‘”Jeopardy!” is a polished, crafted piece of Americana, from the men and women’s powdered faces to the set’s elaborate plaster trappings of academia to the crowd’s exuberant applause.
And this year’s filming of the “Jeopardy! College Championship” was no different. Over 120 “Jeopardy!” crew and tons of equipment traveled to Madison for two days of filming five shows that would decide the winner of intellectual bragging rights and a $100,000 prize.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s own Suchita Shah and Danielle Zsenak of Marquette University were competing Friday and today among a group of 15 peers. Media were asked not to divulge who did and did not advance in the five segments.