Jeopardy! National College Championship

Jeopardy! National College Championship
GenreGame show
Based onJeopardy!
by Merv Griffin
Directed by
  • Clay Jacobsen
  • Lucinda Owens Margolis
Presented byMayim Bialik
Narrated byJohnny Gilbert
Theme music composerBenjamin Sturley (Bleeding Fingers Music)
Original Theme composed by Merv Griffin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes9
Production
Executive producerMichael Davies
Production locationsAlex Trebek Stage
Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City
Production companySony Pictures Television Studios
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 8 (2022-02-08) –
February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)

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.[1] 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".[2]

Contestants

The 36 contestants were announced on February 2, 2022.[2]

Name University Year Major(s) Residence Outcome Ref.
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 		[3]
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 		[3]
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 		[3]
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 		[3]
Megan Sullivan University of Virginia Junior Classics Burke, Virginia Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 12
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 4 		[3]
Joey Kornman Brandeis University Junior Economics and classical studies West Hartford, Connecticut Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 4
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 4 		[3]
Kristin Donegan Carnegie Mellon University Senior Biological sciences Towson, Maryland Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 10
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 3 		[3]
Emmey Harris University of Minnesota Sophomore History Lincoln, Nebraska Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 3
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 3 		[3]
Stephen Privat Louisiana State University Junior Political science Lafayette, Louisiana Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 2
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 2 		[3]
Lauren Rodriguez Pomona College Senior Public policy and sociology Moraga, California Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 6
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 2 		[3]
Nam Vu Georgetown University Senior Environmental biology Farmingdale, New Jersey Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 11
Finished 2nd place in Semifinals 1 		[3]
Neha Seshadri Harvard University Senior Economics Ann Arbor, Michigan Finished 1st place in Quarterfinals 5
Finished 3rd place in Semifinals 1 		[3]
Aniket Dehadrai Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senior Chemistry and biology Norman, Oklahoma Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 12 [3]
Sam Blum Vanderbilt University Senior Engineering science Aventura, Florida Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 12 [3]
Claire Jackson Spelman College Sophomore English and Spanish Oakland, California Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 11 [3]
Fiona Hellerman Tulane University Senior International relations and philosophy Glenview, Illinois Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 11 [3]
Sebastian Torres Yale University Junior Ethics, politics, and economics Tampa, Florida Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 10 [3]
Anna Muthalaly Duke University Junior Public policy Hoover, Alabama Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 10 [3]
Lucy Greenman College of William & Mary Senior Health analytics Sterling, Virginia Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 9 [3]
Jeric Brual New York University Senior Film and TV Union, New Jersey Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 9 [3]
Sarah Salisbury University of Southern California Sophomore English La Mesa, California Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 8 [3]
Max Niles Brown University Senior History and public policy Washington, D.C. Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 8 [3]
Kaden Lee University of Washington Junior Aeronautical and astronautical engineering Medical Lake, Washington Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 7 [3]
Jess Agyepong Howard University Senior Biology Silver Spring, Maryland Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 7 [3]
Elijah Odunade University of Georgia Junior Political science Norcross, Georgia Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 6 [3]
Matt Downing University of Notre Dame Senior Marketing and applied mathematics Ronkonkoma, New York Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 6 [3]
Pauline Bisaccio Clemson University Junior Biochemistry and psychology Fort Mill, South Carolina Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 5 [3]
Chance Persons Creighton University Sophomore Physics and chemistry Burnsville, Minnesota Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 5 [3]
Yejun Kim Northwestern University Senior Chemical engineering Naperville, Illinois Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 4 [3]
Mitch Macek Villanova University Sophomore Mathematics and education Felton, Pennsylvania Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 4 [3]
Mehek Boparai University of Pennsylvania Senior English Hanford, California Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 3 [3]
Toussaint Pegues California Institute of Technology Senior Mechanical engineering Dallas, Texas Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 3 [3]
Jasmine Manansala Rice University Junior Computer science and cognitive science San Antonio, Texas Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 2 [3]
Ella Feiner Princeton University Senior Chemical and biological engineering Ridgewood, New Jersey Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 2 [3]
Gus Guszkowski Dartmouth College Senior Classics Pomfret Center, Connecticut Finished 2nd place in Quarterfinals 1 [3]
Catherine Zhang Cornell University Senior Computer science and sociology Pennington, New Jersey Finished 3rd place in Quarterfinals 1 [3]

