In round one, 45 players won their games. Now they join nine seeded opponents in Jeopardy! lore for 18 more game. 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.

Next, another former record holder takes to the stage against two round 1 placers.

LEAH GREENWALD Architect Cambridge, MA Won $46,800 (3/15)	SEAN RYAN Graduate student Whitehall, PA 2003 6-Time Champion: $15,000	JEROME VERED Writer Los Angeles Won $27,601 (2/28)

Jeopardy! categories: Art & Artists, "Love" on Television, Presidential Campaign Slogans, The Rural Scene, The Urban Scene, In the Dictionary.

Daily Double: $800 In the Dictionary. Leah ($4200 to Jerome's $6800 and Sean's -$800) risks $2500. The clue: from the Latin for "yield", this verb can mean "to die" or to yield to temptation. Leah's guess: "What is succumb?" Correct for $6700.

End of Round:
Leah - $8900
Sean - $1400
Jerome - $7000

Double Jeopardy! categories: The Big Band Era, Stardust, Tuxedo Junction, South of the Border, Deep Purple, Take the "A" Train

Daily Double #1: $1200 Deep Purple. Sean ($3800 to Jerome's $9000 and Leah's $8900) bets only $1000. Clue: Washington's HQ, a state historic site in Newburgh, NY, has the first one of these ever given, in 1783; it's made of wool. Sean's guess: "What is a Purple Heart?" Correct for $4800.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Stardust. Sean ($12,000 to Leah's $10,100 and Jerome's $17,400) bets only $1000. Clue: a faint constellation in the northern sky, Camelopardalis represents this animal. Sean's guess: "What is the snake?" Correct response: What is the snake? And like the other two Dailies, Jerome knew that. Sean is down to $11,000.

End of Round:
Leah - $14,500
Sean - $9000
Jerome - $21,000

In round 2, runners-up are guaranteed $10,000, while the winner is guaranteed at least $20,000.

Final Jeopardy! Category: 20th Century Asia. Answer: in 1942, Aung San, commander of this country's Independence Army, married nurse Khin Kyi. Correct response: What is Burma?

Sean's question: What is Burma? (RIGHT) Wager: all-in. Final score: $18,000.
Leah's question: What is Burma/Myanmar? (RIGHT) Wager: $1499. Final score: $15,999.
Jerome's question: What is Burma/Myanmar? (RIGHT) Wager: $9000. Final score: $30,000.

Another ringer is pulled through the wringer, coming out on the losing side. Jerome takes $30,000 into the quarterfinal, where he joins Dan Melia, Steve Chernicoff, Michael Rooney, Michael Daunt, Shane Whitlock, and Brian Moore.

Seat number eight is up for grabs tomorrow.