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Jeopardy! National College Championship

{{short description|American Quiz show tournament}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox television

| image = JeopardyNationalCollegeChampionshipLogo.png

| caption =

| genre = Game show

| director = {{Plainlist|

  • Clay Jacobsen
  • Lucinda Owens Margolis

}}

| based_on = {{based_on|Jeopardy!|Merv Griffin}}

| presenter = Mayim Bialik

| narrated = Johnny Gilbert

| theme_music_composer = Benjamin Sturley (Bleeding Fingers Music)
Original Theme composed by Merv Griffin

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 9

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Michael Davies

| location = Alex Trebek Stage
Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City

| company = Sony Pictures Television Studios

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{Start date|2022|2|8}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2022|2|22}}

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Jeopardy! National College Championship is a special tournament series of the quiz show Jeopardy! that aired on ABC from February 8 to 22, 2022.

Format

Participants enter 12 quarterfinal games, with 2 games broadcast per episode. Winners of every game advance to the semifinals and eliminated players receive a $10,000 consolation prize. The 12 semifinalists are then split into 4 matches, with the top 3 scorers entering the finals. The bottom 7 semifinalists receive a prize of $20,000, whilst the 4th place receives a $35,000 prize and entry into the daily show's upcoming Second Chance Tournament later in 2022.{{Cite web|last=Jackson|first=Dory|date=February 11, 2022|title=Jeopardy! to Launch First-Ever Second Chance Tournament: 'So Excited,' Series EP Says|url=https://people.com/tv/jeopardy-announces-first-ever-second-chance-tournament-series/|access-date=February 18, 2022|website=PEOPLE.com}} The highest scorer of the 2-game final receives the 1st place prize of $250,000, and an entry into the Tournament of Champions, 2nd place receives $100,000 and 3rd place receives $50,000. Unlike the regular College Championship, there are no wild card spots for high-scorers among non-winners; it was "win or go home".

Contestants

The 36 contestants were announced on February 2, 2022.{{Cite web |last=Nemetz |first=Dave |date=February 2, 2022 |title=ABC The Jeopardy! National College Championship Starts February 8 |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-national-college-championship-starts-february-8 |access-date=February 8, 2022 |website=Jeopardy!}}

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scope="col"| Name

! scope="col"| University

! scope="col"| Year

! scope="col"| Major(s)

! scope="col"| Residence

! scope="col"| Outcome

! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{refh}}

scope="row"| Jaskaran Singh

| University of Texas at Austin

| Senior

| Finance and economics

| Plano, Texas

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 8
Finished 1st place in Semifinals 4
Finished 1st place in Finals

|{{Cite web |title=Contestant Zone {{!}} National College Championship |url=https://www.jeopardy.com/contestant-zone/national-college-championship |access-date=February 22, 2022 |website=Jeopardy!}}

scope="row"| Raymond Goslow

| Kennesaw State University

| Senior

| Geospatial sciences

| Austell, Georgia

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 9
Finished 1st place in Semifinals 1
Finished 2nd place in Finals

|

scope="row"| Liz Feltner

| Northeastern University

| Senior

| Political science and business administration

| Baton Rouge, Louisiana

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 7
Finished 1st place in Semifinals 3
Finished 3rd place in Finals

|

scope="row"| Isaac Applebaum

| Stanford University

| Junior

| Computational biology

| Bethesda, Maryland

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 1
Finished 1st place in Semifinals 2
Finished 4th place in Finals

|

scope="row"| Megan Sullivan

| University of Virginia

| Junior

| Classics

| Burke, Virginia

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 12
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 4

|

scope="row"| Joey Kornman

| Brandeis University

| Junior

| Economics and classical studies

| West Hartford, Connecticut

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 4
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 4

|

scope="row"| Kristin Donegan

| Carnegie Mellon University

| Senior

| Biological sciences

| Towson, Maryland

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 10
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 3

|

scope="row"| Emmey Harris

| University of Minnesota

| Sophomore

| History

| Lincoln, Nebraska

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 3
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 3

|

scope="row"| Stephen Privat

| Louisiana State University

| Junior

| Political science

| Lafayette, Louisiana

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 2
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 2

|

scope="row"| Lauren Rodriguez

| Pomona College

| Senior

| Public policy and sociology

| Moraga, California

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 6
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 2

|

scope="row"| Nam Vu

| Georgetown University

| Senior

| Environmental biology

| Farmingdale, New Jersey

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 11
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 1

|

scope="row"| Neha Seshadri

| Harvard University

| Senior

| Economics

| Ann Arbor, Michigan

| Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 5
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 1

