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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

‘JEOPARDY!’ KICKS OFF BATTLE OF THE DECADES TOURNAMENT WITH

'80s WEEK COMPETITION FEBRUARY 3-7

Season-long Event Celebrates JEOPARDY!’s 30th Anniversary

CULVER CITY, CALIF. – January 29, 2014 – The JEOPARDY!Battle of the Decades Tournament is set to begin next week. The season-long event, which is part of JEOPARDY!’s 30th anniversary celebration, will bring back 45 champions from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s to vie for a million-dollar grand prize throughout several rounds of play. It all starts with '80s Week, airing February 3-7.

“I am excited for our viewers to see contestants from the early years of our show back in action,” said JEOPARDY! host Alex Trebek. “Even though this group first played the game decades ago, they’re just as sharp and competitive now as they were then.”

'80s Week, the first of three preliminary rounds, features contestants from JEOPARDY!’s first decade (1984-1993) competing in five stand-alone games. Only the winner of each game will advance to the next round.

The '80s Week contestant field is as follows. For more information on these contestants, please visit

http://www.jeopardy.com/minisites/battleofthedecades/80s/#contestants.

India Cooper                 Madison, Ind.

Richard Cordray           Grove City, Ohio / Washington, D.C.

Tom Cubbage              Arlington, Va.

Chuck Forrest               Abu Dhabi, UAE

Leslie Frates                 Hayward, Calif.

Phoebe Juel                 Cranberry Township, Penn.

Mark Lowenthal             Reston, Va.

Leslie Shannon             Espoo, Finland

Tom Nosek                   Torrance, Calif.

Leszek Pawlowicz         Flagstaff, Ariz.

Jim Scott                      Arlington, Va.

Frank Spangenberg       Douglaston, N.Y.

Jerome Vered               Los Angeles, Calif.

Bob Verini                    Van Nuys, Calif.

Andrew Westney           Charlotte, N.C.

Preliminary rounds will continue March 3-7 with contestants from the show’s second decade (1994-2003), and March 31-April 4 with contestants from the third decade (2004-2013). The 15 winners from these rounds will return May 5-17 for quarterfinals, semifinals, and a two-day final.

To learn more about the Battle of the Decades Tournament, please click here. For air times and stations nationwide, visit JEOPARDY!’s interactive map.

JEOPARDY!, America’s Favorite Quiz Show® and its host, Alex Trebek, are celebrating 30 years of “answers and questions.” The top-rated quiz show in syndication, JEOPARDY! has become a pop culture phenomenon and holds the Guinness World Record for the most Emmy awards won by a TV game show (30 Emmys), as well as a 2011 Peabody Award. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company; it is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp. For more information, please visit Jeopardy.com.

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