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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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1990s: Holznagel/Melia/Mueller
March 4
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 1990s 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.

Yesterday, Rachael Schwartz became the first contestant to qualify for the 1990s bracket when she upset favorite Eddie Timanus in Final Jeopardy!. Tonight's winner will join her in the next round...

Fritz Holznagel
Somerville, MA
writer
1995 TOC Winner		 Dan Melia
Berkeley, CA
retired professor
1998 TOC Winner		 Pam Mueller
Princeton, NJ
graduate student in psychology
2000 College Champion

Ry... err, Fritz has the honor, and will start the Jeopardy! round...

1990s
FICTION		 BROADWAY
MUSICALS
BY SONGS		 PALINDROMIC
WORDS		 WORLD
CAPITALS		 PARTY LIKE IT'S
1998

Daily Double: $600 Like It's 1998. Fritz is in second with $1200 to Pam's $1400. He fronts $1111 on this: on July 17 this ruler & some of his family members were re-buried in St. Petersburg. "Who is Nicholas II?" Right for $2311!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

$7,711 $2,200 $4,200
Fritz Dan Pam

Double Jeopardy! round...

THE SONNET SCIENCE
TIMELINE		 DISNEY
SIDEKICKS		 ART &
ARTISTS		 ALL AROUND
AMERICA		 AS "IF"!

Daily Double #1: $1600 Art & Artists. Dan has $6200 to Fritz's $7311. He fronts $2500 on this: his 1911 work "I and the Village" evokes the look of his Hasidic hometown. "Who is Kandinsky?" No, it was Marc Chagall, leaving him with $3700.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Science Timeline. Pam ($12,600) was looking for it, but Fritz ($8511) found it. He bets $777 on this: in 1576 King Frederick II granted him title to the island of Ven to build an observatory. "Who is Copernicus?" No, it was Tycho Brahe, leaving him with $7734.

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

$12,934 $5,700 $17,000
Fritz Dan Pam

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...

- DAN WINS IF... he bets it all and is the only one right.
- FRITZ WINS IF... he bets $4067 and is correct while Pam is wrong.
- PAM WINS IF... she bets $8869 and is correct.

Final Jeopardy! category: BORDERS

 

TWICE AS LONG AS HADRIAN'S WALL, OFFA'S DYKE WAS THE TRADITIONAL BORDER BETWEEN THESE 2 LANDS

  

Correct response: what are England & Wales?

Dan's response: what are England & Wales? CORRECT. Wager: $4000. Total: $9700.
Fritz's response: what are the Netherlands & Germany? WRONG. Wager: $1331. Total: $11,603.
Pam's response: what are Scotland & Wales? WRONG. Wager: $0. Total: $17,000

QUARTERFINALIST: Pam Mueller

Seemed like everyone was going off book today, but Pam decided that she was going to bet on a loss rather than risk it all on a category that she was not sure of. It gets her to the next phase, but she'll have to play to win there. She joins Rachael Schwartz in the next round.

Tomorrow, another three champions of the 1990s.

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