Preliminaries: Linwood/Weingarten/Yozamp
May 11
This year has produced many a memorable
player, but now it all comes to a head, as 15 of said memorable players
return to Sony Pictures Studio for another big money run. Fourteen of
them will fall by the wayside. One will rise to the ranks of the
greatest who ever played the game and inherit the title of Jeopardy!
Grand Champion. And with it, riches in the amount of $250,000. Second
best: $100,000. Third... $50,000. This is the ultimate showdown of mind
against mind, mettle against mettle, buzzer against buzzer.
This is the Jeopardy! Tournament of
Champions.
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.
Two weeks of mental mayhem await our
chosen 15 as the players match wits with the mighty game board that has
fallen to them before. 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, Liz Murphy locked away game 1 and
thus the first spot in the semifinal. Spot #2 will be awarded tonight to
one of these three gentlemen.
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Terry Linwood
North Texas
bookseller
$123,705, five games |
Stephen Weingarten
Portland, OR
stay-at-home dad
$98,690, four games |
Nicholas "Nick"
Yozamp
St. Cloud, MN
biology student
2010 College Champion |
Jeopardy! round ...
WHO'S YOUR
DADDY
COMPANY |
DO PROCESS |
PAINTINGS |
THE "ODD"
SQUAD |
CHIEF
JUSTICES |
A PRO BONO
CATEGORY |
Daily Double: $600 Chief Justices.
Terry is lighting it up with $3200 to $600 for Stephen and $400 for Nick. "I'm
going to make it a True Daily Double, Alex." For $6400 or nothing.... This Chief
led a commission before which 552 witnesses testified. "Who is Earl Warren?"
Correct for $6400!
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
$8,000 |
$600 |
$6,000 |
Terry |
Stephen |
Nick |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
FLOWERY
PROSE |
HITCHCOCK
MOVIE QUOTES |
SOMETIMES
A GREAT OCEAN |
WHO DIED &
MADE YOU
KING? |
HOME & GARDEN |
"WA"? |
Daily Double #1: $2000 Hitchcock
Movie Quotes. Terry is behind Nick's $15,200 with $14,800 for his bank. He
wagers $4200 on this: "Everyone has somebody they want to put out of the way."
"What is 'Strangers on a Train'?" Correct for $19,000.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Flowery Prose. Stephen can
tie Nick with an all-in wager on his $8200... and
that's what happens! For $16,400 or nothing... this
medieval whodunit centers on Brother William of
Baskerville, sent to investigate murder in a
monastery. "What is... 'The Name of the Rose'?"
Correct for $16,400
End of the round scores...
$22,200 |
$16,400 |
$16,400 |
Terry |
Stephen |
Nick |
Okay, the question that
Stephen and Nick should ask themselves... Do I want to beat Terry now or
later in the semis as a wild card?
Final Jeopardy! category:
WORDS IN THE BIBLE
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IN GENESIS 2:24 THESE 2 WORDS ARE
WHAT A MAN SHALL DO TO HIS PARENTS & THEN TO HIS WIFE; ADD A LETTER TO 1 TO
GET THE OTHER |
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Correct response: what are leave &
cleave?
Nick's response: what are honor &...? WRONG. Wager:
$0. Total: $16,400.
Stephen's response: what is love & lover? WRONG. Wager: $16,350. Total:
$50.
Terry's response: what is be good? WRONG. Wager: $250. Total: $21,950.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Terry Linwood
Back to the crucial
question: do I want to win now or later? Stephen wanted to win now. Nick
wanted to win later. That's why Nick's moving on to next week (perhaps,
he leads the wild-card standings as of this writing) and Stephen is more
than likely out of it. Terry was a huge favorite going in, and he
remains that way until someone can knock him from his perch.
We have two. Number three is
tomorrow.
To read all about the tournament
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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