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Semifinals: UCLA/GA Tech/Nebraska - May 7
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. We started with 15... now
we're down to nine. From there, we cut further to three. Three games and three
winners means it's a "win or go home" affair. First up, three wild cards from
last week...
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Cliff Galiher
UCLA
Sophomore |
Alice Luo
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Junior |
Hayley Clatterbuck
Nebraska-Lincoln
Junior |
Jeopardy! categories:
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BOOKS & AUTHORS |
YE GODS! |
CHINESE GEOGRAPHY |
WHAT A WAY TO GO |
COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS |
BODY LANGUAGES |
Daily Double: $600 College Stadiums & Arenas.
Alice is the mind in the middle with $3600 to Cliff's $6200 and Hayley's $2600. She wagers $1600 on
this: fittingly, $57 million is what this food co. is paying over 20 years to
have its name on the Pitt Panthers' field. "What is Heinz?" Correct for $5200!
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
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$7,600 |
$4,200 |
$5,800 |
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Cliff |
Alice |
Hayley |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
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CUTTING-EDGE SCIENCE |
BUSINESS PAIRINGS |
DIRECTOR"S" |
SILENT B |
GAUL'S GONE WILD! |
SPRING BREAK! |
Cliff knows that with two categories left and no
Daily Double in sight, he's gotta play the board here... and he does.
Daily Double #1: $1200 Gaul's Gone Wild. Cliff
leads it, $15,200 against Hayley's $13,800 and Alice's $9400. He wagers $4000 on this:
in 222 BC, Romans defeated the Gauls in Italy, capturing the city of Mediolanum,
now this northern city. "What is Milan?" Correct for $19,200!
Not to be outdone, Hayley does some hunting and
pecking of her own for...
Daily Double #2: $2000 Cutting-Edge Science.
Hayley, now with $15,000, bets $2600 on
this: these particles studied by astroparticle physics are the only ones in the
nuclei of hydrogen atoms. "What protons?" Correct for $17,600!
At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
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$24,000 |
$9,000 |
$19,200 |
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Cliff |
Alice |
Hayley |
Alice wins if: she goes all in and is right,
while Hayley bets at least $1201 on a wrong answer and Cliff bets at least $6000
on a wrong answer.
Hayley wins if: she bets $1199 and is right,
while Cliff bets at least $3600 on a wrong answer.
Cliff wins if: he bets anything less than $14,400
and is right.
Final Jeopardy category: US STATES
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OF ALL THE US STATES NAMED AFTER
EUROPEAN MONARCHS, IT'S THE ONE THAT REACHES THE FARTHEST WEST |
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Correct response: what is Louisiana?
Alice's response: what is West Virginia? WRONG. Wager: $3000. Total: $6000.
Hayley's response: what is West Virginia? WRONG. Wager: $9500. Total: $9700.
Cliff's response: what is Louisiana? RIGHT.. Wager doesn't matter.
 FINALIST:
CLIFF GALIHER
Resident Advisor Chico says: Again, Cliff knew
how to play the board and how to play his players. If he can do that two more
times, he may find himself hoisting the Globe at the end of this week.
More from Galen tomorrow.
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