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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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Semifinals: UCLA/OH St./Southern Last week, fifteen of the best and brightest of the hallowed halls and dorm rooms of academia descended upon the hallowed halls and studios of Sony Pictures to pitch intellectual combat, three at a time. Now the cream of the cram has risen to the top, but there is still one more level to go. The winners of this game and the two to follow will reach that level and compete for $100,000, a spot in the quarter-million dollar Tournament of Champions... and the title of Jeopardy! College Champion. 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 all players are guaranteed a Nintendo Wii with THQ's "Jeopardy!" for participation. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes. Yesterday, Erin McLean went where no BU student has gone before... that I can remember. She awaits the winners of these next two matches. The first begins with...
Jeopardy! round ...
Daily Double: $600 International Date Line. Hans is off to a rip-roaring start with $2400 to Steve's $1200. And Hans is going for it on this: November 10, 1871: these 2 have a historic meeting in the central African village of Ujiji. "Who are Stanley & Livingstone?" Correct for $4800! At the end of the Jeopardy! round... Hans learns that good things happen when you ring in once in a while.
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double #1: $1600 Peninsulas. Hans went hunting and came up with it on the first shot. He has $11,800 and is WAY out in front. He bets $3200 of it on this: the Adriatic, Ionian & Black Seas wash the shores of this peninsula. "What's... What is the Balkan Peninsula?" CORRECT for $15,000! Daily Double #2: $1600 Archaeology. Hans went hunting again, and this time, he can put the game away with $19,400. He bets the level on this: also called "foragers", these hyphenated early nomadic people depended on wild food sources. "What are nomadic-hyphen-people?" Nope, but clever. It was hunter-gatherers, leaving him with $17,800. End of the round scores...
Spot #2 in the final is Hans' for the taking. Final Jeopardy! category: OPERA
Correct response: what is "William
Tell"?
One word. STUDMUFFIN. He came out with guns blazing, he knew what he had to do, he attacked the board. If he plays like that at the end of the week, you can just cut him the check right now. But there's still ONE more final spot to be inherited. Stay thirsty, my friends. To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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FINALIST:
Hans von Walter