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Preliminaries: Stanford/Yale/Nebraska - May 1
Rivalries have been fought everywhere from the
hardwood to the gridiron, but here at the University of Southern California,
players from 15 prestigious colleges will take each other on in a rivalry of the
academic kind.
But more than pride is on the line, as the winner
of this two-week tournament will get a berth in the next Tournament of Champions
as well as a check with a one followed by five zeroes. The first runner-up will
pocket at least $50,000, while the second runner-up will take home a minimum of
$25,000. Semifinalists are guaranteed $10,000, whilst there's a minimum of $5000
for participation. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder
a player goes. (C-Note: for a while, we've
been saying this was the second college championship this season... it's
actually the first. Our apologies.) In this
first week, the five game-winners will meet up with four wild-card players among
non-winning high scorers.
So far, Dean Malec of Northwestern is the only
one assured of a seat in the semis. Joining him will be a Cardinal, a Bulldog,
or a Husker.
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Craig Boge
Stanford
Senior |
Brady Cassis
Yale
Junior |
Hayley Clatterbuck
Nebraska-Lincoln
Junior |
Jeopardy! categories:
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ANIMALS |
PC MAGAZINE |
WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE |
STATE CAPITALS |
ROYALTY |
YOU SEE "LA" |
Daily Double: $800 State Capitals. Brady and
Hayley are tied at $600. He bets the max of $1000 on this: because he believed
God led him there, Roger Williams named a state capital this. "What is
Providence?" Correct for $1600!
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
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$5,200 |
$3,800 |
$2,600 |
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Craig |
Brady |
Hayley |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
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FEMALE SINGERS |
LESSER-KNOWN NAMES |
FACE BOOK |
ANTHROPOLOGISTS' DICTIONARY |
THEATRE HISTORY |
"USC" |
Daily Double #1: $800 Lesser-Known Names. Craig
leads with $12,000 against Brady's $9000 and Hayley's $8600. He wagers $1000 on
this: DAR co-founder Flora Darling founded a "Daughters of" group for this next
declared US war. "What is the War of 1812?" Correct for $13,000.
Craig sweeps that category, but Hayley finds...
Daily Double #2: $1600 Anthropologists'
Dictionary. Hayley, mired in third place from the start with $6600 against
Brady's 9000 and Craig's $19,400, bets $1400. The clue: in 1891 prehistoric
human fossils given this geographic name were discovered on an Indonesian
island. "What is Java... Java man?" Correct for $8000!
At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
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$19,400 |
$9,000 |
$8,000 |
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Craig |
Brady |
Hayley |
Final Jeopardy category: FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
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HE'S THE CHARACTER MENTIONED IN
THE FIRST LINE OF "ATLAS SHRUGGED" |
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Correct response: who is John Galt?
Hayley's response: who is John Galt? RIGHT. Wager: $5500. Total: $13,500.
Brady's response: who is Zeus? WRONG. Wager: $2500. Total: $6500.
Craig's response: who is Atlas? WRONG. Wager:
$600. Total: $18,800.
 SEMIFINALIST:
CRAIG BOGE
Resident Advisor Chico says: Well, Craig may not
know much about literature, but his math is the greatest as he figures he
doesn't need much to win this one. Props also to Hayley for getting this one
right. She may have bough her way into the semis as well.
More from USC tomorrow.
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