WASHINGTON — NBC White House correspondent Chuck Todd won Thursday night’s “Jeopardy!” Power Players match, taped last month at D.A.R. Constitution Hall.
Todd, who lives in Virginia, beat comedian Lewis Black, a Silver Spring, Md., native, and Pulitzer prize winning Chicago Tribune columnist Clarence Page. $50,000 will be donated to Todd’s charity of choice, D.C.-based Samaritan Inns, a group that provides recovery programs and housing to homeless men and women. Black’s causes, the 52nd St. Project and The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, will receive $10,000. $10,000 will also go to the American Institute for Stuttering, the group for whom Page played.
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace outsmarted “Dr. Oz” host Mehmet Oz and “BBC World News America” host Katty Kay during Wednesday night’s “Jeopardy!” Power Players match.
During Tuesday’s game, CNBC anchor David Faber bested basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and former White House press secretary Dana Perino. During Monday’s game, another former White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, beat CNN correspondent Lizzie O’Leary and MSNBC “Hardball” host Chris Matthews.
Friday night is the final 2012 “Jeopardy!” Power Players match, when TV personality Anderson Cooper, New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman and NBC News correspondent Kelly O’Donnell will compete on the long-running quiz show hosted by Alex Trebek..
Who’s showing their smarts on Jeopardy’s “Power Players Week” episodes?
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Anderson Cooper, Host Of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360°”
TV personality Anderson Cooper arrives at the 2012 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Graydon Carter at Sunset Tower on February 26, 2012, in West Hollywood, California.
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Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA’s All-Time Leading Scorer and Global Cultural Ambassador
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with NBA great and Cultural Ambassador Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Jauary 18, 2012 at the State Department.
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Katty Kay, BBC World News America Washington Correspondent
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Robert Gibbs, Former White House Press Secretary
Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs speaks during his final briefing to the press in the White House briefing room on February 11, 2011.
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David Faber, CNBC Anchor And Reporter
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Lizzie O’Leary, CNN Correspondent
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Dana Perino, Fox News Contributor
Dana Perino during the FOX News ‘Hannity with Sean Hannity’ 15th anniversary show at Olympic Centennial Park on October 6, 2011, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Lewis Black, Comedian
Comedian Lewis Black presents honor to Agent Jim Gosnell at The Nashville Association Of Talent Directors (NATD) Honors Gala at The Hermitage Hotel on September 14, 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Thomas Friedman, New York Times Columnist
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman speaks during a Networking session at the Governors’ Global Climate Summit in Los Angeles on October 2, 2009. The two day summit was hosted by Governor Schwarzenegger.
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Chris Matthews, MSNBC Host
Chris Matthews speaks during The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Los Angeles Gala at the Ritz Carlton/JW Marriott on March 17, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
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Dr. Mehmet Oz, Surgeon And Host Of “The Dr. Oz Show”
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Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent
Event emcee Chuck Todd, NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and Political Director Contributing Editor to Meet the Press, on stage at ‘A Night At The Park’ to benefit the ziMS Foundation hosted by Ryan Zimmerman at Nationals Park on August 9, 2010 in Washington, DC.
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Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune Columnist
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Chris Wallace, Host Of “FOX News Sunday”
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