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Class is in session at the game show equivalent of the School of Hard Knocks. Which of the 15 will graduate to the $100,000 final?

Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Host Alex Trebek
Clue Crew Jimmy McGuire
Kelly Miyahara
Sarah Whitcomb
Announcer Johnny Gilbert
Creator Merv Griffin
EP Harry Friedman
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Semifinals: Goucher/Duke/GWU
February 9

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.

Monica Thieu, still reeling from the upset, is in the wings waiting for one of these three.

Sarah Bart
Philadelphia
Goucher College
senior
WILD CARD
Greer Mackebee
Knoxville, TN
Duke
senior
AUTOMATIC QUALIFIER
Jaime Alayon
Miami
George Washington
sophomore
WILD CARD

First, a little disclosure from yours truly. I watched last night's ball game between UNC and Duke, so some, let's say, feelings, are still left within me. That said, I don't want Greer to win. I WANT HIM TO CRY.

Now that that's out of the way... JEOPARDY! ROUND!

THE ANIMAL
KINGDOM
GO OUT OR
STAY IN?
NAKED-ITY IT'S THE LAW! NONFICTION IN THE

Jaime runs out It's the Law! for $3600.

Daily Double: $800 Nonfiction. Sarah has $1800. Jaime has $5400. SHE'S GOING FOR IT! For $3600... Sebastian Junger re-creates the final hours of a fishing boat during a devastating nor'easter in this bestseller. "What is 'The Perfect Storm'?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $3600!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

$7,000 $1,200 $4,000
Sarah Greer Jaime

Double Jeopardy! round...

GAME OF
THRONES
THEATER WORLD
CAPITALS
FAST-FOOD
FOREIGN
MENU
FESTIVALS "OH" MY!

Daily Double #1: $1600 World Capitals. Sarah has $9000 and bets $4000 of it on this: this Scandinavian capital's Kon-Tiki Museum houses mementos of Thor Heyerdahl's voyages. "What is Oslo?" Correct for $13,000!

Daily Double #2: $800 Festivals. Greer has $8400. With three clues left on the board and Sarah at $24,600, he's going to have to bet at least half of it in order to stand ANY of a chance. He's betting $6000 on this: a Japanese lantern lighting ceremony is a part of this 2-week-long spring festival in Washington, DC. "What is the Cherry Blossom Festival?" Correct for $14,400!

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

$25,800 $14,400 $3,200
Sarah Greer Jaime

Now the keys from our friends at J-Archive.com...

- Jaime wins if... Sarah and Greer do something incredibly dumb. Sarah won't though. More in a moment.
- Greer wins if... he bets $11,401 and is correct, while everyone else is wrong. But he MUST BE CORRECT.
- Sarah wins if... she bets $3001 and is correct.

Final Jeopardy! category: CHARACTERS IN POETRY

 

THE NAME OF THIS TITLE HEROINE OF AN 1847 POEM IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "GOOD NEWS"

 

Correct response: who is Evangeline?

Jaime response: who is ??? WRONG. Wager: $3199. Total: $1.
Greer's response: who is Persephone? DUKE SUCKS. Wager: $11,401. Total: $2999.
Sarah's response: who is Evangeline? CORRECT. Wager doesn't matter.

Finalist: Sarah Bart

I'm going to spare the analysis because of the above disclaimer. Or at least I'll TRY to analyze is as best as I can. Ahem...

Give Greer a pound for making a bold move (and a smart one at that) in the final seconds of the round (C-Note: Where does THAT sound familiar?), but Sarah beat the boys. And she beat them BAD.

Will Connie Shi make the finals a ladies-only affair? Find out tomorrow!

To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.