They were the smartest...
fiercest... most competitive... most talked about class
of Tournament of Champions in Jeopardy! history. Now
they come together for another two-week event. The
winner gets $250,000, bragging rights, and the title of
Jeopardy! super champion, a title that comes with it
quiz immortality.
Second runner up gets
$100,000. Third place gets $50,000. Semifinalists win
$10,000. Everyone is guaranteed $5000 for their
participation. As always, any money won depends on how
high up the ladder a player goes.
By the end of this
episode, we will have your final nine.
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Jared Hall
Washington, DC
consultant
six games, $181,001 |
Sandie Baker
East Point, MI
data & translation coordinator
six games, $140,200 |
Mark Japinga
Madison, WI
graduate student in public affairs
four games, $112,600 |
Jared has the honor, and
will start the Jeopardy! round...
COLLEGE
KNOWLEDGE |
FUNNY
PEOPLE |
CITY OF BIRTH |
LETTER
PERFECT |
AUTHORS |
NOT A POP
GROUP, YET
A POP GROUP |
Daily Double: $1000 City
of Birth. Jared has $2200 on Mark's $3600. Sandie is
on $800. He's going for it on ... Arianna Huffington.
"What is Athens, Greece?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $4400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$5,000 |
$3,000 |
$5,400 |
Jared |
Sandie |
Mark |
Double Jeopardy! round...
SHAKESPEARE'S
FOOLS |
FURNITURE |
LATIN
AMERICAN
HISTORY |
KILLER
TV |
READING
THE METER |
FROM THE... |
Daily Double #1: $2000
From The... Mark has $9000 and the lead. He bets
$2500 on this: German for "form" or "shape", it's
used to mean the overall mood of quality of
something. "What is gestalt?" RIGHT FOR $11,500!
Daily Double #2: $2000 Shakespeare's
Fools. Jared has $9800 to Mark's $12,700. He bets $4000 on this: "The more fool
I", says Touchstone on arriving at his new forest home in this comedy. "What is
'All's Well That Ends Well'?" No, it was "As You Like It", leaving him with an
unlikable $5800.
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$9,800 |
$9,000 |
$13,900 |
Jared |
Sandie |
Mark |
The score to beat for a wild-card
position: $7599.
Final Jeopardy! category: OPERA
CHARACTERS
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IN AN 1893 OPERA
THAT WAS ITS COMPOSER'S GREATEST SUCCESS, PETER & GERTRUD ARE THE PARENTS OF
THESE 2 CHARACTERS |
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Correct response: who are
Hansel & Gretel?
Sandie's response: who are Hansel & Gretel? RIGHT. Wager: $6500. Total: $15,500.
Jared's response: who are Hansel & Gretel? RIGHT. Wager: $7000. Total: $16,800.
Mark's response: who are Hansel & Gretel? RIGHT. Wager: $1103. Total:
$15,003
SEMI-FINALIST:
Jared Hall
Good on
today's players. They knew that the point of this week
was to make it to next week, so they didn't do anything
outlandish. Mark could've won the game, but he can
easily settle for a Wild Card....
... and so
can Sandie, for that matter. Here's your final nine.
WILD CARD |
GAME 3 WINNER |
GAME 2 WINNER |
WILD CARD |
GAME 5 WINNER |
GAME 1 WINNER |
WILD CARD |
GAME 4 WINNER |
WILD CARD |
Next week,
it's as simple as this... WIN OR GO HOME.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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