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Host
Alex Trebek
Contestants
see below
Announcer
Johnny Gilbert
Broadcast
Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions
February 2~13, 1998
Packager
Sony Pictures Television

Contestants[]

Rank Season Name Wins TW Results WC
Te 13 Josh Den Hartog A $25,000
C Craig Barker
Te 14 Sahir Islam
1 13 Dan Melia ($ S14) 5 $75,600 Wild Card
2 Arthur Phillips $63,003
3 14 Fred Ramen $61,000 Wild Card
4 Bob Harris $58,000
5 13 Grace Veach $51,601
6 Paul Gutowski $51,301
7 Kim Worth ($ S13) 4 $64,000 Wild Card
8 Wes Ulm $63,201
9 Lyn Payne $55,002
10 Claudia Perry $45,303
11 14 Peter Scott $44,803
12 Pam Mifflin 3 $42,300

Game Summary[]

Game Air Date Name Score Name Score Name Score Detail
QF #1 February 2, 1998 Kim Worth $8,200 Fred Ramen $10,000 Lyn Payne $15,001 #
QF #2 February 3, 1998 Paul Gutowski $2 Claudia Perry $7,500 Josh Den Hartog $14 #
QF #3 February 4, 1998 Dan Melia $8,100 Peter Scott $10,599 Craig Barker $2,300 #
QF #4 February 5, 1998 Arthur Phillips $2,201 Pam Mifflin $100 Sahir Islam $7,787 #
QF #5 February 6, 1998 Wes Ulm $600 Bob Harris $3,200 Grace Veach $10,500 #
SF #1 February 9, 1998 Fred Ramen $1,400 Dan Melia $11,801 Claudia Perry $9,000 #
SF #2 February 10, 1998 Lyn Payne $10,000 Peter Scott $901 Bob Harris $20,001 #
SF #3 February 11, 1998 Grace Veach $4,300 Kim Worth $8,100 Sahir Islam $1,156 #
Final February 12, 1998 Bob Harris $0 Dan Melia $10,300 Kim Worth $6,100 #
February 13, 1998 $1 $10,000 $1,700 #
Total $1 $20,300 $7,800

Trivia[]

  • This is the first ToC to be held in a different month (February) than its predecessor ToCs (November). As a result, 1997 is the first year to not have a ToC.
  • Pam Mifflin is the first female 3-time champion to qualify for the ToC[1].
  • Kim Worth is the first 4-time champion to become the biggest money winner of a season (in his case, S13).
  • Starting this season, the prize money for 2nd and 3rd places has risen to $15K and $10K.
  • Dan Melia is the only contestant to win ToC among the champions who won 5 consecutive wins over 2 seasons.

References[]

  1. Later, Emma Boettcher, runner-up at the S36, appeared.

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