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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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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.
Over the past season, we've seen 45 of the game's greatest go head-to-head-to-head in preliminary win-or-go-home matchups. Now the winners of those games return for a two-week tournament. The winner takes home $1,000,000. First runner-up gets $100,000. Second-runner up gets $50,000. Semifinalists will be guaranteed $25,000. All of this week's participants will go home with $10,000. As always, all prize money is dependent upon how far a player proceeds. All this week, we will have one player from the first decade, one from the second, and one from the third. So far, it's all about Russ Schumacher and Roger Craig. One of these three gentlemen of Jeopardy! is going to join them.
FUN FACT #1: Mark wrote a book of "Secrets of the Jeopardy! Champions" with fellow competitor Chuck Forrest. FUN FACT #2: Brad has never lost a game... to a HUMAN opponent. Mark has the honor and will pick first in the Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double: $600 Farming. Brad has the lead with $4800. He bets... $2000 on this: boosting efficiency, it's a harvester & a thresher in one machine. "What's a combine?" RIGHT for $6800! At the end of Jeopardy!...
Double Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double #1: $1600 Read"ing". Brad has the lead still with $12,400 and control of this clue thanks to a right-track-wrong-train situation from Mark. He bets $10,000. HELLO! Here's the clue: Squire Allworthy is a character in a 1749 novel by this man. "Who is Fielding?" He knew it before Alex was finished. He's up to $22,400. Daily Double #2: $1200 Govt. Med. Abbrev. Brad's hard to catch with $24,000. He could border on impossible with the right wager. He goes $4000 in on this: it's the acronym for the law that allows you to continue the coverage you had after you leave a job. "What is COBRA?" BOOM! $28,000. At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
#Ruttered. This game is Brad's to lose. Dan can only hope for a wild card at this point. Mark? Well, stranger things have happened. Final Jeopardy! category: SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Correct response: what is the
Montgomery Bus Boycott?
And the streak continues. Not only has Brad emerged as a semifinalist, but he's now an odds-on favorite to win the whole thing and add to his already-record-smashing Jeopardy! lifetime total. Next time, it's Tom Cubbage, Ken Jennings, and Rachael Schwartz in semifinal action, and we name the first two wild cards guaranteed a spot next week! To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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SEMIFINALIST:
Brad Rutter