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Jeopardy!
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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Semifinals: Murphy/Yozamp/Zollinger
May 18

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. That leaves us with the final nine... At the top, there's only room for one. Awaiting this year's chosen one: $250,000 of a $400,000 title purse.

Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000. As always, any and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.

Last time, Stefan Goodreau upset two of the favorites, leaving only six more to compete for two more slots against him. Who will take #2? 

Liz Murphy orig. Scranton, PA foreign service officer Game 1 Winner	Nicholas "Nick" Yozamp St. Cloud, MN biology student Wild Card	Jason Zollinger South Dayton, NY engine assembler Wild Card

Jeopardy! round ...

LEGISLATURES OF THE WORLD

McACTORS

GOOD DOGGIE

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

THE ATMOSPHERE

DOUBLE "E"

Daily Double: $800 Legislatures of the World. Nick has $400 to Jason's $800. What do you want for the fourth clue in the round? He bets $600 on this: this land's legislature is the State Great Hural, hural meaning a council of khans. "What is Mongolia?" Correct for $1000.

At the end of the Jeopardy! round...

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $1200 All Roads Lead to Cecil Rhodes. Liz has $7000 and bets $2200 of it on this: in 1888 Rhodes secured a near monopoly on South Africa diamond mining & formed this company. "What is de Beers?" Correct for $9200!

Daily Double #2: $1600 "Eu" Vey! Liz is only $200 behind Jason with $13,800. Nick's on a three-piece. Liz bets $2000 on this: he whipped the Continental Army into shape in the 1770s; the Ohio ville named for him lose the Prussian pronunciation. "Who is Steuben?" Von Steuben is right for $15,600!

J-Archive.com has this as a 4/5 with a strong Shore's.

- Nick wins if... Liz and Jason bet against each other and Nick is correct, no matter how much he plays.
- Liz wins if... she is correct and bets $8799 and covers Nick... or $1201 and covers herself. But remember that thing about "playing to not lose".
- Jason wins if... He bets $15,001 and is right. OR he can outplay Liz with a Shoretegic bet of $8201.

Final Jeopardy! category: ROMAN EMPERORS

Correct response: who was Nero?

Nick's response: who is Nero? CORRECT. Wager: $0. Total: $3400.
Liz's response: who was Nero? CORRECT. Wager: $1201. Total: $16,801.
Jason's response: who is Nero? CORRECT. Wager: $15,001. Total: $31,201.

FINALIST: Jason Zollinger

One of the worst things you can do is count on the mistakes of others. You have to play to win. If you play to "not lose", you will eventually lose. On the other hand, Jason dollared Liz, so the moment he knew the correct response, she was doomed at the outset. As for Jason, he needs a repeat performance of today if he's to win the whole thing.

Tomorrow, three game winners go at it. Winner gets Jason and Stefan. Losers get got.

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