Jeopardy! College Championship
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The Jeopardy! College Championship is one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the TV quiz show Jeopardy! Contestants in this tournament are full-time undergraduate college students with no prior degrees. The presence of this tournament does not discourage college students from auditioning for the regular shows.
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[edit] Format
The format used for the College Championship is similar to that used for the Tournament of Champions: fifteen players, in groups of three, contest five quarterfinal games, whence nine semifinalists—the winner of each game and the four highest-scoring players not to have won a quarterfinal (styled as wild cards)—advance; nine semifinalists contest three single-elimination games, whence come three finalists—each the winner of his semifinal; and three finalists contest a two-day final of which each game is played separately but the results of which are determined by the summing of the monies earned by a player across both games.
[edit] Origins during Fleming era
The first college tournaments were held during the original version with Art Fleming as host.
[edit] Prizes
The prize amounts for all contestants are as follows:
| Period | Finalists (minimum guarantees) | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists | ||
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| Winner | 1st runner-up | 2nd runner-up | |||
| 1989-1997 | $25,000 | $10,000 | $7,500 | $5,000 | $1,000 |
| 1998-Winter 2000 | $15,000 | $10,000 | $2,500 | ||
| Fall 2000-2002 | $50,000 | ||||
| 2003 | $25,000 | $15,000 | |||
| 2004-present | $100,000 | $50,000 | $25,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
From 1993-2004, the winner also won a new car (Dodge from 1993-1995, Volvo from 1996-2003, and Volkswagen in 2004), and the company who manufactured the car matched each finalists' totals and set up scholarships in those amounts earned for the finalists' schools.
[edit] List of participants
The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in the tournament. Winners who earned more than the minimum guarantee are as indicated.
| Finalists | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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| Alex Trebek Era (1984-present) | ||
| Season 5 (1989) | ||
| Winner: Tom Cubbage (Southern Methodist University, $26,600) 1st runner-up: Linda Krisak (Case Western Reserve University) 2nd runner-up: Alex Yang (Tulane University) |
Kyle Bostian (University of Massachusetts) Jason Moore (University of Southern California) David Nieporent (Princeton University) Jason Powderly (Florida State University) Monroe Roark (University of West Georgia) Kristine Zaleskas (Harvard College) |
Paula Ashbaugh (Michigan State University) Ann Danielson (Amherst College) Betty Hsu (University of California at Los Angeles) Dave Piatt (The Johns Hopkins University) Anna Simopolous (Cornell University) Chris Swensen (Towson State University) |
| Season 6 (1990) | ||
| Winner: Michael Thayer (Rutgers University) 1st runner-up: Amy Zucker (Wesleyan University) 2nd runner-up: David Honea (North Carolina State University) |
Joey Burgoon (Georgia Institute of Technology) Matthew Miller (University of Michigan) Katie Polk (College of William & Mary) Gavin Russell (University of California, Berkeley) Noah Smith (Northwestern University) Brad Williams (University of Northern Iowa) |
Elena Broder (Duke University) Eryn Brown (Harvard College) Bobbie Diamond (Oberlin College) Julie Gross (Rice University) Sue O'Connor (Saint Mary's College (Indiana)) Penny Prior (Georgetown University) |
| Season 7 (1991) | ||
| Winner: Scott Gillispie (Georgia Institute of Technology, $27,400) 1st runner-up: Andre DuVoisin (University of New Orleans) 2nd runner-up: Tim Lakin (Northwestern University) |
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| Season 8 (1992) | ||
| Winner: Billy Baxter (College of William & Mary, $26,200) 1st runner-up: Nick Jungman (University of Oklahoma) 2nd runner-up: Stephanie Leveene (University of Delaware) |
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| Season 9 (1993) | ||
| Winner: Phoebe Juel (Grinnell College, $28,000) 1st runner-up: Eric Biber (Harvard College) 2nd runner-up: John van deWeert (Princeton University) |
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| Season 10 (1994) | ||
| Winner: Jeff Stewart (Brigham Young University) 1st runner-up: Keri Ellis (Michigan Tech University) 2nd runner-up: Dave Goldsmith (Colgate University) |
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| Season 11 (1995) | ||
| Winner: Ben Lyon (University of Oklahoma) 1st runner-up: Steve Smith (University of Notre Dame) 2nd runner-up: Rebekah Reeves (Texas A&M University) |
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| Season 12 (1996) | ||
| Winner: Shane Whitlock (University of Arkansas, $32,800) 1st runner-up: Vandana Madhavan (Harvard College) 2nd runner-up: Bryan Fagan (Southwest Missouri State University) |
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| Season 13 (1997) | ||
| Winner: Craig Barker (University of Michigan) 1st runner-up: Mark Urciuolo (Marist College) 2nd runner-up: Steven Bevier (Michigan State University) |
