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Seth Alcorn
Seth Alcorn
Birth Hometown: Placentia, California
Occupation: Bookseller
Years active: 2003-2004
Known for: Appearances on Jeopardy!

Seth Alcorn is a bookseller from Placentia, California.

Jeopardy! Run[]

Game No. Air Date Final score Cumulative Winnings Notes
1 June 25, 2003 $42,100 $42,100
2 June 26, 2003 $28,300 $70,400 Seth's only come from behind win.
3 June 27, 2003 $36,000 $106,400
4 June 30, 2003 $0 $107,400 Lost to Matt McPherson (who was tied with him going into Final Jeopardy).

Tournament of Champions[]

In the second quarterfinal game, he faced off against Tom Walsh and Steve Reynolds. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 12/15 correct responses (including 0/2 Daily Doubles). Everyone got Final correct, but after losing to Walsh, he and Steve received wildcards as their $10,600 and $10,900 were enough to advance.

In the first semifinal game, he faced off against Russ Schumacher and Vinita Kailasanath. Throughout the first two rounds, he came up with 9/13 correct responses. He and Russ got Final correct, but after losing to Russ (in a come from behind win), he and Vinita received $10,000.