|

scope="row"| Aniket Dehadrai

| Massachusetts Institute of Technology

| Senior

| Chemistry and biology

| Norman, Oklahoma

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 12

|

scope="row"| Sam Blum

| Vanderbilt University

| Senior

| Engineering science

| Aventura, Florida

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 12

|

scope="row"| Claire Jackson

| Spelman College

| Sophomore

| English and Spanish

| Oakland, California

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 11

|

scope="row"| Fiona Hellerman

| Tulane University

| Senior

| International relations and philosophy

| Glenview, Illinois

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 11

|

scope="row"| Sebastian Torres

| Yale University

| Junior

| Ethics, politics, and economics

| Tampa, Florida

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 10

|

scope="row"| Anna Muthalaly

| Duke University

| Junior

| Public policy

| Hoover, Alabama

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 10

|

scope="row"| Lucy Greenman

| College of William & Mary

| Senior

| Health analytics

| Sterling, Virginia

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 9

|

scope="row"| Jeric Brual

| New York University

| Senior

| Film and TV

| Union, New Jersey

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 9

|

scope="row"| Sarah Salisbury

| University of Southern California

| Sophomore

| English

| La Mesa, California

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 8

|

scope="row"| Max Niles

| Brown University

| Senior

| History and public policy

| Washington, D.C.

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 8

|

scope="row"| Kaden Lee

| University of Washington

| Junior

| Aeronautical and astronautical engineering

| Medical Lake, Washington

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 7

|

scope="row"| Jess Agyepong

| Howard University

| Senior

| Biology

| Silver Spring, Maryland

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 7

|

scope="row"| Elijah Odunade

| University of Georgia

| Junior

| Political science

| Norcross, Georgia

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 6

|

scope="row"| Matt Downing

| University of Notre Dame

| Senior

| Marketing and applied mathematics

| Ronkonkoma, New York

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 6

|

scope="row"| Pauline Bisaccio

| Clemson University

| Junior

| Biochemistry and psychology

| Fort Mill, South Carolina

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 5

|

scope="row"| Chance Persons

| Creighton University

| Sophomore

| Physics and chemistry

| Burnsville, Minnesota

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 5

|

scope="row"| Yejun Kim

| Northwestern University

| Senior

| Chemical engineering

| Naperville, Illinois

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 4

|

scope="row"| Mitch Macek

| Villanova University

| Sophomore

| Mathematics and education

| Felton, Pennsylvania

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 4

|

scope="row"| Mehek Boparai

| University of Pennsylvania

| Senior

| English

| Hanford, California

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 3

|

scope="row"| Toussaint Pegues

| California Institute of Technology

| Senior

| Mechanical engineering

| Dallas, Texas

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 3

|

scope="row"| Jasmine Manansala

| Rice University

| Junior

| Computer science and cognitive science

| San Antonio, Texas

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 2

|

scope="row"| Ella Feiner

| Princeton University

| Senior

| Chemical and biological engineering

| Ridgewood, New Jersey

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 2

|

scope="row"| Gus Guszkowski

| Dartmouth College

| Senior

| Classics

| Pomfret Center, Connecticut

| Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 1

|

scope="row"| Catherine Zhang

| Cornell University

| Senior

| Computer science and sociology

| Pennington, New Jersey

| Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 1

|

Production

On August 11, 2021, it was announced that ABC had ordered the series with Mayim Bialik as the host and Mike Richards as the executive producer.{{Cite press release |title=ABC Orders "Jeopardy! National College Championship," An All-New Tournament Which Will Air in Primetime in 2022 |date=August 11, 2021 |publisher=ABC |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/08/11/abc-orders-jeopardy-national-college-championship-an-all-new-tournament-which-will-air-in-primetime-in-2022-152413/20210811abc01/ |access-date=February 8, 2022 |via=The Futon Critic}} Richards was dismissed and replaced by Michael Davies on August 31 of the same year.{{Cite web |last=Michael Schneider |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Mike Richards Fired as Executive Producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/mike-richards-fired-executive-producer-jeopardy-wheel-of-fortune-1235052887/ |access-date=August 31, 2021 |website=Variety}} On December 2, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 8, 2022.{{Cite press release |title=ABC Sets Premiere Dates for "Jeopardy! National College Championship," Season 20 of "American Idol" |date=December 2, 2021 |publisher=ABC |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/12/02/abc-sets-premiere-dates-for-jeopardy-national-college-championship-season-20-of-american-idol-985015/20211202abc02/ |access-date=February 8, 2022 |via=The Futon Critic}}

Episodes

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Privat

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$14,300

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| Viewers = 4.28{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 9, 2022 |title=Tuesday 2.8.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-2-8-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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Kornman

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| Viewers = 4.57{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Wednesday 2.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-2-9-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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Rodriguez

