Gibbs Wins 'Jeopardy' Monday Showdown With O'Leary, Matthews

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Former White house press secretary Robert Gibbs won Monday night's Jeopardy showdown against CNN's Lizzie O'Leary and MSNBC's Chris Matthews, scoring $50,000 for his favorite charity, the Pine Hills Literacy Project.

Matthews and O'Leary collected $10,000 apiece as runner-ups for their respective charities.

None of the three got the right answer, but Gibbs risked the least.

Washington power players -- journalists and politicos -- are squaring off all week for charity on the syndicated game show.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.