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| Season 14 (1998), at Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus | ||
| Winner: Andrew Hutchings (Harvey Mudd College) 1st runner-up: Alex Weathers (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) 2nd runner-up: Shane Underwood (University of Alabama) |
Adia Benton (Brown University) | |
| Season 15 (1999), at the Rosemont Theater in Rosemont, Illinois | ||
| Winner: Carolyn Cracraft (University of Chicago) 1st runner-up: Katie King (University of Kentucky) 2nd runner-up: Josh Levy (University of Pennsylvania) |
Meg Audette (Wofford) Cameron Blakemore (Oklahoma State University) Stephen James (North Texas University) Veronica Lee (University of Oregon) Jason McClellan (Texas A&M University) Whitney Owens (Northwestern University) |
Julie Ann Cohen (University of Michigan) Tara Crabtree (University of Washington) Aaron Johnson (Rowan University) Butch Malec (Reed College) Paul Marchegiani (Northwestern University) Nicole Thibodeau (University of Illinois |
| Season 16 (Winter 2000) | ||
| Winner: Janet Wong (Drew University) 1st runner-up: Adam Canter (Georgetown University) 2nd runner-up: Greg Hodgin (Emory University) |
Julia Becker (Brandeis) Gina Bronsberg (University of Illinois) Molley Jesse (University of Virginia) Michael La Masse (EMU) Kurt Medland (Albion College) Natalie Tindall (Florida A&M) |
Darren Bates (University of California at San Diego) Peter Scott Breeze (Ithaca College) Anita Brkic (University of California at Los Angeles) Gweneth Connell (Amherst College) Milo Dochow (Cooper Union)1 Marcail Moran (Hollins College) |
| Season 17 (Fall 2000), at Meany Hall on the University of Washington campus | ||
| Winner: Pam Mueller (Loyola University Chicago) 1st runner-up: Jonah Knobler (Harvard College) 2nd runner-up: Carl Gilbertsen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
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| Season 18 (2001), at Pauley Pavilion on the University of California at Los Angeles campus | ||
| Winner: Vinita Kailasanath (Stanford University) 1st runner-up: Matt Schnipp2nd runner-upert (Florida State University) 2nd runner-up: Thomas Zamora (University of Southern California) |
Sara Dean (Syracuse University) Brett Dvorak (Indiana University) Mysti Kofford (Boston University) Jayce Newton (University of California at Los Angeles) Marques Redd (Harvard College) Brittany Rogers (Saddleback College) |
Erin Bogart (Miami University of Ohio) Jamie Green (Brown University) Susan Haarman (Marquette University) Tony Nagatani (Ithaca College) Andrew Nerlinger (University of Notre Dame) Sam Weaver (Bradley University) |
| Season 19 (2002), at Value City Arena on the Ohio State University campus | ||
| Winner: Kyle Hale (Texas A&M University, $51,300) 1st runner-up: Mark Kehres (Ohio State University) 2nd runner-up: Jara Dorsey (Carnegie Mellon University) |
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| Season 20 (2003), at Payne Whitney Gymnasium on the Yale University campus | ||
| Winner: Keith Williams (Middlebury College) 1st runner-up: Grant Hutchinson (University of West Florida) 2nd runner-up: Josh Perkins (Rice University) |
Alex Albrecht (Purdue University) Ellen Auer (Saint Olaf University) Ken Basin (University of Southern California Jim Fitzpatrick (Wake Forest University) Heather Groggel (Concordia University-Wisconsin) Robby Schrum (Yale University) |
Lauren Henderson (Colby College) Amanda Johnson (University of Chicago) Karli Kosman (Mount San Jacinto College) Mary Naam (Harvard University) Lee Tucker (Carleton College) Joyce Yuan (University of California, Berkeley) |
| Season 21 (2004), at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh campus | ||
| Winner: Kermin Fleming (Carnegie Mellon University) 1st runner-up: Ari Schoenholtz (Williams College) 2nd runner-up: Rachel McCool (Dickinson College) |
Kelley Burd (West Virginia University) Lindsey Hargrove (University of Texas) Amory Jendrek (Davidson College) Victoria Manos (St. John's University) Casey Retterer (University of Maryland, College Park) Lily Wang (Columbia University) |
Matthew Bushell (Georgetown University) Jeffrey Love (Stanford University) Christina Maes (University of Wisconsin-Green Bay) Larry Marshall (University of Missouri) Amanda Nowotny (University of Pittsburgh) Bradley Selvig (Florida State University) |
| Season 22 (2005), at the RBC Center, just off the North Carolina State University campus in Raleigh, North Carolina | ||
| Winner: Nico Martinez (Stanford University) 1st runner-up: Adam Pinson (University of Alabama at Birmingham) 2nd runner-up: Jayanth Iyengar (Washington University in St. Louis) |
Beth Cimini (Boston University) Peter Ellis (North Carolina State University) Ben Goldman (New York University) Alison Jenik (University of Maryland, College Park) Amanda Walker (Gonzaga University) Antonia Wang (Purdue University) |
Anna Allie (University of Michigan-Dearborn) Chris Breen (Princeton University) Colin Brown (University of Rochester) Malisha Butts (North Carolina Central University) Christopher Chilton (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Chelsea He (Duke University) |
Note 1: Milo Dochow was a losing contestant in the winter 1999 iteration of the Jeopardy! Teen Tournament but was returned to the show in view of her having been aggrieved by a questionable judges' ruling.
