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College Championship 2009
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Preliminaries: Charnsangavej/Dedousis/Greil
May 7

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, Scott Menke of John Hopkins, and Greg Lichtenstein of Vassar are on their way to the semis. By the end of the night, we will know who definitely will NOT join them. But let's talk about these three...

Larissa Charnsangavej Rice University senior	Anthony Dedousis Harvard University sophomore	Erica Greil Princeton University junior

Away we go. Jeopardy! round..

Daily Double: $800 Star Trek. Erica has $6800 to Anthony's $3600. Larissa has $1200. Erica puts $1800 on this... This water snake is the largest of all 88 constellations. "What is the Anaconda?" Nope, it was the Hydra, leaving her with $5000.

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

Double Jeopardy! categories:

In "Only One Vowel", each correct response has just one of the vowels.

Daily Double #1: $2000 Only One Vowel. Anthony has $9200. Larissa leads with $11,000. Erica has $7600. He fronts $2600 on this: Matthew 2:11 mentions this 5-letter aromatic gum resin that has only one vowel. "What is honey?" That has two vowels. It was "myrrh" (in a case where "y" grammatically is a vowel). He drops to $6600.

Daily Double #2: $2000 They Ruled! Anthony goes back to $9800. Erica has $9200. Larissa has $11,800 and the lead. Anthony bets $3000 on this: king of Jordan & a familiar name to our President (1952-99). "What is Hussein?" Correct for $12,800!

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

Final Jeopardy! category: BC THINKERS

Correct response: who is Plato?

Erica's response: who was Plato? CORRECT. Wager: $10,047. Total: $21,647.
Larissa's response: who is Plato? CORRECT. Wager: $1000. Total: $14,400.
Anthony's response: who is Socrates? WRONG. Wager: $5401. Total: $8199.

SEMIFINALIST: Erica Greil

One player needed to bet just enough to clinch a wild-card spot. Another needed to bet to win. Two correct strategies followed by incorrect people, as Erica finds her way through the easy route to the semifinal. Also as a result, Larissa is on the bubble along with Courtney from Tuesday's show ($10,000) when she had what it took to go directly to the semifinals. Eric Betts ($15,000) and Mark Petterson ($16,200), as expected, will be back next week. But who will join them? That question will be answered... tomorrow.

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