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Semifinals: Hutchins/Gottesman/Neblett - July
23
While many kids are either getting ready to head
back to the classroom or off enjoying their summer vacation, fifteen of the best
in the nation are off to sunny California for one reason... to be the last
person standing in the second Teen Tournament this season. Those fifteen... only
nine remain now as they compete in this win-or-go-home week for a spot in the
two-day final. 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 $5000. As always, any
and all winning accrued depends on how far up the ladder a player goes.
Semifinal 1...
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Andy Hutchins
Rockledge, FL
Senior |
Rachel Gottesman
Cortlandt Manor, NY
Junior |
Kyle Neblett
Beaverton, OR
Senior |
Jeopardy! categories:
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OUR FOUNDING FATHERS |
COLLEGE TEAM NICKNAMES |
NOW THAT'S EXPENSIVE! |
THE LARGEST IN AREA |
THEY USED TO BE CHEERLEADERS! |
GIVE ME A "K"! |
Daily Double: $600 College Team Nicknames. Andy
finds it way early with $400 against Rachel's $200. He wagers the max of $1000
on this: this word describing Penn State's Lions comes from an Algonquian term
meaning "single mountain". "What is Nittany?" Correct for $1400.
At the end of the Jeopardy! round...
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$7,000 |
$2,800 |
$4,600 |
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Andy |
Rachel |
Kyle |
Double Jeopardy! categories:
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MYTHS & LEGENDS |
BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES |
ADVENTURES IN THE AIR |
ISLANDS |
A MAKEUP EXAM |
PREFIXES |
Daily Double #1: $1600 Islands. Kyle has a small
lead with $16,200 against Andy's $13,400. Rachel has $4000. Kyle bets
$3000 on this: this large island's 2 highest peaks lie in the Maoke Mountains on
the Indonesian side. "What is Borneo?" Nope, it's New Guinea, dropping him to
$13,200.
Daily Double #2: $1600 Prefixes. Kyle's back at
$13,200 and the lead against Andy's $11,800 and Rachel's $2400. Kyle bets $500
on this: circum-. "What is around?" Correct for $13,700!
At the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round...
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$13,800 |
$4,400 |
$15,300 |
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Andy |
Rachel |
Kyle |
Rachel wins if... she bets everything and is
right, while the other two try (unsuccessfully) to cancel each other out.
Andy wins if... he bets everything and is right,
while Kyle bets at least $10,500 and loses.
Kyle wins if... he bets $10,501 and is right.
Final Jeopardy category: ITALIAN INVENTORS
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IN 1910 HIS NEW INVENTION HELPED
SCOTLAND YARD CATCH A MURDERED ESCAPING TO NORTH AMERICA ACROSS THE ATLANTIC |
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Correct response: who is Gugliermo Marconi?
Rachel's response: who is Marconi, congrats guys, Hi Sarah! RIGHT. Wager: $21. Total: $4421.
Andy's response: who is Marconi? RIGHT. Wager: $13,800.
Total: $27,600.
Kyle's response: who is Marconi? RIGHT. Wager: $500. Total: $14,000
 FINALIST:
Kyle Neblett
Mr. A says: Give us a thumbs up, man... There
you go. It could've gone either way for him and
Andy, but Kyle simply had the right answer at the
right time AND the advantage of the lead. Still,
he's got a mind to win this thing.
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