Gateway Jeopardy Finals are Set!
Which school team will Ken Jennings be fearing?
May 12, 2005
By Edwing Medina, Deputy Director, Gateway Institute

After a grueling month of quarter-final rounds held at several locations throughout the city, the highest scoring Gateway school and program teams are now ready to challenge each other for the crown of 2004-2005 Gateway Jeopardy! Champ. 

The inter-school contests held throughout April and early May were exciting to say the least. School teams composed of students from almost every grade at their Gateway site proved the value of teamwork as they culled their collective strengths in the core academic subjects as well as general knowledge and trivia. The host school met its match on several occasions as the visiting school moved on to the Finals with the win. Engaged students challenged the Jeopardy host and questions on the exactitude of the responses, and many thrilling debates ensued about the fit of a response to the given category. On more than one occasion, you could hear: "Was it in the form of a question?" Well, that's all in the past now.

The only question that will matter is who will be left standing after the assuredly-heated Jeopardy! Finals, taking place on Saturday, May 21st from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the New York City College of Technology's Voorhees Hall Amphitheater (186 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY). During that morning, all 7 of the following teams will be involved in the same games. Each team will have 2 game controllers to "buzz" in and collectively share their response to the challenging clues:

1) CLARA BARTON Jeopardy Finals Team (10 Players):
Anastasia Ali (GW'07); Vivienne Cain (GW'06), Marsha Griffiths (GW'07); Natasha Jean-Louis (GW'07); Amy Lau (GW'06); Valerie Louis (GW'07); Rodely Moise (GW'06); Arindam Singha (GW'06); Sharlen Smith (GW'08); Kenneth Tsikudo (GW'06)

2) ERASMUS HALL/S.T.A.R. Jeopardy Finals Team (6 Players):
Jonathan Buccoto (GW'07); Rasheed Farnum (GW'08); Jony Kamal (GW'08); Nicolas Leguillow (GW'07); Victor Rodriguez (GW'07); Afzad Watson (GW'06)

3) LAFAYETTE Jeopardy Finals Team (9 Players):
Ali Ahmed (GW'06); Tosin Alli-Balogun (GW'06); Addison Demming (GW'05); Berthony François (GW'05); Kevar Griffin (GW'06); Katherine Guidaben (GW'07); Rafael Jackman (GW'06); Yafo Mardakhayeva (GW'08); Michael Padilla (GW'07)

4) PORT RICHMOND Jeopardy Finals Team (8 Players):
Dadé Akindude (GW'05), Eric Kim (GW'07), Kewe Mbengue (GW'06), Bryan Perdomo (GW'06), Carlos Ramirez (GW'08), Surendar Ravindran (GW'07), Joanuel Veras (GW'08), Rasheedat Yussuf (GW'06)

5) QUEENS GATEWAY Team (10 Players):
Mark Braithwaite (GW'06); Takeem Coleman (GW'06); Shaina Moskowitz (GW'06); Rashida Roberts (GW'08); Theodora Roberts (GW'06); Kwasi Shields (GW'06); Khalid Straker (GW'10); Omari Straker (GW'06); Graham Thomas (GW'06); Shana Williams (GW'06)

6) SCIENCE SKILLS Jeopardy Finals Team (8 Players):
Jamal Ahamad (GW'06), Avonelle Brandon (GW'08), Nicholas Calder (GW'06), Jameek Clovie (GW'06), Egomeli Hormeku (GW'05), Tashzna Jones (GW'08), Allan Robles (GW'05), Justin Vanderpoole (GW'06)

7) JOHN F. KENNEDY Jeopardy Finals Team (7 Players): Rosemary Almonte (GW'05); William Dennis (GW'05); Anela Dervisevic (GW'05); Siddiq Mohammed (GW'07), Junior Ramirez (GW'05); Bonnie D. Velez (GW'06); Sharon Viera (GW'08)