Preliminaries: Chakravarthy/Peña/Schlax -
February 9
Fifteen of the brightest teenagers from all
across the country have descended upon Los Angeles to compete in the Jeopardy!
Teen Tournament, where one will walk away with $75,000 cash money and the mantle
of Teen Champion.
Another standard two-week affair awaits as the
first runner-up receives $25,000 at least, while the second runner-up wins at
least $15,000.
Semifinalists are guaranteed at least $10,000,
while quarterfinalists are guaranteed $5000 for participation. As always, any
and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.
Yesterday, Camille Bullock, Joseph Graumann, and
Iddoshe Hirpa all made their case for semifinalist. But only Iddoshe prevailed.
Will we see another such race today?
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PAPA CHAKRAVARTHY
Lexington, KY
Sophomore |
ALLISON PEÑA
Sunrise, FL
Junior |
KENNY SCHLAX
Deerfield, IL
Junior |
Jeopardy! categories: World Capitals, Todays
Horoscope, Jr.s & Sr.s, Fruits & Veggies, Tools of the Trade, Rhymes with Teen
Daily Double: $1000 World Capitals. Papa ($1000 to Kennys $400) bets it all.
The clue: the name of this Middle Eastern capital is Persian for warm place.
Papas response: What is Tehran? Correct for $2000.
End of round:
Papa: $6800
Allison: $3000
Kenny: $5000
Double Jeopardy! categories: Around the Body, Single Women, Taking Flight,
Famous Faces, Animal Adversaries Speak, X Boxed
Daily Double #1: $2000 Around the Body. Apparently not that pleased, Kenny
($7400 to Papas $8000 and Allisons $3800) just has to figure out what to bet.
He bets $1000. The clue: some 2 million nephrons in this pair of organs filter
about 180 liters of blood each day. Kennys
response: What is the liver? PAIR
Kidneys is the money answer, leaving
Kenny with $6400.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Animal Adversaries Speak. Papa ($8400 to Kennys $11,200
and Allisons $4200) fronts $3000 for the lead. The clue: I initiated a hostile
takeover because Snowball had no business sense & would have bankrupted the
homestead. Papas response: What is Animal Farm? Right for $11,400!
(C-Note: I can hear Gordon screaming after $800 Single Women
Clue: Free Yourself & know that Life Is Not a Fairy Tale for this third
American Idol winner.
Allison: Who is Diana DeGarmo?
This turned out to be a triple-stumper.)
End of round:
Papa: $13,800
Allison: $12,600
Kenny: $14,400
It looks like we may have another threesome in next weeks final... Of course,
the game isnt over yet, though.
Final Jeopardy! category: Congress. The clue: the word for this job comes from a
fox-hunting term for someone who keeps the hunting dogs from straying. Correct
response: What is a whip?
Allisons response: What is the whip? RIGHT. Wager: $3800. Total: $16,400.
Papas response: What is a whip? RIGHT. Wager: $4800. Total: $18,000.
SEMI-FINALIST
Kennys reponse: What is a page? WRONG. Wager: $13,201. Total: $1199.
Everything
that was said about the last group can be applied to this group as well. It was
a close one all the way through. Even Kenny was astute in wagering
too bad he
got it wrong.
Now to the all-important leaderboard. It is now a given that well see Allison
back next week. Joining her will be Camille Bullock from yesterdays show. Now
Joseph Graumann ($11,000) and Sebastian Johnson ($10,700) are on the fringe. It
all depends on tomorrows show. See you then! |