Preliminaries: Matthews/Duchovny/Shaughnessy
February 18
Last time on the Million Dollar Celebrity
Invitational, Pat Sajak completely owned the game, giving him a shot at the May
semis in seat #5, joining Michael McKean, Andy
Richter, Jane Kaczmarek, and Harry Shearer.
We still need four more semifinalists, though, so
today, and every third Thursday of every month,
another winner will be crowned 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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Chris Matthews
"Hardball" & "The Chris Matthews Show"
La Salle College High School Chris Matthews
Scholarship Fund |
David Duchovny
The Joneses & "Californication"
UNICEF |
Charles Shaughnessy
"Mad Men"
1736 Family Crisis Center |
Jeopardy! round..
OFFICIAL
STATE STUFF |
THE NANNY |
TV ADJECTIVES |
LIFE'S
A (MILITARY)
CAMPAIGN |
CHEERY "O"s |
CALI-FUN-ICATION |
The Daily Double goes unclaimed. At
the end of the round...
$400 |
$1,800 |
$4,800 |
Chris |
David |
Charles |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
THE TRUTH IS
OUT THERE |
HEY,
MATTHEWS |
AD MEN |
HYPHENATES |
SOUTH
AMERICAN
COUNTRIES |
HOLY ____! |
Daily Double #1: $2000 The Truth Is
Out There. David finds it with $3800 to Charles' $6800. David bets the level on
this: in one of her many untitled poems, this reclusive woman wrote, "Truth--is
as old as God...& will endure as long as He." "Who is Emily Dickinson?" Correct
for $5800.
Daily Double #2: $800 South American
Countries. Chris on $3600 is lagging behind with $11,800 for David. Charles has
$10,800. "I guess I'll bet it." As in all of it, on this: its name is Spanish
for "little Venice." "What is Venezuela?" Correct for $7200!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!, we
have us a game...
$10,000 |
$11,800 |
$10,800 |
Chris |
David |
Charles |
J-Archive.com calls this a
4/5 game with Stratton's Dilemma in play.
- Chris wins if... he bets between
$801 (covering a zero bet by Charles) and $8000 (covering David on a triple
stumper).
- Charles wins if... he bets everything and is right, while David bets
everything plus a dollar and is wrong (OR he bets nothing anticipating a triple
stumper). You know they historically dumb down the material for celebs, so just
go ahead and bet everything.
- David wins if... he bets $9801 and is correct.
Final Jeopardy! category:
ENTREPRENEURS
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WHEN HE PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER
1980, FLAGS IN KENTUCKY FLEW AT HALF-STAFF FOR 4 DAYS |
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Correct response: who was Col.
Harland Sanders?
Chris' response: who was Colonel Sanders? CORRECT. Wager:
$10,000. Total: $20,000.
Charles' response: who was Colonel Sanders? CORRECT. Wager: $10,000. Total:
$20,800.
David's response: who is Jim Beam? WRONG. Wager: "All."
SEMI-FINALIST:
Charles Shaughnessy
He managed to rack up a lead
in the opening round without the use of a Daily Double. That's knowledge
you have to respect, and ultimately, I respect it. David pretty much
deserved to lose this match on account of a) the wrong response, and b)
the wrong wager.
Three new stars next month, March
18.
To read all about the tournament,
the stars, and their charities, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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