Responses for Show #3041 - Monday, November 17, 1997

1997 Power Players Week game 1.
From DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Contestants

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an attorney and professor from Pace University School of Law

Dee Dee Myers, a journalist from Vanity Fair

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., a congressman from the U.S. House of Representatives

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Jeopardy! Round responses

(Alex: Now since all three of you are Democrats, we thought you would appreciate our first category, which is...)
REPUBLICANS
THEY ALSO RAN
WORD PROCESSING
BORN IN THE U.S.A.
LAKES & RIVERS
THE BOD SQUAD
(Alex: In this category we want you to tell us what part of the body our clues refer to.)
    $100 1
Strom Thurmond

Jesse
    $100 11
Florence Griffith Joyner

Dee Dee
    $100 19
Spell checker

Triple Stumper
    $100 15
Ivory soap

Dee Dee
    $100 4
Florida

Robert
    $100 21
Nose

Robert
    $200 2
Trent Lott

Jesse
    $200 12
Mile

Dee Dee
    $200 20
Cut & paste

Robert
    $200 16
(Alex: With a minute to go.)

football

Jesse
    $200 5
Jordan

Robert
    $200 22
Teeth

Dee Dee
    $300 3
(Jesse: Who is Brown?)

Pete Wilson

JesseRobert
    $300 13
Carl Lewis

Dee Dee
    $300 17
Chop suey

Jesse
    $300 6
Chesapeake Bay

Robert
    $400 9
Bill Archer

Jesse
    $400 14
Rickey Henderson

Triple Stumper
    $500 23
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Motown

Dee Dee
    $400 7
the Colorado River

Robert
    $500 10
(Alex: You did very well in that category... have you ever thought about switching parties?)
(Jesse: No, I have no choice but to study the opposition!)

Fred Thompson

Jesse
    $500 18
Cigar

Dee Dee
    $500 8
(Robert: What is the Suez Canal?)

Sahara

Robert
Triple Stumper

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 11):

Jesse Dee Dee Robert
$900 $100 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Dee Dee Robert
$1,400 $1,900 $1,100

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

(Alex: You did so well with Republicans in the first round; how are you going to do with this category...)
DEMOCRATS
POWER PLAYS
CAPTAIN KANGAROO
BIG ISLANDS
EURONEWS
ALLITERATION ALL AROUND
    $200 12
"Fritz"

Dee Dee
    $200 2
Evita

Jesse
    $200 21
(Alex: And we have a minute to go.)

Mr. Green Jeans

Robert
    $200 1
Ireland

Dee Dee
    $200 10
Switzerland

Dee Dee
    $1,500 13
John Glenn

Dee Dee
    $400 3
Oedipus

Robert
    $400 4
(Dee Dee: What is Antarctica?)
(Jesse: What is Iceland?)

Greenland

JesseDee DeeRobert
    $400 11
Steffi Graf

Triple Stumper
    $600 14
Robert Byrd

Jesse
    $1,000 6
The King and I

Dee Dee
    $600 5
(Robert: What is Jamaica?)

Cuba

Dee DeeRobert
    $600 16
Club Med

Robert
    $800 15
Bob Kerrey

Robert
    $800 7
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Robert
    $800 23
Tom Terrific

Triple Stumper
    $800 8
Java

Robert
    $800 17
Central Bank of England

Jesse
    $800 25
(Dee Dee: What is Drano?)
...
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Roto-Rooter

Dee Dee
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Lawton Chiles

Dee Dee
    $1000 20
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Dee Dee
    $1000 22
(Alex: Just like they do in Congress, they drop [*]!)

ping-pong balls

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
Newfoundland

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Radovan Karadzic

Jesse
    $1000 24
Product placement

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jesse Dee Dee Robert
$3,600 $6,400 $4,500

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS SPEECHES
(Alex: Jesse, yours [winnings] is limited by the house rules, we know that!)
JesseWhat is Gettysburg Address!!
$3,000
RobertWhat is the Gettysburg
$4,500
Dee DeeWhat is The Gettysburg Address
$4,500
the Gettysburg Address

Final scores:

Jesse Dee Dee Robert
$6,600 $10,900 $9,000
3rd place: $10,000 for two colleges in the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois Winner: $15,000 for Share Our Strength 2nd place: $10,000 for Riverkeeper

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jesse Dee Dee Robert
$3,600 $4,800 $4,500
10 R,
2 W		 15 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 14 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $12,900

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Game tape date: 1997-11-01
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