Jeopardy! Seniors Tournament
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The Jeopardy! Seniors Tournament was one of the traditional tournaments held each season on the game show Jeopardy! Eligible contestants consisted of people aged 50 and over.
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[edit] Format
The format was similar to that of the Tournament of Champions, with a field of fifteen people appearing three at a time in each of five quarterfinal matches. The winners of those matches automatically advanced, and four wildcard spots were given to the high scorers among the nonwinners. The nine semifinalists then played three elimination matches to determine the three players who would advance to a two-game, total-point match for a top prize of at least $25,000 and a spot in the Tournament of Champions.
[edit] Prizes
- Quarterfinalists: $1,000
- Semifinalists: $5,000
- 2nd runner-up: $7,500 (or the player's 2-game total, whichever was greater)
- 1st runner-up: $10,000 (or the player's 2-game total, whichever was greater)
- Winner: $25,000 (or the player's 2-game total, whichever was greater), and a spot in the Tournament of Champions
[edit] List of participants
The following is a list of contestants and where they placed in the tournament. Winners and runners-up who earned more than the minimum guarantees are as indicated in parenthesis.
Finalists | Semifinalists | Quarterfinalists |
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Alex Trebek Era (1984-present) | ||
Season 3 (May 4, 1987 - May 15, 1987) | ||
Winner: Zeke Sevilla, Jr. 1st runner-up: Lee Saunders 2nd runner-up: Irene Grzywacz |
Frank Dillon Ruth Henoch Dorothy McClellan Joe McKenna Phil Stehle Bill Ward |
Barbara Coffey Joe Dobkins Madeline Hayes Jim Murk Jane Weaver Dan Zamos |
Season 4 (May 9, 1988 - May 20, 1988) | ||
Winner: Peggy Kennedy 1st runner-up: Louise Reyburn Dice ($22,000) 2nd runner-up: Joan Erickson ($10,000) |
Charmion Burns Ross Cameron Ed Cohen Fran Kirchhof Tom Wickham |
Don Maynard Katie O'Callaghan Joan Smith Bob Winthrop |
Season 5 (July 10, 1989 - July 21, 1989) | ||
Winner: Ouida Rellstab | ||
Season 6 (July 9, 1990 - July 20, 1990) | ||
Winner: George Soule 1st runner-up: Bernard Kiernan ($18,100) 2nd runner-up: Hank D'Angelo ($10,000) |
Margot Cameron Bob Carman Judy Colby Anne Laird Cecelia Moore Arnold Yellin |
Cole Anderson Pat Ashton Louise Clemens Vonetta Lapidow Marge Mayer Theron Stimmel |
Season 7 (July 8, 1991 - July 19, 1991) | ||
Winner: Lou Pryor ($26,601) 1st runner-up: Bob Olsen ($26,600) 2nd runner-up: Mary Webster ($10,800) |
Babs McClellan Kay Paul Nancy Pearson Malcolm Post Val Sullivan Henry Wold |
Florence Cannizzo Dow Huskey Bill Lyons Patricia Miller Jack Pejza Pat Van Mella |
Season 8 (July 6, 1992 - July 17, 1992) | ||
Winner: Leonard Schmidt 1st runner-up: Hansford Epes ($11,100) 2nd runner-up: Carolyn Meek ($9500) |
Jim Baehler Pat Fine Hugh Mulvaney Lois Rosenfeld Lucy Schilling Martha Thompson |
Mag Birge Morty Goldman Pete Goodman Paula Reach Burt Schildkraut Richard Worth |
Season 9 (July 12, 1993 - July 23, 1993) | ||
Winner: Marilyn Kneeland 1st runner-up: Hugh Murphy 2nd runner-up: Will Herrera |
Barbara Broerman Lee Gelber Noel Higgins Leon Jackson Mack Owen Marty Wiley |
Julia Buonocore David Chasman Helen Druva Sandi Engquist Don Hensley Bob McClary |
Season 10 (July 11, 1994 - July 22, 1994) | ||
Winner: Bart Thomas 1st runner-up: Jim Brachman 2nd runner-up: Joe Clonick |
Alec MacKenzie Darrell Noe Liz Suzie Frances Taliaferro Carol Terry Madeline Willhoft |
Dodge Crockett Diane Dowden Penny Evans Ann McGahran Bob McGrath George O'Neal |
Season 11 (July 10, 1995 - July 21, 1995) | ||
Winner: Aaron Klein 1st runner-up: Elliot Shteir 2nd runner-up: Susan Schubert ($9400) |
Caroline Brown Anne Farrell Diane Graham Steve Paquette Jan Van Fassen Al Vedro |
Larry Bowman Dotty Carew Barbara Eschrich Marty Eshkov Pete Herborn Fran Rothman |
Season 12 (December 18, 1995 - December 29, 1995) | ||
Winner: David Cuneo ($28,000) 1st runner-up: Jerry Platzman ($14,000) 2nd runner-up: Phyllis Clark ($10,300) |
Darryl Adams Graham Beard Ange Cardinali Parma Holt Dave Tucker Nola Wegman |
Grace Amador Sharon Croissant Kay Hoey Diane Lilly Tish Thomas Mark Weissman |
[edit] Retirement
The Seniors Tournament was the first (and so far the only) of the traditional tournaments to be retired. Since the last Seniors Tournament in December 1995, constants older than 50 years regularly appear on the program in the regular play games.
[edit] Trivia
- Only one time during a tournament has there been a time where there was no winner, and it happened in the second quarterfinal of the 1991 Seniors Tournament. To make room for nine semifinalists (because it happened in the quarterfinals), a fifth wild card was added to the mix.
- Two of the Seniors Tournament winners would eventually make it to the finals of the Tournament of Champions: Lou Pryor in 1991 and Marilyn Kneeland in 1993. They both finished third.
- Babs McClellan, a semifinalist in the 1991 tournament, was the winner of the 1965 Tournament of Champions.
- Eliot Schteir, the first runner-up in the summer 1995 tournament, was a finalist in the 1969 Tournament of Champions, losing to Jay Wolpert.
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