Semifinals: Johnson/Dantzler/Howard
November 10
Last week on Jeopardy!, 15 teenagers
began the pursuit of $75,000, bragging rights, and the coveted Jeopardy!
Teen Tournament trophy. Five of them won their games and tickets to this
week. Joining them, four high scorers among the non-winners. Now things
get serious as the players compete in three semifinal games for three
slots in the two-day final. It's win... or go home.
Players this week are guaranteed $10,000,
with a guarantee of $15,000 for third place and $25,000 for second.. All
money will be determined, as always, by how far the players go in the
tournament.
Joining up with Aidan Mehigan... one of
these three.
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Gabriel Johnson
Teaneck, NJ
senior |
Will Dantzler
Mount Pleasant, SC
senior |
Solomon Howard
St. Petersburg, FL
freshman |
Jeopardy! round coming...
TOURING
USA |
THE CW |
WEBSITES |
BOOKS &
AUTHORS |
WHATEVER |
"TEXT" ME |
Daily Double: $800 "Text" Me. Gabriel
went hunting early, and it pays off for him with $5200. Will has $1600
to Solomon's $400. Gabriel makes it true on this: this is an ostensible
reason put forward to conceal a true purpose or object. "What is... "
Pretext, dropping him to zero.
At the end of Jeopardy! round...
$1,200 |
$4,400 |
-$400 |
Gabriel |
Will |
Solomon |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
SHIPS |
BALL GAMES |
MUSIC |
TREES! |
OH, WHAT
A KNIGHT |
WORD
ORIGINS |
Daily Double #1: $1200 Oh, What a
Knight.
Gabriel goes a-hunting again, within range of the lead with $7600 to Will's
$10,400. Solomon has $2000. He bets $1400 on this: in the "Song of Roland", this
code asked knights "to keep faith" & "to fight for the welfare of all". "What is
the Code of Honor?" No, it's the chivalric code, leaving him with $6200.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Ships. Solomon has a rare
opportunity to make this a horserace with $4000 to
Gabriel's $6200 to Will's $10,800. He bets $2000 on
this: tragically, in December 1941 this battleship
sank in less than 9 minutes, with 1177 of her crew.
"What is the Arizona?" Correct for $6000!
At the end of the Double Jeopardy!
round...
$15,000 |
$17,600 |
$2,400 |
Gabriel |
Will |
Solomon |
And now, here's what we have to deal
with, courtesy of J-Archive.com...
In a reprise of last night, this is a 4/5 for first place with
weak Shore's conjecture.
- Solomon wins if... Gabriel and
Will do
something wrong, and he does something right. No, this is not a repeat of last
night.
- Gabriel wins if ... he bets $9800 and is right, while Will bets no more than a Shoretegic $7601.
No, this is not a repeat of last night.
- Will wins if... he bets $12,401 and is right.
Final Jeopardy! category:
ARCHITECTURE
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DE MAUPASSANT, ZOLA & DUMAS FILS
WERE AMONG THOSE SIGNING A PETITION DECRYING IT AS "A GIGANTIC...FACTORY
CHIMNEY" |
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Correct response: what is the Eiffel
Tower?
Solomon's response: what is the Eiffel Tower? CORRECT. Wager:
$600. Total: $3000.
Gabriel's response: what is the Eiffel Tower? CORRECT. Wager: Everything.
Total: $30,000.
Will's response: what is the Eiffel Tower? CORRECT. Wager: $16,601. Total: $39,601.
FINALIST:
Will Dantzler
A lot of what is true for
Aidan Mehigan can be said of Will Dantzler, because a lot of what
happened last night happened today, with two strong seeds playing a
weaker one under the table. If a third strong suit advances tomorrow,
the result may be closer than Will would like.
Three more semifinalists
next time.
To read all about the tournament
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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