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The best players from the past year return to the stage where they made their mark for one more run. At the end of the rainbow, a pot of gold... $250,000. Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Preliminaries: Linwood/Weingarten/Yozamp 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.
Jeopardy! round ...
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...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
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...
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
Correct response: what are leave &
cleave?
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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SEMI-FINALIST:
Terry Linwood