2016 Power Players Week game 2.From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
Michael Steele — a political analyst and host from MSNBC andSteele & Ungar
Lara Logan — a correspondent from60 Minuteson CBS
Anderson Cooper — a host fromAC360°
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson | $2,400 | $2,600 | $4,000 |
$7,998
2nd place: $10,000 to Spike's K9 Fund |
$6,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lara | $1,200 | $1,200 | $5,800 |
$9,800
Winner: $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists |
$6,800
9 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $0 | $1,600 | $1,600 |
$1,000
3rd place: $10,000 to the Catholic Charities Susan D. Mona Center |
$1,600
3 R, 0 W |
| MEN OF STEEL | THE CDC SAYS | JUST THE FACTS | AROUND THE WORLD | WORDS FROM THE PORTUGUESE |
|
$200
[17]
This man of steel made his heroic debut in Action Comics #1 in 1938
Superman
Anderson
|
$200
[1]
This "isn't just a little rash"; protect your children by making sure they get the rubeola vaccine
measles
Lara
|
$200
[16]
The Roman equivalent of the Greek love goddess Aphrodite
Venus
Michael
|
$400
[5]
We have no beef with this capital of Hyogo Prefecture being called one of Japan's most attractive cities
Kobe
Anderson
Lara
|
$400
[7]
This word from the Portuguese for "pond" can mean a battlefield vehicle or a home for your pet fish
a tank
|
|
$400
[13]
A 20th century Soviet leader adopted this name that means "man of steel"
Stalin
|
$600
[6]
Better hit the sack early--"insufficient sleep is linked to an increased risk" for the Type 2 form of this disease
diabetes
Anderson
|
$400
[8]
The 3 colors of France's flag
red, white & blue
Lara
|
$600
[2]
ETA, a separatist group of this people in Spain, has renounced armed struggle in recent years
the Basque
Anderson
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Its original Portuguese name literally means "snake with a hood"
cobra
Anderson
|
|
$600
[18]
Winners of 6 NFL titles, this city's team was founded by Art Rooney in 1933
the Pittsburgh Steelers
Michael
|
$800
[10]
This type of cancer "is highly preventable" with screening tests & a vaccine to prevent HPV infections
cervical cancer
Lara
|
$600
[9]
The Carolina Panther who was the first NFL rookie to pass for over 4,000 yards
Cam Newton
|
$800
[3]
Smaller than Crete, this Greek island of 90,000 people had 450,000 refugees pass through in 2015
Lesbos
Anderson
|
— |
|
$800
[19]
Sir Henry Bessemer improved steel making by pumping air into this metal to remove impurities
iron
Michael
|
$1,000
[11]
In 2015 the CDC warned travelers to Haiti of an outbreak of this disease caused by contaminated food & water
cholera
Lara
|
$800
[12]
This historic NYC street where you'll find Deutsche Bank's U.S. headquarters
Wall Street
Anderson
|
$1,000
[4]
Just west of Afghanistan's Kandahar province is this one, also the name of the country's longest river
Helmand
|
— |
| — | — |
$1,000
[14]
The only one of the 7 deadly sins that's also the name of an animal
sloth
Anderson
|
— | — |
| I NEED | THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE | PEOPLE IN HISTORY | MOVIE QUOTES | NONFICTION | YOUR VOTE |
|
$400
[16]
I need a G650 jet from this maker that shares its name with an ocean current
Gulfstream
Anderson
|
$800
[18]
This White House briefing room is named for this press secretary who was injured by a gunman's bullet in 1981
James Brady
Anderson
|
$800
[6]
Shortly before his execution, this abolitionist wrote in a letter that he was "content to die for God's eternal truth"
John Brown
Anderson
|
$800
[5]
1996:"Shut up--just shut up. You had me at hello"
Jerry Maguire
Lara
|
$800
[9]
This author of "The Blind Side" & "The Big Short" has been called one of the "premier chroniclers of our age"
Michael Lewis
Anderson
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
The scarecrow knows about this kind of unofficial vote held as a gauge of opinion
straw vote (or straw poll)
Lara
|
|
$800
[1]
A bottle of 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle Kentucky straight this
bourbon
Lara
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
In 1983 this wife of a U.S. senator became the first female head of the Department of Transportation
Elizabeth Dole
Anderson
|
$1,200
[8]
For this notorious Hun, the honeymoon was over before it began; he died in 453 A.D. on his wedding night
Attila the Hun
Lara
|
$1,200
[3]
1964:"'Do you expect me to talk?' 'No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die'"
Goldfinger
Lara
|
$1,200
[10]
A recent bestseller tells of "The Immortal Life of" this woman & how her He La cells became invaluable to medicine
Henrietta Lacks
|
— |
|
$1,200
[2]
I need front-row seats for this fab one's 2016 "One on One" tour, sir
Sir Paul McCartney
Anderson
|
$1,200
[17]
(George Stephanopoulos gives the clue.) My mother-in-law, Mabel Brandon Cabot, held this alliterative job in the Reagan White House, working with the First Lady in planning events like state dinners
Social Secretary
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1994 Yitzhak Rabin & this king approved a treaty formally ending 46 years of war between Israel & Jordan
King Hussein
Lara
|
$1,600
[4]
2000:"Wilson!"
Cast Away
|
$2,000
[21]
His "A Brief History of Time" was subtitled "From the Big Bang to Black Holes"
Stephen Hawking
|
— |
|
$1,600
[13]
To match the 5 white balls & one red ball in this "potent" lottery game, so my $2 ticket will be worth millions
Powerball
Lara
|
$1,600
[19]
An aide to Caspar Weinberger, this future Secretary of State & 4-star general helped carry out the Grenada invasion
Colin Powell
Anderson
|
$2,000
[12]
A golden age of culture, the Age of him in Greece lasted from about 460 B.C. to 430 B.C.
Pericles
Anderson
|
$2,000
[7]
2012:"I'm going to smoke everybody involved in this op, and then I'm going to kill bin Laden"
Zero Dark Thirty
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[14]
I need a Cayman GTS sports car from this legendary German brand
Porsche
|
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This country's 2 main ethnic groups are Punjabi (who are also found in India) & Pashtun (also living in Afghanistan)
Pakistan