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Jeopardy!
Tournament of Champions 2009
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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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Semifinals: Wales/Schroeder/Bishop
March 20

A beat is when a good hand is beaten by a lucky hand... A Bad Beat is when it happens to you. And at a new high-def, high-tech battle arena showcased at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it's happened to six $5000 winners so far on the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, leaving just the final nine. Now they will take on each other for one of only three seats in our version of the final table. At stake, $250,000 and the title of Jeopardy! Grand Champion.

Wild cards... Gone. Second chances... Gone. For these nine people, it's WIN... OR GO HOME.

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. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.

The winner gets Dan Pawson and Larissa Kelly next week.... God help him.

Mark Wales Amherst, NY substitute teacher Won Game 5	Aaron Schroeder San Diego grad student Won Game 4	Ben Bishop orig. Seattle college student Won Game 3

And the theme of the final... Youth is served. The Jeopardy! round...

After the break, it's a mad search for the Daily Double.... Here's a hint... it's under "Poking Around Space".

Daily Double: $1000 Poking Around Space. Took Aaron long enough. He earned $7600 looking for that stupid thing. Mark has $3000, Ben has $1200, and we still have another round after this. Aaron just bets the level on this: Greek name of NASA's series of probes launched in the mid-'70s to study the Sun. "What is Apollo?" Nope, Helios, which drops him to $6600.

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $800 Kings. Ben has rallied to within a hair of the lead, $10,600 to Aaron's $11,000. Mark has $6600. Ben wagers $9000... Yes, really. He could either win it here or lose it here. The clue: a busy guy, he was King of Italy (1900 to 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 to 1941) & King of Albania (1939 to 1943). "Who is... Victor Emanuel?" You, sir... have $19,600!

Daily Double #2: $1600 Classical Music. Mark is way behind with $8600 to Aaron's $11,000 and Ben's $21,600. The question now... How badly do you want to win this? "Well, we're in Vegas. I'll bet $8000." The clue: "Blessed are they that go mourning" is the opening chorus of Brahms' "German" this. "What is Requiem?" ... $16,200, right there.

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

If that last round gave you whiplash, you are not the only one.

- Aaron wins if he bets between $2401 and $5000 should both Ben and Mark bet against each other and lose. Of course, it would help his cause immensely if he was right.
- For Mark, it's all or nothing. Bet it all if you're comfortable, but if you think there's a triple stumper waiting, bet nothing. Either gambit will result in you having a better than fair chance of winning.
- Ben wins if he bets $12,401 and is correct. So how grande are your huevos, mi amigo?

It's all a question of one thing, a question that has been asked before today... How badly do you want to win this? A better question... How good do you think you are on this...

Final Jeopardy! category: CIVIL WAR SITES

Correct response: what are Pennsylvania & Mississippi?

Aaron's response: what are Pennsylvania & Mississippi? CORRECT. Wager: $12,000. Total: $26,600.
Mark's response: what is Pennsylvania & Georgia? WRONG. Wager: $12,201. Total: $4799.
Ben's response: what is Pennsylvania & Louisiana? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter...

FINALIST: Aaron Schroeder

And just like that, Cinderella is going to the Big Dance! The man did everything right... except wager the correct amount in the Final... and STILL has a date at the final table. And yet because of the big wagers made by the two guys that ended up losing, it still could've gone any way... Aaron said it himself... "That was RIDICULOUS!"

And here is who he's playing against next week...

Dan Pawson Game 1 Winner Game 6 Winner

Larissa Kelly Game 2 Winner Game 7 Winner

Aaron Schroeder Game 4 Winner Game 8 Winner

So what happens in Vegas? A $250,000 payday, that's what. Next week.

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