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45 of the game's greatest return for a shot at $1 million and the title of Champion of the Decades as Jeopardy! celebrates 30 years on the air. Recaps by Chico Alexander & Jason Block, GSNN
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Finals: Rutter/Jennings/Craig
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In 1984, "Jeopardy!", the
Merv Griffin creation that provided the answers and
asked for the questions, returned to the airwaves in
first-run syndication. Thirty years and more than 6000
episodes later, it stands as the gold standard for quiz
shows today, and this year, we celebrate with a
year-long tournament featuring some of the greatest
champions to ever play the game: The Battle of the
Decades. After 30 years, hundreds of champions, and millions of dollars in prize money, it all comes down to this: We have the one day record holder in ROGER CRAIG, the longest winning streak holder in KEN JENNINGS, and the biggest money winner in BRAD RUTTER. One of these men will be the Battle of the Decades winner and $1 million dollars richer! First runner-up gets $100,000, while the second runner-up takes away $50,000. A Million Dollar Moment 30 years in the making is only 30 minutes away....
Brad has the honor and will pick first in the Jeopardy! round...
It is not looking good in the first half of the J! round with both Brad & Ken in negative numbers early. At the break, Brad has -$800 still to Ken's $4600. Roger has $600. Daily Double: $800 Organizations. Brad has the clue, but he's also $200 in the hole. He bets $1000 on this: now one big happy family, this mentoring group was formed by the union of 2 "sibling" organizations in 1977. "What are the Big Brothers Big Sisters?" GOT IT for $800! At the end of the Jeopardy! Round...
Brad picks first in the Double Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double #1: $1200 Lakes & Rivers. Roger has correctly responded to all 4 clues given him so far, giving him $10,400. Despite being warned by Brad.... Roger's GOING FOR IT! For $20,800.... Sharing the name of a city, it's the largest lake entirely within a Canadian province. "What is... Lake... Manitoba?" MANITOBA IS NOT A CITY! (C-Note: to appease to Canada's official policy on bilingualism: MANITOBA N'EST PAS UNE VILLE!) It was Winnipeg. Daily Double #2: $1600 Nonfiction. Brad has $2600 to Ken's $7600. He bets only $2000 on this: the title of this essay collection by David Sedaris refers to his attempt to learn to speak French. "What is 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'?" RIGHT for $4600! Going into the Final Jeopardy! to end all Final Jeopardies!...
The good news for Roger... he has $2000. The bad news, because Ken has $7000 banked and the best that Roger can do is $4000, it's all over but the crying for him. If Brad were to double up and be correct, he would have $33,600. If Ken were to do the same, he would have $33,200. So Brad has to wager $11,401 and be correct to put it away. In essence... and as if it were written as a melodrama, the ultimate tournament with the ultimate stakes for the ultimate prize on the ultimate day... is going to come down to one million-dollar game of whose balls are bigger, yours or mine? Final Jeopardy! category: SECRETARIES OF STATE
CORRECT: .... Who are James Buchanan & Condoleezza Rice? Roger's response: who are Rice & Buchanan? Great game, guys! CORRECT. Wager: $2000. Total: $4000. Brad's response: who are Buchanan & Rice? Wager: $0. Total: $11,800. Clearly, Brad is hoping that Ken is incorrect... Ken's response: who are Buchanan & Albright? Wager doesn't matter...
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRAD RUTTER, THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME AND THE CHAMPION OF DECADES with over $4 million in Jeopardy! earnings! And yes, we mention the greatest of all time, until someone comes along and beats him. Who knows... in 10 years, it just might be the lady with the quarter-million dollar smile who's coming back on Monday. Or it could even be you reading this! Jeopardy.com has all the information on becoming a contestant. ... but we will have Julia Collins playing her 11th game on Monday. To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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