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Teen Tournament 2012
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Preliminaries: Greenho/Leanza/Niraj
May 1

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!

So far, Eliza Scruton has her ticket to Washington stamped. Who'll join her out of these three?

Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double: $1000 Holidays & Observances. Sam has been stuck in third for the greater part of the round when she finds the Daily Double. She has $2000 now to Ben's $3000 and Anshika's $3600. She fronts $1800 on this: although the first celebration of this holiday occurred in October 1792, it didn't become a federal holiday until 1937. "What is Columbus Day?" Correct for $3800!

At the end of Jeopardy!...

Double Jeopardy! round...

Daily Double #1: $800 National Park System. Ben rallies to take the lead with $16,400, $4000-plus more than Anshika. He fronts $2200 on this: discovered in 1870 this natural feature of a national park has been called "Eternity's Timepiece." "What is a geyser?" Needs to be more specific on Old Faithful for $14,200.

Daily Double #2: $1600 Historical Quotes. With one clue after this one, Anshika has $14,200, $32000 less than Ben's $17,400. She bets $1500 on this: the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence begins with these 7 words. "What is 'When in the course of human events'?" That... would be right, but "We hold these truths to be self-evident" drops her to $12,700.

At the end of Double Jeopardy!...

Final Jeopardy! category: FICTIONAL BEINGS

Correct response: what is a hobbit?

Sam's response: what is a fawn? WRONG. Wager: $5000. Total: $2200.
Anshika's response: what is a hobbit? CORRECT. Wager: $4701. Total: $17,401.
Ben's response: what is a hobbit? CORRECT. Wager: $3000. Total: $20,400

Semifinalist: Ben Greenho

Truth be told, it was a two-person race all the way through, and Ben had a strong showing in the Double Jeopardy! round. That more than anything sealed his fate as he becomes the second person on the plane to DC. Meanwhile he may have to look forward to sharing an aisle seat with Anshika. Just saying.

Meanwhile, we have another group of three next time.

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