Preliminaries: Cooper/Tyler/Marin
March 18
Last time on the Million Dollar Celebrity
Invitational, Charles Shaughnessy took away $50,000 for the 1736 Family Crisis
Center, joining the May bracket that includes Michael McKean, Andy Richter, Jane
Kaczmarek, Harry Shearer, and Pat Sajak. Today, Seat #7 is up for grabs.
We still need three 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
two 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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Anderson Cooper
"Anderson Cooper 360" and "60 Minutes"
Friends in Deed |
Aisha Tyler
"Archer"
International Rescue Committee |
Cheech Marin
Cars
Hispanic Scholarship Fund |
Jeopardy! round..
IS THIS PLACE
FOR REAL? |
ACTING
THE PART |
360 |
THE CONTINENT
WHERE
YOU'LL FIND... |
UTENSILS |
"TALK" SOUP |
Daily Double $2000 Is This Place for
Real? The last clue of the board goes to Aisha with $2600. Cheech leads with
$4200. She bets the level on this: Spanish conquistadors long sought this
mythical city of gold in the Americas. "What is El Dorado?" A childhood wasted
on Nickelodeon would've gotten Aisha that one. As it is, here are the scores
going into Double Jeopardy!...
$2,800 |
$1,600 |
$4,200 |
Anderson |
Aisha |
Cheech |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
ART &
ARTISTS |
BROADWAY
MUSICALS |
BORN IN
EAST L.A. |
WORLD
LEADERS |
MINIONS |
PLEASANT
4-LETTER
WORDS |
Daily Double #1: $1200 Art &
Artists. Cheech leads by $3000. He bets $2000 of it on this: the world's largest
collection of this post-impressionist's work is at the Amsterdam Museum named
for him. "Who is Vincent Van Gogh?" Correct for $8200.
Daily Double #2: $2000 World
Leaders. Anderson now leads the game by $200, $8800 to Cheech's $8600. He bets
$2000 on this: in 1980 she became prime minister of her country for a fourth
term. "Who ... who is... Margaret Thatcher?" Nope, it's Indira Gandhi, dropping
him to $6800.
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$8,000 |
$8,000 |
$14,200 |
Anderson |
Aisha |
Cheech |
J-Archive.com calls this the
Prisoner's Dilemma.
- Anderson and Aisha can't
win in regulation, so their only hope is to bet it all and force a
tiebreaking clue.
- Cheech can make the tiebreaker a moot point if he bets $1801 and is
correct.
Final Jeopardy! category:
AUTHORS
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IN 1890 HE WITNESSED A MILE
CYCLONE IN ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA, FODDER FOR HIS MOST FAMOUS NOVEL |
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Correct response: who was L. Frank
Baum?
Anderson's response: who? WRONG. Wager:
$8000. Total: $0.
Aisha's response: who is Faulkner? WRONG. Wager: $8000. Total:
$0.
Cheech's response: who is Stephen King? WRONG. Wager: $4000.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Cheech Marin
Cheech was a good player all
around, and he could've locked it away if Anderson and Aisha made a few
missteps. He'll be interesting to watch in the May semis.
Three new stars next month, April
15.
To read all about the tournament,
the stars, and their charities, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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