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What are glory and $100,000?

Among the hundreds of UW-Madison students who trekked to Memorial Union Thursday for the “Jeopardy! ” College Championship tryouts, only one will likely make it on to the show, which will be taped at the Kohl Center next week.

The aspiring contestants had different strategies for conquering the answer-and-question-style quiz — some arrived in the early hours of the morning, others studied in line in last-minute preparation and a few dressed to impress.