Semifinals: Cal Poly/Columbia/UNT
February 8
Last week, fifteen of the best and
brightest of the hallowed halls and dorm rooms of academia descended
upon the hallowed halls and studios of Sony Pictures to pitch
intellectual combat, three at a time. Now the cream of the cram has
risen to the top, but there is still one more level to go. The winners
of this game and the two to follow will reach that level and compete for
$100,000, a spot in the quarter-million dollar Tournament of
Champions... and the title of Jeopardy! College Champion.
Second place is guaranteed $50,000, while third will get $25,000 in a
standard two-week event. Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000.
As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder
a player goes.
These nine are going to be friends forever... but for the next week,
where the familiar mantra is "Win... or go home", it's all business.
And now, game one of the semis...
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Weston
Mangin
Arroyo Grande,
CA
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
freshman
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER |
Tyler
Benedict
Dayton, OH
Columbia
junior
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER |
Monica Thieu
Dallas
North Texas
sophomore
WILD CARD |
Jeopardy! round...
KNOW YOUR
CONSTITUTION |
WEIGHTS &
MEASURES |
BUZZ BANDS |
QUESTIONS |
LITERARY
LOCALES |
COLLEGE "M" |
Daily Double: $1000 College "M".
Tyler has been giving Weston - a preliminary favorite - a run at it with $7400
to $5400. He fronts $2500 on this: founded in 1800, this liberal arts college
has the Adirondacks to the west & the Green Mountains to the east. "What is
Marlboro College?" No, it was Middlebury, dropping him to $4900.
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$5,800 |
$5,800 |
$2,000 |
Weston |
Tyler |
Monica |
Double Jeopardy! round...
ROGET'S
MEETS
BARTLETT'S |
THE
21st CENTURY |
YAY,
PHYSICS! |
ON CABLE |
ART &
ARTISTS |
SILENT B |
Daily Double #1: $800 Yay, Physics!
Monica's been making a go at it with $6400. Leader Tyler has $9300. She bets
$3000 on this from Jimmy... "The flying spaceman's twin rotors spin in opposite
directions, keeping him from spinning out of control by canceling out the
effects of this rotational force." "What is torque?" CORRECT for $9400!
Daily Double #2: $1600 the 21st
Century. Tyler's in second with $12,500 to Weston's $13,800. He bets $1500 on
this: named for this San Franciscan, the USA's first public high school for gay
students opened in 2003. "Who is Harvey Milk?" Correct for $14,000!
Tyler makes a grave error at the end
of the Double Jeopardy! round, but the game is still close...
$17,000 |
$15,600 |
$12,200 |
Weston |
Tyler |
Monica |
Now the keys from our
friends at J-Archive.com...
- Monica wins if... she bets
between $3401 and $5000 and is correct... but only if Weston and Tyler
bet to cover each other and are incorrect.
- Tyler wins if... he bets to cover Monica and Weston... but only if
Weston is wrong.
- Weston wins if... he bets $14,201 and is correct.
Final Jeopardy! category: COMIC BOOKS
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AN INSPIRATION
FOR THIS CHARACTER INTRODUCED IN 1929 WAS 15-YEAR-OLD PALLE HULD'S 1928
44-DAY VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD |
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Correct response: who is Tintin?
Monica's response: who is Tintin? CORRECT. Wager: $12,000. Total: $24,200.
Tyler's response: who was Steve Canyon? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter.
Weston's response: who is the Silver Surfer? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter.
Finalist:
Monica Thieu
CUE THE ZERGCAM!
After being behind most of
the game and making it close in Double Jeopardy!, Monica made a gutsy
move and it paid off. some people like to say that knowledge and
strategy are big parts, but you can't discount luck for anything!
Now she waits to see who she
will face in the next round.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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