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$20,300

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| Viewers = 4.51{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 11, 2022 |title=Thursday 2.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-thursday-2-10-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 12, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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| Title = Quarterfinals 4

| Aux1 = Feltner
Singh

| Aux2 = $16,800
$19,900

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|11}}

| Viewers = 4.60{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 14, 2022 |title=Friday 2.11.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-friday-2-11-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 14, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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| Title = Quarterfinals 5

| Aux1 = Goslow
Donegan

| Aux2 = $26,021
$9,999

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|15}}

| Viewers = 4.14{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 16, 2022 |title=Tuesday 2.15.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-tuesday-2-15-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 16, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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| Title = Quarterfinals 6

| Aux1 = Vu
Sullivan

| Aux2 = $17,000
$8,401

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|16}}

| Viewers = 4.64{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 17, 2022 |title=Wednesday 2.16.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-wednesday-2-16-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 17, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = Semifinals 1

| Aux1 = Goslow
Applebaum

| Aux2 = $20,779
$18,801

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|17}}

| Viewers = 4.82{{Cite web |last=Mitch Metcalf |date=February 18, 2022 |title=Thursday 2.17.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals |url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-thursday-2-17-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html |access-date=February 18, 2022 |website=Showbuzz Daily}}

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| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = Semifinals 2

| Aux1 = Feltner
Singh

| Aux2 = $22,000
$24,400

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|2|18}}

| Viewers = 4.73{{cite web|url=https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-friday-2-18-2022-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html|title=Friday 2.18.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals|work=Showbuzz Daily|author=Mitch Metcalf|date=February 22, 2022|access-date=February 22, 2022}}

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| Title = The Finals

| Aux1 = Singh

| Aux2 = $51,700

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Match summaries

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"| Game {{Abbr|No.|Number}}

! scope="col"| Date

! scope="col"| Contestant 1

! scope="col"| Contestant 2

! scope="col"| Contestant 3

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 1

| rowspan="2"| February 8, 2022

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Applebaum ($16,401)

| Guszkowski ($5,999)

| Zhang ($5,200)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 2

| Feiner ($0)

| Manansala ($12,399)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Privat ($14,300)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 3

| rowspan="2"| February 9, 2022

| Pegues ($1)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Harris ($21,000)

| Boparai ($1,199)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 4

| Kim ($6,000)

| Macek ($0)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Kornman ($17,201)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 5

| rowspan="2"| February 10, 2022

| Bisaccio ($8,601)

| Persons ($0)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Seshadri ($14,801)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 6

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Rodriguez ($20,300)

| Downing (-$1,200)

| Odunade ($3,800)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 7

| rowspan="2"| February 11, 2022

| Agyepong ($0)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Feltner ($16,800)

| Lee ($3,400)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 8

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Singh ($19,900)

| Niles ($0)

| Salisbury ($18,000)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 9

| rowspan="2"| February 15, 2022

| Greenman ($16,000)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Goslow ($26,021)

| Brual ($8,001)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 10

| Torres ($200)

| Muthalaly (-$2,000)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Donegan ($9,999)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 11

| rowspan="2"| February 16, 2022

| Hellerman ($1,000)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Vu ($17,000)

| Jackson ($3,119)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Quarterfinals 12

| Blum ($1,598)

| Dehadrai ($4,200)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Sullivan ($8,401)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Semifinals 1

| rowspan="2"| February 17, 2022

| Vu ($8,881)

| Seshadri ($999)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Goslow ($20,779)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Semifinals 2

| Rodriguez ($3,599)

! style="background:#FA8072"| Applebaum ($18,801)

| Privat ($3,602)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Semifinals 3

| rowspan="2"| February 18, 2022

| Donegan ($22,000)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Feltner ($22,000)

| Harris ($21,600)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Semifinals 4

| Kornman ($0)

! style="background:#B0E0E6"| Singh ($24,400)

| Sullivan ($3,599)

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Finals

| February 22, 2022

| Feltner ($7,400)
{{nowrap|{{small|[$5,800 + $1,600]}}}}

! style="background:gold"| Singh ($51,700)
{{nowrap|{{small|[$32,400 + $19,300]}}}}

| Goslow ($46,999)
{{nowrap|{{small|[$13,200 + $33,799]}}}}

See also

References

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{{Cite web |title=Jeopardy! National College Championship Episode Listings |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/jeopardy-national-college-championship/listings/ |publisher=The Futon Critic}}

{{Cite web |title=Jeopardy! National College Championship Episode Guide |url=https://tvlistings.gracenote.com/overview-affiliates.html?programSeriesId=SH04116447&tabName=guide&season=1 |publisher=Zap2it}}

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External links

  • [https://www.jeopardy.com/track/national-college-championship Official Jeopardy! National College Championship website]
  • [https://abc.com/shows/jeopardy-national-college-championship Official ABC website]
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