"Round 1:
LeDonne/Williams/Veach" - March 4
In round one, there are 135 players competing in 45
games. The winners of those games will take on nine
seeded opponents. The 18 winners then face off for six
slots. The two winners of those semifinal games have a
date with destiny in the form of one Ken Jennings for a
three-day final. The winner of those games wins $2
million. Second place is guaranteed $500,000, while
third place is guaranteed $250,000.
No wild cards, no second
chances. It's (my favorite words when it comes to
Jeopardy! tourneys) win or go home.
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JOHN LeDONNE
Bookstore manager
Concord, CA
1990
5-time Champion |
KEITH WILLIAMS
Sophomore; Middlebury
Middlebury, CT
2003
2K3 College Champion |
GRACE VEACH
Librarian
Lakeland, FL
1997
5-time Champion |
Jeopardy! categories:
Mythology; Sports Notables; Canada, "A"?; A Heavenly
Category; First Lady Firsts; ____&____
Daily Double: $600
Mythology. Grace ($2000 over John's $600 and
Keith's $0) fronts it all. The clue: Hera
punished this nymph by saying that she shall
have the last word but no power to speak first.
Grace's response: "Who is Echo?" Correct
for the doubler, $4000.
End of Round:
John - $1800
Keith - $6200
Grace - $7600
Double Jeopardy! categories: The Elements,
Broadway Musical Settings, Farming Math, "F"ood
Word Origins, Novels Before & After, Words in
Shakespeare.
Daily Double #1: $1200
Broadway Musical Settings. Keith ($7800 over
Grace's $7600 and
John's $1800) goes only $600 ("I'm not going to
lie, I know absolutely nothing about
musicals."). Clue: Shubert Alley is the setting
for both the opening & closing scenes of this
smash hit that debuted in 2001. Keith's guess: "What
is 'Stomp'?" Correct: What is "The Producers"?
"Told ya." Keith drops to $7200 and second
place.
Keith makes up
for it by running the table on Farming Math in
time to find...
Daily Double #2: $800 The Elements. Keith
($12,800 to Grace's $7600 and John's $1800)
bets $4000. Clue: the 2 radioactive elements
named after planets that follow uranium on the
periodic table. Keith's guess: "What are
neptunium and plutonium?" Correct for $16,800.
End of Round:
John - $6200
Keith - $23,600
Grace - $13,200
The kid is
schooling the grown-ups, but anything can still
happen. Remember, runners-up will
take home $5000, while the winner is guaranteed at
least $15,000.
Final Jeopardy! Category: US Islands. Answer:
Dutch for either "Devil's Whirlpool" or "Spite
the Devil", Spuyten Duyvil Creek forms part of
its northern border. Correct response: What is
Manhattan?
John's question: What
is US Virgin? (WRONG)
Wager: $6200. Final score: $0.
Grace's question: What is Manhattan? (RIGHT)
Wager: $13,000. Final score: $26,200.
Keith's question: What is New York? (WRONG)
Wager: $10,000. Final score: $13,600.
Shocker! Grace
pulls the upset in Final Jeopardy!, winning
$26,200 and
joining Eric Terzuolo, Michael Rankins, Arthur Phillips,
David Traini, Bob Harris, Vinita Kailasanath, Bev
Schwartzberg, Dan Melia, Mark Eckard, Michael
Dupee, Jeff Richmond, John Beck, Tad Carithers,
Jerome Vered, Bruce Borchardt, Fred Ramen, and
Ed Schiffer in the next
round.
Next time, John
Kelly, Barbara-Anne Eddy, and Ryan Holznagel
begin another week of competition. |