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Teen Tournament 2009
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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
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Preliminaries: Howard/Mehigan/Rothenberg
November 5

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, Zach Blumenfeld, and Gabriel Johnson are assured of a place in next week's semifinal. Three people will join them at the end of this episode.

Solomon Howard St. Petersburg, FL freshman	Aidan Mehigan McLean, VA sophomore	Rachel Rothenberg Pittsburgh senior

Jeopardy! round coming...

Daily Double #1: $1000 States Without Consonants. It's the last clue in the round, and so far, Aidan's the man to beat with $6800 to Rachel's $3000. But it's all about Solomon, who has $4000. He bets half of it on this: EEEE. He blanks on Tennessee, leaving him with $2000 to end the Jeopardy! round...

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $2000 The US Before 1900. Aidan continues his lead with $11,200 to Rachel's $9400. Solomon has $3600. He bets $1500 on this: in 1857 the Supreme Court denied this slave his freedom, bringing the US closer to civil war. "Who is Dred Scott?" Correct for $12,700!

Daily Double #2: $1600 A Number from 1 to 10,316. And in the closest game we've had this week so far, Aidan still leads with $14,700 to Solomon's $12,000. Rachel has $9800. He bets $1700 on this: it's the square root of 100,000,000. "What is 10,000?" Correct for $16,400

Final Jeopardy! category: THE PLANETS

Correct response: what is Earth?

Rachel's response: what is Earth? CORRECT. Wager: $2000. Total: $13,800.
Solomon's response: what is Earth? CORRECT. Wager: $5001. Total: $17,001.
Aidan's response: what is Earth? CORRECT. Wager: $6400. Total: $22,800

SEMI-FINALIST: Aidan Mehigan

Impressive showing from all three players leads us to the age old question: do you want to win, or do you want to come back for next week? I think the wagers from all three players answers that question. Aidan and Solomon are now locked in for further trivial combat, and I wouldn't be surprised if Rachel would show up as well.

Tomorrow, we will have your final nine.

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