“New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win -- and The Times-Picayune headline the next day -- end up in 'Final Jeopardy'”

New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win -- and The Times-Picayune headline the next day -- end up in 'Final Jeopardy'

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:11 PM PDT

Published: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 7:07 PM Updated: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 7:26 PM

Jelisa Castrodale's job as a sportswriter in Winston-Salem, N.C., no doubt came in handy on an episode of the TV game show "Jeopardy" that aired Tuesday.

During the "Final Jeopardy" segment, the category was "Sports and the Media" and the clue was: "On Feb. 8, 2010, the headline in a major newspaper in this city read, 'Amen! After 43 years our prayers are answered.'"

Contestant Roger Craig, a graduate student from Newark, Del., and the six-day champ at that point, was in the lead with $22,000 in earnings. He wagered $17,401. But alas, no Who Dat is Craig. His answer, "What is Chicago?" dropped him to $4,599 -- and last place.

Contestant Matthew Martin, a police officer from Arlington, Va., didn't have much of a chance of winning: With total earnings of $6000, he wagered $1,000. His answer, "What is Miami?" left him with $5,000.

In delivering the only correct answer, "What is New Orleans?" Castrodale, who had wagered $19,699 -- all but a dollar of her earnings -- came in first place with a total of $39,399.

The headline, of course, was in The Times-Picayune, the day after the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl in Miami.

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