TOC FORMAT

For those who do not follow Jeopardy! regularly, here is how the TOC works:

There are 15 competitors, chosen on the basis of who has won the most games since the last TOC (usually about 18 months). One of the players is usually the College Champion, but not this year.

There are FIVE QUARTERFINAL games. The FIVE WINNERS of those games, plus FOUR WILDCARDS, advance to the next round. Wild cards are the non-winners with the highest scores. So . . . nine of fifteen players advance.

Those nine play in THREE SEMIFINAL games. The THREE WINNERS advance to the finals.

The FINALS are played as two separate games over two days - the WINNER is the player with the highest combined score.

Prize Money is as follows . . .

• Six players eliminated in the Quarterfinals - $5000 each
• Six players eliminated in the Semifinals - $10,000 each
• Third place finalist - $50,000
• Second place finalist - $100,000
• First place finalist - $250,000

To the next installment - TOC QUARTERFINAL