Preliminaries: Anderson/Ellis/Vazquez
January 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 first, we start with game 1..
Lila Anderson
Minnetonka, MN
junior |
Kelton Ellis
Macon, GA
junior |
Irene Vazquez
Houston
eighth grader |
Jeopardy! round...
THE STATE OF
THE MALL |
YOU'RE GONNA
NEED CAR
INSURANCE |
BODY
LANGUAGE |
I AM YOUR
LEADER |
FOLLOW ME |
ON FACEBOOK
& TWITTER |
Daily Double: $800 The State of the
Mall. Lila on $1400 goes all in on this: Westfield Vancouver & Pacific Place
Mall. "What is Washington?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $2800!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$2,000 |
-$400 |
$5,200 |
Lila |
Kelton |
Irene |
Double Jeopardy! round...
THE AUTHOR'S
CHARACTERS |
MTV MOVIE
AWARDS |
"DC" |
ANNUAL
EVENTS |
ELECTRICITY |
POMPEII |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Pompeii.
Kelton, back up to $1200, bets $1500 on this: though Egyptian, Isis was popular
in Pompeii; her
temple had holy water imported from this river, more than 1000 miles away.
"What is the Nile?" Correct for $2700!
Daily Double #2: $1200 Electricity.
Kelton is rallying back with $15,300. He bets $3000 on this: Canada's power is
60% this source, like the water going over Churchill Falls. "What is
hydroelectric?" CORRECT for $9300!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$2,400 |
$12,100 |
$12,000 |
Lila |
Kelton |
Irene |
Final Jeopardy! category: HISTORIC
QUOTES
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IN APRIL 1865 HE
SAID, "GO HOME, ALL YOU BOYS WHO FOUGHT WITH ME, AND HELP BUILD UP THE
SHATTERED FORTUNES OF OUR OLD STATE" |
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Correct response: who is Robert E.
Lee?
Lila's response: who is Robert E. Lee? CORRECT. Wager: $2400. Total: $4800.
Irene's response: who is Robert E. Lee? CORRECT. Wager: $3000.
Total: $15,000.
Kelton's response: who is Lee? CORRECT. Wager: $12,100. Total: $24,200
Semifinalist:
Kelton Ellis
Kelton's late round rally
was the fuel in his victory. He needs to keep the momentum up in order
to have a chance at the big money later on.
Meanwhile, we have another
group of three next time.
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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