little bird, or sportscaster Hearn
Chick
Bob
|
|
$1,000
[18]
This cradle of civilization was conquered by Macedonia in 338 B.C. & wasn't independent again until 1830
Greece
Bob
|
$800
[12]
Once upon a midnight dreary, Art Modell moved this NFL team to Baltimore & gave it this new nickname
the Ravens
Bob
|
$800
[7]
From 1965 to 1984 this annnouncer & avid fisherman was the host of TV's "The American Sportsman"
Curt Gowdy
Bob
|
— |
$800
[19]
This film's title is the second half of an old boxing expression
The Harder They Fall
Bob
|
$800
[25]
A knight's wife; there's "Nothing Like" one
dame
Bob
|
|
DD
$1,300
[17]
The island of Corsica belongs to France; Sardinia, 7 miles away, belongs to this country
Italy
Robin
|
$1,000
[13]
In July 1998, after serving as acting baseball commissioner for 6 years, he was officially given the job by owners
Bud Selig
Bob
|
$1,000
[8]
She won 2 Olympic gold medals in swimming in 1964 & has covered the games for ABC
Donna de Varona
Bob
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
This 1957 biopic told of the Red Sox' Jimmy Piersall & his bout with mental illness
Fear Strikes Out
Bob
|
$1,000
[26]
Not narrow
broad
Keith
|
Before the first winter games in 1924, this sport was played in the summer games; Canada won gold in 1920
ice hockey