Show #5749 2009-09-17 (taped 2009-08-05) Invitational

2009-2010 Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational quarterfinal game 1.Andy Richter sets a new single-day winnings record for CelebrityJeopardy!games of $68,000.

Contestants

Andy Richter — an actor/comedian fromThe Tonight Show

Dana Delany — an actress fromDesperate Housewives

Wolf Blitzer — a journalist fromThe Situation Room

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Wolf	$400	$1,400	$-4,600	$2,000 3rd place: $25,000 to the American Cancer Society	$-4,600 5 R, 6 W
Dana	$2,200	$3,600	$4,800	$9,300 2nd place: $25,000 to the Scleroderma Research Foundation	$4,800 11 R, 2 W
Andy	$3,200	$11,800	$39,000	$68,000 Winner: $68,000 to St. Jude Children's Hospital + an advance to the semifinals	$28,600 32 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHINA, BUT NO BEACH	THE SITUATION COMEDY ROOM	ANDY IS DANDY	SCIENTISTS	2-LETTER WORDS	SURPRISE ME, TREBEK!
$200 [2] In 1275 Marco Polo visited this city, today China's capital, & praised its beauty Beijing Andy	$200 [1] Archie Bunker's armchair was an integral part of the living room on this classic sitcom All in the Family Dana	$200 [7] In the longest match in Wimbledon history, he lost to Roger Federer in 2009 Andy Roddick Andy	$200 [24] This astronomer hosted only 13 episodes of the PBS series "Cosmos" (not billions & billions) (Carl) Sagan Dana	$200 [13] Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this it Andy	$200 [18] If you order a pullet surprise in a restaurant, they'll serve you this type of meat chicken Wolf
$400 [9] As a verb, it means to enroll a sailor for a crew by force; as a city in China, it has a 101-story World Financial Center Shanghai Andy	$400 [3] Hawkeye & Trapper John shared a tent called the swamp on this show MAS*H Dana	$400 [8] Marilyn Monroe & Brillo boxes were 2 of this artist's subjects Andy Warhol Wolf	$400 [25] The press dubbed him "The Wizard of Menlo Park", the site of his New Jersey workshop Edison Andy	$400 [14] To spell this animal, just use a hug & a kiss from the bottom of a letter ox Andy	$400 [19] On April 1, 1996 newspaper readers were surprised to learn that Taco Bell had bought this historic bell; April Fool's! the Liberty Bell Andy
$600 [23] In 1935 this man led the Communists to the end of their 6,000-mile "Long March" Mao Tse-tung Dana	$600 [4] Every room of Charlie's Malibu bachelor pad has been invaded by his brother Alan & Alan's son Jake on this sitcom Two and a Half Men Andy	$600 [10] This actor from "Godfather III" & "Jennifer Eight" was born in Havana in 1956 Andy Garcia Dana	$800 [27] "The Undersea World of" this marine explorer was a television fixture from 1968 to 1976 Jacques Cousteau Andy	$600 [15] For Freud it was an unconscious, instinctual force the id Andy	$600 [20] This Washington Irving short story character is surprised to learn he's been asleep for 20 years Rip Van Winkle Dana
—	$800 [5] Ted sets up Mosbius Designs, his own architecture firm, in the apartment he shares with Robin on this sitcom How I Met Your Mother	$800 [11] That nifty guitar work on "Synchronicity"? Courtesy of this musician Andy Summers Andy	DD $3,000 [26] Time magazine's "Person of the Century", this scientist first appeared on its cover in 1929 Albert Einstein Andy	$800 [16] Meaning "to" in Latin, it can precede "hoc" or "infinitum" ad Andy	$800 [21] Launched in 1916, the HMS Surprise was a ship in this European country's navy Britain Wolf
—	$1,000 [6] In the opening credits of some episodes of this show, Rob Petrie trips over the ottoman in his living room The Dick Van Dyke Show Andy	$1,000 [12] Starting with 1937's "A Family Affair", Mickey Rooney played this movie character in 16 films Andy Hardy Dana	—	$1,000 [17] It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show Yo! Andy	$1,000 [22] On March 31, 1968 this man surprised many by declaring he would not run for reelection Lyndon Baines Johnson Andy

