The Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament (JIT) has set its matchups for the quarterfinals. The tournament follows the Tournament of Champions, which crowned Paolo Pasco the winner on Wednesday night.
Ken Jennings will host the tournament, as he does all of the other ones, but this competition is solely based on invitations by the game show‘s executive producers, Sarah Whitcomb-Foss and Michael Davies. Whitcomb-Foss and Davies announced the contestants on the Inside Jeopardy! podcast on January 19 and shared who declined.
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