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Preliminaries: UCLA/Harvard/Michigan - May 2
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. 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 and Craig Boge
of Stanford are the only one assured of a seat in the semis. The Wolverines, the
Crimson, and the Bruins will play for automatic seat #3.
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Cliff Galiher
UCLA
Sophomore |
Ashley Grand
Harvard
Freshman |
Pete Troyan
Michigan
Senior |
Interesting fact to note. Of the 15 players in
the tournament, nine are women.
Jeopardy! categories:
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INVENTORS HALL OF FAME 2007 |
GOING DOWNTOWN |
TERM PAPYRUS |
COLLEGE HODGEPODGE |
THE MOVIES |
HOMOPHONES |
Daily Double: $800 Term Papyrus. Cliff, much to
the dismay of the home crowd, is still leading with $5600 against Ashley's $4200
and Pete's $4000 late in the round. He wagers $2000 on this: a papyrus copy of
"Constitution of Athens" by this tutor of Alexander the Great was discovered in
1890. "What is Aristotle?" Correct for $7600!
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
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$8,600 |
$4,200 |
$4,600 |
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Cliff |
Ashley |
Pete |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
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HAIKU GOES COUNTRY! |
SHORT FICTION |
BEFORE HE WAS PRESIDENT... |
SURF'S UP |
HISTORICAL TV |
ENDS WITH "UM" |
Daily Double #1: $1200 Before He Was President....
It's still Cliff's game with $10,600 against Pete's $9800 and Ashley's $6200. He
wagers $5000 on this: ... he was elected to the US House of Representatives from
Michigan 13 straight times. "Who was Ford?" Correct for $15,600.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Short Fiction. Pete,
within range of Cliff's $19,600 and way ahead of Ashley's $6200, bets $2500 of
his $17,400. The clue: in this Edgar Allan Poe story, "a ... document of the
last importance" was stolen from "the royal apartments". "What is 'The
Purloined Letter'?" Correct for $19,900!
At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
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$21,200 |
$7,400 |
$25,500 |
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Cliff |
Ashley |
Pete |
Final Jeopardy category: WORD ORIGINS
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THIS WORD FOR AN ACTION THAT
COULD CAUSE YOU TO FAIL A CLASS COMES FROM THE LATIN FOR "KIDNAP" |
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Correct response: what is plagiarism?
Ashley's response: what is skip? WRONG. Wager: $2400. Total: $5000.
Cliff's response: what is hookie? WRONG. Wager: $4400. Total: $16,800.
Pete's response: what is cheat? WRONG. Wager:
$501. Total: $24,999.
 SEMIFINALIST:
PETE TROYAN
Resident Advisor Chico says: Anything can happen
in the latter stages of the game. Cliff and Pete learned that as Pete used a
Daily Double to rally back and not look back. Look for him (and possibly Cliff
as well) to keep things nice and close next week). Meanwhile, Ashley ends up on
the outside looking in, joining Hayley Clatterbuck on the next plane out of LA.
More from USC tomorrow.
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