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Thu Oct 2, 2014, 04:38 PM Oct 2014

Elizabeth Warren Is Now a Jeopardy Category ...

WSJ
Washington Wire
Oct 2, 2014



The nexus between the TV game show Jeopardy! and prominent Washington figures involved in financial regulation continued this week, with contestants testing their knowledge of facts about Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.).

Contestants on Tuesday night’s show were confronted with a category entitled “Mrs. Warren’s Profession.” It was the second time this year that one of the creators of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which Ms. Warren led in its early days, has made Jeopardy-related news.

The CFPB’s director, Richard Cordray, is a five-time Jeopardy champion who tried — but failed — earlier this year to recreate his winning ways.

While the five Warren-related questions posed by host Alex Trebek would not stump many Beltway insiders, not all contestants fared well. Here’s a recap:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/10/02/elizabeth-warren-is-now-a-jeopardy-category/

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