Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions:

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Based on original ShortShots written by Jason Huhn, Gordon Pepper, and Chico Alexander.

MONDAY: Brian Weikle, Mark Brown, Max Levaren

Jeopardy! categories: 19th Century America, Sports Shorts, The Chinese Zodiac, Deadly Devices, Birth of a Nation, Limericks.

Daily Double: $400 19th Century America. Mark ($4600) wagers $2000. Clue: "This was read to the Cabinet on September 22, 1862, but it didn't go into effect until 101 days later." Mark's guess: "What was the Emancipation Proclamation?" Correct for $6600.

End of Round:
Brian - $4400
Mark - $6800
Max - -$200

Double Jeopardy! categories: Design, Kennedy Center Honorees, Feeling a Little Norse, Notorious, The Breaded Opera Category, Double Talk.

Daily Double #1: $1200 The Breaded Opera Category. Max ($600) wagers $1500. Clue: "The knights in this Wagner opera eat bread & drink wine consecrated by the Holy Grail." Max's guess: "What is 'Parsifal'?" Correct for $2100.

Daily Double #2: $2000 Feeling a Little Norse. Brian ($8400) wagers $2000. Clue: "Some say the Viking Age ended in 1066 when this king defeated the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge." Brian's guess: "Who is Harold II?". Correct for $10,400.

End of Round:
Brian - $16,800
Mark - $16,400
Max - $7300

Final Jeopardy! Category: Movie Industry History. Answer: The company that produced most of Marion Davies' films was named for this magazine; the same person owned both. Correct response: "What is 'Cosmopolitan'?"

Max's question: What is Paramount? (WRONG) Wager: $7295. Final score: $5.
Mark's question: What is Stars? (WRONG) Wager: $16,299. Final score: $101.
Brian's question: What is Variety? (RIGHT) Wager: $16,001. Final score: $799..

 


TUESDAY: Alan Bailey, Mark Dawson, Jill Bunzendahl Chimka

Jeopardy! categories: A Tour of the Reagan Library, Not So Simple Simon (about Neil Simon), May Days, Fashion Designers, Amusement & Theme Parks, "E" Ticket.

Daily Double: $800 "E" Ticket. Jill ($0) wagers $500. Clue: "From the name of a Greek philosopher, it's a synonym for gastronome." Jill's guess: "Who is Euripides?" Correct question: "What is an epicure?" Jill drops to -$500.

End of Round:
Alan - $3000
Mark - $7600
Jill - $3100

Double Jeopardy! categories: American Women, A "Little" Music, Big Business, Saskatche-wandering, Pulitzer Prize Novels in Other Words, Greek Alphabet Soup.

Daily Double #1: $1600 Greek Alphabet Soup. Mark ($12,000) wagers $2000. Clue: "The Romans used their representation of this Greek letter as a numeral representing 50" Mark's guess: "What is delta?" Correct question: "What is lambda?" Mark drops to $10,000.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Big Business. Mark ($9200) wagers $1500. Clue: "A real shell company, Shell Petroleum, is a subsidiary of this petroleum company based in the Netherlands." Mark's guess: "What is Royal Dutch Shell?". Correct for $10,700.

End of Round:
Alan - $15,000
Mark - $16,300
Jill - $7900

Final Jeopardy! Category: World Cities. Answer: According to U.N. data, it's the worlds most populous city named for a person. Correct response: "What is Sao Paulo, Brazil?"

Jill's question: What is Sao Paulo? (RIGHT) Wager: $0. Final score: $7900.
Alan's question: What is New York City? (WRONG) Wager: $2000. Final score: $13,000.
Mark's question: What is Sao Paulo? (RIGHT) Wager: $13,701. Final score: $30,001


WEDNESDAY: Trevor Norris, Travis Troyer, Eric Floyd

Jeopardy! categories: Literary First Lines, Girls with Guitars, Fruits and Vegetables, Paris Sites, Take My "Y" , Please!, What Is It?

Daily Double: $800 Literary First Lines. Eric ($2200) wagers $800. Clue: "By E.M. Forster: '"The signora has no business to do it," said Miss Bartlett, "... she promised us south rooms...'" Eric's guess: "What is 'A Room With a View'?" Correct for $3000.

End of Round:
Trevor - $3800
Travis - $3200
Eric - $3400

Double Jeopardy! categories: Classical Composers, Modeling, Down to Earth, New York in the Movies, Historic Battles, 5-Syllable Words.

Daily Double #1: $1600 New York in the Movies. Trevor ($11,000) wagers $2000. Clue: "It begins with a voice-over: 'Chapter One. He adored New York City. He idolized it all out of proportion'." Trevor's guess: "What is 'Goodfellas'?" Correct question: "What is 'Manhattan'?" Trevor drops to $9000.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Classical Composers. Eric ($7400) wagers $2000. Clue: "Frederick Beale was the first to use 'recital' to mean a piano concert, referring to one by this Hungarian." Eric's guess: "Who is Liszt?" Correct for $9400.

End of Round:
Trevor - $15,000
Travis - $5200
Eric - $10,200

Final Jeopardy! Category: World Geography. Answer: Heads of state Jiang Zemin & Jorge Sampaio were on hand when this territory changed hands in December 1999. Correct response: "What is Macau?"

Travis' question: What is Macau? (RIGHT) Wager: $5100. Final score: $10,300.
Eric's question: What is Macau? (RIGHT) Wager: $10,100. Final score: $20,300.
Mark's question: What is Hong Kong? (WRONG) Wager: $5401. Final score: $9599.

 

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