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November 2
 

15 of America's smartest 15- to 17-year-olds face each other in trivial combat for bragging rights and $75,000.

Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN

Host Alex Trebek
Clue Crew Jimmy McGuire
Kelly Miyahara
Sarah Whitcomb
Announcer Johnny Gilbert
Creator Merv Griffin
EP Harry Friedman
Packager Jeopardy Productions & Sony Pictures TV for CBS Television Distribution
Origins Sony Pictures Studios, Los Angeles
Web www.jeopardy.com
Airs Weeknights, check local listings
Available In High-Definition Where Available

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Preliminaries: Blumenfeld/Reback/Stomps
November
3

They haven't gotten their high school diplomas... They aren't gainfully employed... But they're going for big money in this season's Teen Tournament.

Teenagers from across the country have tried out by the boatload by taking "The Test" online at Jeopardy.com. Now the best 15 of them have come together at the Sony stages in Los Angeles to compete for $75,000 and the right to be called this season's Teen Champion. Second place gets $25,000. Third gets $15,000. Semifinalists who make it to week 2 will receive $10,000. All of this week's players will receive $5000. All money will be determined, as always, by how far the players go in the tournament.

This is a standard two-week affair, meaning that all 15 will play this week, with the five game winners joining the four highest-scoring non-winners in a win-or-go-home race to the two-day final.

So far, Will Dantzler is assured of a place in next week's semifinal. Who will join him?

Zach Blumenfeld
Lincolnshire, IL
junior
Samantha Reback
Bethesda, MD
sophomore
Kennedy Stomps
St. Louis
junior

This is how we play Jeopardy!. Let's rock!

WORLD
POLITICS
TV FOR
SHORT
DANGEROUS
PLANET
ON THE
RESTAURANT'S
FAST FOOD MENU
YOUNG
MR. PRESIDENT
A "HA"!

Daily Double #1: $1000 Young Mr. President. Zach has $5600, well ahead of Samantha's $2200. Kennedy is $800 in the red. Zach bets $2000 on this: as a boy in Kansas, he said his dream was to be a Major League Baseball player; he went into the Army instead. "Who is Eisenhower?" Correct for $7600!

$9,600 $3,600 $800
Zach Samantha Kennedy

Double Jeopardy! categories:

INVENTORS & INVENTIONS FUNNY
FOLKS
BODY
BASICS
REALLY
OLD BOOKS
THIS "LAND"
IS MY LAND
BEASTLY
RHYME TIME

Daily Double #1: $2000 Really Old Books. Kennedy has $2800. She trails Samantha by $400 and Zach by $10,000. She bets just $800 on this: in this Old Testament book, God orders Moses to count all the Israelites who are able to bear arms. "What is Exodus?" No, it's Numbers, dropping her to $2000.

Daily Double #2: $1600 This "Land" Is Your Land. Zach is in a very comfortable position with $16,000 to Samantha's $4800 and Kennedy's $3200. He bets four large on this: this country's official languages are German, French & Italian. "What is Switzerland?" Correct for $20,000!

At the end of Double Jeopardy!... and a scoring change...

$32,800 $6,800 $4,400
Zach Samantha Kennedy

Needless to say, it's Zach's game to lose.

Final Jeopardy! category: NUMBERS & LETTERS

 

IT'S THE WORLD'S MOST COMMON NUMBER SYSTEM & SECOND-MOST COMMON ALPHABET

 

Correct response: what is Arabic?

Kennedy's response: what is Arabic? CORRECT. Wager: $2200. Total: $6600.
Samantha's response: what is Arabic? CORRECT. Wager: $6798. Total: $13,598.
Zach's response: what is Arabic? CORRECT. Wager doesn't matter.

SEMI-FINALIST: Zach Blumenfeld

You may not realize this, but Zach is mentally preparing himself for next week. He knows he has to make a big play, and that he did in wagering up to his lead at the end. Zach is one to watch and, if you're one of the eight who'll join him next week, one to fear.

Meanwhile, we have three more players tomorrow.

To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com.