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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
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Semifinals: Oxx/Orlet/Rothenberg Last week on Jeopardy!, 15 teenagers began the pursuit of $75,000, bragging rights, and the coveted Jeopardy! Teen Tournament trophy. Five of them won their games and tickets to this week. Joining them, four high scorers among the non-winners. Now things get serious as the players compete in three semifinal games for three slots in the two-day final. It's win... or go home. Players this week are guaranteed $10,000, with a guarantee of $15,000 for third place and $25,000 for second.. All money will be determined, as always, by how far the players go in the tournament. The winner of today's match gets Aidan Mehigan and Will Dantzler. The losers get $10,000.
Jeopardy! round coming...
Daily Double: $800 Medicine. Gabe is currently behind leader Rachel, $1800 to her $3400. Lindsay has yet to show her claws. Gabe makes it a true Daily Double. The clue: in the 1870s germs of this disease of cattle became the first microorganism identified as a cause of illness. "What is rabies?" That's... not it. It was anthrax, leaving him tied with Lindsay. At the end of Jeopardy! round...
Double Jeopardy! categories:
Daily Double #1: $1600 Classic Lit. This was the ninth clue in play, and the other eight, including a sweep of Star Trek, belonged to Rachel with $15,600 to Gabe's $1400. She goes with a bet of $3000 on this: Edmond Dantes is unjustly accused of aiding the exiled Napoleon & imprisoned for life in this novel. "What is 'A Tale of Two Cities'?" Stopped at eight. It was "The Count of Monte Cristo", leaving her still with a mammoth lead of $12,600. Daily Double #2: $1600 "T"eography. Gabe bolstered his total to $3800, but this one belongs to Rachel with $14,600. She bets $1500 on this: this Indian name for Mount Rainier is also the name of a major city nearby. "What is Tillamook?" No, it was Tacoma, leaving her with $13,100. At the end of the Double Jeopardy! round, it's a more interesting game than it was at the start...
And now, here's what we have to deal with, courtesy of J-Archive.com... In a reprise of last night, this is a 2/3 for first place. - Lindsay wins if... like the two
games before hers, leaders Gabe and Rachel do something incredibly stupid, and
she does something incredibly smart. Final Jeopardy! category: THE WORLD AFTER WWII
Correct response: what is Korea?
This is going to be an interesting final. Rachel knew exactly what she had to do, and save for a moment in the Double Jeopardy! round when her game took a skid, allowing Gabe to catch up, she executed fully. Now she has to duplicate her front end if she is to have any hope of catching (and possibly surpassing) her two opponents...
We're two games away from a champion next time. To read all about the tournament and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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FINALIST:
Rachel Rothenberg