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.[4] Richards was dismissed and replaced by Michael Davies on August 31 of the same year.[5] On December 2, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 8, 2022.[6]

Episodes

No.Title [7][8]Winner(s)Winner(s)' scoreOriginal air date [7][8]U.S. viewers
(millions)		Rating
(18–49)
1"Quarterfinals 1"Applebaum
Privat		$16,401
$14,300		February 8, 2022 (2022-02-08)4.28[9]0.6[9]
2"Quarterfinals 2"Harris
Kornman		$21,000
$17,201		February 9, 2022 (2022-02-09)4.57[10]0.5[10]
3"Quarterfinals 3"Seshadri
Rodriguez		$14,801
$20,300		February 10, 2022 (2022-02-10)4.51[11]0.6[11]
4"Quarterfinals 4"Feltner
Singh		$16,800
$19,900		February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)4.60[12]0.6[12]
5"Quarterfinals 5"Goslow
Donegan		$26,021
$9,999		February 15, 2022 (2022-02-15)4.14[13]0.5[13]
6"Quarterfinals 6"Vu
Sullivan		$17,000
$8,401		February 16, 2022 (2022-02-16)4.64[14]0.5[14]
7"Semifinals 1"Goslow
Applebaum		$20,779
$18,801		February 17, 2022 (2022-02-17)4.82[15]0.6[15]
8"Semifinals 2"Feltner
Singh		$22,000
$24,400		February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18)4.73[16]0.5[16]
9"The Finals"Singh$51,700February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)5.72[17]0.8[17]

Match summaries

Game No.[3] Date Contestant 1 Contestant 2 Contestant 3
Quarterfinals 1 February 8, 2022 Applebaum ($16,401) Guszkowski ($5,999) Zhang ($5,200)
Quarterfinals 2 Feiner ($0) Manansala ($12,399) Privat ($14,300)
Quarterfinals 3 February 9, 2022 Pegues ($1) Harris ($21,000) Boparai ($1,199)
Quarterfinals 4 Kim ($6,000) Macek ($0) Kornman ($17,201)
Quarterfinals 5 February 10, 2022 Bisaccio ($8,601) Persons ($0) Seshadri ($14,801)
Quarterfinals 6 Rodriguez ($20,300) Downing (-$1,200) Odunade ($3,800)
Quarterfinals 7 February 11, 2022 Agyepong ($0) Feltner ($16,800) Lee ($3,400)
Quarterfinals 8 Singh ($19,900) Niles ($0) Salisbury ($18,000)
Quarterfinals 9 February 15, 2022 Greenman ($16,000) Goslow ($26,021) Brual ($8,001)
Quarterfinals 10 Torres ($200) Muthalaly (-$2,000) Donegan ($9,999)
Quarterfinals 11 February 16, 2022 Hellerman ($1,000) Vu ($17,000) Jackson ($3,119)
Quarterfinals 12 Blum ($1,598) Dehadrai ($4,200) Sullivan ($8,401)
Semifinals 1 February 17, 2022 Vu ($8,881) Seshadri ($999) Goslow ($20,779)
Semifinals 2 Rodriguez ($3,599) Applebaum ($18,801) Privat ($3,602)
Semifinals 3 February 18, 2022 Donegan ($22,000) Feltner ($22,000) Harris ($21,600)
Semifinals 4 Kornman ($0) Singh ($24,400) Sullivan ($3,599)
Finals February 22, 2022 Feltner ($7,400)
[$5,800 + $1,600] 		Singh ($51,700)
[$32,400 + $19,300] 		Goslow ($46,999)
[$13,200 + $33,799]

See also

References

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