Preliminaries: Shoenhard/Silver/Sprangers
May 6
It's that time of the year again, when
many a college senior is ready to take on the world. Today, and every
day for the next two weeks, 15 college students are going to take each
other on for $100,000 and a possible $250,000 seat in the next
Tournament of Champions in Jeopardy's Spring Classic, the College
Championship.
What challenges await the brightest
collegians in the country? How will they rise to meet them? The answers
to these questions could be worth $100,000 for the winner, $50,000 for
the first runner-up, and $25,000 for the second runner-up. Semifinalists
are guaranteed $10,000, while everyone who competes gets $5000. Any and
all prizes depend on how far up a player moved in the standings.
And it all starts, wait for it..... RIGHT
NOW!
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Hannah
Shoenhard
orig. Tulsa, OK
junior, Scripps College |
Jed Silver
The Bronx, NY
senior, Tufts |
Julia
Sprangers
Oshkosh, WI
junior, Wisconsin |
Jeopardy! round...
ROCKS &
MINERALS |
HOMOPHONES |
CELEBS |
POETRY |
QUIRKY
NEWS |
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Video Daily Double: $800
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal.
After a line-ruling giving her $4200 to Julia's $4800, she bets $1200 on this: a
New London, Connecticut, fight over this, government power to take private
property, ended with land seized and nothing built. "What is eminent domain?"
CORRECT for $5400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$6,400 |
$1,400 |
$3,800 |
Hannah |
Jed |
Julia |
Double Jeopardy! round...
EUROPEAN
CITIES |
MOVIE
VILLAINS |
I JUST "ATE" |
THE OFFICE |
THIS IS HUGE |
THAT'S WHAT
CHE SAID |
Daily Double #1: $1600
European Cities. Hannah still leads with $800 to
Julia's $4600. She fronts $2400 on this: this
Bavarian city traces its origins to a Benedictine
monastery at Tegernsee. "What is Munich?" CORRECT
for $10,400!
Daily Double #2: $1600 This Is Huge.
Jed has $7400, a long way away from Hannah's $18,000. He fronts $3000 on this: a
synonym for "huge" starts the name of this model of large-screen TV developed by
Sony & seen in stadiums. "What is Jumbotron?" RIGHT for $10,400!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$18,400 |
$14,800 |
$10,200 |
Hannah |
Jed |
Julia |
A sure thing for Hannah
disintegrated quickly, and now it's anyone's game.
Final Jeopardy! category: STATE QUARTERS
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THE BACK OF THE
QUARTER FOR THIS STATE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT FEATURES A MONARCH |
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Correct response: what is Hawaii?
Julia's response: what is Virginia Hawaii? CORRECT. Wager: $6200. Total: $16,400.
Jed's response: what is Virginia? WRONG. Wager: $5601. Total: $9199.
Hannah's response: what is Hawai'i? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter.
Semifinalist:
Hannah Shoenhard
Hannah is in it to win it,
but if she wants to really make a statement, she needs to play a solid
30 minutes and not give an inch to anyone.
One semifinalist down, eight
to go. Come back next time to see what happens.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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