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2010 Tournament of Champions
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Host	Alex Trebek
Clue Crew	Jimmy McGuire Kelly Miyahara Sarah Whitcomb
Announcer	Johnny Gilbert
Creator	Merv Griffin
EP	Harry Friedman
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Finals: Zollinger/Balse/Goodreau - Part 2
May 21

Last week, fifteen of the best of the past year came to play the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions... Six of them left broken and humiliated, but with $5000 and the keys to a small but growing fraternity. Six of the final nine have fallen, leaving only the final three. Now in a first-of-its-kind rematch of game 5, video game tester Stefan Goodreau, chemical engineer Vijay Balse, and engine assembler Jason Zollinger will compete for a quarter of a million dollars. Second place gets $100,000. Third gets $50,000.

Jason blew his wad last time, meaning that he's going to have a heck of a hill to climb tonight.

Jason Zollinger South Dayton, NY engine assembler Game 7 Winner	Vijay Balse Chatham, NJ chemical engineer Game 8 Winner	Stefan Goodreau Los Angeles video game tester Game 6 Winner
$0	$9,200	$5,800

Jeopardy! round ...

Daily Double: $400 Song Lyrics. Jason finds it on the second clue. He bets the max of $1000 on this: in REM's "It's the End of the World As We Know It", 2 of the 4 men with the initials "LB". "Who are Leonid Brezhnev & Lenny Bruce?" Correct for $1200! The others: Lester Bangs and Leonard Bernstein.

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $2000 Treaties. Jason bets all of his $4000 on this: the Montreux Convention of 1936 returned control of these 2 straits to Turkey. "What are the Bosporus & the Dardanelles?" Correct for the doubler, $8000!

Daily Double #2: $2000 German Literature. Jason has a chance to overtake Stefan. He has $13,600 to the leader's $15,800. He bets $3000 on this: during World War I he fought on the Western Front & was wounded several times; he later wrote a 1929 novel about it. He blanks on Erich Maria Remarque, leaving him with $10,600.

Once again, it's time to crunch some numbers... If Jason doubles up, he goes to $20,400. If Vijay doubles up, he goes to $26,800, but he has to protect his lead from Jason. A safety bet of $2201 will do that. Stefan is in a position where he holds all the cards and control of his own destiny. Even if he bets absolutely nothing, he'll still have enough to win the tournament should Vijay decide on the safety bet.

Simple strategy here for Vijay: bet at least $5000 and force Stefan to play to win. The potential benefit far outweighs the risk.

Final Jeopardy! category: FROM NOVEL TO FILM

Correct response: what is "Ben-Hur"?

Vijay's response: what is Ben-Hur? CORRECT. Wager: $5000. Total: $13,800.
Jason's response: what is Ben-Hur? CORRECT. Wager: $8700. Total: $18,900.
Stefan's response: what is I got none right? WRONG. Wager: $4001. Total: $12,999.

Final Jeopardy! decides it again...

	$9,200	$5,800
	+13,800	+12,999
$18,900	$23,000	$18,799
1st RUNNER-UP $100,000	CHAMPION $250,000	2nd RUNNER-UP $50,000

Six auditions over 16 years pay off handsomely. Congratulations to VIJAY BALSE, your 2010 Jeopardy! Grand Champion!

Back to regular games Monday.

To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.