Last week, fifteen of the
best Jeopardy! players over the last year gave it their
best shot one more time. Now only nine remain - the five
winners plus the four wild-cards - and it's win or go
home. At stake, a place in Thursday & Friday's two-part
final.
The
winner will receive $250,000 and join the ranks of
previous ToC winners in quiz immortality.
First runner-up will win an additional $100,000, while
second runner-up will pocket $50,000. All semifinalists
- the five preliminary match winners and four wild-card
qualifiers who scored the highest amongst non-winners -
will get $10,000.
Kerry Greene won her game
last night. Now it's up to these three...
Alex Jacob
Chicago
currency trader
AUTOMATIC FINALIST |
Brennan Bushee
Malden, MA
software developer
AUTOMATIC FINALIST |
Vaughn Winchell
Columbia, MD
graduate student in mathematics
WILD CARD |
Alex has the honor, and will
start the Jeopardy! round...
BIBLE
BOOKS |
GREAT
FOOTBALL
PLAYS |
AROUND
THE WORLD |
YOU'RE
"DA" BOMB! |
SAUCE |
BEAR NAYS |
Daily Double: $400 Bible
Books. Vaughn has $1600 to Alex's $3800. Brennan
still at the gate. Vaughn's going all-in on this:
the 2 lofty positions that lend their name to Old
Testament books. "I don't have it." The books
were Judges and Kings, so it was judge and king.
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$11,600 |
$0 |
$2,800 |
Alex |
Brennan |
Vaughn |
Double Jeopardy! round...
SCI. ABBREV. |
HISTORY 101 |
HOMOPHONIC
PAIRS |
"A"UTHORS |
THE EX FILES |
TOUGH
BALLET |
Daily Double #1: $2000
History 101. Brennan is way behind with $1600.
Vaughn still on $2800 to Alex's $16,400. He's going
for it on this: Berenice III, who became queen of
Egypt in 101 BC, was the daughter of this IX Pharaoh
of this name. "Who is Ptolemy?" FOR THE DOUBLER,
$3200!
Daily Double #2: $1200 The Ex Files.
It's Alex's game to lose thus far with $24,400. Brennan has $10,800 to Vaughn's
$7200. He fronts $3000 on this: he became the USA's ex-VP in 1981. "Who is
Mondale?" RIGHT for $27,400!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!, it's
Alex's game to lose.
$28,200 |
$11,600 |
$8,000 |
Alex |
Brennan |
Vaughn |
#WINORGOHOME
Again, All
Alex has to do is bet $0 to ice the game away.
Final Jeopardy! category:
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
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THESE 2 6-LETTER
RHYMING COUNTRIES BOTH DERIVE THEIR NAMES FROM RIVERS & WERE BOTH ONCE
CONTROLLED BY GREAT BRITAIN |
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Correct response: what are Zambia
and the Gambia?
Vaughn's response: what are Rwanda and Uganda? WRONG. Wager doesn't
matter.
Brennan's response: what are Uganda & Rwanda? WRONG. Wager doesn't
matter.
Alex's response: what is ALEVE? WRONG. Wager doesn't matter.
FINALIST: Alex Jacob
When in
doubt, make an inside joke. Alex didn't have to do
anything. He didn't. And he'll be back on Thursday.
Tomorrow,
it's Matt, Catherine, and Andrew for slot #3.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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