Finals:
GTown/MIT/GT - Part 1
May 16
Last week, fifteen collegians took to the
Jeopardy! stage and pitched bout for a shot at $100,000 and the title of
Jeopardy! College Champion. With that comes a seat in the $250,000
Tournament of Champions. Now that the semifinals are out of the way,
it's time for the J! to get real, with three players - Jim Coury of
Georgetown, Kristen Jolley of Georgia Tech, and Trevor Walker of MIT -
competing for $100,000 and the right to play for $250,000 later in the
30th anniversary season of Jeopardy!. Their names will join 24 others
etched in immortality on the giant Jeopardy! College Tournament trophy
at the J! Hall of Fame in Culver City.
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.
Part 1...
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Jim Coury
Olmsted Falls,
OH
sophomore, Georgetown
FINALIST |
Trevor
Walker
Miami Shores,
FL
sophomore, MIT
FINALIST |
Kristen
Jolley
Alpharetta, GA
senior, Georgia Tech
FINALIST |
Jeopardy! round...
WHERE IS IT? |
SYMBOLS |
SHORT &
TWEET |
NONFICTION |
TECH STUFF |
YES "WAY" |
Daily Double: $1000 Symbols. Trevor
has a big lead with $5200 to $1600 for Jim. He bets $3000 on this: the phoenix
rising from the ashes is the symbol of this southern capital that arose from the
ashes. "What is Atlanta?" That... more than likely would've been Kristen's
response, but Trevor blanked out on it, dropping him to $2200.
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$6,000 |
$4,200 |
$2,400 |
Jim |
Trevor |
Kristen |
Double Jeopardy! round...
NEW
IN OXFORD |
USING ALGEBRA
AFTER
HIGH SCHOOL |
MUSIC OF
TODAY |
CLASSIC TOYS |
THEATER |
GETTING
MEDIEVAL
ON YOU |
Daily Double #1: $1600
New In Oxford. Trevor has $6600 to Jim's
$10,800. He bets $4000 on this: 2-word alliterative
movement that asks ISPs to allow access to all
content equally. "What is net neutrality?" CORRECT
for $10,600.
Daily Double #2: $800 Theater.
Kristen is trailing the guys by upwards of $7000 to $5200. She bets $3000 on
this: this Jonathan Larson musical was loosely based on the opera "La Boheme".
"What is 'Rent'?" RIGHT for $8200!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$17,200 |
$11,800 |
$13,000 |
Jim |
Trevor |
Kristen |
Final Jeopardy! category: 20th CENTURY
PRESIDENTS
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THESE 2 MEN
FOLLOWED EACH OTHER CONSECUTIVELY AS VICE PRESIDENT & LATER, IN REVERSE
ORDER, AS PRESIDENT |
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Correct response: who were Lyndon
Johnson & Richard Nixon?
Trevor's response: who? WRONG. Wager: $800. Total: $11,000.
Kristen's response: who are Ford & someone? WRONG. Wager: $3000. Total: $10,000.
Jim's response: who are Roosevelt & Taft? WRONG. Wager: $8600. Total:
$8600
It just means that round 2
will be THAT MUCH CLOSER.
We're 24 hours away from a
big money moment.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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