i can tell you, tour e, we were talking to folks who came to hear the president speak. they are infuriated with washington and time for washington to do their job and get this budget passed. back to you guys. kristen welker with the president in kansas city where the royals are do better than my yankees which is also infuriating. let s talk to molly ball who won quiz masters 2,000. let s talk about this obama care shutdown threat because it is just a threat. people are telling me it may not actually happen but the threat will go right up to the brink. karl rove wrote about it in the wall street journal , it is praise worthy but any strat by to repeal delay or replace the law must have a credible chance of succeeding the de-funding strategy does not. it is an ill conceived tactic
wow. the other two? who was the congressman that was defeated in. i have no idea. not going to guess? i am so sorry, you got one-third, it s not worth one-third of $1,000 t. correct answer the congressman was mike synart. principal was virgil cooper. he lost to tom coburn in the general election. you win a hat from the western s otb pub, this was in my closet. it s been deliced. it is yours to cope. you are our new quiz master. thank you for playing all of you. thank you for playing at home. we will see you next time on quiz masters 2,000. [ music playing ] [ male announcer ] some question physics. some question gravity. and some. even have the audacity to question improbability.
home to another edition of quiz masters 2,000. welcome to our if you contestants and she nodes no introduction, our returning champion, christina balentoni. impressive play from you. my pleasure. i have in my hands, a series of questions. we will start with the easier ones. as we go along, they will become harder. the point values will enkrosse. the subject of today s game, it changes every week. the subject is debt ceiling, health care, politics in washington, d.c. that is going to be the subject of all of the questions in this quiz. i will caution you as i always do. please allow me to read the full question before you ring in, if you ring in early, you will be locked out. you will also be penalized the value of the question if you do not answer it correctly. contestants, are you ready? yes. all right. let s play, quiz master s 2,000, five minutes on the clock, please, hands on buzzers. we begin with the multiple
from rockefeller studio 3a. this is the quiz masters 2,000. right now, today s contestants, originally from louisville, kentucky, harry bacon, jr. another political journal allegist from denver, colorado. molly voll. our returning champion whose totals tally 46,000 in cash and prizes. would you believe, she, too, a political journalist from san jose, california, christine balentofi. right now the host of quiz masters 2,000 steve kornacki. thank you. i ve always said that image s voice puts johnny gilbert s to shame. welcome to all of you playing at
game show. there was tension back stage, christy fa does not give up the throne easily. i am defensive. you are classic in coast. molly, the hat fits, i hope? it really is a stellar addition to my wardrobe. molly, we found out you were on a real game show. i was on who wants to be a millionaire. i did well, i won $100,000 in 2007. that s the meredith viera. correct. i used all my live loins. i decarolinaed to antser the $250,000. here s the question, tow, if you had guessed the $250,000 question, would you have been right? well, in hooendsight, i think so, i think i had the right guess, but i was going back and forth and i realized i d be crazy to do that if i went down to 50 if i got it wrong. take the money and run. i d regret it the rest of my