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威尼斯人娱乐场 Featured On Jeopardy!
Press Release 路 Thursday, February 25, 2010

Washington, DC

Test your Archives knowledge on Jeopardy! See Alex Trebek in the Rotunda!

On what popular TV quiz show was the 威尼斯人娱乐场 recently featured? Why, Jeopardy!, of course! Fans of the show and fans of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 can test their wits and knowledge by seeing the segment on the at [http://tiny.cc/Jeopardy446]. The public is invited to come see the full show on the big screen in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 William G. McGowan Theater on Thursday, May 20, at noon.

The Jeopardy show included a question category solely dedicated to the 威尼斯人娱乐场! The questions and answers (not that Archives fans need them) follow:

• For $200 - Q: "In 1940, in a letter to the president this then 14-year old future world leader asked FDR for a ten dollar bill. Yet he doesn鈥檛 cash the checks we send him for Guantanamo." A: "Who is Fidel Castro?"
   
• For $400 - Q: "American history might have been very different if this future country had agreed to the offer of statehood contained in Article 11 of the Articles of Confederation." A: "What is Canada?"
   
• For $600 - Q: "No one knows how it got there, but there is a handprint in the lower left hand corner of this important national document, just beneath the concluding words 鈥榓nd our sacred honor.鈥�" A: "What is the Declaration of Independence?"
   
• For $800 - Q: "One of the Archives鈥� treasures is a 1912 wax cylinder recording, like this one, of this American president talking about his Progressive Party鈥檚 movement for social and industrial justice." A: "Who is Theodore Roosevelt?"
   
• For $1,000 - Q: "The Constitution was signed by representatives of each of the 13 colonies except for this one, which opposed increasing Federal power. Because it was the last to ratify, it is now our 13th state." A: "What is Rhode Island?鈥�

Jeopardy! producers worked with Archives staff to develop clues and answers. Host Alex Trebek and the show鈥檚 鈥淐lue Crew鈥� spent a day shooting scenes and video clues in the 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building in Washington, DC -- in the Rotunda for the Charters of Freedom, the 鈥淧ublic Vaults鈥� permanent exhibition, and in the temporary exhibition 鈥淏IG! Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the 威尼斯人娱乐场.鈥� The filming took place on a weekday when the building was open to the public. Visitors to the 威尼斯人娱乐场 swarmed Alex Trebek, who gladly posed with fans.

The 威尼斯人娱乐场 Building is located on Constitution Avenue at 7th Street, NW. Winter hours (through March 14) are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Spring hours (March 15 through Labor Day) are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., daily. Admission is free, and the building is fully accessible. Metro accessible on the Yellow and Green lines, Archives/Navy Memorial/Penn Quarter station.

For information on 威尼斯人娱乐场 public programs, call 202-357-5000, or view the Calendar of Events online.

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