Elizabeth Warren Is Now a Jeopardy! Category

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:

1) In 2012, Elizabeth Warren was elected a senator from this state.
Answer: What is Massachusetts?
Mr. Trebek: You got it.

2) Mrs. Warren is on the Senate committee known as HELP: Health, Education, Labor and these retirement benefits.
Answer: (incorrect) What is Social Security?
Answer: (correct) What are pensions?
Mr. Trebek: P stands for pensions, correct.

3) Elizabeth chaired the Congressional oversight panel for this program, whose 4-letter abbreviation sounds like a canvas cover.
Answer: What is TARP?

4) An expert on bankruptcy, Elizabeth Warren wrote a 2008 text on the essentials of this part of the bankruptcy code.
Answer (incorrect): What is Chapter 13?
Answer (correct) What is Chapter 11?

5) Mrs. Warren championed the creation of and was the interim director of this bureau, CFPB for short.
Answer: Contestants are stumped

Despite the contestants’ failure to identify the regulator she started, Ms. Warren was enthusiastic about the show. “There was a @Jeopardy category about me tonight? I’m honored!,” she posted on Twitter. “But @CFPB director (and 5-time champ) Rich Cordray is the real Jeopardy star.”

There was a @Jeopardy category about me tonight? I’m honored! But @CFPB director (and 5-time champ) Rich Cordray is the real Jeopardy star.

— Elizabeth Warren (@elizabethforma) October 1, 2014