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