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Class is now in session as 15 of the best students face each other in trivial combat for bragging rights and $100,000.
Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN |
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Semifinals:
Tucker/Greil/Petterson Fifteen of the best college students to play the game this year met on a common battlefield. Only nine survive to compete this week for one of three spots in the two-part final. Up for grabs: $100,000, the 2009 Jeopardy! College Championship, and perhaps a berth in the next Tournament of Champions. This is the second week for the
tournament, with a minimum guarantee of
$50,000 for second place and $25,000 for third. So far, Eric Betts and Laura Myers are in the wings waiting for the winner of tonight's match. has won a ticket to Thursday. Tonight, one of these three will join him.
Jeopardy! round..
Daily Double: $400 Check the Newspaper. Mark has $3400 to Erica's $6200 and Patrick's $4800. Needless to say, he's going to want to make a move here. He bets $1400 to hope to tie Patrick. The clue: in 1889 Dow Jones changed the name of its daily business newsletter to this. "What is the Wall Street Journal?" Correct to tie with $4800! At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double #1: $2000 Women in Government. Erica has reached the five-figure mark with $10,200. Mark has $7600. Patrick is in control of this clue with $7000. He bets $3000 on this: after heading up 2 Cabinet departments, she represented North Carolina in the Senate from 2003 to 2009. "Who is Dole?" Correct for $10,000. Daily Double #2: $1200 Scientists. It's REALLY tight now with Patrick at $12,400, leading Mark by $400 (he has $12,000) and Erica by $1400 (she has $11,000). He hedges his bets with $1000 riding on this: this Russian physiologist published his first book, "Work of the Digestive Glands," in 1897. "Who is Pavlov?" Correct for $13,400! At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
We have a rather precarious dilemma, not unlike the one faced YESTERDAY. Here's what needs to happen, courtesy our friends at J-Archive.com: - If Erica thinks she knows it, then she has to bet $3400. If she doesn't, then she can get away with $1601. This way, she leads mark if he bets nothing. And if Patrick's wrong and bets against Mark, even better. - For Mark, the case is like Laura's from yesterday. Go big or go home. If he doesn't know it (or he believes a triple stumper is coming), he bets nothing. If he does know it, he bets EVERYTHING. But if he's to stand any chance of making the final, he has to hope Patrick is wrong. - Patrick wins if he bets $7801 and is correct. Final Jeopardy! category: THE HISTORY OF FLIGHT
Correct response: who were John
Adams & Thomas Jefferson?
Patrick built up his bank by himself in the first round, then did the same with a little help in the second. He has the luck and the momentum of a contender. Let's see if both will hold tomorrow against these two...
One of these students will
win $100,000 starting tomorrow! |
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FINALIST:
Patrick Tucker
