Despite loss, Arkansas teacher advances as semifinalist on 'Jeopardy!' Teachers Tournament

Jake Allen, a Gifted and Talented Education teacher at Huntsville Intermediate School in Huntsville, poses with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Photo courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
Jake Allen, a Gifted and Talented Education teacher at Huntsville Intermediate School in Huntsville, poses with Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek. Photo courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.

An Arkansas teacher may not have won on Friday’s airing of Jeopardy!, but he was still named a semifinalist in the show’s annual Teachers Tournament.

Jake Allen, a gifted and talented education teacher at Huntsville Intermediate School in Huntsville, came in second place with $16,200 in his episode.

Allen’s amount was $400 shy of the round's winner, but his final total still qualified him to advance as a non-winning high scorer.

The two-week tournament, which began May 7 and continues through May 18, allows competitors to vie for $100,000 and a spot in Jeopardy!’s Tournament of Champions.

All participants receive a $2,500 grant for classroom projects.

In 2017, Mary Parker and Cody Vest of Rogers High School competed in the Teachers Tournament. Parker finished in third place.

Jeopardy! airs at 4:30PM weekdays in Northwest Arkansas on CBS affiliate KFSM-DT.

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