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Jeopardy!
College Championship 2009
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Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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Host: Alex Trebek
Clue Crew: Jon Cannon, Jimmy McGuire, Kelly Miyahara, Sarah Whitcomb
Announcer: Johnny Gilbert
Creator: Merv Griffin
EP: Harry Friedman
Packager: Jeopardy Productions & Sony Pictures Television for CBS Television Distribution
Origin: Sony Pictures Studios, Los Angeles
Website: www.jeopardy.com
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Preliminaries: Betts/Browning/Lichtenstein
May 6

Homebase is hosting the creme de la creme of collegians as once again, 15 of the nation's best and brightest come together to face the ultimate trivial challenge, facing off against each other and the big board for up to $100,000.

Only nine of them will be invited to return next week, however, the five winners this week and four wild card top-scorers.

Another standard two-week affair awaits with an minimum guarantee of $50,000 for second place and $25,000 for third.

Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000, while quarterfinalists are guaranteed $5000 for participation. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.

So far, Laura Myers of Mizzou and Scott Menke of John Hopkins will meet the winner of today's match...

Eric Betts Emory University senior	Elyssa Browning St. John's College junior	Greg Lichtenstein Vassar College freshman

Away we go. Jeopardy! round..

Daily Double: $400 Landmarks. Greg has $200 after getting out of the red. Elyssa has $2200 and the lead to Eric's $1400. He risks the max of $1000 on this: this recumbent statue on the Giza Plateau is 66 feet high & 240 feet long. "What is the Sphinx?" Correct for $1200!

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

ASK ALEX: Where did Alex go to college and what was his major? Well, George Alexander Trebek matriculated from the University of Ottawa with a degree in philosophy, because "classes were in the morning, and I had to work in the evening to pay for my tuition."

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $800 Comparative Lit. Greg finds it with $9400 to Eric's $13,400 and Elyssa's $10,000. He tries to get back into this with a $3000 on this: Thackeray took a lot of "pride" in this novel; it was his first major work published under his own name. "What is 'Vanity Fair'?" Correct for $12,400!

Daily Double #2: $1200 Bodies of Water. Greg goes for the trifecta with $15,200 against Elyssa's $12,000 and Eric's $14,600. He wagers $3000 on this: this river carries more water than the Mississippi, Yangtze & Nile combined. "What is the Amazon?" Good for $18,200!

At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...

Final Jeopardy! category: WASHINGTON, DC

Correct response: what is the Vice President?

Elyssa's response: what is the Attorney General? WRONG. Wager: $14,399. Total: $1.
Eric's response: what is the Vice President? CORRECT. Wager: $400. Total: $15,000.
Greg's response: what is the Vice President? CORRECT. Wager doesn't matter..

SEMIFINALIST: Greg Lichtenstein

Props to Greg for a late-round comeback. And also props to Eric for knowing how to play the meta-game. Remember, half of Jeopardy! is about knowledge. The other half is strategy. Eric knows that the point of this week is to make it to next week. Imagine what he'll know once he gets there.

Preliminary action continues from Sony tomorrow.

If you would like to become a contestant on Jeopardy!, go to jeopardy.com.