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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
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Preliminaries: Karunakaram/Orlet/Radke
November 6

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.

Note: due to special news coverage from ABC, this write-up will not have any pictures.

In 30 minutes time, we will have your final nine...

Jeopardy! round coming...

For category #6, we're looking for answers that are between thirteen and nineteen.

Daily Double: $600 The World's Oceans. It's only the third clue in the round, as Hema bets all of her $400 against Gabe's $200 on this: this ocean bears the name of the subcontinent that juts into it. "What is the Indian Ocean?" Right for $800!

Double Jeopardy! categories:

Daily Double #1: $800 American Literature. Gabe finds it with $8000. The others' scores haven't changed. He bets $2500 on this: C. Auguste Dupin is the hero of Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story, "The Murders" here. "What is the Rue Morgue?" Correct for $10,500!

Daily Double #2: $1200 2-Letter Scrabble Words. Hema and Gabe have been at each other all night with $11,000 and $14,100 respectively. But this clue belongs to Stephanie, who has $2600. She bets $1500 on this: Colloquially, a muscle in the torso. "What is an ab?" Correct for $4100!

Final Jeopardy! category: STATE CAPITALS

Correct response: what is Salt Lake City?

Stephanie's response: what Baton Rouge? WRONG. Wager: $5000. Total: $700.
Hema's response: what is Salt Lake City? CORRECT. Wager: $8301. Total: $18,901.
Gabe's response: ... Wager: $2400. Total: $16,500.

SEMI-FINALIST: Hema Karunakaram

Hema has the capability of keeping it close, and anyone who plays against her will have to be lights out if they want to keep up with her. She could surprise.

But not to take anything from Gabe, who did keep pace with Hema, and is awarded one of the four wild-card spots.

That said, here are your final nine...

ZACH BLUMENFELD - Game 2 Winner
WILL DANTZLER - Game 1 Winner
SOLOMON HOWARD - Wild Card
GABRIEL JOHNSON - Game 3 Winner
HEMA KARUNAKARAM - Game 5 Winner
AIDAN MEHIGAN - Game 4 Winner
GABE ORLET - Wild Card
LINDSAY OXX - Wild Card
RACHEL ROTHENBERG - Wild Card

Next week, nine players... three games... three finalists. Bottom line... it's win... or go home.

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