“Jeopardy!” College Championship Begins Wednesday, February 1st
One of Jeopardy!‘s more popular annual events, the College Championship tournament, is back. This is the 24th annual College Championship. The event, beginning Wednesday, February 1st, sees fifteen of the country’s brightest college students competing for a $100,000 grand prize and the coveted title. More importantly, though, they will gain entry into the Tournament of Champions and a potential $250,000 top prize.
Here’s a list of the people competing and their information, courtesy Sony.
| NAME
Sarah Bart |
AGE
22 |
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
Goucher College |
HOMETOWN
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Sarah Bauer | 21 | Indiana University | Carmel, Ind. |
| Tyler Benedict | 21 | Columbia University | Dayton, Ohio |
| Jaime Alayon | 19 | The George Washington University | Miami, Fla. |
| Greer Mackebee | 22 | Duke University | Knoxville, Tenn. |
| Zach McDonnell | 18 | The College of William & Mary | Harrisonburg, Va. |
| Marie McGraw | 21 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Weston Mangin | 19 | Cal Poly San Luis Obispo | Arroyo Grande, Calif. |
| Matt Olson | 20 | Stanford University | Berkeley, Calif. |
| Charlie Rooney | 19 | Loyola University Chicago | Minneapolis, Minn. |
| Anne Rozek | 19 | Eastern Illinois University | Cary, Ill. |
| Connie Shi | 19 | University of Michigan | Okemos, Mich. |
| Zack Terrill | 21 | Vanderbilt University | Winter Springs, Fla. |
| Monica Thieu | 18 | University of North Texas | Dallas, Texas |
| Carrie Tian | 17 | Harvard University | Greenville, S.C. |
Again, first place will get $100,000 and an automatic seat into the Tournament of Champions. Second place receives $50,000 and third gets $25,000. Each semi-finalist wins $10,000 and contestants knocked out in the first rounds get $5,000. Over 12,000 students applied and these are the only fifteen taht made it, so congratulations to them.
Two “Sarah B.”‘s? What happens if they end up playing each other?
Middle initial, perhaps? Really can’t cut Sara/h any further and have it sound unique…
They probably won’t put them against each other in the quarter finals or semi-finals. If they both get to the finals, they’d have to distinguish them. In 1996, Michael Dupee and Michael Daunt made the TofC finals, and Dupee was called Mike during the finals.
Will Alex ever start walking out that door again?
Yes!
What’s that have to do with the College Championship?
Alex is supposed to have recovered by now. If he doesn’t, that door on the set will have to be taken down. Alex needs to stand next to the final jeopardy clue after coming back from that final break before the accident.
He DID recover.
What does that have to do with the College Championship?
Meanwhile, I heard that the Online Tests for Next Year’s Tournament has been Postponed. The date for the new test has not been announced, but anyone who registered for it will still take it whenever the new date is announced (Got an e-mail about it.)
:D My World G teacher’s son’s on this! (: