2009-2010 Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational semifinal game 1.
Harry Shearer — a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice fromThe Simpsons
Jane Curtin — an actress fromKate & Allieand3rd Rock from the Sun
Pat Sajak — a game show host fromWheel of Fortune
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat | $1,600 | $2,800 | $800 |
$1,600
3rd place: an additional $50,000 to Vietnam Veterans of America |
$4,800
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jane | $600 | $6,200 | $14,600 |
$18,600
Finalist |
$14,600
21 R, 2 W |
| Harry | $2,400 | $3,400 | $8,200 |
$16,400
2nd place: an additional $50,000 to Common Ground Relief |
$12,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| PEOPLE | NO WAY! IT'S NORWAY! | LITERARY CHARACTERS | MUSIC FESTIVALS | JOY OF COOKING | WHEN "GH" SOUNDS LIKE F |
|
$200
[30]
In April 2010 People reported this daughter of Tom Cruise is turning 4 with a style all her own
Suri
Harry
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$200
[15]
The original site of this city, Norway's largest, was east of the Aker River, which it now straddles
Oslo
Jane
|
$200
[6]
Robinson Crusoe writes, "I made him know his name should be" this, "which was the day I saved his life"
Friday
Jane
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$200
[10]
It was billed as "an Aquarian exposition in White Lake, N.Y., 3 days of peace & music"
Woodstock
Harry
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$200
[16]
For Thanksgiving, "Joy of Cooking" suggests starting out with a bisque made with these shucked bivalves
oysters
Jane
|
$200
[1]
Proverbially, you can do this "out of the other side of your mouth"
laugh
Jane
|
|
$400
[29]
The magazine loves those "mid-life moms", like this actress who's "Pretty in Pink... and blue!"
Molly Ringwald
Jane
|
$400
[21]
In 1814 the Norwegian parliament accepted this country's King Charles XIII to rule Norway as well
Sweden
|
$400
[7]
In "To Kill a Mockingbird", recluse Arthur Radley is known by this nickname
Boo
Pat
|
DD
$200
[12]
The Beale Street Music Festival in this city has been called the "Mardi Gras of the mid-South"
Memphis
Harry
|
$400
[17]
Under "Hot dogs", there's a Mexican dog topped with salsa & a German dog topped with this fermented cabbage
sauerkraut
Pat
|
$400
[2]
A person difficult to know or convince is a this nut to crack
tough
Pat
|
|
$600
[26]
A 2010 story informed us that Mike Sorrentino aka the Situation, is loving his new fame as part of this show
Jersey Shore
Jane
|
$600
[22]
Norway occupies the western side of this peninsula
the Scandinavian Peninsula
Jane
|
$600
[8]
In "A Streetcar Named Desire", Mitch is a more genteel friend of this man
Stanley
Harry
|
$400
[11]
Telluride's festival for this "colorful" style of country music is a good place to fiddle around
bluegrass
Harry
|
$600
[18]
The section on "Pasta, noodles, and dumplings" includes a recipe for these Chinese dumplings served in soup
wontons
Pat
|
$600
[3]
This long, narrow receptacle holds food for animals
a trough
Pat
|
|
$800
[25]
A 2000 issue had Caroline Kennedy on the cover with the line "Profile in" this
Courage
Harry
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$800
[28]
For its continuous daylight from mid-May through July, the far north of Norway is called "the Land of" this
the Midnight Sun
Jane
|
$800
[9]
This greedy individual died 7 years before the narrative opens in "A Christmas Carol"
(Jacob) Marley
Pat
Jane
Harry
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$800
[13]
Founded by Hugh Hefner, this 2-day festival has been grooving at the Hollywood Bowl since 1979
the Playboy Jazz Festival
Harry
|
$800
[19]
For your Super Bowl party, the book recommends the traditional dip of this many layers
seven
Pat
|
$800
[4]
It means having a coarse surface; you can find it bordering a golf fairway
a rough
Jane
|
|
$1,000
[24]
We believe the only Canadian political wife to make the cover was this one linked in the '70s to players like Mick Jagger
Margaret Trudeau
Jane
|
$1,000
[27]
Norway rakes it in off this resource & has high hopes for more from the Goliat Field in the Barents Sea
oil
Jane
|
$1,000
[23]
In his "Secret Life", this James Thurber character imagines himself as a surgeon & a WWI soldier
Walter Mitty
Jane
|
$1,000
[14]
In 2006 year-long festivals in Salzburg & Vienna celebrated his 250th birthday
