Jeopardy! National College Championship

*Jeopardy! National College Championship*
Jeopardy! National College Championship
Genre	Game show
Based on	Jeopardy! ; by Merv Griffin
Directed by	Clay Jacobsen; Lucinda Owens Margolis;
Presented by	Mayim Bialik
Narrated by	Johnny Gilbert
Theme music composer	Benjamin Sturley (Bleeding Fingers Music); Original Theme composed by Merv Griffin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Executive producer	Michael Davies
Production locations	Alex Trebek Stage; Sony Pictures Studios, Culver City
Production company	Sony Pictures Television Studios
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 8 –; February 22, 2022

Last updated May 02, 2024

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)' score	Original 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	$51,700	February 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	February 8, 2022	Feiner ($0)	Manansala ($12,399)	Privat ($14,300)
Quarterfinals 3	February 9, 2022	Pegues ($1)	Harris ($21,000)	Boparai ($1,199)
Quarterfinals 4	February 9, 2022	Kim ($6,000)	Macek ($0)	Kornman ($17,201)
Quarterfinals 5	February 10, 2022	Bisaccio ($8,601)	Persons ($0)	Seshadri ($14,801)
Quarterfinals 6	February 10, 2022	Rodriguez ($20,300)	Downing (-$1,200)	Odunade ($3,800)
Quarterfinals 7	February 11, 2022	Agyepong ($0)	Feltner ($16,800)	Lee ($3,400)
Quarterfinals 8	February 11, 2022	Singh ($19,900)	Niles ($0)	Salisbury ($18,000)
Quarterfinals 9	February 15, 2022	Greenman ($16,000)	Goslow ($26,021)	Brual ($8,001)
Quarterfinals 10	February 15, 2022	Torres ($200)	Muthalaly (-$2,000)	Donegan ($9,999)
Quarterfinals 11	February 16, 2022	Hellerman ($1,000)	Vu ($17,000)	Jackson ($3,119)
Quarterfinals 12	February 16, 2022	Blum ($1,598)	Dehadrai ($4,200)	Sullivan ($8,401)
Semifinals 1	February 17, 2022	Vu ($8,881)	Seshadri ($999)	Goslow ($20,779)
Semifinals 2	February 17, 2022	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	February 18, 2022	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]

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1 2 Mitch Metcalf (February 10, 2022). "Wednesday 2.9.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily . Retrieved February 12, 2022.
1 2 Mitch Metcalf (February 11, 2022). "Thursday 2.10.2022 Top 150 Cable Originals & Network Finals". Showbuzz Daily . Retrieved February 12, 2022.
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