Jacob Two-Two — Season 1, Episode 8: Jacob Two-Two and Scholars for Dollars

Episode synopsis

Jacob is tired of failing sour Pickle's daily country capitals quiz, so he does a little detective work, and he figures out her system for picking which countries to ask. As a result, he aces the quiz, and he becomes a hero to the entire student body. It all backfires, however, when he is chosen to be the geography expert on the school's "Scholars for Dollars" team. He's only got one night to memorize all the countries and capitals before the big competition!

About Jacob Two-Two

Jacob Two-Two is a Canadian animated TV series based on a trilogy of books written by Mordecai Richler that first aired on Canadian children's channel YTV and aired on the French Canadian VRAK.TV as Jacob Jacob, in Spanish on Telemundo as Jacobo Dos Dos and in Portuguese on Canal Panda from Portugal as Jacob Dois Dois It also aired on ZigZap in the Poland and on Canal Futura from Brazil as 'Jacó Dois Dois'. It was produced by Nelvana; before being put on hiatus in 2005, it has 61 episodes. In the United States, the show aired on qubo, a 24 hour children's television channel in 2006. It also aired on Jetix UK from April 14, 2007 and on CITV in the UK from Spring 2006. The series is set in the Canadian city of Montreal and follows Jacob Two-Two and his friends on their wild adventures, most of which are one-shots that are resolved in a single episode.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Jacob Two-Two vs. the Hooded Fang
• E2Jacob Two-Two and the Staff Room of Doom
• E3Jacob Two-Two and the Purloined Hockey Card
• E4Jacob Two-Two and the Conniving Caterer
• E5Jacob Two-Two and the Daily Crown
• E6Jacob Two-Two and the Mystery of the Malty McGuffin
• E7Jacob Two-Two and the Unlickable Cowlick
• E9Jacob Two-Two and the Colossal Candy Challenge
• E10Jacob Two-Two and the Big Bagel Bungle
• E11Jacob Two-Two and the Notorious Knit Knapper
• E12Jacob Two-Two and the Ghost
• E13Jacob Two-Two and the Moldy Menace