1987 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

Contestants[]

Rank	Season	Name	Wins	TW	Results
Te	3	Michael Galvin	A	$25,000	★
S		Zeke Sevilla, Jr.	A	$25,000
1		John Ryan ($ S3)	5	$61,800	★
2		Eugene Finerman		$57,902	★
3		Dave Traini		$54,502	★
4		Bob Verini		$46,802	★
5		John Podhoretz		$45,600
6		Keith Bell		$41,952
7		Keith Walker		$40,700
8		Richard Cordray		$40,303	★
9		Frank Hughes		$30,900
10		Doug Molitor	4	$104,051^[1]	★
11		Jonathan Fellows		$39,201
12		Eric Berman		$37,101	★
13		Roger Storm		$31,200	★

Game	Air Date	Name	Score	Name	Score	Name	Score	Detail
QF #1	November 9, 1987	Dave Traini	$8,402	John Podhoretz	$1,599	Eric Berman	$8,401	#
QF #2	November 10, 1987	Richard Cordray	$9,900	Frank Hughes	$4,900	Michael Galvin	$8,600	#
QF #3	November 11, 1987	Eugene Finerman	$3,900	Keith Bell	$0	Jonathan Fellows	$3,399	#
QF #4	November 12, 1987	Bob Verini	$9,400	Keith Walker	$3,500	Zeke Sevilla, Jr.	$6,000	#
QF #5	November 13, 1987	John Ryan	$12,200	Doug Molitor	$10,000	Roger Storm	$8,100	#
SF #1	November 16, 1987	Richard Cordray	$12,400	Dave Traini	$13,083	Roger Storm	$1,200	#
SF #2	November 17, 1987	Doug Molitor	-$300	Michael Galvin	$0	Eugene Finerman	$12,100	#
SF #3	November 18, 1987	John Ryan	-$300	Bob Verini	$8,500	Eric Berman	$34	#
Final	November 19, 1987	Dave Traini	$7,600	Eugene Finerman	$6,800	Bob Verini	$3,800	#
	November 20, 1987		$8,400		$4,800		$12,201	#
	Total		$16,000		$11,600		$16,001

For first time, all ToC finalists are not WC semifinalists.
The only ToC to not have females.
This is the first ToC where the winners of other tournaments participated.
Starting this season, the prize pools for second and third place have risen to $10,000 and $7,500.
For the first and only time, two contestants are not allowed to play the Final Jeopardy!.

Michael Galvin became the first other tournament winner to become a semifinalist in the ToC.

↑ According to his Facebook post, Doug Molitor went on a five-game winning streak in 1979 with Art Fleming as the host, winning $53,050. He then won an additional $51,001 after his four-game winning streak ($51,001) at that time.

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