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Fifteen of the best and brightest teachers compete for $100,000 and a slot in the next Tournament of Champions. Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Semifinals:
O'Grady/Bayer/Farrell February 11 |
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Last week, 15 of America's
best and brightest teachers came to Culver City to
compete for $100,000 and a guaranteed slot in the next
Tournament of Champions. Now, only nine remain - the
five winners of last week's games and the four
highest-scorers among non-winners.
This week is a win-or-go-home affair with the three semifinal winners getting a spot in the two-day finals with $100,000 at stake for the winner, $50,000 for the first runner-up, and $25,000 for the second runner-up. Everyone playing this week is guaranteed $10,000. As always, any and all prizes depend on how far up a player moved in the standings. The losers of this match get $10,000. The winner of this match gets Jennifer Giles and Adam Elkana-Hale.
Colin has the honor, and will start the Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double: $400 Wooden Plots. Cathy has $9400 to Colin's score-corrected -$600. Mary has $4000. Cathy bets $4000 on this: this kids' book opens with Mole "spring-cleaning his little home." "What is 'The Wind in the Willows'?" RIGHT for $13,400! At the end of Jeopardy!, Colin's back on the plus side.
Double Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double #1: $1600 Foreign Words & Phrases. Cathy is out in front with $16,600 to Mary's $7000. Colin has $5200. Cathy bets $5000 on this: it's the Italian word for "You're welcome", not "You're with child". "What is prego?" That's the right answer, but Cathy blanks to drop to $11,600. Daily Double #2: $1600 Seas the Day. Colin has a shot at the lead with $6800 to Cathy's $11,600. Mary has $7800. He bets $2000 on this: both Aussies & Kiwis refer to this sea between their countries as "The Ditch". "What is the Tasman Sea?" That would be right, but Colin says the Queensland sea to drop to $4800. At the end of Double Jeopardy!... it is surprisingly not a runaway.
NOW we're
off to see our friends at
J-Archive.com. Final Jeopardy! category: REFERENCE BOOK MAKERS
Correct response: who was John
Bartlett (of the famous book of quotations)?
She was incredibly lucky that Mary bet everything. Of course given that this is tournament play, you kind of have to bet everything you have, category be damned, to stand a chance. but this could've gone to Mary. Cathy has to avoid such errors in mathematics in order to have a shot at $100,000. And speaking of, here's who she's up against...
Three teachers... ONE winner. The two day final starts tomorrow! To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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Finalist:
Cathy Farrell
