Preliminaries: Abdul-Jabbar/O'Brien/McKean
October 15
Last time on the Million Dollar Celebrity
Invitational, Andy Richter wiped the floor with both Dana Delany and Wolf
Blitzer, taking the first chair in the celebrity semifinal in May and pocketing
$68,000 for St. Jude Children's Hospital.
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
seven 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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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
NBA Hall of Famer
Skyhook Foundation |
Soledad O'Brien
host, "CNN Special Investigations Unit"
Soledad O'Brien and Brad Raymond Family Foundation |
Michael McKean
actor/comedian
International Myeloma Foundation |
Jeopardy! round..
AMERICAN
HISTORY |
FAMOUS
O'BRIENS |
GOOD
BOOKS |
OTHER
SPORTS
LEGENDS |
ON THE COVER
OF
PEOPLE |
STARTS WITH
3 CONSONANTS |
Daily Double goes
unclaimed. At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
$3,200 |
-$200 |
$7,000 |
Kareem |
Soledad |
Michael |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
HEALTH & MEDICINE |
TV SOLE
DADS |
I WENT
TO UCLA |
JAZZ
ODYSSEY |
LISTEN TO
THE FLOWER
PEOPLE |
BIG
BOTTOM |
Daily Double #1: $800 I Went to
UCLA. Before we get into this, we have a bit of a boner on Kareem's end... The
clue is for $400...
Tell your old man to drag this '70s UCLA
& Trail Blazer center (& Lanier!) up & down the court for 48 minutes.
Kareem: "Who is Kareem
Abdul-Jabbar?" No, dude, you said it about BILL WALTON.
Back to the matter at hand. He has
$12,400 to Michael's $16,200. Soledad has $5000. Kareem bets $8000 on this:
Kirsten Gillibrand got her law degree from UCLA in 1991 & filled the Senate seat
left vacant by this woman in 2009. "Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?" SENATE SEAT! It
was Hillary Clinton, leaving him with $4400.
Daily Double #2: $800 Listen to the
Flower People. Soledad dipped a little to $4200 to Kareem's $4400. Michael now
has $17,400. She has to bet everything to stand a chance. She bets... $3000 on
this: my Latin teacher often reminded me that the name of this month comes from
a Latin word meaning "when flower buds open". "What is April?" Correct for
$7200!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$4,400 |
$7,200 |
$17,400 |
Kareem |
Soledad |
Michael |
Even if Soledad bet
everything, she still wouldn't have a hope to catch Michael, who has
this game locked.
Final Jeopardy! category:
BIBLICAL NAMES
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TREES WITH BIBLICAL NAMES INCLUDE
THE JOSHUA TREE & THE WORLD'S OLDEST TREE, A 4700-YEAR-OLD PINE NAMED FOR
HIM |
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Correct response: who is Methuselah?
Kareem's response: who is Methuselah? CORRECT. Wager:
$4400. Total: $8800.
Soledad's response: who is Moses? WRONG. Wager: $1000. Total:
$6200.
Michael's response: who is Methusala? CORRECT. Wager doesn't matter.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Michael McKean
This was a little closer than the
last match, but Michael McKean's put himself into the door, with $50,000 going
to the International Myeloma Foundation. The other
charities will receive $25,000.
Three new stars next month, November
19.
To read all about the tournament,
the stars, and their charities, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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