Preliminaries: Kursky/McLean/Wright
November 7
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.
So far, it's two monsters and a Tom
Nissley in the final. Today, three will join them.
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Paul
Kursky
San Francisco
online marketing producer
four days, $110,411 |
Erin
McLean
Danvers, MA
junior at Boston University
2011 College Champion |
Buddy Wright
Ft. Worth, TX
operations engineer
five days, $89,804 |
Jeopardy! round...
ON A U.S.
POSTAGE STAMP |
SPORTS
NUMBERS |
HOMOPHONIC
PAIRS |
PLANET OF
THE CORGIS |
THE
CARIBBEAN |
SCIENCE
"K"LASS |
Daily Double: $600 Science "K"lass.
Buddy's the only one in money with $800, so he'll bet it and $200 on top of it
on this: this noble gas used in high-speed photography lamps takes its name from
the Greek for "hidden". "What is krypton?" CORRECT for $1800!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$1,600 |
$4,800 |
$8,000 |
Paul |
Erin |
Buddy |
Double Jeopardy! round...
VERSE CASE
SCENARIO |
CHARACTERS
FROM MOVIES |
WHAT'D
YOU CATCH? |
9-LETTER
WORDS |
NOTABLE
WOMEN |
TREASURES OF
THE NEW-YORK
HISTORICAL SOCIETY |
Daily Double #1: $2000 Verse Case
Scenario. Erin has $8000 to Buddy's $12,000. She wagers $2200 on this from
Longfellow: "Behind the clouds is the sun still shining; thy fate is the common
fate of all into each life" these 4 words. "What is 'the son also rises'?" No,
it was "some rain must fall". She drops to $5800.
Daily Double #2: $2000 Notable
Women. Buddy has $13,600 to Erin's $7400. He bets $1600 on this: piloting Vostok
6, she orbited the Earth 48 times during her trip into space in 1963. "Who is
Tereshkova?" Correct for $15,200!
Paul finally has betting money at
the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$1,200 |
$8,600 |
$16,800 |
Paul |
Erin |
Buddy |
Final Jeopardy! category: FROM THE
GREEK
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THE WORD FOR A
SONG ELEMENT YOU WON'T FIND IN INSTRUMENTALS COMES FROM THE NAME OF THIS
INSTRUMENT |
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Correct response: what is a lyre?
Paul's response: what is a lyre? RIGHT. Wager: $1200.
Total: $2400.
Erin's response: what is a lyre? RIGHT. Wager: $7403.
Total: $16,003.
Buddy's response: what is a lyre? RIGHT. Wager doesn't
matter.
SEMI-FINALIST:
Buddy Wright
It was all Buddy all the
time today, as he led all the way through. The question is can he
sustain that momentum into the semis? That remains to be seen. Meanwhile
Erin made it a close match, and she'll be rewarded as such with a place
in the semis. Also clinching, Jay Rhee with $16,401.
Tomorrow night, we'll have
your final nine.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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