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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: Bishop/Klink/Simpson
March 13

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.

So far, Dan Pawson and Larissa Kelly will be back next week. One of these three will join them.

Ben Bishop
orig. Seattle
college student
Four days, $114,800		 Lisa Klink
Los Angeles
TV writer
Five days, $70,150		 Dave Simpson
Belcamp, MD
pastor
Four days, $88,901

Due to a scheduling/timing hiccup, these images come courtesy Jeopardy.com. Jeopardy! round...

HELLO, NEWTON DESCRIBING THE TV SHOW 19th CENTURY FRANCE BUSINESS LETTERS LESSER-KNOWN LINES RHYME TIME

Daily Double: $600 19th Century France. Dave is on $800 to Lisa's $2000 and Ben's $4000. He bets the max of $1000 on this: he designed a towering gallery of machines for the Paris Exposition of 1867. "Who is... Eiffel?" Correct for $1800!

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

$8,000 $2,000 $3,000
Ben Lisa Dave

Double Jeopardy! categories:

SURGERY _____IN' '80s MOVIES CITIES NEXT IN ORDER GETTING MEDIEVAL WITH ENGLISH LIT 13-LETTER WORDS

Daily Double #1: $1600 Cities. Ben has $12,400 to Lisa's $3600 and Dave's $4600. He bets $3600 on this: a center of tulip-growing, this Dutch city gave its name to a section of Manhattan. "What is Delft?" Nope, it was Haarlem, leaving him with $8800.

Daily Double #2: $1200 Getting Medieval with English Lit. Ben hopes to make up for his last lost with $13,600 to Lisa's $4000 and Dave's $4200. He can really put it away here, but he only bets $2400. The clue: in this circa 1470 work, the Brown Knight Without Pity is as bad as his name until Sir Gareth gets 'im. "What is 'Beowulf'?" Nope, it was "Le Morte d'Arthur", leaving him with $11,200.

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

$14,000 $4,000 $11,800
Ben Lisa Dave

Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD MONEY

 

AMOUNTS ON THE BANKNOTES IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE OF THE WORLD'S 10 LARGEST, ARE IN 17 DIFFERENT OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

  

Correct response: what is India?

Lisa's response: what is China? WRONG. Wager: $3000. Total: $1000
Dave's response: what is India? CORRECT. Wager: $1200. Total: $14,000.
Ben's response: what is India? CORRECT. Wager: $1004. Total: $15,004

SEMI-FINALIST: Ben Bishop

Ben was the favorite going into this match with his gutsy style of playing in his original run. He'll have to call on it again if he wants to make it to the final, and I have a feeling that he will... and some feelings are giong to get hurt.

Speaking of getting hurt, Dave's score has put Carl Brandt in the dead zone. He and Lisa Klink are both going home with $5000.

Next week, the remaining six players fight for the final spots in the semifinal, including superchamps Jim Stevens on Monday and Mark Wales on Tuesday.

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