Preliminaries: Bowdoin/Stanford/APU
May 9
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.
Tonight, we'll have two Wild Cards
figured out. But first...
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Cindy
Cammarn
Charlotte
junior, Bowdoin |
Bill
Driscoll
Carolina Beach,
NC
senior, Stanford |
Jack
Houston
Lakeside, CA
sophomore, Azusa Pacific |
Jeopardy! round...
IT'S MAY |
ENDS IN "X" |
FAST FOOD,
FAST |
WHATEVER |
CLASSIC
NOVELS |
SOCCER,
THE BEAUTIFUL
GAME |
Daily Double: $1000 Classic Novels.
Cindy has $800 to the others' $1000 a piece. Cindy wagers the max of $1000 on
this: in this novel, banned in the US until 1933, Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus
represent Penelope & Telemachus. "What is 'Ulysses'?" CORRECT for $1800!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$4,400 |
$3,000 |
$4,000 |
Cindy |
Bill |
Jack |
Double Jeopardy! round...
YOU'RE CRAZY,
ME DRIVING? |
TV SHOWS BY
CHARACTERS |
WE HAVE A NEW
STATE CAPITAL |
RHYME THIS! |
COMPOSERS &
THEIR MUSIC |
THE ABEL
PRIZE |
Daily Double #1: $2000
Composers & Their Music. Bill goes with the pecking
strategy early, ending up with $200 when he finds
this on the third clue of the round. He fronts $1000
on this: May 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of the
premiere of this Stravinsky work & the accompanying
riot. "What is 'The Rite of Spring'?" CORRECT for
$1200.
Two clues later...
Daily Double #2: $1200 We Have a New
State Capital. Bill now has $1200, betting $2000 on this: replacing Wheeling.
"What is Montpelier?" No, it was Charleston, WV, dropping him to -$800.
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$15,200 |
$8,800 |
$4,400 |
Cindy |
Bill |
Jack |
Any player will clinch today if they
manage to score more than $16,000. For Jack, it's win and in.
Final Jeopardy! category: THE
CONTINENTS
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IT'S THE
CONTINENT THAT'S HOME TO THE MOST UN MEMBER COUNTRIES, INCLUDING A NEW ONE
ADDED IN 2011 |
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Correct response: what is Africa?
Jack's response: what is Africa? CORRECT. Wager: $4000. Total: $8400.
Bill's response: what is Europe? WRONG. Wager: $8799. Total: $1.
Cindy's response: what is Europe? WRONG. Wager: $2500. Total: $12,700.
Semifinalist:
Cindy Cammarn
Bill had the right strategy
going into the game, he just didn't have all the right responses. Cindy
did and she kept delivering them. That's why she's coming back next
week. Also coming back: Kristen Jolley from Georgia Tech ($19,000) and
Julia Sprangers from Wisconsin ($16,400). The score to beat tomorrow:
$14,000.
... can anyone do it? We'll
name your final nine tomorrow.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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