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15 of the best champions of the past year face each other in trivial combat for bragging rights and $250,000.

Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN

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Host: Alex Trebek
Clue Crew: Jon Cannon, Jimmy McGuire, Kelly Miyahara, Sarah Whitcomb
Announcer: Johnny Gilbert
Creator: Merv Griffin
EP: Harry Friedman
Packager: Jeopardy Productions & Sony Pictures Television for CBS Television Distribution
Origin: International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas
Website: www.jeopardy.com
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Preliminaries: Brandt/Pawson/Peck
March 11

All the drama of a high stakes poker match.

All the excitement of a big jackpot win.

All the tension of a blackjack double down...

... and all for $250,000.

Fifteen of the year's best champions have returned to face each other for bragging rights and the title of Jeopardy! Grand Champion. The venue: a new high-def, high-tech battle arena showcased at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Only nine will be invited to return next week to play for one of three slots in the two-day final. Those nine will include the winners of the five prelims and the four highest scorers among non-winners... the Wild Cards.

Another standard two-week affair awaits with an minimum guarantee of $100,000 for second place and $50,000 for third.

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.

But that's further down the line. Right now, the most important thing is to get to next week... That said, it's time to go all-in. Bring on the first three!

Carl Brandt
orig. Pittsburgh
investor
Four days, $70,799		 Dan Pawson
Boston
legislative aide
Nine days, $170,902		 Cora Peck
Aliso Viejo, CA
high school teacher & grad student
Five days, $116,803

... and away we go. Jeopardy! round...

MOVIES' LAST LINES BANK ON IT ETIQUETTE NAME THAT CRITTER NEWER WORDS & PHRASES

Daily Double: $800 Bank On It. Carl is in the middle, $1800 to Dan's $2600 and Cora's $1200. An $800 wager will tie him up. "Yes sir, may I please wager $1200?" Have at this: this company was incorporated to help those in need after a fire blackened the Seattle business district in 1889. "What is Washington Mutual?" WaMu gives him the lead of $3000!

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

$4,800 $2,000 $4,000
Carl Dan Cora

Double Jeopardy! categories:

OPERA OLYMPIC FACTS 20th CENTURY MILITARY NAMES A DAMSEL IN
THIS DRESS		 ARE YOU
SMARTER THAN A 15th GRADER?		 THE JOURNEY
OF LIFE

Daily Double #1: $800 20th Century Military Names. Dan leads with $6000 to Carl's $5200 and Cora's $4400. He bets $4000 on this: before he died in 1981, he was the USA's last surviving 5-star officer. "Who is... Omar Bradley?" .... CORRECT for $10,000! "I'm going to need a second here."

Daily Double #2: $800 Olympic Facts. Cora is tied with Carl at $5200, whilst Dan is in the lead with $13,600. She wagers $2500 on this: he said he threw his 1960 Gold Medal into the Ohio River after being denied service at a whites-only diner. "Who is Muhammad Ali?" At the time he was Cassius Clay, but we'll accept it. She's got $7700.

At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...

$12,400 $16,800 $8,500
Carl Dan Cora

Final Jeopardy! category: LITERARY CHARACTERS

 

THE NAME OF THIS CHARACTER FROM AN 18th CENTURY FRENCH WORK IS FROM THE GREEK FOR "ALL TONGUES"

  

Correct response: who is Pangloss?

Cora's response: who is Pangloss? RIGHT. Wager: $7000. Total: $15,500
Carl's response: who is (illegible)? WRONG. Wager: $7600. Total: $4800.
Dan's response: who is Omiglot? WRONG.. Wager: $201. Total: $16,599.

SEMI-FINALIST: Dan Pawson

Hand it to Dan, as he knows that the object of this week is to get to next week. He holds back on a category that he didn't know much about. He wins this match on the build of a strong front game and emerges as a serious contender.

Cora, on the other hand, had a fair to middling front game and  knew she had to go for it if she's to stand ANY chance of making it back. With that score, she just might. Let's see what she does in the next round.

Meanwhile, next time, two guys go to war with a veritable machine from season 24.

If you would like to become a contestant on Jeopardy!, go to jeopardy.com.