Last April, 15 of America's
best and brightest teenagers descended upon Sony
Pictures Studios in LA to compete in the Jeopardy! Teen
Tournament. Now only 9 remain in the hunt for one of
three spots in the $75,000. But there are no second
chances. It's win or go home. Second place gets $25,000. Third
gets $15,000. Semifinalists who make it to week 2 will
receive $10,000. All money will be determined, as always,
by how far the players go in the tournament.
The winner of this match
gets Jeff Xie and Cooper Lair.
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Alan Koolik
Boca Raton, FL
junior
AUTOMATIC SEMIFINALIST |
Sam Lerner
Indianapolis
sophomore
WILD CARD |
Kat Deabill
New Boston, NH
junior
WILD CARD |
Alan has the honor, and will
start the Jeopardy! round...
WHAT DO
YOU WANT ON
YOUR PIZZA? |
COUNTRY
NICKNAMES |
IN THE
DICTIONARY |
POP
CULTURE |
MYTHOLOGY |
VACATION! |
Daily Double:
$800 In the Dictionary. Sam is in the middle with $3800 to Alan's $4200. He
fronts EVERYTHING on this: the picture seen here might accompany the entry for
this word found under the letter "P"; "What is.. parade?" And just like that,
Sam implodes. It was "pyrotechnics".
At the end of Jeopardy!...
$7,200 |
$1,400 |
$3,000 |
Alan |
Sam |
Kat |
Double Jeopardy! round...
QUOTATIONS |
GIMME
SOME MATH! |
TV
THROWBACK |
CREATIVE
WRITERS |
THE LAW |
DOUBLE Ws |
Daily Double #1: $2000
The Law. Sam has $5000 to Alan's $17,600. He's gotta
bet it all... he does on this: Marbury v. Madison
marked the first time that a federal law had been
ruled this 16-letter term. "What is
unconstitutional?" FOR THE DOUBLER, $10,000!
Daily Double #2: $1600 Creative
Writers. Kat has $13,000 to Alan's $17,600. She bets $2600 on this: he created
Edmond Dantes but based him on falsely accused Francois Picaud. Kat blanks on
Alexandre Dumas, leaving her with $10,400.
At the end of Double Jeopardy!...
$19,600 |
$10,000 |
$10,400 |
Alan |
Sam |
Kat |
The line
according to The Book at J-archive.com...
- Sam
wins if... he bets everything and is correct, while the
others are not.
- Kat wins if... she bets between $9601 and
is correct while Alan is wrong.
- Alan wins if... he bets $1201 and is correct
Final Jeopardy! category: GREAT MOMENTS
IN 19TH CENTURY SCIENCE
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MATTHIAS
SCHLEIDEN FOUND PLANTS ARE MAKE UP OF THESE; AT DINNER HE TOLD THEODOR
SCHWANN WHO SAID, HEY, SO ARE ANIMALS |
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Correct response: what are cells?
Sam's response: what are cells? RIGHT. Wager: $10,000. Total:
$20,000.
Kat's response: what are cells? RIGHT. Wager: $10,399. Total: $20,800.
Alan's response: what are cells? RIGHT. Wager: $1201. Total: $20,801.
FINALIST:
Alan Koolik
Alan was in
control of this game from start to finish. He kept cool,
he didn't do anything foolhardy, and he let the rest of
the field do all the dirty work for him.
Now his
greatest challenge awaits: the finals against these two:
Stay tuned
in, because we are 48 hours away from a big money
moment!
To read all about the tournaments
and the contestants, go to
www.jeopardy.com.
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