Responses for Show #4544 - Thursday, May 13, 2004

2004 Power Players Week game 4.
From Washington, D.C.

Contestants

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Keith Olbermann, a news anchor from MSNBC

Gretchen Carlson, a journalist from the CBS Saturday Early Show

Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WASHINGTON SCHLEPPED HERE
(Alex: All of these clues are from the guide book by Christopher Buckley. Al, start.) (Al: Okay. I thought it was Yiddish.)
PRIMARY COLORS
SNL PRESIDENTIAL PLAYERS
POTENT POTABLES
I'VE GOT THE POWER
"G" FORCE
    $200 2
[Alex reads "G.W." as "George Washington".]

Mount Vernon

Gretchen
    $200 9
"Red"

Keith
    $200 1
Bill Clinton

Al
    $200 16
(Alex: Obviously, we have three teetotalers.)

gin

Triple Stumper
    $200 3
the Gettysburg Address

Keith
    $400 17
(Gretchen: What is the... oh, I don't know.)
(Alex: Oh, too long.)

the Hope Diamond

GretchenKeith
    $400 12
blue

Al
    $400 4
Gerald Ford

Al
    $400 8
Goliath

Al
    $600 18
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

the Tidal Basin

Al
    $600 13
red

Gretchen
    $600 5
Jimmy Carter

Al
    $600 10
(Keith: What is gnarly?)

grody

Keith
Triple Stumper
    $800 14
(Alex: [*] for "The [*] Rose of Texas" with a minute to go.)

yellow

Al
    $1,200 6
Ross Perot

Al
    $800 11
Grease

Al
    $1000 7
(Al: Can I just stall now?)
(Alex: No.)

the X-Presidents

Al
    $1000 15
(Gretchen: What is ch--Oh, I was gonna say cheese, it's not right.)
(Alex: That's not a "G". Al?)
(Al: Gruyère?)
(Alex: No.)
(Al: What is Gruyère?)
(Alex: No. Keith?)
(Al: What is not--)

Gouda

AlGretchenKeith

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 9):

Al Gretchen Keith
$3,800 $200 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Al Gretchen Keith
$5,400 -$600 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

OH, THE THINGS I KNOW!
20th CENTURY WOMEN
FRENCH LESSONS
FELINES, WO, WO, WO, FELINES
THE STAR CHAMBER
W M Ds
(Alex: Each response will be a "W", an "M" or a "D".)
    $400 3
10

Triple Stumper
    $400 1
(Al: [Selecting the next clue] Okay, although they don't exist, let's go to W M Ds. For $400.)
[Laughter]

San Francisco

Al
    $400 17
pah-REE

Al
    $400 12
(Al: [*]. ...What are... they [*].)
[Laughter]

9

Al
    $400 13
Gemini

Al
    $400 2
(Keith: Who is... D?)

M

AlKeith
    $800 4
Barbra Streisand

Keith
    $800 15
(Keith: What is the New York City Marathon?)

the Boston Marathon

GretchenKeith
    $800 21
X

Al
    $800 19
the snowshoe

Gretchen
    $800 14
the dog star

Keith
    $800 5
(Al: I see. So, it's just "W", "M" or "D".)
(Alex: That's it, yes.)
[Laughter]
(Al: How hard can that be? Let's try, uh, $1200.)

D

Al
    $1200 9
Stephen King

Keith
    $1200 16
Jessica Savitch

Keith
    $1200 20
(Gretchen: What is an ear?)

a tail

AlGretchen
    $1200 6
M

Al
    $1600 10
(Keith: Who is Billy the Kid?)
(Alex: No. Al?)
(Al: Who is Buffalo Bill?)
(Alex: No. Gretchen, you don't wanna take a chance?)
(Gretchen: I'm not gonna risk it with my minus.)
(Alex: Who is [*]?)
(Keith: That's it, yep.)
(Alex: Keith, back to you.)
(Al: He was also known as Buffalo Bill.)
(Keith: Yeah. [Laughs])
(Alex: No.)
(Keith: And Billy the Kid at one point.)
[Laughter]

Wild Bill Hickok

AlKeith
Triple Stumper
    $200 18
(Alex: And you have a $200 lead over Keith.)
(Alex: $200. I don't know
anything about women.)
[Laughter]
(Alex: Okay. That's what your wife said.)
[Al becomes affronted and threatens to charge the mound.]
(Alex: Come on.)
(Al: Come on.)
[Keith holds Al back, restraining him. Al struggles to get free.]
(Alex: You want a piece of me? You want a piece of this?)
[Laughter]
(Keith: [Finally letting go of Al] Get him. Get him. Go, go.)
(Alex: All right. For $200...)
(Al: If he hadn't held me
back, Trebek...)
(Alex: Yes. For $200
in 20th CENTURY WOMEN, here is your clue...)
...
(Al: Oh, I know this, but I don't know it. But I know her, she's that woman.)
[Laughter]
(Al: She's, like, slender, and she got old. And she... [turning to his opponents] help me.)
(Keith: No, no.)
(Al: Okay. That's why I bet $200. I know her. I know who she is.)

Georgia O'Keeffe

Al
    $1600 22
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Richmond

Keith
    $1600 7
(Gretchen: What is W?)
(Alex: No. Al.)
(Al: What is M?)
(Alex: No!)
[Laughter]
(Keith: Thanks, guys. What is [*], Alex?)
(Alex: You have to ring in.)
(Al: He didn't ring in. He didn't ring in!)
(Alex: He did when I told him to.)
(Keith: Yeah.)
(Alex: He does what I tell him to.)
(Keith: That's right.)
(Alex: Keith, go again.)
(Keith: Thank you, Mr. Trebek.)

D

AlGretchenKeith
    $2000 11
Jack Kerouac

Keith
    $2000 8
(Alex: What is a [*]? Wolfram.)

W

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Al Gretchen Keith
$8,000 -$1,800 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICANA
[Gretchen's score was converted to $1800 so that she could play Final Jeopardy!]
(Alex: Let's go to Al. [*]? Yes.)
(Al: And spelled right, too.)
(Alex: You are correct on that. Another dig--)
(Al: [Pointing to Keith] You--you--you spelled it like Viagra. He did it. He did it.)
[Laughter]
GretchenWhat is Niagara Falls?
$0
KeithWhat is Niagra Falls
$7,600
AlWhat is Niagara Falls New York?
$7,201
Niagara Falls

Final scores:

Al Gretchen Keith
$15,201 $1,800 $15,200
Winner: $50,000 to the Congressional Hunger Center 3rd place: $20,000 to the MacPhail Center for the Arts & Taking a Step 2nd place: $20,000 to Bat for the Cure

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Al Gretchen Keith
$7,800 -$1,800 $7,600
19 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)
4 R,
4 W
11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $13,600

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Game tape date: 2004-04-03
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