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE BOOKSTORE	"E" TIMES 3	WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S.	WOLF IT DOWN!	PEOPLESEXIEST MAN ALIVE	DESPERADO HOUSEWIVES
$400 [14] "If you can read, you can cook", she wrote in the introduction to her classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" Julia Child Wolf	$400 [19] King David & Jesus both hailed from this town Bethlehem Wolf Andy	$400 [1] It was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born the 1940s Wolf Andy	$400 [3] This exclusive grade of beef comes from cattle raised in a Japanese seaport of the same name Kobe Wolf	$400 [9] He won in 1995 & 2000, & he'll probably win next year 'cause he's cute as a "Button" Brad Pitt Dana	$1,200 [26] In 2009 a housewife who practiced file-sharing was found to have infringed these on 24 songs & hit with a $2 mil. judgment copyright Dana
$800 [15] She's the funny woman behind the book, "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea" Chelsea Handler Dana Andy	$800 [20] An accused person in court, along with his counsel the defense Wolf	$800 [2] Between 1816 & 1819 westward expansion brought 4 new states, including this Hoosier homeland Indiana Andy	$800 [5] A frankfurter on a stick that's dipped in batter & fried, it's a kissing cousin to pigs in a blanket a corn dog Andy	$800 [10] He took the 1997 & 2006 titles, proving once again that the life of this "Michael Clayton" guy isn't that bad George Clooney Andy	—
$1,200 [16] At 1,424 pages, the Penguin Classics Deluxe version of his "War and Peace" is hardly a quick read Tolstoy Andy	$1,200 [21] A flooding embankment; Led Zeppelin had a song about one levee Andy	$1,200 [4] 2 of the 4 men who were president in the 1920s; they each must have said "vo dee oh do" at least once (2 of) Coolidge, Hoover, Wilson & Harding Andy	$1,200 [6] This Mexican dish is meat & veggies coated with masa dough & wrapped in a corn husk a tamale Dana	$1,200 [11] This movie "Pirate" plundered the 2003 crown Johnny Depp Dana	—
$1,600 [17] Perhaps you'd like to pick up his "Collected Plays: 1944-1961", which includes "The Crucible" & "Death of a Salesman" Arthur Miller Andy	$1,600 [22] Knee-length trousers breeches Andy	$1,600 [24] The 1850s saw a bad one of this 5-letter word that refers to an economic crash & the fear-driven rush to sell a panic Wolf	$1,600 [7] The name of this pasta, similar to penne, means "little mustaches"--doesn't sound so tasty now mostaccioli Wolf Andy	$1,600 [12] It was no "Mission: Impossible" for him to be 1990's chosen one Tom Cruise Andy	—
DD $10,000 [18] He wrote books on fishing & hunting, & you might also enjoy his classic "A Farewell to Arms" Hemingway Andy	$2,000 [23] Selected some material from a larger work excerpted Wolf Dana Andy	$2,000 [25] An 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this Age, meaning "gold-covered" Gilded Andy	$2,000 [8] Try some of the chicken cooked in this charcoal-fired oven that's used throughout India a tandoor (oven) Andy	$2,000 [13] "You gave an aging suburban dad the ego-boost of a lifetime", said this man, "Bourne" to be chosen in 2007 Matt Damon Andy	—

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS ACTORS

Ironically, he lost the leading role in the 1960 play "The Best Man" because he didn't look presidential

Ronald Reagan

Wolf "Who is Ronald Reagan" — wagered $1,000

Dana "Who is Ronald Reagan?" — wagered $4,500

Andy "Who is Ronald Reagan" — wagered $29,000

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