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Preliminaries: Botti/Hoffman/Quinn
February 15

Last year, Jeopardy! began an interesting experiment. The show sees a lot of teachers as contestants, so what would happen if we took 15 of them and let them look in a tournament setting? The end result was an astounding success, so for the second year in a row, J! is saluting the educators and molders of young minds by inviting another fifteen to compete for $100,000 and a guaranteed slot in the next 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 week one will be invited to return in week two, however, the five winners this week and four wild card top-scorers.

Class is in session.

John Botti Bethesda, MD Landon School	Elissa Hoffman Appleton, WI Appleton East HS	Patrick Quinn Chesterfield, MO Ritenour HS

Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double: $600 Skyscraper City. John has just taken the lead away from Patrick, $3200 to $3000 for Patrick. He bets the level on this: One Liberty Place & Two Liberty Place. "What is Philadelphia?" Correct for $3800!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

Double Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double #1: $1200 Rock Documentaries. Patrick has jumped to a lead of $5400. He bets $6000 on this: title of Roger Waters' 1990 concert documentary filmed in Berlin. "What is 'Behind the Wall'?" No, it's just "The Wall", dropping him to $5600.

Daily Double #2: $1600 The Amazon. Elissa is in third with $6200 She trails John by $3600. She bets $2000 on this: the largest mammal of the Amazon is this sirenian said to resemble a floating hippopotamus. "What is a manatee?" Correct for $8200!

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

Final Jeopardy! category: US STATES

Correct response: what is Connecticut?

Elissa's response: what is Connecticut? CORRECT. Wager: $3500. Total: $11,700.
Patrick's response: what is Connecticut? CORRECT. Wager: $8401. Total: $20,001.
John's response: what is New Hampshire? WRONG. Wager: $3000. Total: $10,400

Semifinalist: Patrick Quinn

It was a close game all day between Patrick and John. You couldn't tell who was going to pull it out until the very end, and as you can see, Final Jeopardy! ended up the decider. Patrick needs to continue to make it a close game so that he stands a chance. He does that, and he'll be one to watch next week.

Who'll join him? Stay tuned.

To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.