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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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Preliminaries: Amos/Cooper/Villanueva 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. So far, the South is rising in the form of Kelton Ellis, Nilai Sarda, and William Crouch. At the end of this match, we could have a mid-westerner in the mix.
Jeopardy! round...
Daily Double: $800 Let's Write a Short Story. Tori bets $800 of her $1600 on this: we'll model the writing style on the distinctive voice of this southern author of "The Bear". "Who is William Faulkner?" Correct for $2400! At the end of Jeopardy!...
Double Jeopardy! round...
Leonard starts the round by running "So" Be It for $6000 more, giving him $8600. Tori catches up to him with $8000 when she finds... Daily Double #1: $2000 Recent History. Tori bets $3000 on this: in October 2001 congress passed this act to deter & punish terrorism. "What is the Freedom Act?" Close, but no. It was the USA PATRIOT Act, leaving her with $5000. Daily Double #2: $1600 The Endangered Species List. It's been all Tori all day with $13,000 and the lead going into this clue. She bets $3000 on it. Here it is: killing this seabird is bad luck & yet the short-tailed one is on the endangered species list. "What is the albatross?" Give the lady $3000 for a total of $16,000. At the end of the round...
Final Jeopardy! category: MOUNT RUSHMORE
Correct response: what is Virginia? Semifinalist: Leonard Cooper Tori owned the game, but she knew, as we've said time and again on this site, the point of this week is to make it to next week. She will. And so will Leonard thanks to a big bet on the final. Joining them... Irene from the Wednesday show. In 24 hours, we'll have your final nine. To read all about the tournaments and the contestants, go to www.jeopardy.com. |
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