2009-2010 Million Dollar Celebrity Invitational final game 2.
Jane Curtin — an actress fromKate & Allieand3rd Rock from the Sun(subtotal of $29,000)
Cheech Marin — an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician fromLost(subtotal of $6,600)
Michael McKean — a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer fromHairsprayandThe Pajama Game(subtotal of $31,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael | $2,000 | $2,800 | $12,100 | $4,100 |
$11,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Cheech | $1,600 | $3,600 | $6,000 | $12,000 |
$8,000
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jane | $2,000 | $3,000 | $10,000 | $1 |
$11,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| LIFE WITH THE HOOD | CELEBRITY MOMS | HOTELS | THE BIBLICAL SENSE | BRANDS THAT SOUND LIKE VERBS | A NEGATIVE ATTITUDE |
|
$200
[16]
Some stories say that this member of Robin Hood's merry men was 7 feet tall
Little John
Michael
|
$200
[8]
No doubt you know that this No Doubt singer has sons named Kingston & Zuma
Gwen Stefani
Jane
|
$200
[7]
Overlooking the Old City, King David Hotel is at 23 King David St. in this city
Jerusalem
Jane
|
$200
[2]
His "Song" says, "the vines with the tender grape give a good smell"
Solomon
Michael
|
$200
[1]
This potato chip brand sounds like it's got some carpet work to do
Lay's
Cheech
|
$200
[22]
It's the letter you add to "no" to write "no" en francais
N
Jane
|
|
$400
[17]
This sheriff & main enemy of Robin Hood is also the chief law enforcement officer of Derbyshire
the Sheriff of Nottingham
Michael
|
$400
[9]
This Aussie actress had a daughter on July 7, 2008--a Monday--but named her Sunday Rose
Nicole Kidman
Cheech
|
$400
[13]
This Asian country originated capsule hotels like the one seen here
Japan
Jane
|
$400
[3]
In John 9, Jesus restores this sense to a man who had been missing it since birth
sight
Cheech
|
$400
[23]
Brand of diapers that means "treats with too much indulgence"
Pampers
Cheech
|
$400
[27]
8 isn't enough to say this 4-letter German word for "no"
nein
Michael
|
|
$600
[18]
16th century plays by Anthony Munday call this woman Matilda Fitzwater
Maid Marian
Cheech
|
$600
[10]
Her "Alias" is mom to Violet & Seraphina Affleck
Jennifer Garner
Jane
|
$600
[14]
This French word for "castle" precedes "Marmont" in the name of an upscale West Hollywood Hotel
château
Jane
|
$600
[4]
In Genesis he tells God, "I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked"
Adam
Cheech
|
$800
[25]
We wish this stain remover would keep it down
Shout
Jane
|
$600
[28]
A law or decree that forbids, like what the 18th Amendment established
prohibition
|
|
$800
[19]
In "Ivanhoe" this devout man is known as the Clerk of Copmanhurst & lives at a Hermitage
Friar Tuck
|
$800
[11]
In 2009 this rocker & rock widow lost custody of her daughter Frances Bean Cobain
Courtney Love
Cheech
|
$800
[15]
One of this Central American country's 5-star hotels is the Barcelo San Jose Palacio
Costa Rica
Cheech
|
$800
[5]
Exodus 16:31 says the taste of this bread that rained down on the Israelites "was like wafers made with honey"
manna
Michael
|
$1,000
[26]
This car rental company sounds like it uses torture equipment
Hertz
Cheech
|
$800
[29]
This prefix meaning "against" can be found before freeze, climax & depressant
anti-
Michael
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This red-clad dandy was said to be Robin Hood's nephew
Will Scarlet
Michael
Cheech
|
$1,000
[12]
Blythe Danner is mom to this actress, a mother of 2 herself
Gwyneth Paltrow
Michael
|
$1,000
[21]
An Asia-based hotel chain is named for this idyllic land from "Lost Horizon"
Shangri-La
Cheech
|
$1,000
[6]
In Genesis 3, God warns Eve away from some fruit, saying, "Ye shall not eat of it" nor do this to it
touch it
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
