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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: Balse/Goodreau/Zollinger 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, we have six. In 30 minutes, we will have nine.
Jeopardy! round ...
Daily Double: $800 Gods Among Us. Vijay has $2400... and he doesn't waste any time pushing it all in. The clue: these nuclear missiles, first put on US subs in 1970, preceded Trident missiles. "What are Saturn?" And there goes the money. It was "Poseidon missiles". At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Category #1 is presented by Dr. Mehmet Oz. Daily Double #1: $1600 Spy Novels. Vijay can now regain the lead with $6400 to Stefan's $9600. He bets $2000 on this: John Le Carre introduced British agent Alec Leamas in this 1963 novel. "What is 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold'?" Correct for $8400. Video Daily Double #2: $2000 Living Healthy with Dr. Oz. Jason is in the hunt with $10,400 to Vijay's $15,200 and Stefan's $14,800. He bets two Gs. What up, Doc? "From the Latin for 'under chamber', this gland's health is vital, as it influences your appetite, your sex drive, and also maintains normal body temperature." "What is pituitary?" Nope, it was the hypothalamus, leaving him with $8400.
Bet right, and you're back next week. Bet wrong, and... well, let's not think about that. Final Jeopardy! category: THE 50 STATES
Correct response: what is Montana?
In terms of drama, this was the match of the week, as Vijay, Stefan, and Jason all made their cases for a spot in the semi... and all three will make cases for a spot in the final, as all three knew that they just need to bet enough to move to the next round. And after all, that's the point of this week. A point that THESE nine have made very clear.
Next time, it's the semis and those four magic words: win... or go home. To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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SEMI-FINALIST:
Vijay Balse
