Preliminaries: Nissley/Rhee/Temple
November 2
An incredible year of champions has led
to this moment, where fifteen of the best have returned to Sony Pictures
for a shot at $250,000 and the right to be called a superchampion. Among
them, a College Champion, a Teachers' Champion, and the person who has
logged in the most money ever won in a single game.
Second place will be awarded $100,000,
while third gets $50,000. Semifinalists who make it to week 2 will
receive at least $10,000. Everyone will receive at least $5000. In
total, a prize pool of almost half a million dollars will be awarded
over the next two weeks. All money will be determined, as
always, by how far the players go in the tournament.
This is a standard two-week affair, meaning that all 15 will play this
week, with the five game winners joining the four highest-scoring
non-winners in a win-or-go-home race to the two-day final.
But first, we start with game 1...
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Tom Nissley
Seattle
writer
nine days, $236,405 |
Jay Rhee
Annapolis, MD
oncologist
six days, $109,203 |
Charles Temple
Ocracoke, NC
high school English teacher
Teachers Tournament Champion |
Jeopardy! round...
THE
RECONSTRUCTION
ERA |
PAY BALL! |
RANKS &
TITLES |
LITTLE PEOPLE
IN LIT |
AIRPORT
CODES |
YOU'RE
A "CHAMP"! |
Daily Double: $1000 The
Reconstruction Era. Tom has $4400 to Jay's $1400 and Charles' $1800. He bets
$3000 on this: Charles Sumner & Thaddeus Stevens were leaders of this "extreme"
Republican group. "Who are the Radicals?" Correct for $7400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$8,000 |
$4,800 |
$2,000 |
Tom |
Jay |
Charles |
Double Jeopardy! round...
MEN OF
SCIENCE |
TV WHO AM I |
BAD HEIR DAY |
THEIR ROMAN
EQUIVALENTS |
NOT OF GOOD
CHARACTERS |
2011 NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE
WORDS |
Note for category 6, they will not
have to be spelled.
Daily Double #1: $1200 Men of
Science. Jay went fishing and found it with $4800 to Charles' $1600. Tom still
leads with $10,800. He bets $2000 on this: an institute of physical science at
the University of Copenhagen is named for this physicist. "Who is Bohr?" Correct
for $6800!
Daily Double #2: $1600 Bad Heir Day.
Jay goes fishing again and comes up with it at $6800 to Tom's $9200. Charles is
on zero. Jay bets $2000 again on this: June 28, 1914 was the last day for this
heir tot he a European throne. "Who was Archduke Ferdinand?" ... Count it for
$8800!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$16,400 |
$12,000 |
$400 |
Tom |
Jay |
Charles |
Final Jeopardy! category: WORLD CITIES
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A MEMBER OF THE
HANSEATIC LEAGUE, THIS CITY WITH A 4-LETTER NAME WAS ONCE KNOWN AS THE
"PARIS OF THE BALTIC" |
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Correct response: what is Riga,
Latvia?
Charles' response: what is Oslo? WRONG. Wager:
$115. Total: $285.
Jay response: what is Riga? RIGHT. Wager: $4401. Total: $16,401.
Tom's response: what is Riga? RIGHT. Wager: $3. Total: $16,403.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Tom Nissley
Tom started out strong, but
allowed Jay a chance to play catch-up. If he wants to win the
quarter-mill, he has to play even stronger and not allow such things to
happen. As for Jay, keep an eye out for him, as he could prove to be a
dark horse in this tournament.
But the tournament is still
young. Come back tomorrow to see what happens with three more players.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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