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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, GSNN

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1980s: Cooper/Forrest/Scott
February 3
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.

This week, 15 of the greatest contestants of the 80s return to compete. The winner of each game will return in May to compete for $1 million and the title of Champion of the Decades. Runners-up will receive $5000 each.

Game 1 features THESE greats...

India Cooper
Madison, IN
actress & copy editor
1992		 Chuck Forrest
Marino, Italy
attorney for the UN IFAD
1986		 Jim Scott
Arlington, VA
attorney
1991

India has the honor, and will start the Jeopardy! round...

PRE-'80s
HISTORY		 NAME THE
BIBLE BOOK		 ON
THE "M"ENU		 BORN IN
THE USA		 PERSONAL
SPACE
INVADERS		 VALLEY GIRL
SPEAK

Daily Double: $600 Name the Bible Book. Chuck has control, but after a line ruling, he gets $3400 to $400 for Jim. India has -$400. He bets $1500 on this: "But the Lord sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest." "What is Jonah?" He's up to $4900.

At the end of Jeopardy!...

$3,200 $8,700 $1,600
India Chuck Jim

Double Jeopardy! round...

WORLD
LITERATURE		 ALSO A TYPE
OF FOOTWEAR		 PHYSIOLOGY BROADWAY
MUSICALS		 "S"ITIES LATIN

Daily Double #1: $1200 Latin. India finds it with $8000 after all three players bounce around the board. Chuck still leads with $11,900 to Jim's $3200. She bets half her stash, or $4000, on this: this phrase literally means "until seasickness". "What is ad nauseum?" Pay. That lady. Her money. She has the lead with $12,000.

Daily Double #2: $800 Physiology. Jim is up to $4800 to Chuck's $11,900. But this one belongs to India with her $14,000. She bets $1500 of it on this: when you swallow, this flap of cartilage acts like a lid to the larynx. "What is the epiglottis?" That would've been right, but the uvula takes her back to $12,500. Still leading, but just.

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

$18,500 $16,700 $3,200
India Chuck Jim

This is strictly a win-or-go-home situation, with the runners-up taking $5000, while the winner moves on to the tournament quarterfinals. The strategy from J-Archive.com...

- JIM WINS IF... he goes all-in and is correct, while India and Chuck bet against each other and are wrong.
- CHUCK WINS IF... he bets $10,299 and is correct while India bets against him and is wrong.
- INDIA WINS IF... she bets $14,901 and is correct.

Final Jeopardy! category: PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES

 

THE ONLY FOREIGN-BORN FIRST LADY WAS THE WIFE OF THIS MAN WHO SERVED IN THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS FROM AGE 14

  

Correct response: who was John Quincy Adams?

Jim's response: who was John Quincy Adams? CORRECT. Wager: $3000. Total: $6200.
Chuck's response: who is John Q. Adams? CORRECT. Wager: $16,700. Total: $33,400.
India's response: who is Madison? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter.

QUARTERFINALIST: Chuck Forrest

This was India's game to lose... and she lost it. We didn't see much of the game play that made Chuck Forrest the name he was in Jeopardy! lore. But what we did see... going for it and winning. Chuck will take on the rest of the field in May.

Meanwhile, three more players from the 80s and early 90s play next time.

To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.