Mozart
Harry
|
$1,000
[20]
Move over, Lea & Perrins--"Joy of Cooking" has a recipe for this made with walnut catsup, vinegar & anchovy essence
Worcestershire sauce
Pat
|
$1,000
[5]
An adequate quantity
enough
Pat
|
| WORK THOSE APPS! | BRITS & AUSSIES ON TV | OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE | BEFORE & AFTER: SINGERS & PRESIDENTS | HE DIED A DEADLY DEATH | HOMOPHONES |
|
$400
[21]
The i Fitness app's exercises screen is organized alphabetically by muscle groups; these stomach muscles are first
abs
Pat
|
$400
[8]
In the 1990s she played Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Jane Seymour
Jane
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$400
[15]
It includes Princeton & the University of Pennsylvania
the Ivy League
Pat
|
$400
[1]
I'm the "Tutti Frutti" singer who also made a historic visit to China
Little Richard Nixon
Harry
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$400
[25]
On Jan. 28, 1547, after a physical & mental decline, this king of England was (surprisingly) survived by his wife Catherine
Henry VIII
Jane
|
$400
[2]
Walk through water, or measured the ounces of something
wade/weighed
Jane
|
|
$800
[22]
The Run Keeper app uses GPS to track distance, speed & other data for a host of activities, such as this Bode Miller sport
skiing
Pat
|
$800
[9]
He's gotten high praise for his American accent & his role as the curmudgeonly Dr. House
Hugh Laurie
Harry
|
$1,200
[17]
It's what the "AD" stands for in the ADL, a league that's been fighting bigotry since 1913
the Anti-Defamation League
Jane
|
$800
[7]
I sang "Atomic" as part of Blondie & also made the decision to use the atomic bomb
Debbie Harry Truman
Jane
|
$800
[26]
This political legend of Texas had a problem--a serious problem--on July 26, 1863
Sam Houston
Harry
|
$800
[3]
Egotistical, or a blood vessel
vain/vein
Jane
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Gym Goal Lite enables users to calculate both BMI, body mass index, & BMR, basal this rate
metabolic
|
$1,200
[11]
Michelle Ryan was "better, stronger, faster" as Jaime Sommers in the 2007 remake of this series
The Bionic Woman
Pat
Jane
|
$1,600
[18]
Celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2010, this nonpartisan political org. is open to men as well
the League of Women Voters
Jane
|
$1,200
[10]
"B-B-B-B-Bennie!" Bennie Franklin! You & I negotiated peace with Britain in the 1780s
Elton John Adams
|
$1,200
[27]
Afterhisdeath at age 78 on July 1, 1974, Argentina could cry for this 3-time president too
Juan Perón
Harry
|
$1,200
[4]
High-strung, or shelters for camping
tense/tents
Pat
|
|
$1,600
[24]
The "RELAX" entry in this app series provides detailed descriptions of poses, including their Sanskrit names
Yoga
Harry
|
$1,600
[12]
Before he was "The Mentalist", this Aussie played "The Guardian"
Simon Baker
|
$2,000
[19]
The name of this Northern European trade league comes from the medieval German for "guild"
the Hanseatic League
Jane
|
$1,600
[13]
Helping win the Mexican War was nothing compared to being CMA Entertainer of the Year as a teenager
Zachary Taylor Swift
|
$2,000
[29]
After the second battle of Philippi in 42 B.C., this Roman general could have said, "Et tu, me?" as he killed himself
Brutus
Harry
|
$1,600
[5]
A small sailing vessel, or a Southern contraction used to address 2 or more people
yawl/y'all
Pat
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Fit Deck helps users with this "timely" training in which short, intensive exercises alternate with slow, easy activity
interval training
|
$2,000
[20]
Aussie actress Rachel Griffiths & Welsh actor Matthew Rhys play 2 of Sally Field's children on this series
Brothers & Sisters
Jane
|
DD
$4,000
[16]
"Happy Mothers, Breastfed Babies" is the motto of this league whose name includes the Spanish for "milk"
La Leche
Pat
|
$2,000
[14]
Despite meeting "Mary Jane" & a "Super Freak", I never married; I'm...
Rick James Buchanan
|
DD
$4,000
[28]
On Nov. 8, 1887 TB claimed the life of this O.K. Corral vet; he's pretty famous for an ex-dentist
Doc Holliday
Harry
|
$2,000
[6]
Sterile, like some women, or a member of the lowest grade of nobility, like some men
barren/baron
Pat
Harry
|
Chocolate Avenue & Cocoa Avenue are 2 of the main thoroughfares in this town that was established in 1903
Hershey, Pennsylvania