Semifinals: Cooper/Greenberg/Sarda
February 8
The last five games saw teenagers from
all across the country square off in a battle royale in the grand
tradition of their gladiatorial forbearers to see who would emerge
triumphant in the great quiz show wars of the 21st century. Now nine
remain in the hunt for the coveted trophy and $75,000.
Second place gets $25,000. Third gets $15,000.
Semifinalists who make it to this week will receive a guarantee of $10,000. All
tournament participants will receive the all new edition of Classroom
Jeopardy! for their schools. All money will be determined, as always, by
how far the players go in the tournament.
This is week 2 of the standard two-week affair, meaning that the five
game winners and the four wild-cards will meet to compete for a spot in
the two-day final. Basically, it's win or go home.
After last night's historic loss, Barrett Block is
STILL in the wings. Winner of this game gets him and a semifinal wild
card challenger...
Leonard Cooper
Little Rock, AR
senior
GAME 4 WiNNER |
Emily Greenberg
Westport, CT
senior
WILD CARD |
Nilai Sarda
Marietta, GA
freshman
GAME 2 WINNER |
Jeopardy! round...
AFRICAN
AMERICANS |
MOVIES
BY CAST |
WEIRD
SCIENCE |
INTERNATIONAL
LAGUAGE
LESSONS |
BE PRODUCTIVE |
WORK"ER"S |
Daily Double: $600 African
Americans. Nilai leads with $5400, $2200 more than Leonard. He bets $2000 on
this: Crispus Attucks, called the first American to die for independence, was
killed in this 1770 incident. "What is the Boston Massacre?" CORRECT for $7400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$6,000 |
$1,200 |
$9,400 |
Leonard |
Emily |
Nilai |
Double Jeopardy! round...
HISTORY IS
HAPPENING |
COMPLETE
THE LYRIC |
LET'S VISIT
A MUSEUM |
BOOKS &
AUTHORS |
WHAT TO
WEAR? |
STARTS
WITH... |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Books &
Authors. Emily has $3600 to Leonard's $6000 and Nilai's $9400. She fronts $2000
on this: John Green riffed on a line from "Julius Caesar" for the title of this
novel about 2 teens with cancer who fall in love. "What is 'The Fault in Our
Stars'?" Correct for $5600. She ends up running the category for $7600.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Let's Visit a
Museum. Nilai has $14,200 to Emily's $18,400. He fronts $2000 on this: the Prado
in this country is home to one of the world's finest art collections. "What is
Spain?" CORRECT! "There's that geography!" And there's $16,200.
At the end of the round...
$15,200 |
$18,400 |
$16,200 |
Leonard |
Emily |
Nilai |
Let's go to the book for
this...
- Leonard wins if he bets
$10,800 and is correct while his two opponents are wrong.
- Nilai wins if he bets $14,200 and is correct, while Emily is wrong.
- Emily wins if she bets $14,401 and is correct.
Final Jeopardy! category: US GOVERNMENT
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RECENTLY IN THE
NEWS, THIS AGENCY TRACES ITS ORIGINS TO AN 1803 ACT HELPING PORTSMOUTH, NH
AFTER A FIRE |
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Correct response: what is FEMA?
Leonard's response: what is FEMA?
CORRECT. Wager: $15,000. Total: $30,200.
Nilai's response: what is FEMA? CORRECT. Wager: $14,200.
Total: $30,400.
Emily's response: what is FEMA? CORRECT. Wager: $6000. Total: $24,400.
FINALIST: Nilai Sarda
And the final decides it
again. Nilai knows what he has to do and does it. Emily... she knew the
facts, but didn't know the game. As a result, she neither has the title
for today nor the money needed to come back next week. That honor goes
to Leonard.
Barrett Block
FINALIST |
Nilai Sarda
FINALIST |
Leonard Cooper
SEMIFINAL WILD
CARD |
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Next week, the battle for
$75,000 begins...
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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