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Preliminaries: Jass/Shore/Nelson
February 13

The fifteen people you are about to see on this stage in the next two weeks have done what countless others could not do. They are not just champions, but in some cases, they are mega champions. Among them, they've won over $1.5 million in prize money. They are the best of the last season and a half and this week, they're coming back for $250,000 and the right to be called CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS.

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.

Twenty-three people in the world have earned immortality through this tournament. Who will be #24? We'll find out in due time. But first, we start with game 1...

Stephanie Jass Milan, MI history professor seven games, $147,570	Jason Shore Plano, TX medical student four games, $85,200	Paul Nelson orig. Iowa City, IA Senate staff aide five games, $54,900

Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double: $800 Olympics Host Cities. Jason has $1000 to Stephanie's $3200. He bets all of it on this: most of its more than 14 million people are ethnically Han. "What is Beijing?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $2000!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

Double Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double #1: $800 Presidential Acquisitions. Jason is on a tear taking the lead with $14,400 to Stephanie's $8600. He bets $1000 on this: the Alaska Purchase. "Who was... McKinley?" No, it was Andrew Johnson, dropping him to $13,400.

Daily Double #2: $2000 From Zorba the Greek. Paul has $8800. The others have $13,000 a piece. He's got five on it. Here's the clue: "Behind each woman rises the austere, sacred and mysterious face of" this beautiful goddess. "Who is Aphrodite?" ... CORRECT for $13,800!

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

Final Jeopardy! category: THE ROSETTA STONE

Correct response: who was Rameses?

Stephanie's response: who is Ramses? CORRECT. Wager: $0. Total: $13,000.
Jason's response: what is Ramses ? CORRECT. Wager: $1000. Total: $14,000.
Paul's response: what is Ramses? CORRECT. Wager doesn't matter

Semifinalist: Paul Nelson

All three were playing to get to next week, and while it wasn't a particularly noteworthy game, it was an evenly played game, right down to the final. The three players (should the two runners-up make it to next week) need to turn on the fire, because in that round, you can't afford to play weak.

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