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15 of America's smartest collegians face each other in trivial combat for bragging rights and $100,000.
Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN |
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Semifinals:
Beachum/Shah/Swain While college seniors all across the country are graduating, nine of last week's players are graduating to the next level, the semi-finals. For three of them, the road to $100,000 and a slot in the next Tournament of Champions continues. For the other six, the dream ends here at the Kohl Center in Madison. This Spring Classic is another standard two-week affair, advancing the winners of last week's games as well as four wild-cards, high scorers among non-winners. All of this week's players will be guaranteed $10,000 for their participation. And in the end, only the winner will advance, hence the phrase, "Win or go home." The first runner-up receives $50,000 at least, while the second runner-up wins at least $25,000. As always, any and all winnings accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes. Who'll join Danielle and Andrew in the finals? Time to find out. Semi #3...
Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double: $600 The Russians Are Coming. Joey just got back into the black against Suchita's $4800 and Vera's $3800. He bets the max of $1000 on this: the only son of Nicholas II, Alexis was the last male heir born to this royal family while it ruled Russia. "Who are the Romanovs?" Correct for $1000. At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double #1: $1600 Famous College Dropouts. Joey is in second with $5400 against Suchita's $11,200 and Vera's $2800. He can come mighty close with an all-in wager. Instead, he bets $2500 on this: after dropping out of the University of Maryland, he exposed the Watergate scandal with Bob Woodward. "Who is Carl Bernstein?" Correct for $7900. Daily Double #2: $1200 New York Times Tech Biz. Joey finds it again, and this time, he CAN pass Suchita's $12,000. He bets $3300 to tie. The clue: the Times cites an estimate that in 2007, its 3rd year, this site used as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. "What is YouTube?" Correct for the tie and $12,000! At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
Now here's what we have to do, courtesy J-archive.com: - Vera can't win unless Joey
and Suchita bet against each other and both are wrong. She'd be wise to
err on the side of caution and just bet $400. Final Jeopardy! category: AMERICAN HISTORY
Correct response: what is Texas?
Well, starting as slow as Joey did, there was no other strategy than to pour on the heat by playing the rest of the game solidly. He did, managing to get into Suchita's head and leaving her to trip on her own petard as it were. Now he's among the three playing for $100,000...
The finals begin tomorrow! |
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FINALIST:
Joey Beachum
