Last April, 15 of America's
best and brightest teenagers descended upon Sony
Pictures Studios in LA. But they weren't there to see a
concert featuring the newest summer jam... They were
there to play Jeopardy! for big money and bigger
bragging rights. At stake, $75,000 and the title of 2014
Jeopardy! Teen Champion.
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.
In 30 minutes, we will
have your final nine...
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Sam Lerner
Indianapolis
sophomore |
Sydney Mokel
South Windsor,
CT
senior |
Joe Taglic
Valley Stream,
NY
senior |
Sam has the honor, and will
start the Jeopardy! round...
HUNGER
AIMS |
IT'S A PLANET |
AROUND
THE BODY |
SUMMER
OLYMPIC
SPORTS |
HUE |
CRY |
Daily Double: $600 Around
the Body. Joe finds it with $400 to Sam's $2600. He bets the max of $1000 on
this: the system inside these organs is commonly called the bronchial tree.
"What are the lungs?" He's up to $1400!
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$5,800 |
$3,600 |
$6,400 |
Sam |
Sydney |
Joe |
Double Jeopardy! round...
STATE
CAPITALS |
BUGS |
MOVIES |
KNOW
YOUR
"RIGHT"S |
NONFICTION |
A CAMPUS
TOUR |
Daily Double #1: $1600
State Capitals. Sam has the lead with $4600 as all
three of our players have lost money in the opening
minutes of the round. He bets $1400 on this: its
Family History Library on NW Temple St. has over 2.4
million rolls of microfilmed genealogical records.
"What ... is.... Harrisburg?" No, it's Salt Lake
City, leaving him with $3200.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Bugs. Sydney
finds it with $11,600 to Joe's $12,000. She bets $1400 on this: ladybugs & boll
weevils are types of this insect, the largest order in the animal kingdom. "What
are beetles?" Right for $13,000!
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$10,400 |
$13,000 |
$12,000 |
Sam |
Sydney |
Joe |
So we are
clear, the magic number is 6801.
Final Jeopardy! category: WEBSITES
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A SLANG TERM FOR
HARVARD'S FRESHMAN REGISTER GAVE THIS WEBSITE ITS NAME |
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Correct response: what is Facebook?
Sam's response: what is Facebook.com? RIGHT. Wager: $9600. Total:
$20,000.
Joe's response: what is Facebook.com? RIGHT. Wager: $9998. Total:
$21,998.
Sydney's response: what is Facebook? RIGHT. Wager: $11,001. Total:
$24,001.
SEMIFINALIST:
Sydney Mokel
After a late
game surge following a slump at the beginning of the
Double Jeopardy! round, it looked as if the game could
go every which way but loose. But Sydney pulls it out on
a Daily Double and rides her way into victory....
... and
guess what? She's taking her two opponents with her!
Here's your
final nine...
Next week,
it's win-or-go-home as the road to the summer
continues....
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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