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.

TOM HALPERN Lawyer Orig. from New York City 1991 5-time Champion	GRAHAM GILMER Senior, Stanford Stanford, CA 2001 2K1 Teen Tourney Winner	BRUCE NAEGELI Retired law librarian Phoenix 1988 2K1 TOC Finalist

Jeopardy! categories: US Geography; The Musical Fruit; Everyday Items; Oh, a Weiss Guy, Eh?; 1955; "Finger" Exercise

Daily Double: $800 US Geography. Graham ($1000 to Tom's $2000 & Bruce's $400): "Let's do it, please." For the tie, the clue: Wisconsin is bordered by these 2 of the 5 Great Lakes. Graham's guess: "What are Michigan and Superior?" Graham ties Tom's $2000.

End of Round:
Tom - $6000
Graham - $2000
Bruce - $5400

Double Jeopardy! categories: The Truman Show, Words of a Feather (all responses can be made from "FEATHER"), Flower Names, Warsaw, She's Lost Control, "Joy" Division

Daily Double #1: $1600 The Truman Show. Graham ($3200 to Bruce's $5400 and Tom's $7200) goes for the level. Clue: in 1919 Truman opened this kind of business, whose name may come from the Anglo-Norman for "petty wares". Graham's guess: "What is a thrift shop?" Correct question: What is a haberdashery? Graham drops to $1600.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Warsaw. Tom ($10,000 over Bruce's $5400 and Graham's $3200) fronts $2000. Clue: among the many baroque churches in Warsaw is teh Church of the Holy Cross that contains this composer's heart. Tom's guess: "Who is Chopin?" Correct for $12,000.

End of Round:
Tom - $17,600
Graham - $7200
Bruce - $14,200

Remember, runners-up will take home $5000, while the winner is guaranteed at least $15,000.

Final Jeopardy! Category: English Lit. Answer: this 17th C. poetic follow-up begins, "I who ere while the happy garden sung, by one man's disobedience lost." Correct response: What is "Paradise Regained"?

Graham's question: What is Paradise Found? (WRONG) Wager: $7100. Final score: $100.
Bruce's question: What is Paradise Regained? (RIGHT) Wager: $7400. Final score: $21,600.
Tom's question: What is Kingdom Won? (WRONG) Wager: $10,801. Final score: $6799.

Bruce and Tom were at it through the entire game, but a wrong response lifts Bruce to the next round with $21,600 and a seat with 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, Ed Schiffer, Grace Veach, Ryan Holznagel, Mark Dawson, Michael Rooney, Pam Mueller, Steve Newman, Chris Miller, Leah Greenwald, Jonathan Groff, Brian Moore, Robert Slaven, Shane Whitlock, Michael Daunt, Steve Berman, Eugene Finerman, John Cuthberson, India Cooper, Kyle Hale, and Rick Knutsen

Next time, Kurt Bray and Bob Fleenor have a thin or two to teach Matt Zielenski.