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Preliminaries: Haylon/Schaefer/Scruton
April 30

It's perhaps the hardest part-time job that any teenager could have... but at the same time, it's the most lucrative. Instead of enough for a used car and some gas to put in it, we're talking $75,000.

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 and the all new edition of Classroom Jeopardy! for their schools. 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.

But this season's Teen Tournament comes with a twist. The quarterfinals will be held in home base in Culver City, while the semifinalists will not only win $10,000, but also a trip to compete across the country... in WASHINGTON, DC!

But first, we start with game 1..

Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double: $400 What a Century. Early in the round, Jeff finds the clue with $600 to $1200 for Eliza and $2200 for Rose. He bets the max of $1000 on this: Russia loses its last czar. "What is the 20th Century?" CORRECT for $1600!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

Double Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double #1: $1600 Kings & Queens. Rose has $4800 and is a long way from the $11,000 that Eliza posts now. She bets $2000 on this: in 1863 George I became king of this country & known as King of the Hellenes. "What is Greece?" That is right for $6800!

Daily Double #2: $1600 Physical Science. All of a sudden, Eliza's lead is cut short, $16,600 to Rose's $16,400. Eliza bets $1500 on this: in an atom, these particles move in arrangement called orbitals. "What are electrons?" CORRECT for $18,100!

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...  Rose pulls ahead.

Final Jeopardy! category: US GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Correct response: what is the CIA?

Jeff's response: what is the FBI? WRONG. Wager: $7000. Total: $200.
Eliza's response: what is the CIA? CORRECT. Wager: $1901. Total: $20,001.
Rose's response: what is the FBI? CORRECT. Wager: $3000. Total: $15,400

Semifinalist: Eliza Scruton

In a race that could've gone to Rose (and may still go to Rose with her final score), Eliza Scruton made the right wager to pull it out in the end. Even if she was wrong, though, she remembered that the point of this week is to get to next week, and held back. Can she fend off another scare like that in DC? We'll see.

Meanwhile, we have another group of three next time.

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