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Class is in session at the game show equivalent of the School of Hard Knocks. Which of the 15 will graduate to the $100,000 final? Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Preliminaries: Stanford/OH State/TX A&M Fifteen undergrads. Fifteen schools. In the end, there can only be but one. On the line in this fortnight of intellectual fortitude, $100,000... bragging rights as the 2011 College Champion... and a place in the 2011 Tournament of Champions. Second place is guaranteed $50,000, while third will get $25,000 in a standard two-week event. Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000, while quarterfinalists are guaranteed $5000 for participation. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.
Only nine of the fifteen that compete this week will be invited to
return next week, however, the five winners this week and four wild card
top-scorers.
Jeopardy! round ...
Daily Double: $800 Kites. Kyle has $2200, $200 more than Ellen and $1600 less than leader Folake. He only bets $600 on this: Samuel Cody crossed this waterway in 1903 in a dinghy pulled by kites, reaching Britain after a 13-hour trip. "What is the English Channel?" Correct for $2800! At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double #1: $1600 World of War Fact. Ellen was looking for it, but Kyle found it with $10,400 to her $7600. After a line ruling, Folake has $6200. Kyle bets $3000 on this: 2 days before this war was declared, the British said they'd repeal the laws that were the chief reason for fighting us. "What is the American Revolution?" Not it. It was the War of 1812. He's down to $7400. Video Daily Double #2: $1200 Spacing Out. Ellen finds it with $9600. She's going for the level on this from Jimmy... "The speed needed for a rocket to break free of Earth's gravity, 6.96 miles per second, is called this, EV for short." "What is external velocity?" Close, it's escape velocity, dropping her to $8400. End of the round scores...
Final Jeopardy! category: US PRESIDENTS
Correct response: who is Jimmy
Carter?
By now, we know that Folake and Monday's Olivia Colangelo are now mathematically eliminated from further competition. Ellen may have the same problem that Erin had yesterday with the late-round surge. That would call for the same solution, that being keep the energy up. Tomorrow, we'll have six of your final nine. Stay thirsty, my friends... To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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SEMI-FINALIST:
Ellen Eichner