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Semifinals: Bernbach/Srinivasan/Balse
May 19
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.
The winner of tonight's match gets the
Game 5 Cinderella stories: Stefan Goodreau and Jason Zollinger.
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Justin Bernbach
Brooklyn, NY
lobbyist
Game 4 Winner |
Andy Srinivasan
Clayton, NC
science teacher
Game 3 Winner |
Vijay Balse
Chatham, NJ
chemical engineer
Game 5 Winner |
Jeopardy! round ...
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BRIT-POURRI |
IN
THE ARENA |
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BIBLICAL
PROVERBS:
FILL IN THE BLANK |
RIGHT BY
THE NUMBERS |
WORD
PUZZLES |
Category #3 is the 2010 list...
Category #4 is the King James Version.
Daily Double: $800 Biblical
Proverbs: Fill In The Blank. Andy has $2000 to Vijay's $2800. He wants it true.
Here's the clue: "Lust not after her beauty in thine _____." "What is heart?"
Correct to double to $4000.
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
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$5,200 |
$6,800 |
$5,600 |
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Justin |
Andy |
Vijay |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
THEY'RE
NO. 1! |
CLUES TO
SECRET
IDENTITIES |
GOING
GREENER |
SONNETS &
SONNETEERS |
IT'S IN
MY COFFEE |
HIDDEN
STATES |
Category #1 is according to the CIA
World Fact Book. Category #2 deals with superheroes. Category #6: the state is
hidden within the clue.
Video Daily Double #1: $1600 Going
Greener. Vijay has $12,000 to Andy's $8400. He bets $2000 on this from Kelly...
"Some energy on the Sony lot is generated by the Sun's photons striking the
solar cell surface, making these jump from one atom to the next, creating a
chain reaction which can be harnessed." "What are electrons?" Correct for
$14,000!
Daily Double #2: $1600 They're No. 1!. Justin needs
a bid move with his $6000 to catch up to Vijay's
$14,800. He has one with $5000 on this: riyals
actually gain value in Qatar--it has the world's
lowest rate of this, negative 3.9%. "What is
inflation?" Correct for $11,000!
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$13,400 |
$10,000 |
$23,600 |
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Justin |
Andy |
Vijay |
J-Archive.com wants you to
crush.
- Andy wins if... Vijay
loses his mind.
- Justin wins if... he bets $10,201 and is right, while forcing Vijay to
play to win.
- Vijay wins if... He bets $3201 and is right.
Final Jeopardy! category:
OPERA
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THE ARIA "POUR MON AME" BY
DONIZETTI INCLUDES 9 OF THESE; A FEW TENORS HAVE EARNED THE NICKNAME "KING
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Correct response: what are high Cs?
Andy's response: what are solos? WRONG. Wager:
$4000. Total: $6000.
Justin's response: what are trills? WRONG. Wager: $7100. Total:
$6300.
Vijay's response: what are falsettos? WRONG. Wager: $3201. Total:
$20,399.
FINALIST:
Vijay Balse
Vijay was strong all game
long, but it was in the Double Jeopardy! round where he came alive and
his opponents just stood there in absolute shock as they were forced to
play to win. They didn't, and as a result, Vijay didn't have to do much
in order to secure the win.
Now he gets to play in the
final, and this lineup should look familiar...

Game 8 Winner |

Game 6 Winner |

Wild Card |
Next time... a rematch of
game 5... only this time, a quarter million is on the line!
To read all about the tournament
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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