[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for the December 18 episode of Jeopardy!] The contestants of game two of the finals of Champions Wildcard may have gotten one of the Daily Double questions wrong in the December 18 episode of Jeopardy! but fans feel like they should have been harder at this point in a tournament. Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia, Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany, and Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana faced off for the second of the two-game total final. And as Ken Jennings (now the sole host of the syndicated series) noted, “We have seen on more than one occasion that having the lead at the end of Game 1 does not necessarily indicate who will come out ahead in the end.” Such was the case here, with Yungsheng, the only one to get the Final Jeopardy answer, walking away as ...
- 12/19/2023
- TV Insider
[Warning: The following contains Major spoilers for the Tuesday, December 12 episode of Jeopardy!] As Champions Wildgame Tournament on Jeopardy! continues, Henry Baer, a software engineer from San Francisco, California; Julia Markham Cameron, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York; and Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia, duke it out to potentially advance to the finals. However, a certain television show-centric category during Double Jeopardy raised a point of contention with several fans online. After the first break, Julia led with $2,800, $800 more than Henry. However, once the game continued and we transitioned into Double Jeopardy, Henry gained the lead with $4,800, $400 more than Julia, and Gary was able to add $3,000 to his previous score of $800. When the game moved on, and Ken Jennings revealed the categories, one of them was “Seinfeld Before & After,” with clues based on the NBC sitcom starring Jerry Seinfeld. Gary tackled the category with no problem. He answered three more from that category and a few ...
- 12/13/2023
- TV Insider
Jeopardy! will hold its first-ever Professors Tournament next month when host Mayim Bialik puts instructors from 15 colleges and universities through the answer-and-question paces.
Airing on consecutive weeknights beginning Monday, December 6, the champion prof will be determined on Friday, December 17.
See the list of competitors below.
“It was an unbelievable thrill to see so many brilliant professors from all kinds of schools and backgrounds come together on the Jeopardy! stage,” Bialik said in a statement. “There was a sense of kinship and academic camaraderie among the group, along with a healthy dose of competitiveness. That energy made this inaugural Professors Tournament incredibly special.”
The 15 professors will compete for a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions.
The roster of competitors and their schools is:
J.P. Allen, a Professor of Business at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif. Hester Blum, a Professor of English at...
Airing on consecutive weeknights beginning Monday, December 6, the champion prof will be determined on Friday, December 17.
See the list of competitors below.
“It was an unbelievable thrill to see so many brilliant professors from all kinds of schools and backgrounds come together on the Jeopardy! stage,” Bialik said in a statement. “There was a sense of kinship and academic camaraderie among the group, along with a healthy dose of competitiveness. That energy made this inaugural Professors Tournament incredibly special.”
The 15 professors will compete for a $100,000 grand prize and a spot in the upcoming Tournament of Champions.
The roster of competitors and their schools is:
J.P. Allen, a Professor of Business at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, Calif. Hester Blum, a Professor of English at...
- 11/11/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Mayim Bialik will lord over Jeopardy!‘s first-ever Professors Tournament, a 10-day event pitting instructors from 15 colleges and universities against one another in “the ultimate test of higher education.”
Beginning Monday, Dec. 6 and airing on consecutive weeknights through Friday, Dec. 17, the tournament will culminate in a $100,000 grand prize. The winner will also advance to the upcoming Tournament of Champions.
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Beginning Monday, Dec. 6 and airing on consecutive weeknights through Friday, Dec. 17, the tournament will culminate in a $100,000 grand prize. The winner will also advance to the upcoming Tournament of Champions.
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- 11/11/2021
- by Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
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