Preliminaries: Sajak/Perkins/Savant
January 21
Last time on the Million Dollar Celebrity
Invitational, Harry Shearer outlasted a close Final Jeopardy!, earning seat #4
in the Million Dollar Tournament Week in May, joining Michael McKean, Andy
Richter, and Jane Kaczmarek.
We still need five more semifinalists, though, so
today, and every third Thursday of every month,
another winner will be crowed and will move one step closer to winning the top
prize of $1 million for the charity of his or her choice.
The player who wins this game (and the
four to follow) will donate at least $50,000 to their charity. The
runners-up will take away $25,000. Any and all monies will be determined
by how far up the ladder a player goes.
This month's stars are...
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Pat Sajak
"Wheel of Fortune"
Vietnam Veterans of America |
Elizabeth Perkins
"Weeds"
Doug Turner Memorial Scholarship Fund |
Doug Savant
"Desperate Housewives"
St. Vincent's Meals on Wheels |
Jeopardy! round..
US
MOUNTAINS |
NUTS
LANDING |
PEOPLE
STYLE WATCH |
STARTING
A LEGAL HOME
BUSINESS |
PSYCHO 101 |
YOU ONLY
NEED TO BUY
1 VOWEL |
Daily Double: $600 Nuts
Landing. With $6800, Pat is taking Elizabeth and
Doug to school with $2000 and $1600 respectively. He
makes it $3200 to go on this: the name of this nut
can also mean a stale joke or a reddish-brown horse.
"What is a chestnut?" Correct for $10,000!
$13,800 |
$2,200 |
$1,600 |
Pat |
Elizabeth |
Doug |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
ARTS NEWS
2009 |
BACKING
BANDS |
REMEMBERING
TED KENNEDY |
I'M
A "STAR" |
VICTORIAN
NOVELISTS |
WHEELS OF
MISFORTUNE |
Daily Double #1: $800 Backing Bands.
Two words... "Damn, Sajak." Pat's got $14,200 to bet with. He fronts $4200 on
this: The Jordanaires have been called "the Sound Behind the King" for their
work with him. "Oh thank you. Who is Elvis Presley?" $18,400!
Daily Double #2: $1600 Remembering
Ted Kennedy. With one clue after this one, Elizabeth can make a game of this
with $13,800 to Pat's $32,400. "I think I need to do a real Daily Double." It's
actually a True Daily Double, but for $27,600... Kennedy called this the cause
of his life &* was hoping to see a reform bill passed before he died. "What is
health care?" $27,600!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$32,400 |
$27,600 |
$4,800 |
Pat |
Elizabeth |
Doug |
J-Archive.com calls this a
first equals second plus third and an intermediate Shore's Conjecture.
- Doug wins if... Pat and Elizabeth
bet against each other and lose, while he bets EVERYTHING and is right.
- Elizabeth wins if... she bets everything and is right, while Pat is wrong.
- Pat wins if... he bets $22,800 and is right. Or he could play against a loss
and bet $13,201.
Final Jeopardy! category:
COMIC STRIP CHARACTERS
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CREATED IN 1950, HE FINALLY HIT A
HOME RUN ON MARCH 30, 1993 |
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Correct response: who is Charlie
Brown?
Doug's response: who is Charley Brown? CORRECT. Wager:
$4699. Total: $9499.
Elizabeth's response: who is Andy Call? WRONG. Wager: $27,600. Total:
$0.
Pat's response: who is Charlie Brown? CORRECT. Wager: $22,900. Total:
$55,300.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Pat Sajak
No two ways about this. This
was Sajak's game from start to finish. This is going to be an
interesting championship week, to say the least.
Three new stars next month, February
18.
To read all about the tournament,
the stars, and their charities, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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