This 6-letter telecom company sounds fleet of foot
Sprint
Cheech
|
— |
| THE SPIRIT OF 1976 | THE NEW YORK TIMESMOVIES | HOW LOW CAN YOU GO? | SCIENCE | THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | RETRONYMS |
|
$400
[30]
In January this then little-known governor won the Iowa Democratic Caucus
Jimmy Carter
Cheech
|
$400
[5]
A.O. Scott says he's not entirely joking calling this 2010 John Cusack comedy a "poignant story of 3 men, adrift in their 40s"
Hot Tub Time Machine
Cheech
|
$400
[6]
In a standard type of draw poker, you need a pair of these face cards also called knaves to open the betting
jacks
Jane
|
$400
[16]
The word rubber comes from the discovery that the stuff could be used to rub out marks made with this
pencil
Jane
|
$400
[11]
Van Cliburn
piano
Jane
|
$400
[18]
This water is directly from the faucet, distinct from bottled water or sparkling water
tap water
Jane
|
|
$800
[29]
In February the Winter Olympics opened in this Austrian mountain town
Innsbruck
Cheech
|
$800
[4]
The Times liked the "smoky, greasy, steam-punk rendering of Victorian London" in this 2009 Robert Downey Jr. caper
Sherlock Holmes
Michael
|
$800
[7]
"I went fishing just for the halibut" is one of these, which have been termed "the lowest form of wit"
a pun
Cheech
|
$800
[17]
As it's caused by a lack of niacin, pellagra is termed this type of deficiency disease
vitamin deficiency
Michael
|
$800
[12]
Dizzy Gillespie
trumpet
Cheech
|
$800
[25]
The name of this resin is used to describe records, to differentiate them from CDs
vinyl
Jane
|
|
$1,200
[21]
On Sept. 9 China's news agency announced the death of this "esteemed and beloved great leader"
Mao Tse-tung
Michael
Cheech
|
$1,200
[1]
The Times said that this director tackled "Alice In Wonderland" with "his customary mix of torpor and frenzy"
Tim Burton
Michael
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
This chemical element has the lowest melting point of any metal & that's why it's liquid at room temperature
mercury
Jane
|
$1,200
[19]
In parts of the Caribbean, these are on a diurnal cycle: one high, one low a day, that's it
tides
Michael
|
$1,200
[13]
Itzhak Perlman
violin
Cheech
|
$1,200
[26]
These 2 building materials are used to describe actual stores, as opposed to online retailers
bricks & mortar
Cheech
Jane
|
|
$1,600
[22]
In March baseball's American League voted to award its first Canadian franchise to this city
Toronto
Cheech
Jane
|
$1,600
[2]
"Looking every inch a heavy-metal god, with a tangle of beard and power shoulder pads", Liam Neeson is Zeus in this 2010 flick
Clash of the Titans
Michael
|
$1,200
[8]
An 1895 textbook calls this one-celled creature the lowest form of animal life
an amoeba
Jane
|
$2,000
[24]
Dmitri Mendeleyev made modern chemistry possible when he set this grouping of the elements
the periodic table
Michael
|
$1,600
[14]
Charlie Parker
saxophone
Cheech
Jane
|
$1,600
[27]
No C-section? Little or no drugs? Then the childbirth was this, aptly from the Latin for "birth"
natural
|
|
$2,000
[23]
On July 2 North & South this reunited to form a republic
Vietnam
Cheech
|
$2,000
[3]
Reviewing "The Last Song", the Times noted, "It is likely that we can look forward to more movies starring" this teen singer
Miley Cyrus
Jane
|
$1,600
[9]
Heard here, it's the lowest instrument of an orchestra's brass section
a tuba
Jane
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
It's a substance that conducts current; sodium & potassium are 2 of the ones Gatorade restores to your body
an electrolyte
Michael
|
$2,000
[15]
Sir James Galway
a flute
Jane
|
$2,000
[28]
This word is used for television that's sent over the airwaves, in contrast to cable or satellite
broadcast
Michael
Jane
|
In 1949 this kingdom dropped the word "Trans" from the beginning of its name
Jordan