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Preliminaries: Brown/Stanley/Wendling
February 20

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.

Three semifinalists are in the books. In 30 minutes, we'll have six.

Brad Brown Nashville Hillsboro HS	Mary Ann Stanley Statesboro, GA Metter HS	Kathryn Wendling Farmington, MN Burnsville HS

Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double: $800 Theme. Mary Ann has $4800 and the lead by $1800. She bets that much on this: the theme for this Tom Hanks movie is sometimes referred to as "The Feather Theme". "What is Forrest Gump?" That was right... but Mary Ann gave us "Cast Away" to drop into a tie for first with $3000.

At the end of Jeopardy!...

Double Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double #1: $1600 Bible Guys. Mary Ann has the lead again with $15,800. She bets $3000 on this: "And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that" he "opened the window... which he had made". "Who is Noah?" CORRECT for $18,800!

Daily Double #2: $2000 Independence Days. Because this is the last clue in the round, Brad knows exactly what to do with his $9200 against Mary Ann's $22,400 and Kathryn's $9600. He has to bet at least the level to achieve a tie and stay in the game.... and he only bets half that. So we know that Mary Ann will win the game provided she doesn't do anything outrageous. The clue for Brad... Belgium, October 4, 1830, from this country. "What is ... France?" ... No, it was the Netherlands, dropping him to $8200, and he and Kathryn are competing for Wild Card.

Final Jeopardy! category: FRENCH PAINTERS

Correct response: who was Claude Monet?

Brad's response: who is Cezanne? WRONG. Wager: $8200. Total: $0.
Kathryn's response: who is Monet? CORRECT. Wager: $9600. Total: $19,200.
Mary Ann's response: who is Gaugain (sp)? WRONG. Wager: $100. Total: $22,300

Semifinalist: Mary Ann Stanley

Well, it's one of those things that's just water under the bridge. Had Brad bet the proper wager and gotten the Daily Double correct, he STILL would've missed Final. So the last move he made... inconsequential. Meanwhile, Kathryn DOES close out and she will return because of it. Joining her: Nate Rice from the Friday show. Mary Ann, though, needs to have THIS front game performance AND close out if she wants to have a spot in the final.

Tomorrow, we reveal your final nine.

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